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Teaching STEM in the Secondary School
Helping teachers meet the challenge
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
The skills, knowledge and understanding of the subjects involved in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) are vital for all young people in an increasingly science- and technology-driven society.
This book looks at the purpose and pedagogy of STEM teaching and explores the...
by Ross Morrison McGill
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2013
Conflicting government diktat and changeable Ofsted frameworks means that navigating the path to outstanding can be challenging. However, the integrity of an outstanding lesson will always be the same and this book attempts to bottle that formula so that you can recreate it time and time again.
In...
Dual-Language Learners
Strategies for Teaching English
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Growing research shows that many children from immigrant and refugee families are not doing well in school, due in part to linguistic and cultural disadvantages. Teaching dual-language learners requires cultural sensitivity, an understanding of language acquisition, and intentional teaching strategies....
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Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
The use of technology can significantly enhance educational environments for students. It is imperative to study new software, hardware, and gadgets for the improvement of teaching and learning practices. The Handbook of Research on Mobile Devices and Smart Gadgets in K-12 Education is a pivotal reference...
by Bill Johnston
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2003
This book offers a new perspective on language teaching by placing moral issues--that is, questions of values--at the core of what it is to be a teacher. The teacher-student relation is central to this view, rather than the concept of language teaching as merely a technical matter of managing students'...
Developing Creativity in Higher Education
An Imaginative Curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2006
Graduates face a world of complexity which demands flexibility, adaptability, self-reliance and innovation, but while the development of creativity is embedded in the English National Curriculum and in workplace training, the higher education sector has yet to fully recognise its importance.
This...
Teaching Abroad
Teaching ESL, #4
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2014
Living and teaching abroad! Oh, it sounds so wonderful, and it can be, but it can also be quite the challenge. That’s why you found this book, and you’re looking at it for one of three reasons: You’re thinking of teaching abroad; You’re already overseas teaching ESL or TEFL;...
Critical Thinking Now
Practical Teaching Methods for Classrooms around the World
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Today’s curricula can (and should) incorporate critical thinking methods because they are the means by which people best understand, learn, and retain higher level concepts. Contrary to what many professional trainers assume, teaching critical thinking is not achieved by shoveling facts at an audience...
Inclusive Literacy Teaching
Differentiating Approaches in Multilingual Elementary Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Responding to the need to prepare elementary teachers for the increasing linguistic diversity in schools, this book presents key foundational principles in language and literacy development for linguistically diverse students. Readers see these ideas enacted through the journeys of real students as...
Teaching Psychology 14-19
Issues and Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Teaching Psychology 14-19 - first published as Teaching Post-16 Psychology - is a core text for all training psychology teachers, as well as experienced teachers engaged in further study and professional development. Taking a reflective approach, Matt Jarvis explores key issues and debates against...
International English in Its Sociolinguistic Contexts
Towards a Socially Sensitive EIL Pedagogy
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
Present-day globalization, migration, and the spread of English have resulted in a great diversity of social and educational contexts in which English learning is taking place. A basic assumption of this book is that because English is an international language, effective pedagogical decisions cannot...
Multilingual Education and Sustainable Diversity Work
From Periphery to Center
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
This very original, inspirational book globalises our understanding of languages in education and changes our understanding of bilingual and multilingual education from something mostly western to being truly transnational: it spotlights the small, celebrates African and Asian cases of multilingual...
Teaching the Global Dimension
Key Principles and Effective Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2007
Teaching the Global Dimension specifically responds to concerns such as inequality, justice, environment and conflict in chapters written by leading educationalists in the field. It explores both the theory and practice of ‘global education’ today and provides:
a framework for understanding...
Engaging Language Learners through Technology Integration
Theory, Applications, and Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Web 2.0 technologies, open source software platforms, and mobile applications have transformed teaching and learning of second and foreign languages. Language teaching has transitioned from a teacher-centered approach to a student-centered approach through the use of Computer-Assisted Language Learning...