Secondary Education category: 2117 books
by Bruce E. Larson, Timothy A. Keiper
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Instructional Strategies for Middle and High School is an accessible, practical, and engaging methods textbook that introduces pre-service teachers to various instructional strategies and helps them to decide how and when to use these methods in the classroom. Classrooms are comprised of diverse learners,...
by Jayne Bartlett
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
One of the key features of an outstanding lesson is that all learners make progress. All learners are different and teachers must differentiate according to the individual pupil and their individual learning needs to achieve outstanding progress. Outstanding Differentiation for Learning in the Classroom...
Lesson Planning
Key concepts and skills for teachers
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2014
Lesson planning is an essential component of every teacher’s practice. It is part of a three-tiered, integrated pedagogy: planning, teaching and evaluation. Drawing on the work of skilful teachers and the latest research, this book provides a rationale for lesson planning as an integral part of...
by Rachel Becker
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2012
With this book, you’ll get help with basic study skills and develop habits that will last a lifetime. The ideas in this book come from 40 years of teaching and writing textbooks and tests (etc.). You'll get an insider's view, and the tips, tricks, and strategies to help you be a better student.
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Our School
The Inspiring Story of Two Teachers, One Big Idea, and the School That Beat the Odds
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Honest, engaging, and inspiring, Our School tells the story of Downtown College Prep, a public charter high school in San Jose that recruits underachieving students and promises to prepare them for four-year colleges and universities. The average student enters ninth grade with fifth-grade reading...
Positive Discipline for Teenagers, Revised 3rd Edition
Empowering Your Teens and Yourself Through Kind and Firm Parenting
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
A Positive Approach To Raising Happy, Healthy and Mature Teenagers
Adolescence can be a time of great stress and turmoil—not only for kids going through it, but for their parents as well. It’s normal for teens to explore a new sense of freedom and to redefine the ways in which they relate...
The Confident Teacher
Developing successful habits of mind, body and pedagogy
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
The Confident Teacher offers a practical, step-by-step guide to developing the habits, characteristics and pedagogy that will enable you to do the best job possible. It unveils the tacit knowledge of great teachers and combines it with respected research and popular psychology. Covering topics such...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
What do we mean by creativity? What is the link between creativity and critical thinking? How can creativity and critical thinking be incorporated into classroom practice and what are the benefits for students?
Creativity and critical thinking are central to effective teaching and learning...
Canaries Reflect on the Mine
Dropouts' Stories of Schooling
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
In Canaries Reflect on the Mine: Dropouts’ Stories of Schooling, Jeanne Cameron invites the reader to see schooling and early school leaving through the eyes of high school dropouts themselves. The transcendent desires revealed by this research to be known and valued, to learn with purpose and autonomy...
What Teachers Can Learn From Sports Coaches
A Playbook of Instructional Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
The strategies used by winning coaches on the field can bring success to classrooms, too! In What Teachers Can Learn From Sports Coaches, you’ll uncover that the athletic arena and the classroom have more in common than you think. Author Nathan Barber demonstrates how many of the principles of coaching...
The Power of the Adolescent Brain
Strategies for Teaching Middle and High School Students
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Moody. Reckless. Impractical. Insecure. Distracted. These are all words commonly used to describe adolescents. But what if we recast these traits in a positive light? Teens possess insight, passion, idealism, sensitivity, and creativity in abundance--all qualities that can make a significant positive...
Don't Stalk the Admissions Officer
How to Survive the College Admissions Process without Losing Your Mind
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2010
The college admissions process is:
A) Similar to gallbladder surgery without anesthesia
B) Worse than watching American Idol auditions without earplugs
C) Soul-destroying, ego-crushing, and life-sucking
D) Actually kind of funny when you think about it
E) All of the above
There’s no denying...
by Sinéad Leleu
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
German Pen Pals Made Easy provides an easy way for pupils to communicate in German with other German speakers. It contains fill-in-the-gap letters, so even pupils just beginning to learn German can have the satisfaction of being able to communicate effectively in German. The format is ideal for non-specialist...
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo (Book Analysis)
Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Unlock the more straightforward side of War Horse with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of War Horse by Michael Morpurgo, told through the eyes of Joey, a brave army horse whose vision of World War I from both sides of the trenches...