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by Erika Gasper-Gombatz
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
Discover prevention methods for waste and pollution while conserving the environment. Our resource provides easy to understand initiatives so students can start helping the planet Earth. Get familiar with Earth's natural resources and what you can do to help conserve them. Hold a contest to find the...
Hacking School Discipline
9 Ways to Create a Culture of Empathy and Responsibility Using Restorative Justice
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2019
Eliminate old-school punishments and create a community of responsible, productive learners
Are you or your teachers frustrated with carrots and sticks, detention rooms, and suspension--antiquated school discipline practices that simply do not work with the students entering our classrooms...
by Randy Ingermanson, Peter Economy
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2009
A complete guide to writing and selling your novel
So you want to write a novel? Great! That’s a worthy goal, no matter what your reason. But don’t settle for just writing a novel. Aim high. Write a novel that you intend to sell to a publisher. Writing Fiction for Dummies is a complete...
by Howard Stephen Berg
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2008
Devised by the man recorded in Guinness as the world's fastest reader--80 pages per minutes--this is the only program that combines the most up-to-date learning techniques and psychological discoveries with proven speed-reading methods and ancient tools like meditation to significantly improve both reading speed and comprehension.
The New Art and Science of Teaching
more than fifty new instructional strategies for academic success
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
This title is a greatly expanded volume of the original Art and Science of Teaching, offering a competency-based education framework for substantive change based on Dr. Robert Marzano's 50 years of education research. While the previous model focused on teacher outcomes, the new version places focus...
Reading Like a Historian
Teaching Literacy in Middle and High School History Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Featuring an expanded introduction, this award-winning bestseller has been updated to link curriculum to the Common Core State Standards.This popular text shows how to apply Wineburg's highly acclaimed approach to teaching—Reading Like a Historian—to middle and high school classrooms, increasing...
Homeschooling Pros and Cons: Understand the Facts of Homeschooling and Make Learning Interesting
Curriculum & Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
The easiest way to compare the benefits and drawbacks of homeschooling your child, and learning new methods of making homeschooling interesting!
Homeschooling can be a huge step for many families to take. Help prepare yourself to take this step by understanding the pros and cons of homeschooling...
by Colin Davies
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2005
From sash windows and ceramic tiles to barracks and warehouses, industrialized building has thrived since the nineteenth century in Europe and America. Yet architects have neglected this area of practical construction in favor of historical, theoretical, and artistic analyses, resulting in the emergence...
Montessori Learning in the 21st Century
A Guide for Parents and Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2011
This book fills a growing demand for contemporary books on Montessori education and how it applies to childhood learning and education in the 21st Century. Dr. Maria Montessori developed her theories and methods for educating young people more than a hundred years ago. Today, much of Dr. Montessori's...
by Mary M. Firth, Andrew G. Ralston
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
Exam Board: SQA
Level: National 5
Subject: English
First Teaching: September 2013
First Exam: June 2014
This book is ideally suited for use by students working towards National 5 English. Reading for Understanding, Analysis and Evaluation is a key part of this course, and the book provides...
Outdoor Classrooms
A Handbook for School Gardens
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2013
Outdoor Classrooms is ideal for teachers and home educators who want to incorporate outdoor education at all levels of the school curriculum, with an emphasis on setting up vegetable gardens, teaching children about growing food, economic concerns, human and planetary health and future sustainability....
How to Teach British Literature
A Practical Teaching Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
How to Teach British Literature: A Practical Teaching Guide provides English teachers, home school parents, school administrators, or anyone interested in an in-depth study of the subject with a clear, concise discussion of British literature over the last thirteen centuries. The book includes resources...
Teaching the Art of Poetry
The Moves
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1999
Concise and accessible, this guide to teaching the art of poetry from Shakespeare to contemporary poets enables anyone to learn about how poets approach their art. Teachers can use this book to explore any facet or era of poetry. Any reader can use it as an entryway into the art of poetry. Teaching...
Quick and Easy Ways to Connect with Students and Their Parents, Grades K-8
Improving Student Achievement Through Parent Involvement
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
The research is indisputable. The more involved parents are with their child’s education, the more successful that child will be in school. Therefore, finding ways as a teacher to reach out to students and their parents is crucial in improving academic performance.
Quick and Easy Ways to Connect...