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Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2004
Written to meet the need of teachers, lecturers and tutors at all stages in their career, this is the authoritative handbook for anyone wanting to and understanding the key issues, best practices and new developments in the world of engineering education and training.
The book is divided into sections...
Critical Pedagogies of Consumption
Living and Learning in the Shadow of the "Shopocalypse"
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
"Utopian in theme and implication, this book shows how the practices of critical, interpretive inquiry can help change the world in positive ways…. This is the promise, the hope, and the agenda that is offered."--Norman K. Denzin, From the Foreword
"Its focus on learning, education...
Learning First, Technology Second
The Educator's Guide to Designing Authentic Lessons
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Learning with technology doesn’t happen because a specific tool “revolutionizes” education. It happens when proven teaching strategies intersect with technology tools, and yet it’s not uncommon for teachers to use a tool because it’s “fun” or because the developer promises it will help...
Tyranny of the Textbook
An Insider Exposes How Educational Materials Undermine Reforms
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2011
Educational reforms and standards have been a topic of public debate for decades, with the latest go-round being the State Common Core Curriculum Standards. But time and again those reforms have failed, and each set of standards, no matter how new and different, has had little impact on improving...
by Maggi Savin-Baden
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2007
Problem-based learning online is a burgeoning area, crying out for support in all the disciplines, but particularly health, medicine, education and social care that are already advanced users of problem-based learning in higher education.
This book provides highly grounded research based ways...
by Connie Jo Smith, Charlotte M. Hendricks, Becky S. Bennett
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
Young children are better able to cope with their ever-changing world, overcome obstacles, and grow into emotionally healthy adults if they are provided opportunities to build their self-awareness and confidence. Help children appreciate themselves and others, explore relationships, and develop coping...
by Evelyn Raiken Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2016
Our education system is failing our most vulnerable students. I will build on research that has mapped the critical time to learn language and will ask us to consider that a core reason children have difficulty with math is the delay in learning the vocabulary and concepts of math in early childhood..
Math...
What's Worth Teaching?
Rethinking Curriculum in the Age of Technology
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This important contribution to the future of education, by bestselling author and renowned cognitive scientist Allan Collins, proposes a school curriculum that will fit the needs of our modern era. Offering guidelines for deciding what is important to learn in order to become a knowledgeable person,...
Teaching in Themes
An Approach to Schoolwide Learning, Creating Community, and Differentiating Instruction
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
How do teachers and schools create meaningful learning experiences for students with diverse skills, abilities, and cultures? How can teachers authentically assess the learning of their students and build on their strengths and interests in ways that enrich the larger community? How can schools be...
The Instructional Leadership Toolbox
A Handbook for Improving Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2009
Use these powerful leadership tools to build teamwork and improve instruction!
Every school leader needs a toolbox of strategies for improving teaching and learning. This second edition examines the role of principals in leading instruction and provides practical tools for leaders to reflect...
Breaking Away from the Math and Science Book
Physics and Other Projects for Grades 3-12
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2003
Breaking Away from the Math and Science Book: Physics and Other Projects for Grades 3-12 provides materials that teachers can use directly in their classrooms without expensive or specialized equipment. The material is presented in a modular format that allows one to adapt it to different levels of...
Creativity, Wisdom, and Trusteeship
Exploring the Role of Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2007
An international panel of distinguished experts explores the balance between creativity and wise action, and calls for educators to nurture "wise creativity" in their students.
Teaching By Numbers
Deconstructing the Discourse of Standards and Accountability in Education
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Over the last decade the transformation in the field of education that is occurring under the twin banners of "standards" and "accountability" has materially affected every aspect of schooling, teaching, and teacher education in the United States. Teaching By Numbers, offers interdisciplinary...
Transforming the Curriculum
Thinking Outside the Box
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2001
Do you want to cultivate independent learners through an integrated curriculum? Schramm uncovers the theories behind the design of an integrated curriculum and provides a practical framework for implementation. After discussing the necessity of staff development strategies, appropriate text sources,...