R L Education: 708 books
Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds
The Role of Teachers and Teacher Educators, Part II
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011
Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds presents a plethora of approaches to developing human potential in areas not conventionally addressed. Organized in two parts, this international collection of essays provides viable educational alternatives to those currently holding sway in an era of high-stakes...
Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Communication
Strategies to Increase Students' Skills
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2012
Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Communication contains research, strategies, and lesson plans that will help increase students’ skill level in the 3 Cs: creativity, critical thinking, and communication. The strategies of the 3 Cs renew stale curricula and supports deeper learning of core concepts....
The Many Faces of Special Educators
Their Unique Talents in Working with Students with Special Needs and in Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
Those who enter the special education profession should be recognized as positive contributors to society. This book celebrates the many talents of special educators and how those talents are utilized throughout all facets of life. It provides an excellent view of the positive dispositions of special...
Leadership for Rural Schools
Lessons for All Educators
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2002
More than 50% of America's schools today exist in rural settings. This book addresses the distinctiveness of rural school leaders, identifies issues encountered by administrators, faculty, and students, and concludes by proposing new standards for rural schools in general and their leaders. This book...
Hip Hop Genius
Remixing High School Education
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2011
Many educators already know that hip-hop can be a powerful tool for engaging students. But can hip-hop save our schools? In Hip Hop Genius, Sam Seidel introduces an iteration of hip-hop education that goes far beyond the usual approach of studying rap music as classroom content and looks instead at...
Cockeyed Education
A Case Method Primer
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
Should educators pay students? Should they make them wear sunglasses, regulate their clothing, allow them to bring animals into classrooms, discourage them from playing videogames, or transform their schools into gymnasiums? These are some of the suggestions that Cockeyed Education examines. This...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
With Multicultural Perspectives in Music Education, you can explore musics from around the world with your students in a meaningful way. Broadly based and practically oriented, the book will help you develop curriculum for an increasingly multicultural society. Ready-to-use lesson plans make it easy...
The Village Proposal
Education as a Shared Responsibility
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
The Village Proposal is based on the African proverb that it takes a village to raise a child. Part education commentary, part memoir, the book analyzes the theme of shared responsibility in public schools and evaluates the importance of sound teacher instruction; the effectiveness of America's teacher...
Can I Be in Your Class?
Real Education Reform to Motivate Secondary Students
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
With education reform in the forefront of societal issues, virtually everyone is seeking methods to augment students' academic performance. Yet, real reform begins in individual classrooms, where the difference between the ordinary teacher and the extraordinary lies not in the content they teach,...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
With Multicultural Perspectives in Music Education, you can explore musics from around the world with your students in a meaningful way. Broadly based and practically oriented, the book will help you develop curriculum for an increasingly multicultural society. Ready-to-use lesson plans make it easy...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
With Multicultural Perspectives in Music Education, you can explore musics from around the world with your students in a meaningful way. Broadly based and practically oriented, the book will help you develop curriculum for an increasingly multicultural society. Ready-to-use lesson plans make it easy...
Leading Schools During Crisis
What School Administrators Must Know
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
School leadership is synonymous with challenge. However, some school leaders face true crises - situations threatening the continuing existence of their school. Leading Schools During Crisis analyzes leadership and behaviors of principals in these extraordinary circumstances. A simultaneously scholarly...
Learning from Young Children
Research in Early Childhood Music
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
In early childhood, the most important period of learning and human development, young children often achieve developmental milestones in a short time. Learning from Young Children: Research in Early Childhood Music presents research on the importance of fostering musical growth during this period. These studies discuss: _
Time for Action
Stop Teaching to the Test and Start Teaching Skills
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
This book should be read by anyone concerned about the future of education in the U.S. It was written for students, parents, educators, administrators, and policy makers because it will require effort from all these individuals to create meaningful change in the education system. This book discusses...