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1 online resource (xv, 404 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Capturing a moment in middle level education theory, research, and policy / David C. Virtue -- Hope is work : a critical vision for middle grades education / Susan Y. Leonard and P. Gayle Andrews -- The International Baccalaureate middle years programme (MYP) in US middle level schools / Robin Dever -- Democratic living and learning as a signature pedagogy for middle level teacher preparation / Karynne L.M. Kleine, Joanne L. Previts, and Nancy B. Mizelle -- A framework for classroom caring that challenges the Eurocratic norm in middle level schools and classrooms / Toni M. Williams and Susi Long -- Exemplary middle level education in three Pacific contexts : Hawai'i, American Samoa and the Republic of the Marshall Islands / Paul D. Deering, Deborah K. Zuercher, Kezia M. Curry, and Sabrina Suluai-Mahuka -- Understanding young adolescents through the intersection of cognitive neuroscience, psychology, and educational pedagogy / Erika Daniels -- Using a cognitive apprenticeship approach to prepare middle grades students for the cognitive demands of the 21st century / Victoria Cardullo -- The effects of contemporary technology on young adolescents' socioemotional behaviors and learning / Priya M. Poehner and Dave F. Brown -- Engaging and supporting boys through the middle years : a perspective from Australia / Craig M. McFarlane -- The need to teach responsive dispositions in middle level teacher preparation / Holly Thornton -- Supporting young adolescent motivation in school through an adolescent-centered community of care / Sarah M. Kiefer and Cheryl R. Ellerbrock -- Classroom behavior management in middle level education : a self-regulatory approach to empower teachers and adolescent learners / Karen L. Peel -- It's a human right! Young adolescents need to play in the middle grades / Bea Bailey -- Creativity and non-traditional approaches for middle-level music education / Robert L. Lyda, Jane M. Kuehne, and Shane E. Colquhoun -- Continuing professional development and middle years teachers : what the literature tells us / Katherine Main and Donna Pendergast -- Less doing, more being : a conceptual framework for cultural responsiveness in middle grades education / Kimberly J. Stormer, Cory T. Brown, and Pamela Correll -- Starting with the students : an assets-based model to teaching middle grades mathematics / Torrey Kulow and Micki M. Caskey -- Place-based education in middle level education : bringing in and contributing to the local context / Matthew J. Irvin, Jennifer Harrist, Dodie Limberg, George Roy, and Gina Kunz -- Making the shift : consciously preparing clinically-minded middle grades teacher educators / Melissa Baker, Katherine F. Thompson, Ashley S. Nylin, and Janna Dresden -- Middle grades ethnographies in theory and practice / Boni Wozolek and Walter S. Gershon -- Reforming middle years' education in Australia : challenges, implications, and opportunities / Rebecca Seward-Linger -- Engaging middle years' learners : an Australian perspective, 1990-2018 / Rachel Flenley, Julie McLeod, and Russell Cross -- Humanities-forward developments in Norwegian middle grades English education / Jessica Allen Hanssen and Maja Henriette Jensvoll -- Middle level social studies education in Turkey : a window to citizenship education / Zafer İbrahimoğlu -- Measuring what matters : rethinking middle grades accountability systems in the era of the Every Student Succeeds Act / Steven L. Turner -- Hidden in the middle : the state of homelessness in middle level education / Matthew J. Moulton -- Looking back to move forward : an historical analysis of educating the young adolescent in the United States / Shawn A. Faulkner, Chris M. Cook, and Penny B. Howell -- Maturation of scholarship in middle level education / David C. Virtue |
| Summary |
The International Handbook of Middle Level Education Theory, Research, and Policyis a landmark resource for researchers, graduate students, policy makers, and practitioners who work in middle level education and associated fields of study. The volume provides an overview of the current state of middle level education theory, research, and policy; offers analysis and critique of the extant literature in the field; and maps new directions for research and theory development in middle level education. The handbook meets a pressing need in the field for a resource that is comprehensive in its treatment of middle level research and international in scope. Chapter authors provide rationales for middle level education research and definitions of the field; discuss philosophical approaches and underpinnings for middle level education research; describe and critique frameworks for quality in middle level education; review research about young adolescent learners, middle level school programming, and educator preparation; and analyze public policies affecting middle level education at national, regional, and local levels |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
David C. Virtue is Professor and Department Head of the Curriculum and Teaching Department at Auburn University. His areas of scholarly interest include social studies instruction, comparative and international education, and middle level teacher education and certification policy |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 03, 2019) |
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Middle school education.
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Middle school students -- Psychology
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Middle school teachers -- Training of
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Middle school teachers -- In-service training
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Middle school teaching.
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EDUCATION -- General.
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Middle school teachers -- In-service training
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Middle school students -- Psychology
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Middle school education
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Middle school teachers -- Training of
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Middle school teaching
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| Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Virtue, David C., editor.
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| ISBN |
9781351122108 |
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135112210X |
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1351122118 |
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9781351122092 |
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1351122096 |
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9781351122085 |
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1351122088 |
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9781351122115 |
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