Elementary category: 2214 books
The Charter School Wars
Insight from a Charter School Innovator
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Educational reform has been a topic of scholarly conversation for a long time, but little significant movement toward action has been made. Charter schools were discussed in varied forms throughout the 1980s, but it was not until 1991 that the State of Minnesota put charter school law into practice....
by Mike Fletcher, Alice Hansen, Ms Judith McCullouch
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2011
The essential teaching theory and practice text for primary mathematics. Covering the key skills of planning, monitoring and assessment and class management, it relates these specifically to primary mathematics. The 5th edition of this popular text includes new features making specific links to Every...
by Claire Mooney, Mary Briggs, Alice Hansen
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018
An extensive knowledge of the primary Mathematics curriculum is not enough for trainee teachers, they need to know how to teach Maths in the primary classroom.
This is the essential teaching theory and practice text for primary Mathematics that takes a focused look at the practical aspects...
by Claire Mooney, Mary Briggs, Alice Hansen
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2014
The essential teaching theory and practice text for primary mathematics. Covering the skills of planning, monitoring and assessment and class management, it relates these specifically to primary mathematics. With full coverage of the theory and practice required for effective and creative mathematics...
Teaching Problem-Solving and Thinking Skills through Science
Exciting Cross-Curricular Challenges for Foundation Phase, Key Stage One and Key Stage Two
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
This highly practical resource book presents ways in which teachers can help to develop children's problem-solving and thinking skills through a range of exciting science topics. The book contains classroom-based activities which have been trialled and evaluated by teachers and children, and helpfully...
What if it happens in my classroom?
Developing skills for expert behaviour management
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
Why can‘t I stop my students from being noisy as they leave my classroom? What can I do when a student is texting on their phone in my lesson? How can I stop a student from constantly tapping their pen while I am talking?Sound familiar?Chewing gum, dropping litter, swearing, late homework and disruptive behaviour in class are just a few of the issu
by Andrew Crossland
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
Outstanding teaching in the primary classroom is a direct outcome of outstanding learning. This book will propel class teachers towards the category of being an outstanding practitioner on a day to day basis. This book has been written as a product of my own journey to being an outstanding teacher....
Class Size
Eastern and Western perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
Much debate, research and commentary about class sizes in schools is limited because of an exclusive concern with class size and pupil academic attainment, and a neglect of classroom processes, which might help explain class size effects (or lack of them). Very little is known about the central question:...
Supporting Pupils on the Autism Spectrum in Primary Schools
A Practical Guide for Teaching Assistants
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
Written to meet the needs of teaching assistants and learning support assistants, this book provides a practical toolkit for supporting students on the autistic spectrum in mainstream primary schools.
The book offers a clear, jargon free explanation of autism spectrum conditions and examines...
The NQT Guides: Box Set (Books 1-3)
The NQT Guides
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
*FOR ALL NEWLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS*
3 practical and informative NQT books that are packed with heaps of advice and guidance on how to ensure you have the best start to your teaching career.
** From the author of the best-selling ‘Keeping Bums in Seats: The NQT’s...
A Moving Child Is a Learning Child
How the Body Teaches the Brain to Think (Birth to Age 7)
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2014
In order to learn, kids’ need to move! Grounded in best practices and current research, this hands-on resource connects the dots that link brain activity, movement, and early learning. The expert authors unveil the Kinetic Scale: a visual map of the active learning needs of infants, toddlers, preschoolers,...
Spark the Brain, Ignite the Pen (FIRST EDITION)
Quick Writes for Kindergarten Through High School Teachers and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2006
Contributors to the book teach a wide array of grade levels (K through college) and subject areas (e.g., English, social studies, math, science and health), and the quick writes included in the book are ideal for use in a variety of classroom subjects and settings. We believe that the book will find...
by Rachel Tolman Terry
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
This homeschool literature unit study does NOT include the original book, The Creature Department by Robert Paul Weston. You can obtain the original book through your local library or through retailers to use in conjunction with this curriculum.
Grade Levels: 3-7 Themes: The Value of Science,...
White Out
Understanding White Privilege and Dominance in the Modern Age
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2017
Colleges across the country, and the nation as a whole continue to be divided along racial lines. White Out: Understanding White Privilege and Dominance in the Modern Age is about the role of Whiteness and a defense of White dominance in an increasingly diverse society. Whiteness is socially constructed,...