Teaching Methods category: 9681 books
Teaching Creative Thinking
Developing learners who generate ideas and can think critically
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
In Teaching Creative Thinking: Developing Learners Who Generate Ideas and Can Think Critically, Bill Lucas and Ellen Spencer define and demystify the essence of creative thinking, and offer action-oriented and research-informed suggestions as to how it can best be developed in learners. Where once...
by Joan Dean
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2005
This jargon-free book has been specially written for teaching assistants taking up posts in primary schools working at NVQ Level 2 and 3 of the National Occupational Standards of Teaching Assistants. It covers every area of primary education, including:
an overview of primary education
the qualities,...
Teaching to Strengths
Supporting Students Living with Trauma, Violence, and Chronic Stress
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017
Half the students in U.S. schools are experiencing or have experienced trauma, violence, or chronic stress. Much has been written about these students from a therapeutic perspective, especially regarding how to provide them with adequate counseling supports and services. Conversely, little has been...
by Peter Hudson
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2015
This book has been titled "Hudson’s guide for teaching primary science" to distinguish it from other science education books by demonstrating an experiential perspective. I feel strongly about teaching science and I want quality science education for all students. This book aims to provide a sequential...
Research on Mathematics Textbooks and Teachers’ Resources
Advances and Issues
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
This book focuses on issues related to mathematics teaching and learning resources, including mathematics textbooks, teacher guides, student learning and assessment materials, and online resources. The book highlights various theoretical and methodological approaches used to study teaching and learning...
by Wendy Spooner
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Accessibly written with the needs of trainee teachers and Higher Level Teaching Assistants in mind, this new edition of Wendy Spooner’s popular SEN Handbook provides an up-to-the-minute introduction to key issues.
Student teachers and teaching assistants will find the case studies and vignettes...
The Art of Teaching Science
A comprehensive guide to the teaching of secondary school science
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2019
The Art of Teaching Science has proven itself to be one of the most popular introductory texts for Australian pre-service and in-service teachers, providing guidance on engaging students and helping develop scientifically literate citizens.
Beginning with an examination of the nature of science,...
by Jonathan Savage
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
What is the role of the individual school 'subject' and 'subject teacher' within school? Is it to teach a set of core subject knowledge, skills and understanding in way that remains faithful to long-standing subject cultures and pedagogies? Or is there another way to consider how the curriculum, and...
Teaching and Learning in Further Education
Diversity and change
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Teaching and Learning in Further Education is established as an authoritative, wide-ranging introductory text for those training to work in the further education, post-compulsory education and lifelong learning sectors. It offers an easy to read picture of the practitioner’s everyday working life,...
by Kym Fraser
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
Typically New Generation Learning Spaces (NGLS) across the international higher education sector are being designed to support a more student-centred approach to teaching, through more active and collaborative learning opportunities, often using new technology (Keppell et al. 2012). However, the promise...
From the Confucian Way to Collaborative Knowledge Co-Construction
New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Number 142
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015
Sharing and engaging in interactions and discussion as required for collaborative teaching and learning can be a foreign concept to students coming from Asia or growing up in an Asian family. As such, this first volume in a two-volume edition helps lecturers, educators, and teachers create collaborative...
by John Milton Gregory, GP Editors
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
The Seven Laws of Teaching is a clear and simple statement of the important factors governing the art of teaching. It has always been valued as a handbook for Sunday School teachers and now finds new relevance among those educating their children at home as well as with educators advocating a conservative...
Eight Essentials for Empowered Teaching and Learning, K-8
Bringing Out the Best in Your Students
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2018
Inspirational and practical, this book focuses on the quality of teaching and learning in elementary and middle school classrooms and helps teachers and students find more joy, satisfaction, and meaning in their work.
Experienced teacher Steve Reifman defines a quality classroom in reader-friendly...
Models of Teaching
Connecting Student Learning With Standards
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2007
Models of Teaching: Connecting Student Learning with Standards features classic and contemporary models of teaching appropriate to elementary and secondary settings. Authors Jeanine M. Dell'Olio and Tony Donk use detailed case studies to discuss 10 models of teaching and demonstrate how they can be...