Curricula category: 1261 books
Remixing the Curriculum
The Teacher’s Guide to Technology in the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Remixing the Curriculum offers educators a way to rethink traditional curricular approaches through a “curricular remix,” a concept in which a curriculum becomes different from its original form, retaining its basic foundational elements, but experiencing a metamorphosis to create a new version....
Science Education from People for People
Taking a Stand(point)
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2009
Contributing to the social justice agenda of redefining what science is and what it means in the everyday lives of people, this book
introduces science educators to various dimensions of viewing science and scientific literacy from the standpoint of the learner, engaged with real everyday concerns...
StoryMaking
The Maker Movement Approach to Literacy for Early Learners
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018
First to market
The Makers Movement is a creative and technological revolution in education that encourages play with open-ended materials and inquiry. Typically associated with STEAM education, this movement overlaps with the natural learning inclinations of children and the power of learning...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
Political, economic, technological and cultural changes have taken place all over the globe, changes which have transformed the meanings of citizenship and citizenship education. This volume represents an effort to analyze the implications of these changes.
Ethics and International Curriculum Work
The Challenges of Culture and Context
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
The widely cited, though highly contested, idea that “the world is flat” (Friedman, 2004) carries with it a call for education to provide a leveling effect across continents and cultures Students in Skokie or in Skopje, as the theory goes, are expected to experience a school curriculum that shares...
RtI in Math
Evidence-Based Interventions for Struggling Students
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2014
Learn how to help K–8 students who struggle in math. This book provides a variety of clear, practical strategies that can be implemented right away to boost student achievement. You will find out how to design lessons that work with struggling learners, implement the recommendations for math intervention...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
The aim of this book is to inject more intercultural understanding and education into people's lives. This is achieved by focusing on key aspects such as geography and culture, geography and citizenship, pedagogic implications and future directions for inter-cultural learning, understanding, and education....
by Kenneth A. Strike, Emil J. Haller, Jonas F. Soltis
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This popular text features a rigorous yet practical approach to the difficult dilemmas that so often arise in school administration. Using case studies to illustrate particular ethical issues, the authors cover such topics as: standards • assessment and evaluation • equal opportunity • multiculturalism...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Today, millions of students cross geographic, cultural, and educational borders for their higher education. Trends of international student mobility are significant to universities, educators, business leaders, and governments to increase revenue and campus diversity in the global marketplace. As...
Nonviolence and Education
Cross-Cultural Pathways
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
In current global politics, which positions China as a competitor to American leadership, in-depth understandings of transnational mutual engagement are much needed for cultivating nonviolent relations. Exploring American and Chinese professors’ experiences at the intersection of the individual,...
Writing Behind Every Door
Teaching Common Core Writing in the Content Areas
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
For students to become college-ready writers, they must be exposed to writing throughout the school day, not just in English class. This practical book shows teachers in all subject areas how to meet the Common Core State Standards and make writing come alive in the classroom. Award-winning educator...
Teaching English Language Learners K-12
A Quick-Start Guide for the New Teacher
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2004
The author examines the immense demands faced by ELL educators and offers specific strategies to address these special challenges.
by Nabeel Zaidi
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2015
This is an essay about Jeremy Bentham’s Auto-Icon, which is represented by a pamphlet outlining his desire to be dissected for medical experimentation after his demise and also the public display of his physical remains in the Cloisters building at University College London. The essay considers the...
The Lure of the Transcendent
Collected Essays By Dwayne E. Huebner
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In 1969, Bill Pinar was privileged to study with Dwayne Huebner at Teachers College. In a large room with 70 others, he watched an extraordinary figure in the distance--speaking a tongue few of them grasped--whom they all found compelling. They knew they were in the presence of a most remarkable and...