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  • Algorithms of Education

    How Datafication and Artificial Intelligence Shape Policy

    by Kalervo N. Gulson, Sam Sellar, P. Taylor Webb ...
    A critique of what lies behind the use of data in contemporary education policyWhile the science fiction tales of artificial intelligence eclipsing humanity are still very much fantasies, in Algorithms of Education the authors tell real stories of how algorithms and machines are transforming education governance, providing a fascinating discussion and critique of data and its role in education ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Globalizing Educational Accountabilities

    by Bob Lingard, Wayne Martino, Goli Rezai-Rashti, Sam Sellar ...
    Series series Education in Global Context
    Globalizing Educational Accountabilities analyzes the influence that international and national testing and accountability regimes have on educational policy reform efforts in schooling systems around the world. Tracing the evolution of those regimes, with an emphasis on the OECD’s PISA, it reveals the multiple effects of policy as numbers in countries with different types of government and ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • The Global Education Race

    Taking the Measure of PISA and International Testing

    by Sam Sellar, Greg Thompson, David Rutkowski ...
    A global education race now pits countries, regions, and school systems against one another. The racecourse has been created by a small number of influential international testing programs, and the popular media announces winners and losers. Fear of falling behind haunts policy-makers and shapes educational priorities around the world. But are we running in the right direction? We all have a stake ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • National Testing in Schools

    An Australian assessment

    Edited by Bob Lingard, Greg Thompson, Sam Sellar ...
    Series series Local/Global Issues in Education
    Over the last two decades, large-scale national, or provincial, standardised testing has become prominent in the schools of many countries around the globe. National Testing in Schools: An Australian Assessment draws on research to consider the nature of national testing and its multiple effects, including:media responses and constructions such as league tables of performancepressures within ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • World Yearbook of Education 2019

    Comparative Methodology in the Era of Big Data and Global Networks

    Edited by Radhika Gorur, Sam Sellar, Gita Steiner-Khamsi ...
    Series series World Yearbook of Education
    Digital methodologies, new forms of data visualization and computer-based learning and assessment are creating new challenges as well as opportunities for scholars in educational research. The World Yearbook of Education 2019 explores this highly relevant topic, opening a new discussion about the various conceptual and methodological challenges and opportunities in contemporary educational ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

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    by Colin Marsh ...
    Series series Teachers' Library
    Key Concepts for Understanding Curriculum is an invaluable guide for all involved in curriculum matters. Now fully updated, this revised and enlarged fourth edition provides not only a solid grounding in the subject but also covers the latest trends and issues affecting the field. Written in Marsh's clear and accessible style, the book details the strengths, weaknesses and controversies around ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Understanding Social Networks

    Theories, Concepts, and Findings

    by Charles Kadushin ...
    Despite the swift spread of social network concepts and their applications and the rising use of network analysis in social science, there is no book that provides a thorough general introduction for the serious reader. Understanding Social Networks fills that gap by explaining the big ideas that underlie the social network phenomenon. Written for those interested in this fast moving area but who ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • Understanding Early Childhood Education and Care in Australia

    Practices and perspectives

    Edited by Joanne Ailwood ...
    In order to effectively practise as an early childhood educator it is essential to understand the theories, policies and pedagogy that shape the discipline. Understanding Early Childhood Education and Care in Australia provides core foundational knowledge that is critical for best practice.Part One looks at concepts of childhood and the development of mass education before examining influential ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Wellbeing, Freedom and Social Justice

    The Capability Approach Re-Examined

    by Ingrid Robeyns ...
    How do we evaluate ambiguous concepts such as wellbeing, freedom, and social justice? How do we develop policies that offer everyone the best chance to achieve what they want from life? The capability approach, a theoretical framework pioneered by the philosopher and economist Amartya Sen in the 1980s, has become an increasingly influential way to think about these issues.Wellbeing, Freedom and ... Read more

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  • Paradoxes of Media and Information Literacy

    The Crisis of Information

    by Jutta Haider, Olof Sundin ...
    Paradoxes of Media and Information Literacy contributes to ongoing conversations about control of knowledge and different ways of knowing. It does so by analysing why media and information literacy (MIL) is proposed as a solution for addressing the current information crisis.Questioning why MIL is commonly believed to wield such power, the book throws into sharp relief several paradoxes that are ... Read more

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  • The Curriculum

    Theory and Practice

    by Professor A Vic Kelly ...
    'This book will be of interest to educational practitioners, and many other professionals concerned with the education and development of the young' - ESCalate`A very well-respected book [and a] Curriculum classic...[which offers] balance to current official publications...One of its strengths is the coherent argument that runs throughout. It is very much a product of the wide knowledge and ... Read more

    $87.29 USD

  • Equity, Teaching Practice and the Curriculum

    Exploring Differences in Access to Knowledge

    Edited by Ninni Wahlström ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Education
    This book explores how different classroom discourses and concepts of knowledge permeate teaching in high- and low-performance classrooms. Drawing on empirical research from classrooms in Sweden, it presents a theory-based framework for classroom research.The book examines the central concepts of knowledge, curriculum, pedagogy and equity to discuss differences in access to knowledge and the ... Read more

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