Global Pedagogies edited by Joseph Zajda explores globalization, access, and democracy in education; shows the effects of globalization, democracy and education policy on current models and trends; and describes the ideological imperatives of globalization and their impact on democracy and equality. The chapters provide directions in education and policy research that is relevant to transformational educational reforms in the 21st century. The book’s two sections focus first on main trends and issues…
A Bill of Rights and Principles for Learning in the Digital Age
January 24, 2013EdSurge discusses a Bill of Rights and Principles, newly developed by a group of people passionate about learning, serving today’s students, and using every available tool to respond better to the needs of students in a global, interactive, digitally connected world....
Digital Content: What Does the Future Hold for Education Systems?
January 23, 2013GETideas.org hosted this GooglePlus hangout on the future of digital content. The online discussion featured a panel of education experts, including Nicole Allen, affordable-textbooks advocate, Student PIRGS; Una Daly, communication college outreach director, OpenCourseWare Consortium; and Cable Green, director of global...
Explaining Inequalities in School Achievement: A Realist Analysis
January 22, 2013In Explaining Inequalities in School Achievement, author Roy Nash argues that a realist framework for the sociological explanation of educational group differences can, and must be, constructed. A move to such an explanatory framework will allow society to take into account the...
Education 3.0: Seven Steps to Better Schools
January 14, 2013In Education 3.0: Seven Steps to Better Schools, renowned educator and technology expert Jim Lengel provides a refreshing and hopeful picture of what schools should look like, including a groundbreaking seven-step process for envisioning and building them that draws on the...
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October 4, 2012The Education & Tech blog looks at the new U.S. Common Core standards for math, noting that “the spirit of inquiry and curiosity is back” and that game-based learning is one way to support this educational paradigm. As author Nigel Nisbet states, “…To build true conceptual understanding during the learning process, students will need considerable practice at being challenged to make sense of mathematics for themselves … A game is inherently about…
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September 24, 2012This report from the UCLA Civil Rights Project shows segregation has increased dramatically across the U.S. for Latino students, who are attending more intensely segregated and impoverished schools than they have for generations. These segregation increases have been the most dramatic in the West, where the typical Latino student in the region attends a school where less than a quarter of their classmates are white; nearly two-thirds are other Latinos; and two-thirds are…
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September 20, 2012This U.S. Center on Education Policy (CEP) annual report on state high school exit exams finds that states are embracing higher standards on their exit exams, which means schools and students will feel the impact. The report, based on data collected from state education department personnel in 45 states, discusses the present status of state exit exam policies, the future of these policies as states implement the Common Core State…
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September 18, 2012Drawing on a wealth of theoretical and empirical work, Education in a Digital World byNeil Selwyn tackles a number of pressing questions, such as: How are global trends in educational technology refracted through national policies and processes? How exactly are educational technologies linked to issues of global economics and the fortunes of national and international economies? To what extent are digital technologies implicated in the commercialization, marketization, and commodification of education? The book…
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September 11, 2012Education at a Glance from the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is the leading international compendium of comparable national statistics measuring the state of education worldwide. This year’s report includes indicators on: The output of educational institutions and the impact of learning Financial and human resources invested in education Access to education, participation, and progression The learning environment and organization of schools
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September 10, 2012The National Art Education Association (U.S.) examines the importance of putting arts into STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) to create STEAM. This post contains links to STEAM Not STEM and an excellent statement from Dr. Yong Zhao (from Diane Ravitch’s blog).
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September 6, 2012The Other Side of Teaching by Evelyn A. Uddin-Khan tells the story of what it’s like to be a teacher in today’s classrooms. In discussing how U.S. schools have fallen to the bottom of the international rating list, the book challenges politicians, budget cutters, policy scribes, and taxpayers (parents) to “stop hiding behind teachers” and to fix the public schools. It also challenges the school hierarchy and looks at corruption within school…
