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Direct linkKöksal, Dinçay, Ed.; Ulum, Ömer Gökhan, Ed.; Genç, Gülten, Ed. – SpringerBriefs in Education, 2023
This book problematizes digital divide with critical lens by focusing on education in general and specifically second language education with an emphasis on the context of Turkey based on sound methodologies and robust theories of modernity, postmodernity, post-structuralism and post-method framework. In line with this conceptualization, critical…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Disadvantaged, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Brown, Nicole, Ed.; Leigh, Jennifer, Ed. – UCL Press, 2020
Rather than embracing difference as a reflection of wider society, academic ecosystems seek to normalise and homogenise ways of working and of being a researcher. As a consequence, ableism in academia is endemic. However, to date no attempt has been made to theorise experiences of ableism in academia. "Ableism in Academia" provides an…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Chronic Illness, Higher Education, College Faculty
Smith, Barbara Herrnstein – 1979
This centrally focused collection of articles and lectures examines literary interpretation and the relation of literature to language. The first of the book's three parts introduces the distinction between natural discourse and fictive discourse (verbal structures that function as representatives of natural utterances). It also deals with the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Discourse Analysis, Fiction, Language Role
Download full textMoran, Charles, Ed.; Penfield, Elizabeth F., Ed. – 1990
An extension of conversations that originally took place at summer institutes devoted to literary theory (sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English), this book presents diverse critical perspectives on current topics of literature, such as post-structuralism, cultural criticism, reader-response theory, and issues of gender and…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Feminism, Higher Education, Literary Criticism
Snow, Marguerite Ann, Ed. – 2000
Written by English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teachers and teacher educators who played key roles in the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages' (TESOL) Standards and Assessment Project, this book is designed for preservice teachers in credential/licensure programs and master's programs at American universities and for practicing ESL…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Bilingual Education Programs, Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education
Maxcy, Spencer J. – 1994
A collection of chapters examines the applicability of postmodern/poststructural theory to educational leadership and school restructuring in the United States today. Based on the assertion that educational administration research and publications have been traditional, conservative, and naive, this book presents a review of Weberian positivism,…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology
Killen, Melanie; Smetana, Judith – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2006
The psychological study of moral development has expanded greatly, both in terms of the diversity of theoretical perspectives that are represented in the field, as well as in the range of topics that have been studied. This "Handbook of Moral Development" represents the diversity and multidisciplinary influences on current theorizing about the…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Socialization, Democracy, Interpersonal Relationship
Ernest, Paul, Ed. – 1994
This book illustrates the breadth of theoretical and philosophical perspectives that can be brought to bear on mathematics and education. Part 1, "Reconceptualizing the Philosophy of Mathematics," contains the following chapters: (1) "Fresh Breezes in the Philosophy of Mathematics" (R. Hersh); (2) What Can the Sociologist of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Cultural Context, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Education
Tobin, Kenneth, Ed.; Elmesky, Rowhea, Ed.; Seiler, Gale, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2005
Many would argue that the state of urban science education has been static for the past several decades and that there is little to learn from it. Rather than accepting this deficit perspective, this book strives to recognize and understand the successes that exist there by systematically documenting seven years of research into issues salient to…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Teaching Methods, Cultural Differences, Science Education
Somekh, Bridget, Ed.; Lewin, Cathy, Ed. – SAGE Publications (UK), 2005
This book is intended as a resource and an indispensable companion to welcome educators into the community of social science research. While it is recognized that some methodological frameworks are incompatible with others, the overarching premise of the book is to indicate how a wide range of researchers choose a methodology and methods which are…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Research Methodology, Ethnography, Ethics
