Teachers College Press: 606 books
Other Kinds of Families
Embracing Diversity in Schools
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This important book reconsiders the ways in which families are currently represented and addressed in school curriculum and culture. It addresses such issues as the educational needs of gay and lesbian families, the representation of adoption in children’s literature, and the experiences of homeless...
What's New in Literacy Teaching?
Weaving Together Time-Honored Practices with New Research
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Reissue of ILA bestseller. In this e-book, well-known literacy scholars share practical ways to engage and challenge today’s students. Key topics covered include text complexity, vocabulary instruction, reading interventions, digital tools, critical literacy, and self-regulation. User-friendly...
by Ron Avi Astor, Linda Jacobson, Rami Benbenishty
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
While it is true that children from military families live unique and interesting lives, it is also true that they face many challenges and special circumstances that civilian children and families don't experience. These can include gaps in school attendance and learning due to frequent moves, being...
by Joan Thormann, Isa Kaftal Zimmerman
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In this valuable resource, experts share deep knowledge including practical “how-to” and preventive trouble-shooting tips. Instructors will learn about course design and development, instructional methods for online teaching, and student engagement and community building techniques. The...
Ghetto Schooling
A Political Economy of Urban Educational Reform
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In this personal account, originally published in 1997, Jean Anyon provides evidence that the economic and political devastation of America’s inner cities has robbed schools and teachers of the capacity to successfully implement current strategies of educational reform. She argues that without fundamental...
Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty
Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This influential book describes the knowledge and skills educators need to recognize and combat the bias and inequity that undermine educational engagement for students experiencing poverty. This edition features revisions based on new research and lessons from the author’s professional development...
by Dennis Shirley, Elizabeth A. MacDonald
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This new and expanded edition of the bestselling The Mindful Teacher provides educators everywhere with practical ideas for improving teaching and learning. Dennis Shirley and Elizabeth MacDonald have created “Mindful Teacher” seminars that enable teachers to focus their craft so that students...
The Assault on Public Education
Confronting the Politics of Corporate School Reform.
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In this timely interdisciplinary volume, William Watkins has brought together leading scholars and activists to address some of the most urgent issues facing public education. What is underneath and behind the language of choice, efficiency, and improvement in current neoliberal discourse? How will...
Facilitating for Learning
Tools for Teacher Groups of All Kinds
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
“I have had the good fortune to watch both David and Tina facilitate learning groups and have learned from the power of their modeling. . . . I am delighted that they have gathered their wisdom here in this volume to share with others eager to embark on the journey and experience the joys of...
Infants and Toddlers at Work
Using Reggio-Inspired Materials to Support Brain Development
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This book contains a wealth of practical and specific activities and materials to use with infants and toddlers to enhance growth and development. Writing in the accessible style that her readers appreciate, Ann Lewin-Benham looks at current research from the neurosciences to show what teachers and...
Teaching with Conscience in an Imperfect World
An Invitation
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
How do we see our schools and the project of education? Is this the best we can do? What would we like our schools to become? How might we get there? In this provocative book, Bill Ayers invites us to dream of schools in which each child “is of infinite and incalculable value.” Blending personal...
Trauma-Sensitive Schools
Learning Communities Transforming Children's Lives, K5
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Growing evidence supports the important relationship between trauma and academic failure. Along with the failure of “zero tolerance” policies to resolve issues of school safety and a new understanding of children’s disruptive behavior, educators are changing the way they view children’s academic...
Words Were All We Had
Becoming Biliterate Against the Odds
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This engaging collection examines the personal narratives of a select group of well-respected educators who attained biliteracy at a young age in the era before bilingual education. Their autobiographical accounts celebrate and make visible a linguistic potential that has been largely ignored in schools...
What Learning Looks Like
Mediated Learning in Theory and Practice, K-6
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In this unique collaboration, the authors bring to life the theory of mediated learning. Through numerous examples and scenarios from classrooms and museums, they show how mediated learning helps children to become more effective learners. Readers learn the steps in the process, including analyzing...