Curricula category: 1261 books
The Impact of Reform Instruction on Student Mathematics Achievement
An Example of a Summative Evaluation of a Standards-Based Curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2008
Summarizing data derived from a four-year combined longitudinal/ cross-sectional comparative study of the implementation of one standards-based middle school curriculum program, Mathematics in Context, this book demonstrates the challenges of conducting comparative longitudinal research in the reality...
by Priya Raja
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
This book is about filling the gaps in the education system to create a more meaningful experience for students and society as a whole. In this book, the author is discussing her own experiences as a student in the education system. The backlash is against standardized testing and rigidity in the...
The Left Handed Curriculum
Creative Experiences for Empowering Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Teaching is not merely a technical process it is one that requires creative and inspirational thinking, not only on the part of students but for teachers themselves as artful, reflective beings. The purpose of this book is to provide educators with creative experiences which unlock their imaginative...
The Multi-age Learning Community in Action
Creating a Caring School Environment for All Children
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
As schools struggle to teach all students, the multi-age teaching and learning framework has emerged as one of today’s most effective ways to structure schools. Multi-age Learning Community (MAC) Program is a professional development program in action. It presents a framework that can transform...
Teaching Civic Literacy Projects
Student Engagement with Social Problems, Grades 4-12
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This practical resource shows teachers how to enact robust forms of civic education in today’s schools. Both instructive and thought-provoking, it will inspire teachers to craft curricula addressing a wide range of genuine civic problems such as those related to racial discrimination, environmental...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017
Consistent with international trends, there is an active pursuit of more engaging science education in the Asia-Pacific region. The aim of this book is to bring together some examples of research being undertaken at a range of levels, from studies of curriculum and assessment tools, to classroom case...
Innovating Science Teacher Education
A History and Philosophy of Science Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
How teachers view the nature of scientific knowledge is crucial to their understanding of science content and how it can be taught. This book presents an overview of the dynamics of scientific progress and its relationship to the history and philosophy of science, and then explores their methodological...
Literacies, Learning, and the Body
Putting Theory and Research into Pedagogical Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
The essays, research studies, and pedagogical examples in this book provide a window into the embodied dimensions of literacy and a toolbox for interpreting, building on, and inquiring into the range of ways people communicate and express themselves as literate beings. The contributors investigate...
Teaching Biology in Schools
Global Research, Issues, and Trends
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2018
An indispensable tool for biology teacher educators, researchers, graduate students, and practising teachers, this book presents up-to-date research, addresses common misconceptions, and discusses the pedagogical content knowledge necessary for effective teaching of key topics in biology. Chapters...
Mathematics for Equity
A Framework for Successful Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In this book, nationally renowned scholars join classroom teachers to share equity-oriented approaches that have been successful with urban high school mathematics students. Compiling for the first time major research findings and practitioner experiences from Railside High School, the volume describes...
by Young Chun Kim, Jung-Hoon Jung
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2019
This book theorizes shadow education as a new component of curriculum, expanding the concept of curriculum to include this type of learning. Curriculum scholars and theorists have largely disregarded shadow education as a valid topic of scholarly attention despite its massive growth worldwide. But...
Musi-matics!
Music and Arts Integrated Math Enrichment Lessons
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009
Plan an entire year of an arts-integrated mathematics curriculum with ready-to-use lesson plans and resources designed for elementary classroom and music teachers. Eighteen lesson plans combine the mathematics curriculum with music, movement, and visual art to enrich your classroom instruction and...
Civics in a Digital Republic
A Transformative Curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
This innovative curriculum book provides key materials, resources, and tools to help secondary educators prepare their students to be engaged citizens of their community, state, nation and world. Five complete units of instruction, based on West Virginia Content Standards and Objectives, provide meaningful...
Defining The Curriculum
Histories and Ethnographies
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
This book explores some of the major processes involved in the definition of school subject knowledge. Using historical ethnographic methods, the contributors to the collection highlight and examine some of the factors involved at national, institutional and classroom levels in the making of school...