Engaging Adolescent Learners International Perspectives on Curriculum, Pedagogy and Practice /

• Main Authors: Yee, Brandy (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Sliwka, Anne (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Rautiainen, Matti (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Learning.; Instruction.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education-Curricula.; Teaching.; Assessment.; Child development.; International education .; Comparative education.; Learning & Instruction.; Curriculum Studies.; Teaching and Teacher Education.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.; Early Childhood Education.; International and Comparative Education.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.