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Encyclopedia of Education and Human Development
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This comprehensive and exhaustive reference work on the subject of education from the primary grades through higher education combines educational theory with practice, making it a unique contribution to the educational reference market. Issues related to human development and learning are examined by individuals whose specializations are in diverse areas including education, psychology, sociology, philosophy, law, and medicine. The book focuses on important themes in education and human development. Authors consider each entry from the perspective of its social and political conditions as well as historical underpinnings. The book also explores the people whose contributions have played a seminal role in the shaping of educational ideas, institutions, and organizations, and includes entries on these institutions and organizations. This work integrates numerous theoretical frameworks with field based applications from many areas in educational research.
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Index
Abacus, 3:742
Abbreviations, 3:713–14, 715
Abelard, Peter (1079–1142)
biographical background, 3:906
contribution, 3:907–8
Ability grouping, 1:72–73; 2:545–46; 3:780–82
See also Group instruction; Tracking
Abstraction principle, 3:736, 766
Academic achievement
academic outcomes, 1:81–84
authentic assessment, 1:87–88
informal learning, 1:164, 167–69
learner differences, 3:777–79
middle school, 2:525–29
play impact, 1:164
See also Achievement motivation
Academic aptitude, 1:81, 82, 84, 104, 128; 3:781, 782
Academic outcomes, 1:80, 81–84
Academic psychology, 1:33
Academic risk. See At-risk students
Academic standards
content, 1:118–19, 126–27; 2:508–9, 665–66, 667
curriculum, 1:118–19, 196–97
educational reform, 1:281
educational technology, 1:194–95, 196–97
equity education, 1:332
high school, 2:553, 556, 561
history education, 1:143, 145–46
mathematics, 1:62–63, 126–28; 3:754–55, 756
middle school, 2:508–9, 510, 531, 532, 534
performance, 1:118–19; 2:567
physical education, 2:665–66, 667
process, 1:119, 126–27
science, 1:140–41
severely-disabled inclusion, 3:817
social studies, 1:145–46
visual arts, 1:119, 150–51
Acceleration programs, 2:499; 3:780...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables and Figures
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- I. CONSTRUCTS OF LEARNING
- II. PHILOSOPHICAL, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION
- III. LEVELS IN EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE
- IV. PHYSICAL, MOTOR, AND COGNITIVE DOMAINS
- V. EDUCATIONAL ISSUES CONCERNING DIVERSE POPULATIONS
- VI. PEOPLE
- VII. ORGANIZATIONS
- Index