Methods category: 10193 books
Kindergarten and the Common Core
It's as Easy as ABC!
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
How do we teach with rigor to our youngest learners? How do we implement standards that spell out quite clearly what students must know but do not give us either the methods or materials that help our students achieve such skills? This professional resource provides practical routines and developmentally...
Teaching Young Adult Literature
Developing Students as World Citizens
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
Teaching Young Adult Literature: Developing Students As World Citizens (by Thomas W. Bean, Judith Dunkerly-Bean, and Helen Harper) is a middle and secondary school methods text that introduces pre-service teachers in teacher credential programs and in-service teachers pursuing a Masters degree in...
Photography in Educational Research
Critical reflections from diverse contexts
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
Photography in education involves the use of photographs to engage research participants in representing and reflecting upon their own experiences. This book explores how photographic images can be used in a range of educational settings in different cultural contexts, as a method of facilitating...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2015
Bringing Shakespeare to the Sunshine State, this book gathers together a talented group of teachers, choreographers, directors, set designers, musicians, costumers, actors, and artists to discuss how they have adapted the bard's monologues in Miami, assassinated Julius Caesar on the steps of Tallahassee's...
Earth Building
Methods and Materials, Repair and Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Buildings with load-bearing earth walls were once widespread throughout Britain and many thousands still survive, including some dating from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
Earth is the ultimate form of ‘green’ building construction, creating no environmental pollutions and consuming...
Cases in Mathematics Teacher Education
Tools for Developing Knowledge Needed for Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
(Orginally published in 2008) The goal of AMTE Monograph 4, "Cases in Mathematics Teacher Education: Tools for Developing Knowledge Needed for Teaching", is to provide detailed accounts of case use that will inform the mathematics teacher education community on the range of ways in which cases can...
Learning to Teach Foreign Languages in the Secondary School
A companion to school experience
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Praise for previous editions:-
‘A wealth of theory, research, practical advice, case studies and tasks in one volume…Indispensable for both HEI tutors and mentors, and an important book to recommend to all MFL students.' – Language Learning Journal
‘Presenting clear, straightforward,...
Preparing Mathematics and Science Teachers for Diverse Classrooms
Promising Strategies for Transformative Pedagogy
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2004
This book provides a theoretical basis and practical strategies to counter resistance to learning to teach for diversity (in culturally and gender-inclusive ways), and resistance to teaching for understanding (using student-centered and inquiry-based pedagogical approaches). Teacher educators from...
Advanced Concept Maps in STEM Education
Emerging Research and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017
Concept mapping has often been acknowledged as an efficient instrument for aiding students in learning new information. Examining the impact this tool provides in STEM fields can help to create more effective teaching methods. Advanced Concept Maps in STEM Education: Emerging Research and Opportunities...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
Effective communication within learning environments is a pivotal aspect to students’ success. By enhancing abstract concepts with visual media, students can achieve a higher level of retention and better understand the presented information. Knowledge Visualization and Visual Literacy in Science Education...
Mathematics Education as a Research Domain: A Search for Identity
An ICMI Study Book 1
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
No one disputes how important it is, in today's world, to prepare students to un derstand mathematics as well as to use and communicate mathematics in their future lives. That task is very difficult, however. Refocusing curricula on funda mental concepts, producing new teaching materials, and...
Outcome-Based Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education
Innovative Practices
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2012
As the engineering education shifts away from traditional methods and towards the outcomes-based mastery of science, technology, engineering and math topics, curriculum design must also shift to reflect this new priority. Outcome-Based Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education: Innovative...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Every generation of students comes to the classroom with different needs than that of their predecessors. Implementing new methods and styles of teaching to meet these diverse needs will provide students with the best chance of success in their educational careers. The Handbook of Research on Pedagogical...
Generalizing from Educational Research
Beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Polarization
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2009
"This book frames the major challenge facing educational researchers as one of going beyond the mindless qualitative-quantitative divide and addressing the overarching/fundamental challenge of enriching and enlarging educational inquiry. It is a signature contribution to the field." - Clifton...