Creative teaching as well as teaching creativity are cutting edge issues in psychology today as recent academic and popular media coverage has shown. This volume expands on that interest with chapter authors drawn from interdisciplinary areas. It includes examples of creatively teaching across the education system, including preschool, K-12, undergraduate, and graduate level education. The variety of subjects covered by editors Mary Banks Gregerson, James C. Kaufman, and Heather T. Snyder include…
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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January 2, 2013School Leadership and Administration, edited by Allan Walker and Clive Dimmock, calls for a broader approach to comparative educational administration: one which uses culture as the principle means of analysis. The articles collected by the editors detail the educational practices and outcomes of other systems while taking into account the mediating influence of culture. In this way, these essays stress the specific aspects of the cultures studied, mapping out common ground for the…
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December 18, 2012This document was written by a Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) task force composed of current and former U.S. chief state school officers, with input from the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) and the National Governors Association (NGA). The report is a call to action for chiefs and an invitation to colleagues–especially members of NASBE and NGA who contributed to this report–and those in educator preparation and…
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December 7, 2012Organization and Administration in Higher Education, edited by Patrick Schloss and Kristina Cragg, provides effective and proven strategies for today’s change-oriented leaders. Bringing together distinguished administrators from two-year, four-year, public, and private colleges and universities, this volume provide both practical and effective guidance on the intricacies of the institutional structure, its functional activities, and contingency planning. Coverage includes: Key leadership positions and expectations Faculty and student governance Accreditation and assessment Budget…
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November 28, 2012Writing for the SmartBlog on Education, Principal Eric Sheninger discusses the key elements to driving technology innovation in schools: Connectedness Vision Value Support Professional Development Embracement
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November 28, 2012Bully in the Ivory Tower by Leah Hollis examines the manifestation of workplace bullying in U.S. higher-education administration. After surveying more than 175 four-year colleges and universities in an independent study, Hollis confirms that workplace bullying occurs at alarming rates in higher education. Further, this study calculates the high cost of staff disengagement caused by bullying. After gathering data through surveys and interviews with administrators in higher education, Hollis develops a…
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November 26, 2012Helping Educators Grow by Eleanor Drago-Severson contains strategies and practices for the development of education leadership. The book takes as its starting point the premise that adult development is leadership development—that is, the task of school leaders is to develop the capacities of adults as well as students. Drawing on the principles of constructive-developmental theory, Drago-Severson offers a framework for conceptualizing growth based on the core elements of care, respect, trust, collaboration, and…
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November 15, 2012TeachThought shares the many ways educators can use Pinterest in Classroom–37 ideas, grouped by the following themes: Inspiration, Lessons, Professional, and Fun. GETideas resources on Pinterest
