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The Knowledge Deficit: Closing the Shocking Education Gap for American Children
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The Knowledge Deficit illuminates the real issue in education today — without an effective curriculum, American students are losing the global education race. In this persuasive book, the esteemed education critic, activist, and best-selling author E.D. Hirsch, Jr., shows that although schools are teaching the mechanics of reading, they fail to convey the knowledge needed for the more complex and essential skill of reading comprehension. Hirsch corrects popular misconceptions about hot issues in education, such as standardized testing, and takes to task educators’ claims that they are powerless to overcome class differences. Ultimately, this essential book gives parents and teachers specific tools for enhancin… More >>
The Knowledge Deficit: Closing the Shocking Education Gap for American Children
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Young Children and the Environment: Early Education for Sustainability
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Young Children and the Environment is intended for tertiary students in Early Childhood Education and as a reference for child care practitioners and primary school teachers to promote education for sustainability (EfS) from birth to 8 years. The focus is on early education services, including day care centres, kindergartens, preschools, preparatory year classrooms, and Years 1-3 in schools. The book draws on recent literature in the areas of organisational, educational and cultural change and education for environmental sustainability. Early childhood case studies and vignettes are integrated throughout to exemplify leadership in creating change for sustainability. The text refers to national and internati… More >>
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Mother brand English as an effective approach to teach English for young children as a foreign language in Korea.: An article from: Reading Improvement
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This digital document is an article from Reading Improvement, published by Thomson Gale on December 22, 2006. The length of the article is 3902 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Mother brand English as an effective approach to teach English for young children as a foreign language in Korea.
Author: Yoo Seung-Yoeun
Publication: Reading Improvement (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 22, 2006
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