Given the unprecedented growth in the knowledge base of physical education and in the number of new physical education teacher education faculty, a...

The volume provides critical insights into approaches adopted by curricula, textbooks and teachers around the world when teaching about the past in...

Nakosteen has drawn from German, Persian, Arabic, English, and French sources as well as his own understanding of the Eastern and Western cultures ...

Learn about the sport of hockey, take an alphabet journey all about Canada's national game. More than just the letters of the alphabet, these books...

More than ever before, students have the option of studying abroad. The character of the higher education experience in many countries has been dra...

From left to right on the political spectrum, there is at least one note of agreement: the nation's school system has not delivered universal quali...

Ghana has faced strong gender bias inside its educational institutions since gaining independence from Britain. This prejudice is fuelled by the le...

This book deals with the most important individual, professional development, program, and system factors that influence the type and amount of tea...

Over more than thirty years, particular governments, individuals and organisations have actively promoted computers as learning technologies. Enorm...

The humanities have been an integral part of humanity’s cultural structure for centuries. In this book, a number of leading scholars reflect on the...

The twentieth century was a time of great change in early years education. As the century opened, the use of Froebel's kindergarten methods infiltr...

I Was There shares the insights and experiences of the generations of students, professors, and staff who lived and worked at the U of A for the pa...

Beginning with the concept that the way we think of social justice will depend on our understanding of who we are, Equity, Identity and Social Just...

This book examines conceptions of learning, that is, systematic sets of beliefs concerning learning that people develop. Such beliefs encompass iss...

In 2004 the Rockwool Foundation decided to launch a research project that would focus upon the relationship of young immigrants to the Danish educa...

The University, a 13th century medieval educational construct initially developed in France, Italy, and England, but later exported to virtually ev...

The notion of globalisation and its relation to education is widely being discussed among politicians, philosophers, scholars, educators and studen...

In 2012, the federal government provided over $850 million to 185 Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools that serve about 41,000 Indian students ...

Reading difficulties present serious and potentially lifelong challenges. Children who do not read well are more likely to be retained a grade in s...

Developing positive school climates and improving school discipline policies and practices are critical steps to raising academic achievement and s...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have historically been marginalised in the Australian education system in multiple ways. A literature ...

Using contemporary empirical research data, this book takes the stance that purposeful self-regulation actively contributes to promoting deeper lea...

To fulfill their academic purposes in higher education, students must mobilize knowledge learned in the classroom, but also obtained individually a...

Programs and policies designed to promote higher levels of financial capability among youth have proliferated in recent years in the aftermath of t...