Methods category: 10193 books
by James A. Duthie
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
History is not a mere chronicle of facts, but a dialogue between competing interpretations of the past; it should be taught as such. Teaching history in this way makes it both intellectually demanding and more interesting, while at the same time helps students acquire the knowledge and skills necessary...
See Me After Class
Advice for Teachers by Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
The Most Dog-Eared "Teacher's Edition" You'll Have in Your Classroom
Teaching in tough. And teachers, like the rest of the population, aren't perfect. Yet good teaching happens, and great teachers continue to inspire and educate generations of students. See Me After Class helps those...
by Suzanne Tingley
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
"How to Handle Difficult Parents" is a funny, but practical, guide to working effectively with parents and avoiding unnecessary conflict. Whether you're a teacher (regular or special education) or a coach, this book will give you practical suggestions regarding what to say and how to say...
The Well-Balanced Teacher
How to Work Smarter and Stay Sane Inside the Classroom and Out
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
You’ve probably heard the advice “put on your own oxygen mask before assisting others.” This is true both in airplanes and in classrooms—you have to take care of yourself before you can help someone else. If teachers are stressed out and exhausted, how can they have the patience, positive...
Imagination First
Unlocking the Power of Possibility
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
When imagination becomes habit, it can transform your work and your life
The best corporations know that innovative thinking is the only competitive advantage that cannot be outsourced. The best schools are those that create cultures of imagination. Now in paperback, Imagination First introduces...
Breakbeat Pedagogy
Hip Hop and Spoken Word Beyond the Classroom Walls
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2016
Breakbeat Pedagogy provides a groundbreaking framework for the inclusion of hip-hop culture in schools. Looking beyond the previous model of hip-hop-based education, Brian Mooney argues for school-wide hip-hop events, such as poetry slams, as the ideal site for students to engage in the elements of...
Storying Learning in Early Childhood
When Children Lead Participatory Curriculum Design, Implementation, and Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
Storying Learning in Early Childhood documents philosophical, research, and critical questions about notions of childrens’ experiences and learning potential that heavily influence the profession. Critically created, child-centered curriculum and assessment collaborations focus on contexts of homes,...
Science Fair Season
Twelve Kids, a Robot Named Scorch . . . and What It Takes to Win
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2011
This is the engaging true story of kids competing in the high-stakes, high-drama world of international science fairs. Every year the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair brings together 1,500 high schoolers from more than 50 countries to compete for over $4 million dollars in prizes...
by Professor Beaver
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
If you’re playing basketball, that’s science in action! Science is all around us and in everything that we do this even more true for basketball. Issac Newton explains the concept of Motion in Physical Science by using Three Laws of Motion. In this book, you will get the chance to fully understand...
Successful Classroom Management
Real-World, Time-Tested Techniques for the Most Important Skill Set Every Teacher Needs
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Lead, Inspire, and Change Your Students' Lives
Each year, tens of thousands of new teachers head out for their first teaching job, ready to fulfill a lifetime dream. However, most teachers have nothing to prepare them for or support them on one of the most important parts of their job: how...
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Life: A Guide - Poems for Key Stage 2 with Teaching Notes
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
This is a book about the power of poetry to speak about the central themes of what it is to be a human being. The first part is an anthology of specially selected poems. The second part provides detailed notes for teachers on how to use these poems in the classroom. The poems in the book are about...
Montessori for the New Millennium
Practical Guidance on the Teaching and Education of Children of All Ages, Based on A Rediscovery of the True Principles and Vision of Maria Montessori
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
Although Montessori's name is almost universally known in education circles today, and there are countless nursery schools throughout the world using the "Montessori Method," the real core of her thinking has remained largely misunderstood. Most people regard the method as a system for the...
Montessori Comes to America
The Leadership of Maria Montessori and Nancy McCormick Rambusch
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2009
What role did women's leadership play in the introduction and revival of the Montessori Method in America? Phyllis Povell explores this question through the contributions of Maria Montessori and Nancy McCormick Rambusch, who brought the Montessori Method to the American educational scene.
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Bringing Montessori to America
S. S. McClure, Maria Montessori, and the Campaign to Publicize Montessori Education
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
2016 Choice Outstanding Academic Title!
Bringing Montessori to America traces in engrossing detail one of the most fascinating partnerships in the history of American education—that between Maria Montessori and S. S. McClure, from their first meeting in 1910 until their final acrimonious...