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"Design thinking is a human-centered problem-solving process that organizations can use to address wicked and complex problems of practice. Within the PK-12 space, design thinking has been employed to engage educators in an innovative approach to address challenges like curriculum redesign, instructional engagement, and designing physical spaces. The use of design thinking in the PK-12 space is a result of the evolution of an organizational improvement process that puts people at the center of problem-solving initiatives. Design thinking is seen as both a process and a mindset that enables people to look at problems in new ways and address these problems through creative approaches. In this book we share case studies of PK-12 schools and other educational organizations that have used design thinking, as well as research studies that have studied aspects of design thinking in the PK-12 space. We have brought together a variety of research-based and illustrative case studies around design thinking in PK-12 education that explore the development and implementation of design thinking in practice"--

Educational change --- Curriculum planning --- Classroom environment --- Teacher effectiveness

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"The transition from graduate studies to teaching is full of challenges. In this concise, practical guide for the aspiring professor, Michael Kibbe offers plenty of personal examples and tested advice as he covers preparation for teaching, best practices in the classroom, self-evaluation, and the discovery of your mission and method"--

First year teachers. --- Teacher effectiveness. --- Religious educators. --- College teaching. --- School-to-work transition.

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Everyone in academia knows it and no one likes to admit it: faculty often have to teach courses in areas they don't know very well. The challenges are even greater when students don't share your cultural background, lifestyle, or assumptions about how to behave in a classroom. In this practical and funny book, an experienced teaching consultant offers many creative strategies for dealing with typical problems. --from publisher description.

College teaching. --- Effective teaching. --- Learning. --- Learning process --- Comprehension --- Education --- Instructional effectiveness --- Teaching effectiveness --- Teaching quality --- Teaching --- Teacher effectiveness --- University teaching

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Financial incentives for students, teachers, and schools are often used to promote learning. Yet, little is known about whether similar incentives for mayors produce analogous findings. This paper investigates this question by exploring a results-based financing reform in Ceara, Brazil, which redistributes state resources to municipalities based on education performance. Comparing schools on both sides of Ceara's border over key implementation periods, the paper shows that ninthgrade students who were exposed to the results-based financing performed 0.15 standard deviation higher on mathematics and language tests. These impacts increase twofold when Ceara offers technical assistance to municipalities (pedagogical and managerial) and become significant for fifth graders. These gains are seen among students in the top performance quantiles, but reformulating the results-based financing rule to penalize municipalities with more low performers significantly reduces learning gaps. The paper discuss several mechanisms: the selection of school principals, teacher training, the provision and quality of textbooks, curriculum coverage, and school homework.

Education --- Education For All --- Educational Institutions and Facilities --- Educational Policy and Planning --- Effective Schools and Teachers --- Learning Incentives --- Municipal Governance --- Public Sector Reform --- Results-Based Financing --- Secondary Education --- Student Performance --- Teacher Effectiveness --- Teacher Training --- Technical Assistance