Secondary Education category: 2117 books
Gendered Paradoxes
Educating Jordanian Women in Nation, Faith, and Progress
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2012
In 2005 the World Bank released a gender assessment of the nation of Jordan, a country that, like many in the Middle East, has undergone dramatic social and gender transformations, in part by encouraging equal access to education for men and women. The resulting demographic picture there—highly...
People Need to Know
Confronting History in the Heartland
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
People Need to Know follows a group of students as they study the defining event in their community’s history – a 1930 lynching that was captured in one of the century’s most iconic and disturbing photographs. With ambitions of contributing to public understanding, the students set out to create...
An Introduction to Career Learning & Development 11-19
Perspectives, Practice and Possibilities
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2010
An Introduction to Career Learning and Development 11-19 is an indispensible source of support and guidance for all those who need to know why and how career learning and development should be planned, developed and delivered effectively to meet the needs of young people.
It is a comprehensive...
Work-Related Teaching and Learning
A guide for teachers and practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
In the current economic climate, it is more important than ever that young people engage with the world of work and gain the knowledge, skills and experience they will need to prepare them for their future careers. This book provides an overarching framework for understanding all the separate parts...
Talent Knows No Color
The History of an Arts Magnet High School
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
In the summer of 1970, the members of the New Orleans Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals understood clearly the realities of race in the South. Houston, Texas, like other Southern cities, had made haste toward racial school desegregation as slowly as the White Southern Federal courts would allow. When the...
For the Civic Good
The Liberal Case for Teaching Religion in the Public Schools
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
Why teach about religion in public schools? What educational value can such courses potentially have for students?
In For the Civic Good, Walter Feinberg and Richard A. Layton offer an argument for the contribution of Bible and world religion electives. The authors argue that such courses can,...
by Madhu Raman Acharya
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2002
In this book, I would like to subscribe to a dynamic and broadened definition of culture encompassing such concepts as education psychology, political ideology, lifestyles, interpersonal relations, status of women in the society, and the changing attitude of the youth in the interpretation of the Nepalese culture.
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Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
Exemplary Middle Grades Research: EvidenceBased Studies Linking Theory to Practice features research published throughout 2009 in MGRJ that has been identified by our review board as the most useful in terms of assisting educators with making practical applications from evidencebased studies to classroom...
Bridging the High School-College Gap
The Role of Concurrent Enrollment Programs
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Concurrent enrollment programs offer high-achieving high school students the opportunity to take college credit-bearing courses taught by college-approved high school teachers. This low-cost, scalable model brings accelerated coursework to urban, suburban, and rural students. In this book, scholars...
Learning Together
Peer Tutoring in Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2003
The number of students in higher education has expanded dramatically in recent years, but funding has not kept pace with this growth. The result is less contact time for lecturers and their students, and corresponding worries about how the quality of teaching and learning can be improved. Peer tutoring...
It's All About People Skills
Surviving Challenges in the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
Teaching, like many service professions, requires the appropriate interpersonal skills. Although academic expertise is, and always will be, the foundation of instruction, educators must be able to translate their knowledge both affectively and effectively in order to better inform their students....
by Debra J. Housel
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
Create confident readers and build students' comprehension with standard-based, targeted activities that guide your sixth graders toward reading success. Read and Succeed: Comprehension Level 6 provides 65 high-interest informational and literary texts with focused, standards-based activities that...
by Ted H. Hull, Ruth Harbin Miles, Don S. Balka
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Reinforce key mathematical concepts in sixth grade with these fun and engaging skill-based games! Created to align to College and Career Readiness other state standards, this resource is perfect for reinforcing students' mathematical skills. Perfect for centers, workstations, or family math night,...
Online Teaching in K12
Models, Methods, and Best Practices for Teachers and Administrators
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
Online Teaching in K12 is the essential hands-on reference and textbook for education professionals seeking success in the planning, design, and teaching of K12 online courses and programs. This skillfully edited book brings together more than two dozen experts and practitioners to present an array of...