EDUCATION - Academics, Qualifications, Schools and Learning at Home

Tags < Learning and Teaching/Instructional Pedagogies OR Strategies, Gifted Education, Education Vs Literacies Vs Curriculum>

Education Organisations, Institutions and NGOs

• International
• Singapore
• Other Stakeholders
  • Asian Development Bank (Education Sector) - http://www.adb.org/sectors/education/main

Education NGOs and Stakeholders

• For Curriculum Reform
  • P21s Partnership of 21st Century Skills - www.p21.org
  • ATC21 Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills - http://atc21s.org/
• Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Advanced Collaborator - http://hastac.org/
• Technology
  • ISTE International Society for Technology in Education http://www.iste.org/
  • SITES Society for Information Technology and Technology Education: http://site.aace.org/
    • SITE Mobile Learning Special Interest Group http://www.mobilelearningsig.com/
• Center For Teaching Quality - http://www.teaching2030.org/
• IEA International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement: http://www.iea.nl/home.html
  • ICCS: IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study
  • SITES: M2 http://www.iea.nl/sites-m2.html
  • SITES 2006 (Site/ Publication) :
• CERC Comparative Research Center: http://www0.hku.hk/cerc/ - By University of Hong Kong
• Asia Pacific Regional Network for Early Childhood http://www.arnec.net/
• ASCD Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development http://www.ascd.org/about-ascd.aspx
• American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education http://aacte.org/
• CORE Education: http://www.core-ed.org/ - NZ based not-for-profit educational research and development based organisation of the use of new technologies for learning across all education and training sectors (MOU with APS)

Education Reports

• Horizon Report http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-donahoo/horizon-report-k12-releas_b_863345.html

Educational Frameworks

• Ministry and boards of Educations (By Country, district)
• Consortiums, NGOs and Communities
  • UNESCO
  • P21S
  • ATC21S
• By Themes
  • 21st Century Skills
  • Technology
• KSAVE Model - 21st century skills frameworks

Types of Education

• Secondary School
• English Language Studies
• Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
• Foundation Courses
• Undergraduate Study
• Postgraduate Study
• Study Abroad and Student Exchange
• Online and Distance Education

Educational Reference

Databases

• Education and Information Technology Digital Library http://www.editlib.org/ : subscription

Papers

• Issues Facing Teacher Curricular and Pedagogical Capacity in Mature and Emerging Education Systems (Paper) - CRPP NIE Singapore <Citation only with permission from authors>

Presentations

• The Teenagers Guide to Opting Out/Not Dropping out of school http://www.scribd.com/doc/55366959/The-Teenagers-Guide-to-Opting-Out-Not-Dropping-Out-of-School
• Integrating Technology into Teaching and Learning TPACK's next chapter during AACTE2011 by Munya Mishra http://punya.educ.msu.edu/presentations/aacte2011/TPACKsessionAACTE.pdf

Articles

• 10 ways to change the minds of tech-reluctant staff http://www.eschoolnews.com/2011/11/18/10-ways-to-change-the-minds-of-tech-reluctant-staff/
• The Trouble with Home Work http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/opinion/sunday/quality-homework-a-smart-idea.html
• Education for the 21st Century - Balancing Content Knowledge with Skills http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2008/12/schooling-for-the-21st-century-balancing-content-knowledge-with-skills/
• Character and Success in Schools http://analternativeeducation.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/character-and-success-in-schools-2/
• The Value of Teachers http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/opinion/kristof-the-value-of-teachers.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=general
• http://www.change.org/petitions/appeal-to-promote-sinead-tan-to-year-4

ICT Standards and Baselines

• ISTE-NETs - Standards for Global Learning in the Digital Age http://www.iste.org/standards.aspx
  • For Teachers/ Students/ Administrators
• GESCI Teacher Professional Development http://www.gesci.org/teacher-professional-development.html
  • ICT Competency Standard Rubrics (PDF)
• UNESCO ICT Competency Standards for Teachers http://cst.unesco-ci.org/sites/projects/cst/default.aspx
• Quick Guide ICT and Education at UNESCO http://www.infodev.org/en/Publication.144.html
• EduMall2.0
  • ICT Connection http://ictconnection.edumall.sg/
  • ICT Practices http://ict.edumall.sg/baseline/
• ICT-PD Framework and Learning Roadmap by ETD Jul'10
• Bytes Score
• List of ICT Assessments http://www.shambles.net/pages/staff/ictrubrics/

For Fleshing Out and Development

<Anyone who is interested to contribute please let me know!>

Classroom Management Strategies

Managing Education Stakeholders

• Perspectives FROM (Direct Vs Indirect)
  • People (Parents, Teachers, Subject Head, Department Head, KP Owners, School Leaders)
  • Organisations (School, Education Ministry, Government, Academia, Consortiums, Other education systems, Assessment Boards)
  • Influence (Home, Classroom, School, Media, Societal bias)
  • Time (Historical/ Present/ Future)
• Means and Method (Abstract Vs Concrete) and (history, relevance, bandwagon, cutting edge
  • Belief/ Schools of thought/ Approach/ Education Models/ Framework/ Philosophy/ System
  • Bias
  • Policies (education/ Other ministries/ Govt)
  • Training (Academia, Workshops, Ideas)
  • Planning (Individual beliefs/ Lesson plans/ Unit Plans/ SOW/ Syllabus/ Curriculum/ KPI/ BSC/ Stratplans)