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Benjamin Kutsyuruba, Editor; Frances K. Kochan, Editor – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2024
This volume of the Perspectives on Mentoring Series explores the role of mentoring in promoting wellbeing of both mentees or proteges and mentors in K-12 school settings. At its core, mentoring is about helping, advising, supporting, and guiding mentees and proteges to gain a wide variety of skills, abilities, and/or attributes. Another outcome of…
Descriptors: Mentors, Well Being, Elementary Secondary Education, Mental Health
Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, 2022
As the 2021-22 academic year came to a close, the United States was rocked by the news of another school mass shooting, this time at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Nineteen fourth-grade students and two of their teachers were killed when an 18-year-old former student entered the school through an unlocked door, made his way to his former…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, School Violence, Weapons, Student Behavior
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Fomunyam, Kehdinga George, Ed. – IntechOpen, 2020
Theorising STEM Education in the 21st Century is a book that captures the essence of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics and the intricacies of STEM education in the contemporary society. It explores STEM as an interdisciplinary field as well as the individual disciplines that make up STEM. This ensures the field of STEM as a whole is…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Educational Theories, Cognitive Processes
Apugo, Danielle, Ed.; Mawhinney, Lynnette, Ed.; Mbilishaka, Afiya, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2020
"Strong Black Girls" lays bare the harm Black women and girls are expected to overcome in order to receive an education in America. This edited volume amplifies the routinely muffled voices and experiences of Black women and girls in schools through storytelling, essays, letters, and poetry. The authors make clear that the strength of…
Descriptors: African Americans, Females, African American Students, Womens Education
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Boldt, Gail, Ed. – Bank Street College of Education, 2020
For this edition of the "Bank Street Occasional Paper Series," educators were invited to share stories from their practice: times when they utilized children's literature and conversations to address real life; the difficult topics that children experience through the mirror of their own experiences or the windows of their peers,…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Controversial Issues (Course Content), Childrens Literature, Teaching Methods
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Sharma, Ramesh C., Ed. – IGI Global, 2018
New tools and technologies are being developed to cater to the e-learning triangle of content, technology, and services. These developments (in technology, needs of students, emergence of new modes of education like MOOCs or flipped classrooms, etc.) have resulted in a change in the approach to teaching. "Innovative Applications of Online…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Instructional Design
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Freiermuth, Mark, Ed.; Zarrinabadi, Nourollah, Ed. – New Language Learning and Teaching Environments, 2020
This edited volume brings together large-scale research as well as case studies from a range of geographical contexts and represents a variety of educational settings involving second language learners and users. Its aim is to explore the interrelated issues of psychology and technology use in second language learning settings as well as in more…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Case Studies, Technology Uses in Education
Christenson, Sandra L., Ed.; Reschly, Amy L., Ed.; Wylie, Cathy, Ed. – Springer, 2012
For more than two decades, the concept of student engagement has grown from simple attention in class to a construct comprised of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral components that embody and further develop motivation for learning. Similarly, the goals of student engagement have evolved from dropout prevention to improved outcomes for lifelong…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Educational Research, Learning Motivation, Educational Indicators
Cohen, Jeffrey J.; Fish, Marian C. – 1993
This handbook describes interventions for the major behavior problems that students may exhibit from kindergarten through high school. The book is a compilation of nontechnical summaries of intervention strategies with demonstrated or potential value for school settings. The summaries are digested from journal articles and other publications. The…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
Haynes, Norris M., Ed.; Ben-Avie, Michael, Ed.; Ensign, Jacque, Ed. – 2003
This book is for math and science teachers who are eager to find creative and stimulating ways to engage student interest and boost their academic performance. A group of contributors including both psychologists and teachers outline the principles of social emotional learning (SEL) that educators can follow to help all students achieve in the…
Descriptors: Black Studies, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy, Educational Quality
Berry, Gordon LaVern, Ed.; Asamen, Joy Keiko, Ed. – 1989
This collection examines the history and current status of the economic, political, social, and psychological factors that influence the academic achievement of low-income African Americans. The introduction, "Afro-American Students and Academic Achievement" (J. K. Asamen), outlines the historical development of black education and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Education, Black Students, Cultural Influences
Dicks, Barbara A., Ed. – 2001
This collection of papers addresses the HIV/AIDS situation among English-speaking children in the Caribbean. Papers include: "Preface" (C. James Hospedales); "Introduction"; (Barbara A. Dicks); "HIV/AIDS: Challenging a Monster" (Brendan Bain); "HIV/AIDS in Caribbean Children and Adolescents" (Noreen Jack);…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Birth, Children
Tozer, Steven, Ed.; Anderson, Thomas H., Ed.; Armbruster, Bonnie B., Ed. – 1990
This collection of essays focuses on the role of psychological and cultural foundations in teacher education. Following an introduction by the editors, the 12 essays are as follows: "Reconnecting Foundations to the Substance of Teacher Education" (Lee S. Shulman); "A Reconceptualization of Educational Foundations" (Jonas F.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cultural Influences, Diversity (Student), Educational History