Curricula category: 1261 books
by Gloria E. Jacobs
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
Writing Instruction for Generation 2.0 addresses many of the concerns teachers have about the impact of the digital world on student writing and suggests ways for teachers to approach these issues within a 21st century literacies framework. This book is not about teaching the writing process, running...
Instructional Design for Teachers
Improving Classroom Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2015
Instructional Design for Teachers, Second Edition focuses on the instructional design (ID) process specifically for K-12 teachers. The first edition introduced a new, common-sense model of instructional design to take K-12 teachers through the ID process step by step, with a special emphasis on preparing,...
Drama and English at the Heart of the Curriculum
Primary and Middle Years
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
by Elliot W. Eisner
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In his 1980 John Dewey Lecture, Elliot Eisner argued powerfully and eloquently for a view of literacy that goes beyond verbal and numerical skills, focusing instead on the central role of the senses in the twin processes of human conceptualization and expression. A few years later, Professor Eisner...
Constructivist Instruction
Success or Failure?
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2009
Constructivist Instruction: Success or Failure? brings together leading thinkers from both sides of the hotly debated controversy about constructivist approaches to instruction. Although constructivist theories and practice now dominate the fields of the learning sciences, instructional technology,...
Flunking Democracy
Schools, Courts, and Civic Participation
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2018
The 2016 presidential election campaign and its aftermath have underscored worrisome trends in the present state of our democracy: the extreme polarization of the electorate, the dismissal of people with opposing views, and the widespread acceptance and circulation of one-sided and factually erroneous...
Thinking About The Curriculum (Routledge Revivals)
The nature and treatment of curriculum problems
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
First published in 1978, this book looks at the ‘curriculum crisis’ of the 1970s, examining the effect it has had for Curriculum Studies and curriculum policy making. It focuses on a time when long-established structures and procedures were challenged and schools were accused of having lost touch...
Demystifying Climate Change
An Energy Story on Science, History, Threats, and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
An astounding cultural shift took place 150 years ago. Good science, hard work, and innovation propelled humanity into a world of convenience, comfort, and health that kings of old could never have imagined. It also cast a long shadow.
Today, we stand at a cross-road. Will we continue to limit ourselves...
Foundations of Responsive Caregiving
Infants, Toddlers, and Twos
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2012
Understanding the development of infants, toddlers, and twos equips caregivers with the tools and best practices needed to guide, teach, and care for them. This foundational approach provides information on theories of early development, components of high-quality, responsive caregiving, and strategies to support children in their earliest years.
Activities for Responsive Caregiving
Infants, Toddlers, and Twos
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2012
The first three years set the stage for a lifetime of learning. This book provides more than eighty activities and experiences to optimize very young children's intellectual, social, emotional, and physical development, as well as strategies that support responsive caregiving.Jean Barbre, EdD,...
Curriculum on the Edge of Survival
How Schools Fail to Prepare Students for Membership in a Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2012
Typically, school curriculum has been viewed through the lens of preparation for the workplace or higher education, both worthy objectives. However, this is not the only lens, and perhaps not even the most powerful one to use, if the goal is to optimize the educational system. Curriculum on the Edge...
Turning Teaching Inside Out
A Pedagogy of Transformation for Community-Based Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
Using the successful Inside-Out program, in which incarcerated and non-incarcerated college students are taught in the same classroom, this book explores the practice of community-based learning, including the voices of teachers and participants, and offers a model for courses, student life programs, and faculty training.
Engaging Minds
Cultures of Education and Practices of Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Engaging Minds: Cultures of Education and Practices of Teaching explores the diverse beliefs and practices that define the current landscape of formal education. The 3rd edition of this introduction to interdisciplinary studies of teaching and learning to teach is restructured around four prominent...
Ensuring High-Quality Curriculum
How to Design, Revise, or Adopt Curriculum Aligned to Student Success
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
We know that curriculum is the core of the classroom experience, but what makes a quality curriculum? How can educators be sure that what they teach is strongly aligned to the specific standards that their district or school has adopted? What kinds of lessons, learning experiences, and assessments...