Linking Competence to Opportunities to Learn

Models of Competence and Data Mining
2009. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4020-9910-6
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 17, 140 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 376 g

Reihe: Innovations in Science Education and Technology

For many people, a high standard for student learning is desirable. This is what underlies current standard-based science education reforms around the world. As someone who was born and brought up in a less-privileged home and educated in a resource-limited school environment in a developing country, I always had to study hard to meet various standards from elementary to high school to univ- sity. My first book in English published over 10 years ago (Liu, X. [1996]. Mathematics and Science Curriculum Change in the People’s Republic of China. Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press) provided me an opportunity to examine standards (i. e., Chinese national science teaching syllabi) from a historical and political point of view. I argued that standards are developed for particular poli- cal agendas in order to maintain the privileged position of certain groups (i. e., urban residents) in a society at expenses of others (i. e., rural residents). Thus, underneath standards is systematic discrimination and injustice. Since then, I have had opportunities to study the issue of standards in much more breadth and depth. This book, Linking Competence to Opportunities to Learn: Models of Competence and data mining, provides me an opportunity to examine standards from a different perspective: opportunity to learn.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Liu, Xiufeng

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Naturwissenschaften, Mathematik (Unterricht & Didaktik)
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik E-Learning, Bildungstechnologie
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein E-Learning

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Equity and Excellence in Standard-Based Education.- Competence and Opportunity to Learn.- Models of Competence and Data Mining.- Models of Competence and Opportunities to Learn in the Classroom.- Models of Competence and Opportunities to Learn at Home.- Models of Competence and Opportunities to Learn in Schools.- Pedagogical and Policy Implications.