Curricula category: 1261 books
The Drama Classroom
Action, Reflection, Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2004
How can teachers incorporate drama into the curriculum?
What drama activities are especially successful?
How do teachers know when students are learning in, through and about drama?
Teachers who are new to drama, or those wishing to refresh their knowledge and ideas, should find practical answers...
Provoking Curriculum Studies
Strong Poetry and Arts of the Possible in Education
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
Provoking Curriculum Studies pushes forward a strong reading of the theoretical and methodological innovations taking place within curriculum studies research. Addressing an important gap in contemporary curriculum studies—conceptualizing scholars as poets and the potential of the poetic in education—it...
Vernaculars in the Classroom
Paradoxes, Pedagogy, Possibilities
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014
This book draws on applied linguistics and literary studies to offer concrete means of engaging with vernacular language and literature in secondary and college classrooms. The authors embrace a language-as-resource orientation, countering the popular narrative of vernaculars as problems in schools....
by Andrew Melrose
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2004
Writing for children is not about writing little stories, it is about writing big stories, shorter. Children's literature is an art form in its own right, and this book is for everyone who wants not just to write for children, but to write well for them. This short guide to creative writing for children...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2016
Science Education: A Global Perspective is ‘global’ both in content and authorship. Its 17 chapters by an assemblage of seasoned and knowledgeable science educators from many parts of the world seek to bring to the fore current developments in science education and their implications. The book...
Spectacular Things Happen Along the Way
Lessons from an Urban Classroom—10th Anniversary Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This celebrated narrative shows how a teacher, alongside his 5th-grade students, co-created a curriculum based on the students’ needs, interests, and questions. Follow Brian Schultz and his students from a Chicago housing project as they work together to develop an emergent and authentic curriculum...
Inventing Imaginary Worlds
From Childhood Play to Adult Creativity Across the Arts and Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2014
How can parents, educators, business leaders and policy makers nurture creativity, prepare for inventiveness and stimulate innovation? One compelling answer, this book argues, lies in fostering the invention of imaginary worlds, a.k.a. worldplay. First emerging in middle childhood, this complex form...
Poetry and Pedagogy across the Lifespan
Disciplines, Classrooms, Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2018
This book explores poetry and pedagogy in practice across the lifespan. Poetry is directly linked to improved literacy, creativity, personal development, emotional intelligence, complex analytical thinking and social interaction: all skills that are crucial in contemporary educational systems. However,...
by Ronald D. Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
This text engages preservice and practicing teachers in considering some of the complex issues related to religion and teaching that all educators face in their interactions with students, parents, administrators, and fellow teachers. The questions are not just about what is legal and what is not,...
Buenas prácticas en la evaluación de competencias
Cinco casos de educación superior
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 4, 2011
La evaluación de competencias y, desde un punto de vista más amplio, el diseño de titulaciones, materias y asignaturas universitarias requiere un constante estudio para su mejora, actualización y adaptación a las necesidades actuales. Este estudio es complejo porque intervienen multitud de factores,...
by Margaret A. Bryant, Marjorie Keiper, Anne Petit
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2006
Taking a thematic approach to learning that employs seeing, hearing, reading, and writing, these books outline three four-week, cross-curricular units that develop the competencies children need to become fluent, independent readers and writers. While each unit focuses primarily on language-phonic...
Effective Pupil Grouping in the Primary School
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
This book draws on new research exploring the practical experiences of schools and teachers who have used different kinds of grouping. Setting out the issues and discussing the strengths and weaknesses of different types of grouping, this book will help teachers decide which methods are most appropriate...
by Kelly Boswell
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
As teachers, the beginning of each school year presents us with fresh starts and opportunities. How will we build community and create a culture that values thinking, learning, and risk-taking? How can we create a safe environment where all learners feel welcome and valued? As writing teachers, it’s...
by John Lancaster
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2002
Art has always been an important part of the primary school experience. It is now one of the foundation subjects in the National Curriculum. In this book, John Lancaster helps teachers rise to the challenge of art for young children. He encourages thought about the purpose of art teaching, and at...