Transitions in American Education

Transitions in American Education
Author: Donald Parkerson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2014-03-05
Genre: Education
ISBN: 113571813X

This book is a concise social history of teaching from the colonial period to the present. By revealing the words of teachers themselves, it brings their stories to life. Synthesizing decades of research on teaching, it places important topics such as discipline in the classroom, technology, and cultural diversity within historical perspective.

Higher Education in Transition

Higher Education in Transition
Author: John Brubacher
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 613
Release: 2017-07-05
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1351515764

At a time when our colleges and universities face momentous questions of new growth and direction, the republication of Higher Education in Transition is more timely than ever. Beginning with colonial times, the authors trace the development of our college and university system chronologically, in terms of men and institutions. They bring into focus such major areas of concern as curriculum, administration, academic freedom, and student life. They tell their story with a sharp eye for the human values at stake and the issues that will be with us in the future.One gets a sense not only of temporal sequence by centuries and decades but also of unity and continuity by a review of major themes and topics. Rudy's new chapters update developments in higher education during the last twenty years. Higher Education in Transition continues to have significance not only for those who work in higher education, but for everyone interested in American ideas, traditions, and social and intellectual history.

Promoting a Successful Transition to Middle School

Promoting a Successful Transition to Middle School
Author: Patrick Akos
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2015-06-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317919157

With detailed examples of best practices from middle schools across the country, this book features research-based strategies and suggestions for transition programs. It covers the roles of school principals, counselors, classroom teachers, and the central office.

Lessons from the Transition to Pandemic Education in the Us

Lessons from the Transition to Pandemic Education in the Us
Author: Marni E. Fisher
Publisher:
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2021-06-10
Genre: COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
ISBN: 9781032025292

This volume narrates and shares the often-unheard voices of students, parents, and educators during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through close analysis of their lived experiences, the book identifies key patterns, pitfalls, and lessons learnt from pandemic education. Drawing on contributions from all levels of the US education system, the book situates these myriad voices and perspectives within a prismatic theory framework in order to recognise how these views and experiences interconnect. Detailed narrative and phenomenological analysis also call attention to patterns of inequality, reduced social and emotional well-being, pressures on parents, and the role of communication, flexibility, and teacher-led innovation. Chapters are interchanged with interludes that showcase a lyrical and authentic approach to understanding the multiplicity of experience in the text. Providing a valuable contribution to the contemporary field of pandemic education research, this volume will be of interest to researchers, academics, and educators with an interest in the sociology of education, online teaching and eLearning, and those involved with the digitalization of education at all levels. Those more broadly interested in educational research methods and the effects of home-schooling will also benefit.