Teaching Methods category: 9681 books
by Dr. Robert Rose
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2000
How does a teacher become a more creative teacher?
In THEY TOUCHED MY LIFE I demonstrated through the events as teaching stories what I considered the characteristics and behaviors necessary for being an effective teacher. I portrayed a situation, explained what I did, and then I offered brief...
Sparking Student Synapses, Grades 9–12
Think Critically and Accelerate Learning
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2011
Engaging methods for teaching 21st-century skills
Today’s students must be able to collaborate, innovate, and think critically to solve real-world problems. As content demands increase, how can teachers make time to teach these advanced skills? Find practical solutions in the story...
Language and Communication in Mathematics Education
International Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
This book considers some of the outstanding questions regarding language and communication in the teaching and learning of mathematics – an established theme in mathematics education research, which is growing in prominence. Recent research has demonstrated the wide range of theoretical and methodological...
Behind the Iron Curtain
A Teacher's Guide to East Germany and Cold War Activities
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
Behind the Iron Curtain: A Teacher’s Guide to East Germany and Cold War Activities discusses teaching Cold War activities through an East German perspective. The book is comprised of eight chapters that examine various pedagogical approaches and historical background associated with East Germany’s...
Towards Inclusive Learning in Higher Education
Developing Curricula for Disabled Students
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
It is widely recognised that the provision of an inclusive education is critical to maintaining high standards of learning and teaching for all students in higher education - a fact that is backed up by recent introduction of legislation and best practice guidelines around the world.
This book...
by Irene Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
The activities in this ebook have been designed to illustrate that effective recording of observations enhances one's ability to predict future outcomes, provide improved estimates of likely outcomes from experiments, and develop a sense of correlation between variables.
This ebook incorporates...
Tell Me a Story
Using Narratives to Break Down Barriers in Composition Courses
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
Stories have great power. This book attempts to harness that power to help students grow and develop as writers. It argues that stories and narratives can be utilized in the composition classroom, specifically first-year composition (FYC) to break down barriers. Throughout a given semester, stories...
Can I Be in Your Class?
Real Education Reform to Motivate Secondary Students
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
With education reform in the forefront of societal issues, virtually everyone is seeking methods to augment students' academic performance. Yet, real reform begins in individual classrooms, where the difference between the ordinary teacher and the extraordinary lies not in the content they teach,...
Control is Not a Four?Letter Word!
Establishing Positive Classroom Behavior for the Year in the First Five Days
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Teachers provide today's youth with the tools to become a positive part of society. Whether they are successful or not determines the fate of our civilization. Unfortunately, teacher training does not completely prepare the individual for this crucial role. All teachers need to: > Know the student and...
Why Literary Periods Mattered
Historical Contrast and the Prestige of English Studies
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2013
In the mid-nineteenth century, the study of English literature began to be divided into courses that surveyed discrete "periods." Since that time, scholars' definitions of literature and their rationales for teaching it have changed radically. But the periodized structure of the curriculum...
Beyond Critique
Contemporary Art in Theory, Practice, and Instruction
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
Critique has long been a central concept within art practice and theory. Since the emergence of Conceptual Art, artists have been expected by critics, curators, and art school faculty to focus their work on exposing and debunking ideologies of power and domination. Recently, however, the effectiveness...
Courageous Edventures
Navigating Obstacles to Discover Classroom Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2016
Chart a course to innovation using educational technology.
Let’s go on an edventure! Do you want to innovate and take risks in your teaching? Looking for ways to troubleshoot common classroom challenges? Jennie Magiera charts a course for you to discover your own version of innovation, using...
Gratitude
A Way of Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
This valuable book will give educators solution-based methods and research-based resources to improve classroom culture, as well as enabling schools to elevate students’ engagement and academic achievement. In addition, activities will be provided that will help teachers improve their own lives...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
What are the risks and benefits of non-parental care for young children?
What are the short- and long-term effects of academically vs. play-focused environments for learning?
How and when should we teach reading?
What are the purposes of Education?
What is...