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Leaving Johnny Behind
Overcoming Barriers to Literacy and Reclaiming At-Risk Readers
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010
In the tradition of Why Johnny Can't Read written by Rudolph Flesch in the 1950s, Leaving Johnny Behind provides a comprehensive examination of the barriers that deny children adequate literacy training. This book describes the obstacles faced by a school principal from Milwaukee's central city when...
Student Success
How to Make it Happen
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011
This book is about moving from the conceptual to practical applications that impact the day-to-day teaching and learning processes. Skoglund and Ness give School leaders all the tools that are necessary to change the culture of a school, improve teacher performance, and elevate student achievement....
by Sarah J. Noonan
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2013
The first few years of teaching represent an intense period of experimentation and learning, leading to the adoption of learner-centered practices to help students achieve. A critical incident or nagging problem triggers critical reflection on practice, experimentation, the adoption of new approaches,...
At-Risk Students
Transforming Student Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
At-Risk Students: Transforming Student Behavior details the warning signs of disturbing behaviors, which are often overlooked by educators and/or misdiagnosed by mental health professionals. Educators will be provided with the tools to: expeditiously identify at-risk characteristics; incorporate policies...
Education's Missing Ingredient
What Parents Can Tell Educators
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
This book takes on the issues of our failures from the dangers associated with a lack of classroom discipline to the failings of the people to recognize and defend their schools from an overstepping federal government. This book clarifies the answers to our education system's woes and our republic's...
Excuse Me, Your Participle's Dangling
How to Use Grammar to Make Your Writing Powers Soar
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Excuse Me, Your Participle’s Dangling will give you all the bare essentials of grammar that you need to write like a pro. The book also offers a simple yet foolproof method of writing under pressure, the key to success in any college program or workplace. If you’re a businessperson, college student,...
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
Clashes and Confrontations
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010
The authors in this edited volume reflect on their experiences with culturally relevant pedagogy_as students, as teachers, as researchers_and how these experiences were often at odds with their backgrounds and/or expectations. Each of the authors speaks to the complexity and difficulty in attempting...
Learning Through Dialogue
The Relevance of Martin Buber's Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
Educational practice today often fails to make the crucial distinction between learning as an accumulation of information and learning as a dialogical interaction that elicits one’s personal response to the material. Learning Through Dialogue offers an alternative approach to teaching and learning,...
by Robert Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
This book hopes to change the nature of the conversation about higher education from critiques to focusing on efforts of systematic improvement in undergraduate education. Changing the Conversation about Higher Education establishes a culture of experimentation and evidence for undergraduate education...
Character Education in America's Blue Ribbon Schools
Best Practices for Meeting the Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2002
Character Education in America's Blue Ribbon Schools is based upon descriptive, documentary, and qualitative research conducted on the award winning school applications in the United Stated Department of Education's Elementary School Recognition Program, i.e. the Blue Ribbon Schools. The purpose of...
Tackling Bullying in Athletics
Best Practices for Modeling Appropriate Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010
Bullying prevention is a priority for all who work with our youth in our schools, parks, organizations, and athletic fields. Tackling Bullying in Athletics will help athletic directors, coaches, parents, and all those who help youth enjoy the benefits of sports by detailing how they can provide a...
by Michael Murphy, Elizabeth Ribarsky
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Activities for Teaching Gender and Sexuality in the University Classroom is the first interdisciplinary collection of activities devoted entirely to teaching about gender and sexuality. It offers both new and seasoned instructors a range of exciting exercises that can be immediately adapted for their...
The Edutainer
Connecting the Art and Science of Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2010
The Edutainer describes an educational approach that provides teachers with core operational and interpersonal skills to be an effective educator in the twenty-first century. These skills include communication, organization, management, planning, and building authentic relationships based upon respect...
Image to Word
Art and Creative Writing
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2002
Explore effective ways to teach creative writing using art with an experienced writing teacher whose classroom is in a museum, not a school. You will learn ways to involve and motivate students by using artwork, games, formula poems, and other specific writing exercises. From painting to decorative...