Engaging Adolescent Learners

International Perspectives on Curriculum, Pedagogy and Practice

Brandy Yee, Anne Sliwka, Matti Rautiainen (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

IX, 192 Seiten

2018 | 1st ed. 2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-52601-0 (ISBN)

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This book draws on detailed case studies from three very different countries and school systems to explore the early adolescent learner and the middle years of learning, both of which are often overlooked in the literature. An abundance of research shows the importance of the middle years in putting early adolescent learners on the path to success in further education, careers, and general wellbeing. By focusing on bringing current research to life through the sharing of practical examples and lived experiences of practitioners, this book explores how issues such as curriculum reform, inclusive philosophies, instructional design, and assessment practices are supporting the conditions in which effective middle years learning can unfold. A comparative approach, using data from Canada, Germany and Finland, is utilized to critically examine the effects of the pedagogical methods employed by teachers, and the learning environments in which formal education takes place. The book makes a compelling case for the importance of fostering student voice and choice, and developing new ways of engaging the school community as a whole, and makes a valuable contribution to the discourse concerning early adolescent learners and the middle years of schooling.

Brandy Yee completed her PhD at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and currently works as a principal in a large middle school in Canada. She has devoted her career in education towards ensuring the adolescent learning experience in school effectively meets their unique developmental and learning needs. Anne Sliwka is Professor of Education at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Her research focus is on school improvement, diversity and inclusion in education and on education for citizenship and democracy. Her research includes international OECD research on formative assessment, teacher professionalism and innovation in learning. Matti Rautiainen has been working as teacher educator at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, since 1999, where he is currently Deputy Head of Teacher Education. He has previously worked as a teacher in secondary and upper secondary schools, and his research interests include education for democracy; learning in schools and teacher education; educational change; and experimental educational culture.

Chapter 1. Why comparative research on the middle years?.- Chapter 2. Setting the Stage.- Chapter 3. Multicultural and Multifaceted Canada.- Chapter 4. Germany: A System undergoing Change.- Chapter 5. Finland: Towards the Future School.- Chapter 6. Ecologies of Practice

Erscheinungsdatum	14.10.2018
Zusatzinfo	IX, 192 p. 2 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule
Schlagworte	Adolescent Development • Assessment, Testing and Evaluation • Cognition and cognitive psychology • Curriculum planning and development • Curriculum Studies • Early childhood education • Education • Education: examinations and assessment • inclusive philosophies • Instructional Design • International and Comparative Education • Learning & Instruction • Learning and Instruction • Learning & Instruction • Motivation • neuorbiology • pedagogical methods • Pre-school and kindergarten • Student achievement • teacher training • Teaching and teacher education • Teaching skills and techniques
ISBN-10	3-319-52601-4 / 3319526014
ISBN-13	978-3-319-52601-0 / 9783319526010
Zustand	Neuware