Methods category: 10193 books
by Rob Long
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
If teachers can motivate pupils, their job is more than half done! Knowing how to interest and motivate pupils is a skill, which separates the "great" teacheres from the mediocre, This book will inform and inspire staff and give them confidence in dealing with pupils who are not naurally...
by Jack Zevin, David Gerwin
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
Offering a philosophy, methodology, and examples for history instruction that are active, imaginative, and provocative, this text presents a fully developed pedagogy based on problem-solving methods that promote reasoning and judgment and restore a sense of imagination and participation to classroom...
Discipline without Anger
A New Style of Classroom Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2012
Ever since the first schools opened their doors, teachers have struggled to find ways to successfully deal with misbehaving students. Many have found nothing but stress and frustration in their attempts to bring order to their classrooms. Unfortunately, this problem is not going away. As times and...
The Effectiveness of Mathematics Teaching in Primary Schools
Lessons from England and China
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
The Effectiveness of Mathematics Teaching in Primary Schools: Lessons from England and China provides a unique insight into the mathematics classrooms of these two countries and arrives at a time when the world is eager to know how Chinese learners consistently excel at learning mathematics and other...
by Nancy Larson Bluemel, Rhonda Harris Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
Pop-up books possess universal appeal. Everyone from preschoolers to adults loves to see and tactilely experience the beautiful three-dimensional work of Robert Sabuda, David A. Carter, and other pop-up book creators. Sabuda himself was inspired to become a pop-up book artist after experiencing the...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
This concise monograph addresses the expanding field of family involvement to out of school time (OST). OST may be defined as time outside of state required time limits for compulsory school attendance but time in which students are engaged in planned academic or enrichment activities. During the...
Promoting Early Reading
Research, Resources, and Best Practices
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2010
Bringing together leading scholars, this book describes proven ways to enhance early literacy skills in 3- and 4-year-olds, especially those from low-income families. Presented are scientifically based methods and approaches that are being applied in Early Reading First programs around the country....
Teaching Disciplinary Literacy
Using Video Records of Practice to Improve Secondary Teacher Preparation
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This practical guide will help pre- and inservice secondary teachers and their instructors and coaches to use videos as a resource to improve teaching. Derived from the authors’ research and experience in a teacher preparation program using video records of practice as a core element for reflection...
Literacy Moves On
Using Popular Culture, New Technologies and Critical Literacy in the Primary Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book looks at the changing nature of literacy and at the way in which new and different literacies are emerging in the first part of the 21st century. It considers how children are shaping and being shaped by these changes, it also looks at how teachers need to bridge-the-gap between children's...
Educación imaginativa
Una aproximación a Kieran Egan
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 14, 2018
¿Cómo hacemos que el conocimiento que enseñamos sea significativo? ¿De qué sirve la información en Internet si no tenemos una manera de recordarla? Si queremos resolver este problema, o al menos tener la oportunidad de enfrentarnos a él, necesitamos re-imaginar la enseñanza y el aprendizaje...
Create Captivating Classes
Why NCLB Should Mean No Child Left Bored
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2013
It’s a challenge every teacher faces… finding ways to get and keep the attention of their students; getting them to engage fully in the lessons. In today’s world of constant connection to media and entertainment through television and the Internet, it is harder than ever. Add to that the pressures...
What Successful Teachers Do
A Dozen Things to Ensure Student Learning
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
A Dozen Things will be engaged with the personal stories of teaching, while also gaining strategies for success in their classrooms. A quick glance at the table of contents provides insight into the issues teachers face and how to thrive and succeed. Successful teachers prepare personally and professionally...
Teaching, Learning and the Net Generation
Concepts and Tools for Reaching Digital Learners
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Although a growing body of research demonstrates the need for education to adapt to the needs of the Net Generation, research also shows that traditional teaching methods continue to dominate the classroom. To stay effective, higher education must adapt to the needs of this unique generation of digital...
Localising Chinese
Educating Teachers through Service-Learning
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
This book presents innovative strategies for teaching the Chinese language to English-speaking students around the world, using in-depth research arising from a long-running and successful Chinese language teaching programme in Sydney. Throughout the book its authors emphasise the importance of teaching...