Secondary Education category: 2117 books
The Legacy of Middle School Leaders
In Their Own Words
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Sponsored by the Middle Level Education Research SIG of AERA, this inaugural volume in the new IAP book series, The Handbook of Resources in Middle Level Education, focuses on the contributions and impact of the leaders of the modern middle school movement. Contained with this volume are the edited...
White Teachers / Diverse Classrooms
Creating Inclusive Schools, Building on Students’ Diversity, and Providing True Educational Equity
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2012
BESTSELLER"The second edition of White Teachers, Diverse Classrooms adds seven essays to 14 of the original chapters. In the first edition, the editors selected essays about pedagogical methods that might close the achievement gap between white and African American students. The new edition contains...
88 Ideas to Teach More Effectively
Forget being the favourite!
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
This is GOOD. Really, really extraordinary stuff. I don't think I've ever seen a similar book on education.
- Seth Godin
Tim writes with flair … A book you can read, dip into, come back to, and I can imagine these pages appearing on a student or teachers desk to inspire, contemplate,...
The Legal Rights of Students with Disabilities
International Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011
Since 1948 when the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, all students have been declared the right to education. The rights of disabled students have not been explicitly addressed, however, and each country has developed their own rules and regulations. Although similarities...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This provocative and challenging book questions how people think about what universities should seek to do and how they should respond to the grave problems of our age. It addresses issues such as:
What is wisdom?
Ought universities to seek, promote and teach wisdom and what would...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
(Sponsored by the Middle Level Education Research SIG and the National Middle School Association) The Young Adolescent and the Middle School focuses on issues related to the nature of young adolescence and the intersection of young adolescence with middle level schooling. This volume of the Handbook...
Service Learning
The Essence of the Pedagogy
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2002
The Advances in ServiceLearning Research book series was established to initiate the publication of a set of comprehensive research volumes that would present and discuss a wide range of issues in this broad field called servicelearning. Servicelearning is a multifaceted pedagogy that crosses all...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Research on middle level education indicates that student learning at the middle level has a deep and abiding influence on postsecondary opportunities and career paths. As research continues to highlight the urgency of engaging middle level students in academic learning, it is increasingly clear that...
Making a Difference
Action Research in Middle Level Education
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2006
Volume V of The Handbook of Research in Middle Level Education highlights action research in middle grades education. As a method of inquiry, action research compels educators to take action and think reflectively about those actions in order to effect positive educational change (Mills, 2000). Teachers,...
Middle Grades Research
Exemplary Studies Linking Theory to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Middle Grades Research: Exemplary Studies Linking Theory to Practice is the first and only book to present what is perhaps the most thoroughly scrutinized group of studies focusing on middle grades education issues ever assembled. Each research project undertaken by the contributing authors herein...
Teaching Adolescents With Disabilities:
Accessing the General Education Curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2005
***Get the blueprint for building bridges that leave no learner behind! ***
Aligned with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and No Child Left Behind Act requirements, this comprehensive guide empowers teachers and administrators with research-validated practices and...
College-Ready
Preparing Black and Latina/o Youth for Higher Education-- A Culturally Relevant Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This book will support teachers, counselors, and administrators in creating a culturally relevant, school-wide, college-going culture to improve educational experiences and outcomes for Black and Latina/o youth. The authors present the perspectives and experiences of 25 students, focusing on the complexities...
Common Planning Time in Middle Level Schools
Research Studies from the MLER SIG’s National Project
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
This volume, the ninth volume in the Handbook of Research in Middle Level Education, is a compilation of research studies focusing on the use and implementation of common planning time (CPT) in middle level schools. All of the studies were part of the Middle Level Education Research SIG’s National...
Teaching Civic Literacy Projects
Student Engagement with Social Problems, Grades 4-12
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This practical resource shows teachers how to enact robust forms of civic education in today’s schools. Both instructive and thought-provoking, it will inspire teachers to craft curricula addressing a wide range of genuine civic problems such as those related to racial discrimination, environmental...