The StateUniversity.com Education Encyclopedia is a resource for professional educators as well as students in an education program. The encyclopedia features hundreds of carefully-researched articles about educational methods, best practices, and controversial issues in higher education.
Essay Components, Afghanistan - History & Background, Constitutional & Legal Foundations, Educational System—overview, Preprimary & Primary Education, Administration, Finance, & Educational Research - SECONDARY EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION, Albania - History & Background, Constitutional & Legal Foundations, Educational System—overview, Preprimary & Primary Education, Secondary Education - NONFORMAL EDUCATION, SUMMARY, Algeria - History & Background, Constitutional & Legal Foundations, Educational System—overview, Preprimary & Primary Education, Secondary Education, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola - History & Background, Constitutional & Legal Foundations, Educational System—overview, Preprimary & Primary Education, Secondary Education…
Iceland - History & Background, Constitutional & Legal Foundations, Educational System—overview, Preprimary & Primary Education, Secondary Education, India - History & Background, Constitutional & Legal Foundations, Educational System—overview, Preprimary & Primary Education, Secondary Education, Indonesia - History & Background, Constitutional & Legal Foundations, Educational System—overview, Preprimary & Primary Education, Secondary Education, Iran - History & Background, Constitutional & Legal Foundations, Educational System—overview, Preprimary & Primary Education, Secondary Education, Iraq - History & Background, Constitutional & Legal Foundations, Educational System—overview, Preprimary & Primary Education, Secondary Education…
Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis - History & Background, Constitutional & Legal Foundations, Educational System—overview, Preprimary & Primary Education, Secondary Education, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia - History & Background, Constitutional & Legal Foundations, Educational System—overview, Preprimary & Primary Education, Secondary Education, Senegal - History & Background, Constitutional & Legal Foundations, Educational System—overview, Preprimary & Primary Education, Secondary Education, Serbia - History & Background, Constitutional & Legal Foundations, Educational System—overview, Preprimary & Primary Education, Secondary Education…
Common School Movement - Colonial and Republican Schooling, Changes in the Antebellum Era, The Rise of the Common School, Agencies Community-Based Organizations and Groups - Community Organization versus Community Organizing, The History of Community Organization, Types of Community Organization, Community Colleges - The History of Community Colleges, The junior college and the research university., The Community College Mission, Community Education - A Comprehensive Plan, Community School, Impact on Education and Communities, Community Education in Action, Commuter Students - Commuter Student Challenges, Compensatory Education - Policies And Programs In Latin America - UNITED STATES…
Faculty as Entrepreneurs - Growth of Faculty Entrepreneurship, What Is Faculty Entrepreneurship?, Advantages of Faculty Entrepreneurship, Disadvantages of Faculty Entrepreneurship, Faculty Consulting - Issues, Policies, Characteristics of Faculty Who Consult, Faculty Diversity - The Growth of Faculty Diversity as an Ideal, Barriers in the Academic Workplace, Demographics, Part Time Faculty Members - Reasons for the Growth of Part-Time Faculty, Who Are the Part-Time Faculty?, Faculty Performance of Research and Scholarship - Historical Background, Factors Affecting Scholarly Performance, Defining Scholarship, Measurement, Scholarly Activities and Products…
Immigrant Education - UNITED STATES, INTERNATIONAL, Immunization and Children's Physical Health - Childhood Immunizations, Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, Immunization Safety, Impact Aid, Public Laws 815 and 874 - Program Analysis, Future Directions, Independent Study - Purposes and Goals of Independent Study, Independent Study and Extensiveness in Grades K– (12), Individual Differences - Affective And Conative Processes, Ethnicity, Gender Equity And Schooling - ABILITIES AND APTITUDES, Individualized Instruction - Pace, Method, Content, Examples of Individualized Instruction, Final Issues, Infant Schools in England - A History of Infant Schools, Influences of the Infant Schools on Education in Other Countries, Summary…
Managed Care and Children - What Is Managed Care?, Trends in Managed Care among Children, Horace Mann (1796–1859) - Education and Training, Career and Contribution, the Master's Degree - History, A Growing Demand, A Changing Clientele, Teacher Preparation Mathematics Education - The Evolution of Mathematics Teacher Education, The Evolution of Mathematics Education as a Field of Inquiry, Mathematics Learning - Complex Problem Solving, Geometry, Learning Tools, Myths, Mysteries, And Realities, Number Sense - ALGEBRA, Benjamin Mays (1895–1984) - The Formative Years, Early Religious Scholarship, The Howard Years, Morehouse College, The Morehouse Mentor…
Ethnicity Race and Culture - Latino Growth, Racial And Ethnic Minority Students In Higher Education - CULTURAL EXPECTATIONS AND STUDENT LEARNING, Readability in Dices - Readability Formulas, Readability and Comprehension Processes, Reading - Comprehension, Content Areas, Interest, Learning From Text, Prior Knowledge, Beliefs, And Learning - BEGINNING READING, Reading Disabilities - Historical Context, Types of Reading Disabilities, Validity of the Discrepancy Model, Changing Criteria for Reading Disability, Records and School Reports - Records Custodian, Categories, Recreation Programs in the Schools - School-Sponsored Recreation, Community-Sponsored Recreation, School-Community Cooperative Partnerships, Current Trends…
States and Education - State Administrative Services In Education, State Boards Of Education, State Governments In Higher Education - LEGAL BASIS OF STATE RELATIONS TO NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS, Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925) - Steiner's Pedagogical Approach, St. John's College, Strategic and Long-Range Planning in Higher Education - Long-Range Planning, Strategic Planning, Contextual Planning, Cooperation and Leadership in Planning, Conclusion, Florence Stratemeyer (1900–1980), Stress and Depression - The Role of Stress in Depression, The Impact on Academic Functioning and Educational Progress…
Appendix III: Court Cases, Legislation, and International Agreements, Appendix IV: Internet Resources, Appendix V: Bibliography, Appendix VI: Outline of Contents, Appendix III: Court Cases, Legislation, and International Agreements, Appendix IV: Internet Resources, Appendix V: Bibliography, Appendix VI: Outline of Contents…
AACSB International - Program, History, Academic Advising in Higher Education - Developmental Advising, Differences between Developmental and Prescriptive Approaches, A Brief History of Academic Advising, Academic Calendars - Calendar Use during the Decade (1990–2000), Current Calendar Use, Calendar Conversions, The Academic Dean - Typical Characteristics of Academic Deans, Career Path to the Academic Deanship, Academic Disciplines - Disciplines and the Structure of Higher Education, Discipline Classification Systems, Discipline Differences, Academic Freedom and Tenure - Roots of Academic Freedom, Restrictions on Academic Freedom, Tenure, Academic Labor Markets - Supply and Demand, Gender and Ethnicity, Salary Issues…
Classroom Management - Creating a Learning Environment, Setting Expectations, Motivational Climate, Maintaining a Learning Environment, When Problems Occur, Classroom Observation - Purposes of Classroom Observation, Limitations of Classroom Observation, New Directions, Classroom Questions - Types Of Questions, Feedback, Effective Questioning Practices, Class Size and Student Learning - Class-Size Research (1978–2002), Translating Class-Size Research to Practice, Clubs - Club Participation, Why Participation is Expected to Benefit Youth, Benefits of Participation in Clubs, Coalition of Essential Schools, Coalition of Essential Schools' Common Principles…
Association of Colleges (AoC), Association of Learning Providers (Alp), Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), Association of University Teachers, asynchronous learning, attainment, attainment test, attendance, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), audio‐visual aid (AVA), augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), authenticity, autism, autodidact, autonomous learner, awarding body, baccalauréat, bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.), Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Bain Review (2006), banding…
citizenship, city academy, City and Guilds, city technology college, class, class, social, classroom assistant, class size, clearing, coach, Code of Practice (CoP), co‐education, cognitive, Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT), cognitive development, collaborative provision, collective worship, college, college of education, college of further education, college of higher education, college self‐assessment, collegiate university, Common Assessment Framework (CAF), Common Entrance Examination, Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL), community college, community education…
A Basis for Choice (ABC), disapplication, discipline, discovery learning, discrimination, disruptive, dissemination, dissertation, distance learning, distributed learning, divergent thinking, doctorate, don, Down syndrome, Dunning Report (1977), dyscalculia, dyslexia, dyspraxia, early excellence centres, early intervention, early years, Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Edexcel, educability, Education Act, education action zone (EAZ), Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), Educational Provision in Some Other English‐Speaking Countries…
Michel Foucault Biography, (1926–84), foundation course, foundation degree, Foundation Phase, foundation school, Foundation Stage, Foundation Stage profile, foundation subjects, Paulo Freire Biography, (1921–97), Fresh Start, Friedrich Froebel Biography, (1782–1852), full‐time equivalent (FTE), functional literacy, functional skills, Further and Higher Education Act 1992, Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992, further education (FE), Further Education Development Agency (FEDA), Further Education Funding Council (FEFC), Further Education National Training Organization (FENTO), Further Education Unit (FEU)…
initial teacher training (ITT), in‐service education of teachers (INSET), inspection, Institute for Learning (IfL), Institute for Learning and Teaching (ILT), instructor, instrumental, instrument of government, integrated community school (ICS), integration, intelligence, intelligence test (IQ test), Intensifying Support Programme (ISP), interdisciplinary, internal assessment, internal assessor, internal verification, International Baccalaureate (IB), interpretivist, intervention, intrinsic motivation, invigilate, ipsative, IQ, Susan Isaacs Biography, (1885–1948), Joint Council for General Qualifications (JCGQ)…
McCrone Committee of Inquiry, McQualifications, mandatory award, Manpower Services Commission (MSC), market, marking, Abraham Maslow Biography, (1908–70), master's degree, matriculation, Matriculation Diploma, mature student, mechanics' institutes, memory, mentor, merit, meritocracy, meta‐narrative, method, methodology, Michaelmas Term, microteaching, middle school, Middle Years Information System (MidYIS), mind, minimum core, ministers of state for education, minority, mission statement, mixed ability, mnemonics, mock examination, moderation, Modern Apprenticeship, modular…
Northern Ireland, education in, note in lieu, Notice to Improve, Nuffield Foundation, numeracy, nursery, nursery nurse, objectives, learning, objective test, objectivism, OCR, Offender Learning and Skills Service (OLASS), Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services, and Skills, Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual), Ofsted, online learning, ontology, open admission, open‐book examination, Open College, open‐ended, open enrolment, open‐plan, Open University (OU), options, oracy, oral examination…
professional body, professional development, Professional Graduate Certificate of Education (PGCE), Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE), professionalism, professor, programmed learning, programme of study (PoS), Progress File, progression, progressive, project, prospectus, provision mapping, psychomotor, public school, pupil, pupil‐centred, pupil referral unit (PRU), pupil–teacher ratio, Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF), Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA), qualified teacher learning and skills (QTLS), qualified teacher status (QTS), qualitative, Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA)…
Scottish Leaving Certificate, Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT), Scottish Progression Award (SPA), Scottish Qualification for Headship (SQH), Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA), Scottish Qualifications Certificate (SQC), Scottish Vocational Education Council (Scotvec), Scottish Vocational Qualification (SVQ), Secondary Heads Association (SHA), secondary modern school, second marking, secondment, Secretary of State for Education, Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA), selection, self‐assessment, self‐assessment report, semester, seminar, semiotics, senior curriculum team (SCT), senior leadership team (SLT)…
teacher assessment levels, teachers' conditions of service, teachers' pay, teachers.tv, teachers' unions, teacher training, Teacher Training Agency (TTA), teacher training skills tests, teaching and learning responsibility (TLR), teaching assistant (TA), teaching practice (TP), teaching style, teaching to the test, team teaching, Technical and Vocational Education Initiative (TVEI), Technological Baccalaureate, technology, term, terminal examination, terminate, tertiary college, testing, Te Whaariki, thesis, thinking skills, threshold, tiering, Time Line…
