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Becoming a Secondary School Teacher
How to Make a Success of your Initial Teacher Training and Induction
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
Aimed at supporting those undertaking initial teacher training and the statutory Induction period that follows, Becoming a Secondary School Teacher explores the skills, roles and knowledge needed to become a successful teacher in today’s secondary schools. Providing detailed guidance on key areas...
Skill Building for ESL and Special Education
Teacher's Text
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2016
Simply English is an ESL curriculum adaptable for elementary though adult learners. Its goal is to help the limited and/or non-English speaker achieve fluency in English words that are essential for everyday life. Simply English can also be incorporated into Special Education programs for students...
Pronunciation for English as an International Language
From research to practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Pronunciation plays a crucial role in learning English as an international language, yet often remains marginalised by educators due to a lack of required phonetic and phonological knowledge. Pronunciation for English as an International Language bridges the gap between phonetics, phonology and pronunciation...
Black Education
A Quest for Equity and Excellence
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
This highly focused collection of papers, commissioned by the National Urban League, offers a candid and courageous portrait of black education in transition. This is a period, as the editors note in their opening remarks, that is characterized by a huge shift from federal responsibility for minority...
The Wisdom of Judaism Teacher's Guide
An Introduction to the Values of the Talmud
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2007
Insights, Ideas and Thoughtful Questions for Discussing with Students the Essential Core of Judaism—the Talmud. A step-by-step guide to creative use of The Wisdom of Judaism: An Introduction to the Values of the Talmud in the classroom. Each lesson includes: • An opening hook to grab students'...
Quality Assurance in Distance Education and E-learning
Challenges and Solutions from Asia
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2013
Quality Assurance in Distance Education and E-Learning: Challenges and Solutions from Asia documents the existing regulatory framework covering quality assurance (QA) systems in distance education (DE) in a number of Asian countries. It draws on the knowledge and experience of 16 selected DE/e-learning...
Critical English for Academic Purposes
Theory, Politics, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2001
Critical English for Academic Purposes: Theory, Politics, and Practice is the first book to combine the theory and practice of two fields: English for academic purposes and critical pedagogy. English for academic purposes (EAP) grounds English language teaching in the cognitive and linguistic demands...
by Kathryn Henn-Reinke
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
Based in case studies conducted in the US, Europe, and Latin America, this book explores the feasibility and benefits of trilingual/ multilingual education in the United States. Currently, there are few programs in the country of this nature, as educators tend to conclude that English-language learners...
Teaching Emergent Bilingual Students
Flexible Approaches in an Era of New Standards
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
Recent educational reform initiatives such as the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) largely fail to address the needs--or tap into the unique resources--of students who are developing literacy skills in both English and a home language. This book discusses ways to meet the challenges that current...
Teaching Creative and Critical Thinking
An Interactive Workbook
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
This workbook contains over sixty activities for learning-through-play. The activities were created by teacher-candidates, retired educators, and student-learners. They include interdisciplinary activities for first through twelfth grade levels. Each activity includes how-to-implement instructions along with applicable learning standards.
by Chimbutane, Feliciano
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2011
Taking an ethnographic study of the purpose and value of bilingual education in Mozambique as a starting point, this book calls for critical adaptations when theories of bilingual education, based on practices in the North, are applied to the countries of the global South.
Professional Education Using E-Simulations
Benefits of Blended Learning Design
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
The use of digital, Web-based simulations for education and training in the workplace is a significant, emerging innovation requiring immediate attention. A convergence of new educational needs, theories of learning, and role-based simulation technologies points to educators’ readiness for e-simulations....
by Anete Vásquez, Angela L. Hansen, Philip C. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Teaching Language Arts to English Language Learners provides readers with the comprehensive understanding of both the challenges that face ELLs and ways in which educators might address them in the language arts classroom. The authors offer proven techniques...
The Education of the Hispanic Population
Selected Essays
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
This volume brings together the latest research and scholarship on Latinos in the United States. This book is special in terms of the broad scope of topics covered and methodologies employed in pursuit of knowledge about Latino students. This collection is also unique in that it features the work of...