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This book stresses learning and teaching, rather than teaching and learning. The contention of the contributors is that the focus in all educational endeavours should not be primarily on teachers and teaching, but on learners; how to best facilitate learning, in the most effective, enjoyable, relevant and cost-effective ways for learners, whether they be children, youth or adults. The focus is therefore on how learning can be enhanced, through effective teaching; and how individuals can be best prepared to be excellent teachers. This ground-breaking book examines the personal dimensions of learning and teaching, and various aspects of education reform. It particularly focuses on the situation in the Asia-Pacific region, yet draws on best and innovative practices from the international arena. The book brings together the thoughts and insights offered by international leaders in the fields of teaching and learning. It seeks to build a bridge between researchers, policy makers and practitioners.

Learning. --- Effective teaching. --- Hughes, Phillip W. --- Instructional effectiveness --- Teaching effectiveness --- Teaching quality --- Teaching --- Teacher effectiveness --- Learning process --- Comprehension --- Education --- Hughes, Phillip William --- Hughes, P. W. --- Learning & Instruction. --- Teaching and Teacher Education. --- Education, general. --- Instruction. --- Teaching. --- Education. --- Children --- Education, Primitive --- Education of children --- Human resource development --- Instruction --- Pedagogy --- Schooling --- Students --- Youth --- Civilization --- Learning and scholarship --- Mental discipline --- Schools --- Training --- Didactics --- School teaching --- Schoolteaching --- Instructional systems --- Pedagogical content knowledge

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Pedagogiek en onderwijskunde --- Teacher mobility --- Teachers --- Teaching --- Lerarenvervolmaking en research. --- Case studies --- Promotions --- Sociological aspects --- Case studies.

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This book discusses key aspects of life in schools and classrooms, and surveys the changes that have occurred over the years in educational research, policy making and practice in these school and classroom settings. It not only examines cutting-edge research in these areas, but also showcases good practices in the field. Among the topics reviewed are recent developments in assessment, methods for collecting and analysing data on classroom practice, school leadership and the pros and cons of class size and small-class teaching; topics which are currently hotly debated in education systems around the globe. As such, the book objectively examines the various debates, and surveys the full range of evidence available. Education researchers, policy makers and practitioners often hold differing views about the reasons for teacher and student behaviour in classrooms and, for example, its relevance to class size. Many of these views are based on ‘gut feelings’ rather than hard evidence. Unfortunately, these three groups, with differing perspectives, often ‘talk past each other’ rather than engage in a productive, mutually beneficial dialogue. The book builds an effective bridge between researchers, policy makers and practitioners regarding the impact of these various aspects of classroom life, so that the viewpoints of each can be carefully considered and evaluated.

Teacher education. Teacher's profession --- Curriculum development --- Didactic evaluation --- Educational systems. Teaching systems --- Teaching --- Kindergarten --- Educational sciences --- onderwijspolitiek --- evaluatie (onderwijs) --- onderwijs --- curriculumontwikkeling --- kleuterdidactiek --- lerarenopleiding --- peuters --- onderwijsonderzoek --- lesgeven

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The world-wide reform movement has now been in process for thirty years and it is therefore perhaps an appropriate point to consider its implications for the work of teachers thus far and to ponder on the future. It would be widely agreed that the reform movement in general, and in relation to teachers’ work in particular, has brought advantages and disadvantages. It has stimulated teacher development and increased the accountability of teachers to clients – including the state as client. On the other hand, it has led to the intensification of teachers’ work and to the deprofessionalisation as well as professionalisation of teachers. Moreover, it has increased the power of managerialism over the influence of professionalism. This book addresses these issues from different perspectives and in relation to different contexts. It also considers possible solutions to two problems in particular: how to achieve accountability without intensification, and how to ensure that school management and leadership functions to support and enhance teachers as professionals.

Teaching. --- School management and organization. --- Teachers --- Career development. --- Educational administration --- Inspection of schools --- School administration --- School inspection --- School operation policies --- School organization --- Schools --- Educational planning --- Management --- Didactics --- Instruction --- Pedagogy --- School teaching --- Schoolteaching --- Education --- Instructional systems --- Pedagogical content knowledge --- Training --- Professional ethics. --- Inspection --- Management and organization --- Hoyle, Eric. --- Career advancement --- Career ladder --- Career management --- Career planning --- Development, Career --- Development, Professional --- Employee development --- Organizational career development --- Professional development --- Personnel management --- Vocational guidance --- Faculty (Education) --- Instructors --- School teachers --- Schoolteachers --- School employees --- Hoyle, E. --- Learning & Instruction. --- Teaching and Teacher Education. --- Administration, Organization and Leadership. --- Learning. --- Instruction. --- School administration. --- Administration, Educational --- Operation policies, School --- Policies, School operation --- Organization --- Learning process --- Comprehension

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This 6-volume Handbook covers in detail all of the latest practice in technical and vocational education and training (TVET). Edited by two world-leading authorities on the subject, contributions have come from more than 200 international authors, making this a totally comprehensive text on the subject. The Handbook’s aim is to review the developments that have occurred in TVET and provide pointers to improvements in the field. In this Handbook readers will find information on TVET models from all over the world, reflections on the best and most innovative practice, and dozens of telling case studies. The Handbook presents the work both of established as well as the most promising young researchers, giving it a real cutting edge and features unrivalled coverage of developments in research, policy and practice in TVET. It will assist those involved in TVET at any level in making informed decisions and further advance and improve the field and to bridge the gap between vocational and academic education in the 21st century. This Springer work is particularly relevant today as TVET faces major challenges posed by the move in many countries towards the knowledge-based economy ushered in by new information and communication technologies. Traditional occupations and apprenticeships are affected as the boundaries between manual and mental work fade. National economies are evolving rapidly as market forces take full advantage of the opportunities offered by globalization. Work, of course, has always been a major feature in people’s lives. Not only does it provide them with the means of survival—food, clothing and shelter—but it also has a major impact on their self-identity, social status, standard of living and quality of life. In this respect, the shift from the Industrial Age to the Information Age has considerable implications for education and training. Numerous questions arise from the shift in the global labour marketplace, questions that this volume provides answers to. How do we anticipate change in the labour market? How respond to the dilemma of providing appropriate educational and training courses in a fluid world economy? Governments need reliable mechanisms to predict economic trends and the demand for manpower. Governments, enterprises and trade unions alike must focus on the methodologies of teacher training, curriculum development, the school-to-work transition, gender, and equality and equity. They will need to offer flexible pathways to training, find new ways of moulding human capital, and work out how they cope with unemployment and an ageing workforce—to name only a few. These are just some of the topics addressed in this Handbook. It draws on international experience to identify the best answers and the best procedures to improve TVET, and provides comprehensive coverage of cutting-edge practices in research and policy as we face the vicissitudes of the twenty-first century.

Education -- Research. --- Educational change. --- Labor supply -- Effect of education on. --- Organizational change. --- Education, Special Topics --- Labor & Workers' Economics --- Theory & Practice of Education --- Education --- Business & Economics --- Social Sciences --- High technology industries --- Labor supply --- Occupational training. --- Vocational education. --- Employees --- Training of. --- Effect of education on. --- Education, Vocational --- Vocational training --- Work experience --- Job training --- Manpower development and training --- Manpower training programs --- Education and employment --- Employment and education --- Change, Educational --- Education change --- Education reform --- Educational reform --- Reform, Education --- School reform --- Change, Organizational --- Organization development --- Organizational development --- Organizational innovation --- Education. --- Professional & Vocational Education. --- Technical education --- Management --- Organization --- Manpower planning --- Training --- Education and training services industry --- Practice firms --- Industries --- Educational planning --- Educational innovations --- Children --- Education, Primitive --- Education of children --- Human resource development --- Instruction --- Pedagogy --- Schooling --- Students --- Youth --- Civilization --- Learning and scholarship --- Mental discipline --- Schools --- Teaching --- Professional education. --- Education, Professional --- Career education --- Education, Higher