Secondary Education category: 2117 books
by Jennifer Overend Prior
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
Prepare your grade 6 students for standardized testing with motivating informational text and comprehension exercises that can be used daily! Developed by reading expert, Dr. Edward Fry, this book is based on articles from TIME For Kids® magazine and focuses on increasing students' comprehension,...
by Judy Gardiner
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
The only revision guide available for students preparing to take the GCSE in Hospitality & Catering.
This WJEC endorsed guide takes a topic by topic approach that will highlight the key facts students need to know in order to succeed. Targeted exam questions also provide plenty of opportunity...
Educating the Net Generation
How to Engage Students in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2007
Educating the Net Generation: How to Engage Students in the 21st Century addresses the national problem of escalating high-school dropout rates and student disengagement, and offers solutions as to how to best involve students of the millennial generation. The book examines the unique characteristics...
The Power of Words
Learning Vocabulary in Grades 4-9
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
Teachers are intuitively aware of the connection between academic vocabulary and reading comprehension. Unfortunately, despite what we know about active instruction of vocabulary that will be retained by our students, teachers often assign vocabulary but rarely teach it well. The results are akin...
Plato Was Wrong!
Footnotes on Doing Philosophy with Young People
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
This book is a compendium of lesson plans for classroom exercises designed to foster philosophical inquiry with young people. It introduces the reader to a wide range of activities for exploring philosophical questions and problems with children from pre-school age through high-school. There are lessons...
Steady and Strong
People Skills for Principals
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
In Steady and Strong: People Skills for Principals, Russ Thompson describes his experiences as the successful principal of three urban high schools. The challenges he faced ranged from gang activity and racial conflicts, to low expectations and ineffective teaching. Most of these challenges involved...
Best Practices from High-Performing High Schools
How Successful Schools Help Students Stay in School and Thrive
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In their second collaboration, Wilcox and Angelis tell the stories of high school educators who embody best practices in their day-to-day activities—practices that consistently lead to higher student academic achievement across the core subjects for all students. This book shares results of...
by Dr. Bruce A. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Appreciate Andragogy is an exciting new instructional strategy that brings Appreciative Inquiry to the field of education. Appreciative Inquiry has been successfully utilized in organizations as a strengths-based approach to employee development. Similar to positive psychology there is a focus on...
How to write any essay and get a top mark!
Or How to Hack the Religious Studies, Ethics or Philosophy A-level (& Politics and Other Essay) Exams…and get an A*!
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
For AQA, OCR, and Edexcel, New and Old courses! Unit/Course/Specification codes: 7061, 7062, 2060, 7171, 7172, 2175, H172, H572, H173, H573, 8RS01, 9RS01, 8RS0, 9RS0 and many more!
"This is such a useful book for all students of A level Religious Studies, Philosophy and Ethics. The style is...
The Ultimate Guide to Differentiation
Achieving Excellence for All
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
This book is the ultimate guide to differentiation in early years, schools and further education settings by Sue Cowley, bestselling author of Getting the Buggers to Behave. It offers over 90 practical and time-saving strategies for effective differentiation in every classroom.
The Ultimate...
Creative Approaches to Improving Participation
Giving learners a say
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Introducing creativity to the classroom is a concern for teachers, governments and future employers around the world, and there has been a drive to make experiences at school more exciting, relevant, challenging and dynamic for all young people, ensuring they leave education able to contribute to...
by Jayne Bartlett
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2013
Raising standards in mathematics is high on government education agendas and remains a key priority for schools. Schools strive to provide an outstanding education for their pupils preparing them to compete not only in a national but an international market. At the heart of this is the classroom and...
Help Your Children Succeed in High School and Go to College
(A Special Guide for Latino Parents)
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Help Your Children Succeed in High School and Go to College is a guide for Latino parents that stresses the importance of education and provides a framework for parents to put their children on a college-bound path. It explains the American educational system, how parents can get involved, how to...
What to Consider If You're Considering College
New Rules for Education and Employment
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2015
Going to college used to be a passport to future success, but that’s no longer the case. For some students, it’s still a good choice that leads to a successful career after graduation, but for many their degrees are worthless pieces of paper. Choose the wrong program and graduation is more likely...