Curricula category: 1261 books
Building Excellence
The Rewards and Challenges of Integrating Research into the Undergraduate Curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Social work curriculum changes that really work.
The Boyer Report and the Council on Social Work Education have placed expectations on universities and social work programs to make sure undergraduate students know how to develop, use, and communicate empirically-based knowledge. Building Excellence...
by Elliot Y. Merenbloom, Barbara A. Kalina
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2006
This practical, user-friendly resource provides a step-by-step process for restructuring blocks of learning time to improve student-teacher relationships and promote more positive learning experiences.
Embodied Curriculum Theory and Research in Arts Education
A Dance Scholar's Search for Meaning
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2015
This collection of articles by Susan W. Stinson, organized thematically and chronologically by the author, reveals the evolution of the field of arts education in general and dance education in particular, through narrative and critical reflections by this unique scholar and a few co-authors. It also...
Preparing Teachers of Color to Teach
Culturally Responsive Teacher Education in Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
A rich, comparative case study systematically exploring two program approaches for preparing teachers of color, Gist's work explores culturally responsive pedagogy as a strategy for organizing teacher education.
High-Tech Teaching Success!
A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Innovative Technology in Your Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
An easy-to-use guide to implementing the most exciting technologies to energize any classroom, High-Tech Teaching Success! A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Innovative Technology in Your Classroom gives classroom teachers exactly what they're looking for: advice from technology education experts on how...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
The contributions to this volume aim to stimulate discussion about the role of assessment in the learning experiences of students in music and other creative and performing arts settings. The articles offer insights on how assessment can be employed in the learning setting to enhance outcomes for...
West Meets East
Best Practices from Expert Teachers in the U.S. and China
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
The United States and China: two nations drastically different in demographics, history, political structures, and education systems. Despite these differences, educators in each country have discovered they have much to learn from one another. The United States looks east and is captivated by the...
Listening to and Learning from Students
Possibilities for Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
This book embraces the idea of listening to and learning from students. Although many educational theorists have long argued that incorporating children’s perspectives about teaching and curriculum has the potential for increasing students’ interest and participation in learning, their radical...
by Ramesh C. Sharma
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2018
New tools and technologies are being developed to cater to the e-learning triangle of content, technology, and services. These developments (in technology, needs of students, emergence of new modes of education like MOOCs or flipped classrooms, etc.) have resulted in a change in the approach to teaching....
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Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2016
The integration of technology has become an integral part of the educational environment. By developing new methods of online learning, students can be further aided in reaching goals and effectively solving problems. The Handbook of Research on Innovative Pedagogies and Technologies for Online Learning...
by Dr. Michael P. Ford
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Three common routines are seen in almost every primary language arts programs: morning messages, shared readings, and word walls. These routines should be integrated to support the total language arts program, but are teachers of grades K2 getting the most bang for their buck out of these activities?...
Challenging the Classroom Standard Through Museum-based Education
School in the Park
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2006
School in the Park is an innovative museum-based educational effort to engage students in their community during the school day. Since 1999 several hundred students have been educated each year in museums and the zoo in San Diego. This is more than a field trip, it is changing the way that education...
Examining the Evidence
Seven Strategies for Teaching with Primary Sources
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Educators are being challenged as never before to invite reality into the classroom and allow students to explore it. This book will help you meet the challenge. Primary sources are the very documents that history is made of, the images that science is based on, the raw material of our lives. They are...
WorldCALL
International Perspectives on Computer-Assisted Language Learning
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
As technological innovation continues to affect language pedagogy, there is an increasing demand for information, exemplars, analysis and guidance. This edited volume focuses on international perspectives in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in all of its forms, including Technology Enhanced...