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The Quick Reference Guide to Educational Innovations
Practices, Programs, Policies, and Philosophies



February 2002 | 160 pages | Corwin
`An excellent reference book that should be included in every educator's library-plus each school's professional staff library' - Ruth Nelson, Retired Elementary School Teacher Fairbanks, Alaska

`This book is on the cutting edge. A must for new teachers and an excellent source for veteran teachers to become familiar with new techniques' - Sandra Whited, Instructor University of Texas at San Antonio

This reference book provides an explanation to current educational programmes, practices, philosophies and movements in schools, all supported by research. It gives the reader access to extensive resources on each aspect of relevant educational innovation.

An easy, interesting, and fun way for teachers, administrators, board members, parents, or anyone interested in education to stay current with the educational innovations that affect their work and lives.

 
Preface
Acknowledgments

 
 
Introduction
 
About the Author
 
1. Practices
 
2. Programs
 
3. Policies
 
4. Philosophies, Theories, and Movements
 
Epilogue
 
References
 
Index

"An excellent reference book that should be included in every educator’s library—plus each school’s professional staff library."

Ruth Nelson, Retired Elementary School Teacher
Fairbanks, AK

"This book is on the cutting edge. A must for new teachers and an excellent source for veteran teachers to become familiar with new techniques." 

Sandra Whited, Instructor
University of Texas at San Antonio

"An illustration of knowledge about pedagogy serves as the base in Carolyn Orange’s user-friendly summary of practices, programs, policies, and philosophies associated with different innovations."

Bruce Caldwell, Professor of Education and Dean, Faculty of Education
University of Melbourne, Australia

Sample Materials & Chapters

Preface


Carolyn M. Orange

Carolyn Orange is Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She teaches Psychological Basis of Learning, Learning and Development of the School Age Child, Human Growth and Development, and Psychology of Human Motivation. She has a PhD and Master of Arts degree in Educational Psycho logy from Washington University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harris Stowe State College. She began her teaching career in the St. Louis Public Schools where she taught for a number of years. Her work as an educator has spanned about 25 years. That period includes some time that she worked for two corporations. She has... More About Author

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ISBN: 9780761978169
$34.95