Teaching Methods category: 9681 books
History Repeats Itself in the Classroom, Too!
Prior Knowledge and Implementing the Common Core State Standards
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
The best history/social studies classes are those in which students act as historians, political scientists, and economists. The best teachers are those who model “discipline-specific expertise.” There is an effective formula for achieving the Common Core State Standards’ goal of college and...
Researching Chinese Learners
Skills, Perceptions and Intercultural Adaptations
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
This collection focuses on Chinese learners with original data sets using innovative research methods. It investigates Chinese learners' learning and language skills, perceptions and particularly the processes of reciprocal intercultural adaptations in a wide international context of Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, New Zealand and the UK.
Focused Observations
How to Observe Young Children for Assessment and Curriculum Planning
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
This books is for caregivers and classroom teachers of children from birth through age 5.
This book can be course adopted in early childhood methods classes.
A new chapter on portfolio development is included. Additional updates include references to the third edition of the National...
Tricky Thinking Problems
Advanced Activities in Applied Thinking Skills for Ages 6-11
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2008
Classroom questions have traditionally focussed on testing the recall, understanding and application of content and methods. Research suggests that pupils require activities that encourage them to think flexibly about possibilities and to make independent judgements about information.
Tricky...
by Mike Artell
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
The author writes a wonderful story. The illustrator creates incredible images. But what can educators bring to their read-alouds? Do the read-alouds ROCK? The fact is, every read-aloud is a performance. And every aspect of a read-aloud performance informs a child's understanding and appreciation of...
Race, Empire, and English Language Teaching
Creating Responsible and Ethical Anti-Racist Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This timely and critical look at the teaching of English shows how language is used to create hierarchies of cultural privilege in public schools across the United States. Drawing on the work of four ESL teachers who pursued anti-racist pedagogical practices during their first year of teaching, the...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
Maximize your mathematics curriculum to challenge all students
This collection of lessons from experienced teachers provides multifaceted examples of rigorous learning opportunities for mathematics students in Grades 6–12. The four sample units focus on fractions, linear programming, geometry,...
Pose, Wobble, Flow
A Culturally Proactive Approach to Literacy Instruction
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This book proposes a pedagogical model called “Pose, Wobble, Flow” to encapsulate the challenge of teaching and the process of growing as an educator who questions existing inequities in schooling and society and frames teaching around a commitment to changing them. The authors provide...
by Kathryn R. Wentzel
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
Written specifically for teachers, Motivating Students to Learn offers a wealth of research-based principles on the subject of student motivation for use by classroom teachers. Now in its fourth edition, this book discusses specific classroom strategies by tying these principles to the realities of...
by George E. Newell, David Bloome, Alan Hirvela
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015
Focused on the teaching and learning argumentative writing in grades 9-12, this important contribution to literacy education research and classroom practice offers a new perspective, a set of principled practices, and case studies of excellent teaching. The case studies illustrate teaching and learning...
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...
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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...
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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...
Teaching Secondary Science
Constructing Meaning and Developing Understanding
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
The fourth edition of Teaching Secondary Science has been fully updated and includes a wide range of new material. This invaluable resource offers a new collection of sample lesson plans and includes two new chapters covering effective e-learning and advice on supporting learners with English as a...