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Genetic Testing - Sarah Boslaugh - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Genetic Testing - Sarah Boslaugh - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Genetic testing has provided important clues to understanding our health, but it has also raised many ethical, legal, and medical questions and concerns. This book explores the breadth of genetic testing, its possibilities, and the controversies that surround its use.The mapping of the human genome has paved the way for a variety of genetic tests. Expectant mothers can have their fetus screened for a variety of genetic abnormalities, and couples worried that they might be carriers for a genetic disorder can be tested before deciding to have children. Women can be screened for the BRCA2 gene that has been linked to increased risk of breast cancer. Individuals curious about their ancestry can find out more about their heritage. Genetic testing can also be used to establish paternity and help solve crimes.Part of Greenwood''s Health and Medical Issues Today series, this book is divided into three sections. Part I explores the history of genetic testing, including the rise of direct-to-consumer tests, and outlines the current applications and contexts in which genetic testing is performed. Part II delves deep into the ethical, legal, financial, medical, and psychological issues and controversies that surround genetic testing. Part III provides a variety of useful materials, including case studies, a timeline of critical events, and a directory of resources.

DKK 428.00
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The Realities of Classroom Testing and Grading - Quentin Durham - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

The Realities of Classroom Testing and Grading - Quentin Durham - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

It is commonly believed that highly subjective humans ultimately perform all testing and grading efforts and that all testing and grading is completely subjective. However, Quentin Durham argues that there is no such thing as "objective" testing or grading. With wit and clarity, The Realities of Classroom Testing and Grading suggests that all testing and grading efforts—from preschool to high school—are fundamentally the same. The instructor teaches what the student is supposed to learn, assesses the student''s understanding, and reports the assessment to the people who count. This book discusses a wide variety of generally taboo or ignored topics such as the multiple benefits of testing and grading beyond the obvious, realities of standardized exams, open book exams, teaching exam-taking, exam subjectivity and relevance, "test wiley" students, cheating, parent conferences, grading methods that make sense, and lots more.

DKK 632.00
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Effective Alternative Education Programs - Christopher Scott Chalker - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Effective Alternative Education Programs - Christopher Scott Chalker - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Easy-to-access, A to Z resource of best practices from planning through evaluating, with sample reproducible documents and forms that reinforce text concepts. Visually reinforcing figures, highlighted passages, and stimulating quotes keep the reader involved. Domains offer a range of useful practices for alternative programs in different stages of operation. It provides a step by step method for planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating the type of alternative program desired, based on local needs and available resources.

DKK 676.00
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The Hows and Whys of Alternative Education - Darlene Leiding - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

The Hows and Whys of Alternative Education - Darlene Leiding - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

It has become a clichZ to say that these are precarious times for public schools. It is also a reality. On the one hand, improving schools is the public''s top priority. On the other, significant numbers of Americans are giving up on public schools. Today''s parents and, indeed, all voters, need to see signs of success if they are to support public schools. Parents must be given choices when it comes to their child''s education. This book acknowledges that enormous problems outside schools do not mean that educators inside schools cannot do a better job at creating a meaningful learning environment. It is designed to inform and assist those who wish to choose their child''s educational settings. The Hows and Whys of Alternative Education offers the essential information on the history of alternative education, school choice, alternative schools, charter schools, magnet schools, homeschooling, private schools, vouchers, distance learning, teacher/student/parent attraction, and the future of educational choice.

DKK 399.00
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Our Results-Driven, Testing Culture - Lyn Lesch - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Booktok.dk

Our Results-Driven, Testing Culture - Lyn Lesch - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Booktok.dk

Lyn Lesch advocates that learning cannot be measured by empirical results like testing and grading. As the founder of Chicago''s The Children''s School, Lesch didn''t give grades or submit students to standardized testing_such conditions may seem blasphemous to most educators, but the results spoke for themselves. Without the high-stakes pressure of results, accountability, and testing, students were able to take a more active role in their education. With reduced stress on performance, students can develop an openness to the material and link learning to their own personal experience. If the status quo goes unchanged, Lesch argues that students will be schooled in a disembodied, dull manner that prevents true learning and comprehension. To avoid this, Lesch describes how education should revolve around each student''s personal experience (i.e., linking school with what matters to individual students). Perhaps more than anything, this book is intended to be a discussion point for developing a healthy relationship between personal experience and academic learning.

DKK 411.00
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Alternative Urban Futures - Raquel Pinderhughes - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Booktok.dk

Alternative Urban Futures - Raquel Pinderhughes - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Booktok.dk

Alternative Urban Futures challenges existing models of urban development and promotes alternative paradigms, processes, and technologies designed to fulfill human needs and limit the harmful impacts of human activities on the environment. The book focuses on how planners and policy makers can develop and manage essential urban infrastructures in ways that support sustainable development in the areas of waste management, water supply and management, energy production and use, building design and construction, land-use, transportation, and food systems. Each chapter features case studies that provide concrete examples of how ecologically and socially responsible urban and sustainable development planning and policy approaches have been successfully implemented in cities around the world. The book is especially effective in its emphasis on recently published statistics and writing supporting new planning and policy recommendations. Each chapter ends with a summary, accompanied by a list of questions that can be addressed with information provided in the text.

DKK 470.00
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Quality High School Curriculum for Alternative Settings - Carole Mottaz - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Quality High School Curriculum for Alternative Settings - Carole Mottaz - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

A large number of people choose to educate their children in settings other than the traditional high school. However, there is a challenge in finding a cohesive, coherent set of materials that meet standards that are common in most states. Today, there are ''alternative ways'' to provide education to students, which varies from how it has been done in the past. This book contains a complete set of required classes, along with grading rubrics and typical standards covered in settings such as private schools, charter schools, alternative schools, or at home. Anyone with good teaching skills and a firm background knowledge in the core subjects can use these materials to successfully teach a variety of high school classes.

DKK 520.00
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Research on Alternative and Non-Traditional Education - - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Booktok.dk

Research on Alternative and Non-Traditional Education - - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Booktok.dk

Teacher educators face many challenges such as preparing high quality teachers, maintaining up-to-date research based information for programs, and recruiting high quality individuals. In an attempt to meet the challenge of preparing a significant number of teaching candidates, many alternative routes to teacher certification have appeared across the country. The Thirteenth Annual Yearbook of the Association of Teacher Educators provides a collection of well-researched chapters on alternative and non-traditional approaches to teacher preparation. Editors Julie Dangel and Edith Guyton provide three sections to frame the dialogue: successes and challenges, effects of models, and non-traditional models of professional development. This yearbook provides: ·A cross-case description and analysis of a five site program ranging from small town to highly urban ·A description of four distinctly different routes to certification that were developed to recruit diverse and non-traditional individuals into teaching ·A summary of findings of an alternative certification program that career changers either performed well below or exceeded expectations ·A comparison study of regularly certified first-year teachers with Teach for America first-year and second-year teachers ·Information on a longitudinal study of 1,702 novice teachers ·A summary of a unique approach to offering professional development opportunities to meet the academic and personal needs of teachers of English language learners ·Several barriers to coaching practice, lack of time, teacher resistance to change, lack of trust, and inconsistencies in definition of the coaching role. ·Details on how online events can be useful and usable by a broad population of teachers. For teachers and teacher educators.

DKK 411.00
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Standardized Testing Skills - Guinevere Durham - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Booktok.dk

Standardized Testing Skills - Guinevere Durham - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Booktok.dk

The purpose of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 was to “drive broad gains in student achievement and to hold states and schools more accountable.” As early as third grade, students are required to master the grade curriculum while also becoming proficient in test taking skills. These young children now experience the stress of having to “pass” the test in order to be promoted (a process continued through high school graduation.). Standardized Testing Skills provides the materials that prepare teachers, parents and students for this undertaking.This book is organized into four sections:1.Concepts: An introduction to and explanation of the state required tests, including how to access the student’s state test guidelines, including practice tests.2.Computation: A description of types of tests with emphasis on test vocabulary.3.Application: The heart of the book; includes practical and proven techniques, strategies, and activities that guide teachers and parents in teaching test taking skills. Includes material on recognizing the child’s learning style and dealing with test anxiety.4.STOP: A review with added tips and ideas.

DKK 411.00
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High-Stakes Testing and the Decline of Teaching and Learning - David Hursh - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Booktok.dk

High-Stakes Testing and the Decline of Teaching and Learning - David Hursh - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Booktok.dk

This book examines the changes in educational policy in the U.S. and Britain over the last twenty-five years. Hursh argues that education in the States and Britain has been radically transformed, first through efforts to create curricular standards, more recently through an emphasis on accountability measured by standardized tests, and currently, efforts to introduce market competition and private services into educational systems. Hursh offers an alternative to the neoliberal conception of society and education complete with examples of parents who reject the current emphasis on individual success and schools that promote civic-mindedness.

DKK 494.00
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Deep Curriculum Alignment - Fenwick W. English - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Deep Curriculum Alignment - Fenwick W. English - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Why do testing and accountability efforts in today''s schools fail? In Deep Curriculum Alignment, English and Steffy explore the flaws in state mandated testing, advocating a more comprehensive approach to teaching and testing. This highly practical book will guide you into a deeply aligned curriculum that produces academic results and a level playing field. Each chapter covers principles of testing and curriculum building, and concludes with a summary of the key concepts presented. The authors survey various studies, present the ethical dilemmas involved in testing, and present a step-by-step guide to pedagogical parallelism and alignment.

DKK 416.00
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Judicial Corporal Punishment as an Alternative to Incarceration in the United States - Sanaz Alasti - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Judicial Corporal Punishment as an Alternative to Incarceration in the United States - Sanaz Alasti - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Sanaz Alasti leaves the mainstream alternatives to incarceration to examine a different, seemingly archaic approach, physical (but non-carceral) punishment—corporal punishment. This book ignites debates about the history, persistence, and use of corporal punishment in criminal justice systems. Alasti compares penological practices in in Western societies, represented by the United States, and Islamic societies, represented by Iran, to analyze which practices are more deterrent, less costly, and most humane. While Alasti does not suggest this should be the norm, she does present intriguing questions. Which is more barbaric? Is judicial corporal punishment a more humane and effective form of punishment compared to incarceration? Is corporal punishment a less cruel alternative to spending years behind bars in primitive and punitive jails and prisons? This book would be of interest to those studying criminology, criminal justice, history, law, and sociology.

DKK 684.00
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Breaking the Cycle of Failure - Carole Mottaz - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Booktok.dk

Breaking the Cycle of Failure - Carole Mottaz - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Booktok.dk

What are the best ways to set up and evaluate good alternative schools? It''s a difficult question, especially in a day when there are as many alternative schools as there are communities to support them. This book addresses the question from several different angles. From emphasizing the importance of open channels of communication with parents to establishing dialogues with leaders from various relevant sectors, Mottaz outlines the start-up of a successful alternative school, showing how an alternative school can command not only legitimacy, but also respect, in any community.

DKK 506.00
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Revisiting Dewey - Jeffrey Glanz - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Revisiting Dewey - Jeffrey Glanz - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Since the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, high-stakes testing has become a ubiquitous feature of public school children''s daily rituals. Reform advocates argue that testing leads to greater alignment of the curriculum with teaching and learning, teacher and student accountability, and in some cases, a preservation of our cultural heritage. Opponents contend that testing results in prolific cheating, higher drop-out rates, and a narrowing curriculum with emphases on teaching to the test. Moreover, some evidence suggests that a singular focus on passing the test at all costs leads to neglect in other areas including attending to students'' spiritual and ethical needs as well as developing abilities to collaborate with others, communicate effectively, and innovatively solve problems. Nearly a century ago, Dewey proposed a philosophy of education addressing the needs of the whole student. He provided insights into the development of intelligence, the importance of socially useful skills, and the healthy growth of the individual. In the context of high-stakes testing and best practices, his insights may be more prescient than ever.

DKK 641.00
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Revisiting Dewey - Jeffrey Glanz - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Revisiting Dewey - Jeffrey Glanz - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Since the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, high-stakes testing has become a ubiquitous feature of public school children''s daily rituals. Reform advocates argue that testing leads to greater alignment of the curriculum with teaching and learning, teacher and student accountability, and in some cases, a preservation of our cultural heritage. Opponents contend that testing results in prolific cheating, higher drop-out rates, and a narrowing curriculum with emphases on teaching to the test. Moreover, some evidence suggests that a singular focus on passing the test at all costs leads to neglect in other areas including attending to students'' spiritual and ethical needs as well as developing abilities to collaborate with others, communicate effectively, and innovatively solve problems. Nearly a century ago, Dewey proposed a philosophy of education addressing the needs of the whole student. He provided insights into the development of intelligence, the importance of socially useful skills, and the healthy growth of the individual. In the context of high-stakes testing and best practices, his insights may be more prescient than ever.

DKK 442.00
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