Secondary Education category: 2117 books
A New Literacies Reader
Educational Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012
A New Literacies Reader is an introduction to social and cultural studies of new literacies from the perspectives of educators, education researchers and learners. It focuses on how participating in social practices of new literacies can be seen and understood in terms of people becoming insiders...
Sentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert (Book Analysis)
Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
Unlock the more straightforward side of Sentimental Education with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
Fitness for Life Canada With Web Resources
Preparing Teens for Healthy, Active Lifestyles
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
Fitness for Life Canada: Preparing Teens for Healthy, Active Lifestyles is the only health and fitness education program backed by research and focused on shifting teens from dependence to independence when it comes to lifelong healthy lifestyles. Through Fitness for Life Canada, students are engaged...
Understanding Young People's Science Aspirations
How students form ideas about ‘becoming a scientist’
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
Understanding Young People's Science Aspirations offers new evidence and understanding about how young people develop their aspirations for education, learning and, ultimately, careers in science. Integrating new findings from a major research study with a wide ranging review of existing international...
Challenging the System?
A Dramatic Tale of Neoliberal Reform in an Australian High School
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2006
The book is written with great clarity, and a strong awareness of the importance of the school's social milieu. Forsey cuts through the mealy mouthed official rhetoric of "education for all" and shows the massive, continuing influence of social class inequalities in Australian society. Class...
Those Kids, Our Schools
Race and Reform in an American High School
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
In Those Kids, Our Schools, Shayla Reese Griffin examines patterns of racial interaction in a large, integrated high school and makes a powerful case for the frank conversations that educators could and should be having about race in schools.
Over three years, Griffin observed students, teachers,...
The Learning and Teaching of Algebra
Ideas, Insights and Activities
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2016
IMPACT (Interweaving Mathematics Pedagogy and Content for Teaching) is an exciting new series of texts for teacher education which aims to advance the learning and teaching of mathematics by integrating mathematics content with the broader research and theoretical base of mathematics education.
The...
Your First Year As a High School Teacher
Making the Transition from Total Novice to Successful Professional
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2009
Survive & Thrive in the Classroom From Day One!
Teaching high school students is the toughest job you'll ever love. Of course, often it is an acquired love. You must learn to manage your students' education and play parent, counselor, police officer, and mentor. Wow! Now relax—it doesn't have...
Reading with Patrick
A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
Finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize • “In all of the literature addressing education, race, poverty, and criminal justice, there has been nothing quite like Reading with Patrick.”—The Atlantic
A memoir of the life-changing friendship between an idealistic young teacher and...
The Education of a Teacher
Including Dirty Books and Pointed Looks
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2010
In 1968, at age twenty-one, I was sure I had all the answers I needed to know about teaching five classes a day in a real high school I had no idea how nave I was! Every teachers career is a journey of discovery that begins with rookie insecurities and moves toward self-confidence and understanding....
Cheated
The UNC Scandal, the Education of Athletes, and the Future of Big-Time College Sports
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2015
In 2010 allegations of an utterly corrupt academic system for student-athletes emerged from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus, home of the legendary Tar Heels. As the alma mater of Michael Jordan, Larry Brown, Marion Jones, Lawrence Taylor, Rashad McCants, and many others; winner...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
Inclusive education continues to grow in popularity and acceptance in the United States. However, most teachers – general and special educators – are poorly prepared to be successful in inclusive classrooms and schools. Undoubtedly, the challenge to professionals involves the acquisition of new...
I Don't Get It
Helping Students Understand What They Read
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011
Literacy continues to be a hot topic for educators and parents. I Don't Get It! Helping Students Understand What They Read is a practical, easy-to-use resource for classroom teachers and literacy coaches. Parents will also find the information helpful as they assist their children with homework and...
Educator or Bully?
Managing the 21st Century Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2011
Educator or Bully? offers a comprehensive approach to classroom management for both novice and veteran teachers who are interested in examining their current classroom management performance, especially with respect to how it reflects the characteristics of the 21st century classroom. Practices presented...