Curricula category: 1261 books
Inquire, Investigate, Integrate!
Making Connections to the K-2 Science Standards and the Common Core
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Inquire, investigate, integrate . . . and inspire! In this book, Kaye Hagler presents thematic units that touch on core content in science with a common thread of literacy throughout. The integrated units not only engage students in content such as landforms, forces and motion, weather, life cycles,...
Representations of Nature of Science in School Science Textbooks
A Global Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Bringing together international research on nature of science (NOS) representations in science textbooks, the unique analyses presented in this volume provides a global perspective on NOS from elementary to college level and discusses the practical implications in various regions across the globe....
Inspiring Young Minds
Scientific Inquiry in the Early Years
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
Based in STEM, especially science
Uses research-based principles of inquiry
Provides real-life examples of children using inquiry, and discussion of how to guide and facilitate children exploring their world
Discusses the elements of inquiry-based instruction
Focuses on...
by If Machine Peter Worley
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019
Questioning is key to effective teaching and learning, yet practical questioning strategies that are immediately useable in the classroom can be hard to come by. 100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Questioning presents practical strategies, games and activities not only to help teachers improve their...
The Essential Speaking and Listening
Talk for Learning at Key Stage 2
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2008
Talk is the medium through which children learn; and yet children may not realise why their contributions to classroom talk are so important. This book provides teachers with resources for developing children's understanding of speaking and listening, and their skills in using talk for learning.
The...
by Maggie M. Larche
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2014
Come see why the Midwest Book Review calls Striker Jones a "fun and rollicking series" with "effortless teaching of both cooperation values and basic economics."
The Striker Jones and the Midnight Archer Teacher's Companion is the companion to the second book of the Striker...
The Educational Prophecies of Aldous Huxley
The Visionary Legacy of Brave New World, Ape and Essence and Island
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
The visionary legacy of Aldous Huxley is as relevant today as ever. Huxley possessed a sober understanding of the human condition as well as an inspired vision of the human potential. This volume presents an interdisciplinary examination and appreciation of Aldous Huxley’s three visionary novels...
Word Power
Activities for Years 5 and 6
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
by Rachel Tolman Terry
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
This homeschool literature unit study does NOT include the original book, Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool. You can obtain the original book through your local library or through retailers to use in conjunction with this curriculum. Grade Levels: 6-10 Themes: Community, Belonging/Home, Prejudice....
by Mark O'Donnell
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2016
Have you ever looked at your life and wonder, what might be controlling it? Zen and the Art of Timetabling gives a glimpse into a secret world. Known to many but understood by few, timetables are all around us.
This book explains the brief history, rules and constraints, here is offered an...
Educational Resources in the British Empire
Examining Nineteenth Century Ireland and Literacy
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2019
This book explores the impact of the Lesson Books of the National Board of Education in Ireland in the nineteenth century. The author contextualizes the books used in national schools as well as across the wider British Empire: in doing so, he highlights the influence of the religious, social, political...
Place, Race, and Identity Formation
Autobiographical Intersections in a Curriculum Theorist's Daily Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
In this work of curriculum theory, Ed Douglas McKnight addresses and explores the intersections between place (with specific discussion of Kincheloe’s and Pinar’s conceptualization of place and identity) and race (specifically Winthrop Jordan’s historical analysis of race as an Anglo-European...
The Reconceptualization of Curriculum Studies
A Festschrift in Honor of William F. Pinar
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2016
In this volume scholars from around the world consider the influential work of William F. Pinar from a variety of "conversations" his ideas have generated. The major focus is on the What, Why, and How of the word "reconceptualization," which involves engaging critically and ethically...
Making Curriculum Pop
Developing Literacies in All Content Areas
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
From body art to baseball cards, comics to cathedrals, pie charts to power ballads . . . students need help navigating today’s media-rich world. And educators need help teaching today’s new media literacy. To be literate now means being able to read, write, listen, speak, view, and represent across...