Secondary Education category: 2117 books
Dreams Deferred
Dropping Out and Struggling Forward
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
(Sponsorship: AERA Division B, Division K, and Bilingual Education SIG) In Dreams Deferred, a followup to Of Borders and Dreams (1996), Chris Carger takes us further into the life of Alejandro Juarez, Jr., and his family. This work envelopes readers in “la vida real,” real life. Carger followed...
by Karen Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2013
Everyone learns best when they are enjoying an activity - even adults prefer to learn through play! This book gives a wide range of ideas and practical activities to use computer games as learning tools with students aged 11+.
You don't need to be a computer whiz to use this book. From the...
Reclaiming Lesson Observation
Supporting excellence in teacher learning
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Reclaiming Lesson Observation explores the latest practice, thinking and research in lesson observation, putting teacher learning at its heart. Illustrated throughout with practical examples from a range of education settings, each chapter contains a rich variety of state-of-the-art, evidence-based...
The Drowsy Driving Handbook
AKILLA In the blink of an eye
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2006
The World's first ever drowsy driving educational handbook. This book identifies the causes of drowsy driving, the best ways to avoid drowsy driving and what you must do to stay alive while driving. Presented in an easy to understand format that a driver can relate to. Save your life and others.
by John Boyne
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
Encourage students to spend some time in the lives of two innocent young boys, who befriend each other during Germany's dark period of WWII. A charming, yet heart-wrenching story, students will learn to analyze the boys' friendship, their innocence, and the dangers they unknowingly face. Appealing...
Agency, Structure and the NEET Policy Problem
The Experiences of Young People
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
For many years, government policy has associated young people 'being NEET' (Not in Education, Employment or Training) with educational underachievement, worklessness, generational poverty, poor health, antisocial behaviour, and reduced life expectancies. Researchers and policymakers continue to debate...
The Principal's Challenge
Learning from Gay and Lesbian Students
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
This unique book presents lessons a straight principalturnedprofessor has learned through personal experience and research with gay and lesbian high school students. It begins with a young principal acknowledging that he, nor his administrative education program, had given any thought to issues surrounding...
Ayude a sus hijos a triunfar en la escuela secundaria y llegar a la universidad (Help Your Children Succeed in High School and Go to College)
Guía para Padres Latinos (A Special Guide for Latino Parents)
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Ayude a sus Hijos a Tener Éxito en High School y Llegar al College is a guide translated to Spanish 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...
The Middle School Mind
Growing Pains in Early Adolescent Brains
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
This book is a must read for anyone in close proximity to middle schoolers. Using actual events from the lives of real teenagers, the authors (a middle school principal and a child neuropsychologist) combine perspectives to provide an engaging, light-hearted journey into the adventures and misadventures...
by Denis Hayes
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
Featuring extracts from some of the most influential education writers in recent times The Guided Reader to Teaching and Learning is an essential compendium providing insight, guidance and clarity about key issues affecting practitioners at every level.
All extracts have been carefully chosen...
by Pamela H. Dase
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2018
Maximize student use of the TI-Nspire while processing and learning algebraic concepts with this resource. Lessons provided delve into the five environments of the TI-Nspire including calculator, graphs and geometry, lists and spreadsheets, notes, and data analysis. This resource is correlated to...
Learning from the Learners
Successful College Students Share Their Effective Learning Habits
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
This book turns the traditional approach to student success on its head by examining the learning habits of successful students based on what they have told us about their learning strategies, on what they do to succeed in college, and on the teaching practices they think best foster their learning....
by Wendy Conklin
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
Activities for a Differentiated Classroom is a must-have resource filled with creative and engaging lessons that differentiate instruction to support the learning needs of all sixth grade students. This resource is built on current research and best practices and outlines easy-to-implement differentiation...
by Anne M. Collins
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2018
Developed in conjunction with Lesley University, this engaging resource for sith grade provides effective, research-based strategies to help teachers differentiate problem solving in the classroom. It includes: 50 leveled math problems (150 problems total), an overview of the problem-solving process,...