Curricula category: 1261 books
Early Intervention Play for the Developmental Therapist and Teacher:
Teachers Resource Series, #5
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2013
Designed for early intervention aged students or clients, these activities are designed to facilitate sensory experiences at a basic and introductory level.
These tasks can be adapted for various age groups if needs depending on skill level
Includes discussion on Common Core Standards
The books...
Strengths-Based Approaches to Educating All Learners with Disabilities
Beyond Special Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Michael Wehmeyer, a leading scholar with over four decades of experience as a teacher, teacher educator, researcher, and advocate, provides a cogent but accessible account of the evolution of special education. Offering a compelling vision of where the field should be headed in the next decade, he...
Reconceptualizing STEM Education
The Central Role of Practices
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
Reconceptualizing STEM Education explores and maps out research and development ideas and issues around five central practice themes: Systems Thinking; Model-Based Reasoning; Quantitative Reasoning; Equity, Epistemic, and Ethical Outcomes; and STEM Communication and Outreach. These themes are aligned...
by Clifton P. Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 1996
Provides vocational educators with knowledge to prepare students for current workplace conditions.
Seen and Heard
Children's Rights in Early Childhood Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Using examples from a Reggio-inspired school with children from ages 6 weeks to 6 years, the authors emphasize the importance of children’s rights and our responsibility as adults to hear their voices. Seen and Heard summarizes research and theory pertaining to young children’s rights in the United...
Alternative Schooling and Student Engagement
Canadian Stories of Democracy within Bureaucracy
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2017
This book explores the unique phenomenon of public alternative schools in Toronto, Canada and other large urban areas. Although schools of this kind have existed for more than a century, very little has been written about the alternative school movement. These alternatives focus more on child-centered...
by Harvey Blair, Pat Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
This is a curriculum guide that gives trainee teachers the opportunity to follow a tried and tested primary mathematics curriculum course. The text is easy to follow, up-to-date with good current practice and utilizes materials produced by the DfEE for teachers. It includes interactive tasks to enhance...
Improving Standards-Based Learning
A Process Guide for Educational Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2009
This comprehensive resource provides ready-to-use tools to lead educators through the design, implementation, and evaluation of a high-quality, standards-based curriculum that significantly and positively impacts student learning.
English Teaching in the Secondary School
Linking theory and practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
English Teaching in the Secondary School is a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of teaching English. This updated 4th edition has been revised to take into consideration changes in national policy, drawing on the most recent research and theory to produce engaging, practical ideas for...
Teaching STEM Literacy
A Constructivist Approach for Ages 3 to 8
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
A comprehensive tool—this book features 10 lessons on STEM
All lessons utilize the 5 Es: engage, explore, explain, elaborate, and evaluate, which is a common method used in teaching science and inquiry
Fun, playful, and accessible writing and format. Makes STEM easy for any teacher...
by Prof Alistair Ross, Alistair Ross
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Although curriculum is central to the schooling process, debates about it are rarely well informed. Over the past ten years there has been a dearth of books that have informed the debate by examining curriculum in a broader context, beyond the National Curriculum. Ross, in this refreshing re-examination...
by Kristin Fontichiaro
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
A collection of reflections about information and digital literacy practice in schools, libraries, support agencies, and informal learning settings.
Reading to the Core
Learning to Read Closely, Critically, and Generatively to Meet Performance Tasks
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Close, critical, and generative reading can be broken down into five key questions that a strategic reader must answer: What does the text say? How does the author say it? What does the text mean? What does it mean to me? What insights can I now gain? In this resource, the authors show that insight into...
by Joseph J. Caruso, M. Temple Fawcett
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Every early care and education program deserves a qualified and competent supervisor. This pioneering text continues to address the special needs of administrators and staff to help them expand and improve their supervisory skills. The first to provide guidelines and practical suggestions for staff...