Teaching Methods category: 9681 books
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2014
As an area of research that continues to develop, the study of linguistics worldwide presents the opportunity for the improvement of cross-cultural communication through education and research. Language educators are charged with the task of instructing students to effectively communicate across cultures...
by Morag Stuart, Professor Rhona Stainthorp
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
This textbook will prove invaluable to teacher educators, teachers, educational psychologists, and any professional who is involved with teaching children to read. It provides a detailed examination of the processes that are involved in achieving fluent word reading skills and ability to comprehend...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
The majority of professors have never had a formal course in education, and the most common method for learning how to teach is on-the-job training. This represents a challenge for disciplines with ever more complex subject matter, and a lost opportunity when new active learning approaches to education...
Social Studies for Secondary Schools
Teaching to Learn, Learning to Teach
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2014
Now in its 4th edition, this popular text for secondary social studies methods courses integrates discussions of educational goals and the nature of history and social studies with ideas for organizing social studies curricula, units, lessons, projects, and activities. A major theme throughout is...
Online Teaching in K12
Models, Methods, and Best Practices for Teachers and Administrators
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
Online Teaching in K12 is the essential hands-on reference and textbook for education professionals seeking success in the planning, design, and teaching of K12 online courses and programs. This skillfully edited book brings together more than two dozen experts and practitioners to present an array of...
Crushing Dyslexia
The "How-To" Book of Effective Methods for Helping People With Dyslexia
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Did you know at least one out of six people in the world is on the dyslexia spectrum? Did you also know that there are methods that are able to "rewire" the dyslexic's brain so that most people suffering the frustrations of dyslexia can not only learn to read...they can learn to read well?...
by Jennifer Krumins
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2011
One Step at a Time promises to be a book for those who need practical down to earth help in planning an authentic and meaningful classroom program for a student with autism. Based on sound science and experience, this book offers personal, down to earth, common sense advice that has been gained through...
Discussion as a Way of Teaching
Tools and Techniques for Democratic Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of the landmark book Discussion as a Way of Teaching shows how to plan, conduct, and assess classroom discussions. Stephen D. Brookfield and Stephen Preskill suggest exercises for starting discussions, strategies for maintaining their momentum, and...
by Stephen J. Thornton
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
No plan to increase achievement and enact reform in the social studies classroom will succeed without recognizing the central importance of the teacher as the “gatekeeper” of instruction. In this book, Thornton details why teachers must develop strong skills in curriculum planning and...
Teaching and Studying Social Issues
Major Programs and Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Teaching and Studying Social Issues: Major Programs and Approaches focuses on many of the major innovations developed over the past 100 years by noted educators to assist students in the study and analysis of key social issues that impact their lives and society. This book complements earlier books...
Stronger Writing Skills for Teens
Modes, Methods, and Materials That Work
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2018
Stronger Writing Skills for Teens offers middle and high school teachers strategies, techniques and materials for teaching adolescent writing in a variety of modes. A practical and useful resource for classroom teachers, the book focuses on quality writing instruction within the modes of writing as...
Revitalizing Read Alouds
Interactive Talk About Books with Young Children, PreK–2
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
How can educators and other professionals caring for children extend the learning potential of read alouds? This book is designed to help teachers, special education specialists, and speech-language pathologists achieve two objectives: 1) how to interact with children around books in ways that are...
Applying Dialogic Pedagogy
A Case Study of Discussion-Based Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018
Recent academic research criticizes the effectiveness of traditional lecturing methods and instead shows the pedagogical effectiveness of active learning methods, especially discussion-based education. Drawing on the dialogic writings of Bakhtin, Freire, and Habermas, this study reviews the five primary...
by Douglas K. Brumbaugh, Peggy L. Moch, MaryE Wilkinson
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2004
THE book for elementary education mathematics content courses! Designed to help prospective teachers of elementary school mathematics learn content beyond the rote level, this text stimulates readers to think beyond just getting the problem right and fosters their development into thoughtful, reflective,...