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Failure to Connect: How Computers Affect Our Children's Minds and What We Can Do About It
by Jane M. HealyIn this comprehensive, practical, and unsettling look at computers in children's lives, Jane M. Healy, Ph.D., questions whether computers are really helping or harming children's development. Once a bedazzled enthusiast of educational computing but now a troubled skeptic, Dr. Healy examines the advantages and drawbacks of computer use for kids at home and school, exploring its effects on children's health, creativity, brain development, and social and emotional growth. Today, the Federal Government allocates scarce educational funding to wire every classroom to the Internet, software companies churn out "educational" computer programs even for preschoolers, and school administrators cut funding and space for books, the arts, and physical education to make room for new computer hardware. It is past the time to address these issues. Many parents and even some educators have been sold on the idea that computer literacy is as important as reading and math. Those who haven't hopped on the techno bandwagon are left wondering whether they are shortchanging their children's education or their students' futures. Few people stop to consider that computers, used incorrectly, may do far more harm than good. New technologies can be valuable educational tools when used in age-appropriate ways by properly trained teachers. But too often schools budget insufficiently for teacher training and technical support. Likewise, studies suggest that few parents know how to properly assist children's computer learning; much computer time at home may be wasted time, drawing children away from other developmentally important activities such as reading, hobbies, or creative play. Moreover, Dr. Healy finds that much so-called learning software is more "edutainment" than educational, teaching students more about impulsively pointing and clicking for some trivial goal than about how to think, to communicate, to imagine, or to solve problems. Some software, used without careful supervision, may also have the potential to interrupt a child's internal motivation to learn. Failure to Connect is the first book to link children's technology use to important new findings about stages of child development and brain maturation, which are clearly explained throughout. It illustrates, through dozens of concrete examples and guidelines, how computers can be used successfully with children of different age groups as supplements to classroom curricula, as research tools, or in family projects. Dr. Healy issues strong warnings, however, against too early computer use, recommending little or no exposure before age seven, when the brain is primed to take on more abstract challenges. She also lists resources for reliable reviews of child-oriented software, suggests questions parents should ask when their children are using computers in school, and discusses when and how to manage computer use at home. Finally, she offers a thoughtful look at the question of which skills today's children will really need for success in a technological future -- and how they may best acquire them. Based on years of research into learning and hundreds of hours of interviews and observations with school administrators, teachers, parents, and students, Failure to Connect is a timely and eye-opening examination of the central questions we must confront as technology increasingly influences the way we educate our children.
Failure to Disrupt: Why Technology Alone Can’t Transform Education
by Justin ReichA leader in educational technology separates truth from hype, explaining what tech can—and can’t—do to transform our classrooms.Proponents of large-scale learning have boldly promised that technology can disrupt traditional approaches to schooling, radically accelerating learning and democratizing education. Much-publicized experiments, often underwritten by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, have been launched at elite universities and in elementary schools in the poorest neighborhoods. Such was the excitement that, in 2012, the New York Times declared the “year of the MOOC.” Less than a decade later, that pronouncement seems premature.In Failure to Disrupt: Why Technology Alone Can’t Transform Education, Justin Reich delivers a sobering report card on the latest supposedly transformative educational technologies. Reich takes readers on a tour of MOOCs, autograders, computerized “intelligent tutors,” and other educational technologies whose problems and paradoxes have bedeviled educators. Learning technologies—even those that are free to access—often provide the greatest benefit to affluent students and do little to combat growing inequality in education. And institutions and investors often favor programs that scale up quickly, but at the expense of true innovation. It turns out that technology cannot by itself disrupt education or provide shortcuts past the hard road of institutional change.Technology does have a crucial role to play in the future of education, Reich concludes. We still need new teaching tools, and classroom experimentation should be encouraged. But successful reform efforts will focus on incremental improvements, not the next killer app.
Failure, Fascism, and Teachers in American Theatre: Pedagogy of the Oppressors (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History)
by James F. WilsonThis timely and accessible book explores the shifting representations of schoolteachers and professors in plays and performances primarily from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in the United States. Examining various historical and recurring types, such as spinsters, schoolmarms, presumed sexual deviants, radicals and communists, fascists, and emasculated men teachers, Wilson shines the spotlight on both well-known and nearly-forgotten plays. The analysis draws on a range of scholars from cultural and gender studies, queer theory, and critical race discourses to consider teacher characters within notable education movements and periods of political upheaval. Richly illustrated, the book will appeal to theatre scholars and general readers as it delves into plays and performances that reflect cultural fears, desires, and fetishistic fantasies associated with educators. In the process, the scrutiny on the array of characters may help illuminate current attacks on real-life teachers while providing meaningful opportunities for intervention in the ongoing education wars.
Failure-Free Education?: The Past, Present and Future of School Effectiveness and School Improvement (Contexts of Learning)
by David ReynoldsDavid Reynolds is recognised internationally as one of the leaders of the school effectiveness and school improvement movement, and Failure Free Education? brings together for the first time many of his most influential and provocative pieces. Drawing on the author’s work from over three decades, these extracts from his seminal books, chapters, papers and articles combine to give a unique overview of how the movement developed, the problems involved in the application of the knowledge and the disciplines’ potentially glittering future now. The book also covers the issues raised by, and lessons learned from, his close involvement with English government educational policymaking from the mid 1990s to date. This book is essential reading for those who seek to understand how we can make every school a good school, and what the obstacles may be to achieving that goal.
Failure: The Federal Miseducation of America's Children
by Vicki E. AlgerA comprehensive account and frank assessment of federal involvement in education is long overdue. Education policy expert Vicki E. Alger remedies this deficiency with her book, Failure: The Federal Miseducation of America&’s Children.As its title indicates, Failure makes no effort to sugar coat its findings: Created in 1979, after a lobbying campaign that spanned generations, the Department of Education has failed to live up to its promises. Federal involvement—whether related to testing, funding, or academic curricula—has failed to abide by the Constitution&’s implication that education must remain the domain only of state and local governments and private institutions. Most of all, the central government&’s pervasive meddling in education has failed America&’s school children and their parents. Education policy has long been mired in controversies, often with opposing sides missing the mark. Failure helps us step back from the skirmish du jour and redirects our focus to the big picture, showing us what&’s gone wrong over the decades and the institutional causes of these failures. It also offers a bold blueprint for returning the federal government to its constitutional role and for cultivating an educational system that meets the needs of students and parents, rather than bureaucrats. Concerned citizens of every stripe will benefit from Failure&’s history of federal education policy, its brutally honest report card for the Department of Education, its look at education systems across the globe, and its ambitious policy recommendations. Failure might even succeed in reframing the way the federal education establishment thinks about education policy.
Fair Isn't Always Equal: Assessment & Grading in the Differentiated Classroom
by Rick WormeliDifferentiated instruction is a nice idea, but what happens when it comes to assessing and grading students? How can you capture student progress, growth, and soft skill development and still provide an equitable grading environment?' An internationally recognized expert on grading practices, author Rick Wormeli revisits these questions in this thoroughly updated second edition of Fair Isn' t Always Equal: Assessment and Grading in the Differentiated Classroom.' Wormeli reflects on current grading and assessment practices and how they can exist with high-stakes, accountable classrooms. Important and sometimes controversial issues are tackled constructively in this book, incorporating modern pedagogy and addressing the challenges of teaching diverse groups of students across all learning levels.' Middle- and high-school educators will easily recognize' gray areas of grading and how important it is to have a shared school vision. In this second edition, new sections address sports eligibility, honor roll, descriptive feedback techniques, and gifted/talented students.' Previous chapters on test questions, redos/retakes, grading scales, and grading effort and behavior have been revised extensively. This important book clearly explains the principles behind best grading practices so that you' re ready for all grading questions or scenarios that you may encounter in your classrooms and schools.
Fair Isn't Always Equal: Assessment and Grading in the Differentiated Classroom
by Rick WormeliDifferentiated instruction is a nice idea, but what happens when it comes to assessing and grading students? What's both fair and leads to real student learning? An internationally recognized expert on grading practices, Rick Wormeli first examined these questions 10 years ago in the first edition of Fair Isn't Always Equal. In this thoroughly updated second edition, Rick provides a catalyst for serious reflection on current grading and assessment practices in differentiated classrooms. Coherent and effective standards-based grading practices for a high-stakes, accountability-focused world is also outlined. Recognizing the importance of having a shared school vision for assessment and grading, Rick addresses the challenges for teachers and administrators alike. Middle- and high-school educators will easily recognize real examples and gray areas of grading. Rick tackles important and sometimes controversial assessment and grading issues constructively, incorporating modern pedagogy and the challenges of working with diverse groups of students. New sections address sports eligibility, honor roll, descriptive feedback techniques, and gifted/talented students, and chapters on test questions, redos/retakes, grading scales, and grading effort and behavior have been revised extensively. This important book clearly explains the principles behind best grading practices so that you're ready for all grading questions or scenarios that you may encounter in your classrooms and schools.
Fair Play (Stairway Decodables Step 6)
by Leanna KochPlaying basketball in the gym after school is a blast! But when a new friend joins the group, his constant fouls ruin the game for everyone. Will the boys find a way to make basketball fun again? Stairway Decodables is a supplemental phonics resource that’s perfect for supporting small group instruction, independent reading, or reading practice at home. This title provides practice in decoding words with vowel-r combinations.
Fair Queueing
by Youngsub ChunThis monograph provides a detailed analysis on fair queueing rules from a normative, a strategic, and a non-cooperative viewpoint. The queueing problem is concerned with the following situation: There is a group of agents who must be served in a facility. The facility can handle only one agent at a time and agents incur waiting costs. The problem is to find the order in which to serve agents and monetary transfers they should receive. The queueing problem has been studied extensively in the recent literature.
Faire l’expérience de la démocratie: Les tiers-lieux de l’éducation à la citoyenneté des jeunes au Québec
by Mariève Forest Madame Professeur Brieg Capitaine Hérold Constant Alexandre Cournoyer Emilie Drapeau Madame Monsieur, Maxime Goulet-Langlois François Marchand MonsieurAu Québec, on observe l’existence d’un écosystème d’espaces sociaux où, en dehors des programmes formels d’éducation civique, les jeunes ont l’occasion d’apprendre à participer à la vie démocratique. Cet ouvrage rassemble sept études de cas documentant les expériences d’éducation à la citoyenneté vécues par ces jeunes. La recherche qui sous-tend cet ouvrage est basée sur une approche ethnographique et a été menée en collaboration avec sept organisations. Fruit d’une approche conceptuelle et méthodologique originale, cet ouvrage intéressera le monde de la recherche, de la pratique, des politiques communautaires et de la jeunesse.Une analyse approfondie de la citoyenneté des enfants et des adolescents, ainsi que des discours éducatifs sur la citoyenneté démocratique.Cet ouvrage présente les résultats d’un projet de recherche collaboratif dans le cadre duquel notre équipe a réalisé un travail de terrain ethnographique multisite dans sept organisations de la société civile québécoise. Nous avons observé, analysé et comparé une diversité de pratiques innovantes d’éducation à la citoyenneté destinées aux jeunes dans ces « tiers lieux » d’éducation à la citoyenneté, c’est-à-dire des espaces de socialisation différents de l’école et de la famille. D’un point de vue théorique, l’ouvrage propose une analyse approfondie de la citoyenneté des enfants et des adolescents, ainsi que des discours éducatifs sur la citoyenneté démocratique.Axé sur la présentation d’études de cas, l’ouvrage révèle la diversité des expériences formatives offertes aux jeunes Québécois. La mise en commun des analyses de cas conduit à une réflexion féconde sur l’éducation à la citoyenneté démocratique à travers une pluralité de pratiques d’expérimentation citoyenne ancrées dans la défense des droits de l’enfant, l’action sociale féministe, le mouvement communautaire, l’altermondialisme et l’action publique municipale et scolaire.Par son vocabulaire conceptuel original et son approche méthodologique qualitative, cet ouvrage contribuera à repousser les frontières géolinguistiques et disciplinaires qui séparent souvent les courants de recherche liés de près ou de loin à l’engagement et à la participation sociale et politique des jeunes. Rédigé dans un style accessible, il s’adresse à un large public, notamment au personnel des organisations de jeunesse, aux étudiants de troisième cycle, au secteur de la politique de la jeunesse et à toute personne intéressée par les questions relatives à la citoyenneté des jeunes au 21e siècle.
Fairies! A True Story (Step into Reading)
by Shirley Raye Redmond Red HansenFrom the forest fairies of West Africa to the magical brownies of Scotland, people have told stories about fairies for a long, long time. In England, two little girls shocked the world when they claimed that they had proof that fairies existed; they had photographs! But are fairies myth? Or are they magic? Fairy fans and beginning readers will delight in this easy-to-read look at fairy folklore and sightings through the ages.
Fairness and Validation in Language Assessment: Selected papers from the 19th Language Testing Research Colloquium, Orlando, Florida (Studies in Language Testing #9)
by Antony John KunnanFairness of language tests and testing practices has always been a concern among test developers and test users. In the past decade educational and language assessment researchers have begun to focus directly on fairness and related matters such as test standards, test bias and equity and ethics for testing professionals. <p><p>The 19th annual Language Testing Research Colloquium held in 1997 in Orlando, Florida, brought this overall concern into sharp focus by having 'Fairness in Language Testing' as its theme. The conference presentations and discussions attempted to understand the concept of fairness, define the scope of the concept and connect it with the concept of validation of test score interpretation. The papers in this volume offer a first introduction to fairness and validation in the field of language assessment.
Fairness in Academic Course Timetabling
by Moritz MühlenthalerThis monograph deals with theoretical and practical aspects of creating course timetables at academic institutions. The task is typically to create a timetable that suits the requirements of the stakeholders - students, lecturers, and the administration - as well as possible. The book presents an exposition of the basic combinatorial problems and solution methods for course timetabling and related tasks. It provides a rigorous treatment of fairness issues that arise in the course timetabling context and shows how to deal with the potentially conflicting interests of the stakeholders. The proposed methods are also readily applicable to other classes of scheduling problems such as staff rostering. Finally, it presents a comprehensive case study on the implementation of an automated course timetabling system at the school of engineering of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. The case study includes a detailed description of the problem model as well as an evaluation of stakeholder satisfaction.
Fairness in Educational Assessment and Measurement
by Neil J. Dorans Linda L. CookThe importance of fairness, validity, and accessibility in assessment is greater than ever as testing expands to include more diverse populations, more complex purposes, and more sophisticated technologies. This book offers a detailed account of fairness in assessment, and illustrates the interplay between assessment and broader changes in education. In 16 chapters written by leading experts, this volume explores the philosophical, technical, and practical questions surrounding fair measurement. Fairness in Educational Assessment and Measurement addresses issues pertaining to the construction, administration, and scoring of tests, the comparison of performance across test takers, grade levels and tests, and the uses of educational test scores. Perfect for researchers and professionals in test development, design, and administration, Fairness in Educational Assessment and Measurement presents a diverse array of perspectives on this topic of enduring interest.
Fairness, Justice, and Language Assessment
by Tim McNamara Ute Knoch Oxford Editors Jason FanThis book has two goals, each related to the validity of language assessment. The first goal is to explore the difference between fairness and justice in language assessment. <p><p> The authors distinguish internal and external dimensions of the equitable and just treatment of individuals taking language tests which are used as gatekeeping devices to determine access to education and employment, immigrant status, citizenship, and other rights. <p><p> The second goal is to show how the extent of test fairness can be demonstrated and improved using the tools of psychometrics, in particular the models collectively known as Rasch measurement.
Fairy Blossoms #1: Daisy and the Magic Lesson
by Suzanne Williams Fiona SansomAt Mistress Lily's Fairy School, Daisy is learning to be a fairy helper to humans-and she makes the most wonderful new friends! Violet can turn invisible. Poppy can shape-shift. Marigold can change her wings to match her clothes. Daisy doesn't know any magic at all, but she gets a chance to discover her own special talent when a human in trouble needs the fairies' help!
Fairy Blossoms #2: Poppy and the Vanishing Fairy
by Suzanne Williams Fiona SansomMistress Lily is gone for the day, and Poppy hopes she'll hurry home. Then Mistress Lily doesn't come back on time-something must be wrong! With the help of their flying ponies, Poppy and her friends set off to find out what's happened to their teacher. They discover a magical creature and a mysterious enchantment!
Fairy Blossoms #3: Rose and the Delicious Secret
by Suzanne Williams Fiona SansomEveryone is delighted when delicious treats start appearing overnight at Mistress Lily's Fairy School! Everyone except Cook, that is-he doesn't want someone else to do his job. Can Rose find out what's going on and restore harmony to the Cloverleaf Cottage kitchen?
Fairy Blossoms #5: Daisy and the First Wish
by Suzanne Williams Fiona SansomDaisy loves helping humans-it's what she's always wanted to do. Then she meets a little girl named Nina who makes an impossible wish. Daisy's magic wand can't give Nina what she wants-but maybe Daisy can find another way!
Fairy Dreams (Barbie)
by Mary Man-KongGirls ages 4-6 will love learning to read on their own with this Step 2 Step into Reading leveled reader based on Barbie's latest film.
Fairy Hill: Fairy Hill #1) (Scholastic Reader, Level 1)
by Cari MeisterMeet the magical fairies of Fairy Hill!Fairy Hill is a magic forest where fairies live, play, and have lots of sparkly adventures in this Level 1 reader series! Ruby, Luna, and May are best friends. These young fairies are all looking forward to earning their big wings from the Fairy Queen. But first they each have to do something extra kind or brave. In book #1, Ruby, May, and Luna discover that Fairy Hill's magic garden has lost its sparkle! The fairies try everything to make the garden shine again, but nothing works. Then, a lost baby deer comes to the garden for help. The only way to help it find its way home is to feed it magic clover. Then Ruby has an idea! Will she be able to fix the garden and help the baby deer? Will the Fairy Queen visit the fairy friends?
Fairy Hill: Fairy Hill #2) (Scholastic Reader, Level 1)
by Cari MeisterIt's time for another adventure in Fairy Hill!Fairy Hill is a magic forest where fairies live, play, and have lots of sparkly adventures in this Level 1 reader series! Ruby, Luna, and May are best friends. These young fairies are all looking forward to earning their big wings from the Fairy Queen. But first they each have to do something extra kind or brave. In book #2, a magic shell goes missing! Without it, the glow globes that light up Fairy Hill will all go dark -- and the Fairy Queen will have to cancel the Fairy Ball! Luna, Ruby, and May go looking for the shell. They find out a chipmunk is using it to light his tree. Luna has an idea to get the shell back! Will she be able to bring the light back to Fairy Hill before the ball?
Fairy Hill: May and the Music Show (Scholastic Reader, Level 1)
by Cari Meister Erika MezaMeet the magical fairies of Fairy Hill!Fairy Hill is a magic forest where fairies live, play, and have lots of sparkly adventures in this Level 1 reader series! Ruby, Luna, and May are best friends. These young fairies are all looking forward to earning their big wings from the Fairy Queen. But first they each have to do something extra kind or brave. In this third book, Ruby, May, and Luna are performing in a fairy music show! It is their first show, and the girls are nervous. They practice together -- and Luna gets ready for her big solo. But then, when it's time to sing, Luna gets stage fright! Can May help her friend finish the concert? Will the Fairy Queen visit the fairies again?
Fairy Science (Fairy Science)
by Ashley SpiresAn enchanting STEM-and-fairy-filled picture book from the award-winning author-illustrator of The Most Magnificent Thing!All the fairies in Pixieville believe in magic--except Esther. She believes in science.When a forest tree stops growing, all the fairies are stumped--including Esther. But not for long! Esther knows that science can get to the root of the problem--and its solution! Whether you believe in fairy magic or the power of science, you will be charmed by Esther, the budding fairy scientist.
Fairy's First Day of School
by Bridget HeosFrom the author of Mustache Baby, a picture book about a tiny fairy who has all the typical experiences a child might on the first day of school, but with silly fairy-like twists. In this humorous and reassuring picture book from the author of Mustache Baby, a sweet fairy has a fun-filled first day at school. Her experience is remarkably similar to the first day of preschool for human children. From circle time (sitting crisscross berry sauce) to center time (art, spells, tooth), all the activities one might encounter at school are explored, with sweet fairy-like touches. Best of all is the kind, warm teacher and plenty of new friends. The perfect story to ease fears and build anticipation for any child—human or fairy—starting school for the first time.