Teaching category: 65474 books
by John R. Wiens, Garth Pickard, Clive Beck
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Inspiration and Innovation in Teaching and Teacher Education is an edited collection that offers a variety of conceptual and research-based discussions on teaching and teacher education in Canada and internationally. The ideas, research, and practices presented in the book focus on three broad themes:...
Spendthrift's Guide to Teaching ESL Abroad
The Complete Guide to Teaching English Abroad
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
Spenthrift's Guide to Teaching ESL Abroad is the complete guide to landing your first job teaching English Abroad, and developing a true career out of Teaching ESL! This book covers the best ways to find your first job, dealing with tough interview questions, contract negotiations, coworker relationships,...
The Evolution of Teaching
A Guidebook to the Advancement of Teaching, Teacher Education, and Happier Careers for Early Career Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
The Evolution of Teaching invites teachers to rethink what teachers and schools do. The need to rethink the role of teachers is driven by an abundance of data showing that teachers are increasingly unhappy with their work. Most critically, they feel a loss of control over their work and their profession...
Assessing and Improving Your Teaching
Strategies and Rubrics for Faculty Growth and Student Learning
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
In order to make appropriate changes to improve your teaching and your students’ learning, first you need to know how you’re teaching now. Figure it out for yourself and invigorate your teaching on your own terms!
This practical evidence-based guide promotes excellence in teaching and improved...
Motivating Mathematics
Engaging Teachers and Engaged Students
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Motivating Mathematics demonstrates that pupils can be motivated by being given the Big Picture, including a clearer picture of the nature of maths, and by linking topics to the sciences, rather than teaching each topic in isolation. The author emphasises the many virtues of problem-solving, strongly...
by Julia Bennett
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2010
Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Pedagogy - Intercultural Pedagogy, grade: 2,0, University of Kassel (-), course: Introduction to Bilingual Teaching, language: English, abstract: 1. Introduction In this paper, I would like to clarify the importance of bilingual teaching as an innovative...
Teaching As a Subversive Activity
A No-Holds-Barred Assault on Outdated Teaching Methods-with Dramatic and Practical Proposals on How Education Can Be Made Relevant to Today's World
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2009
A no-holds-barred assault on outdated teaching methods—with dramatic and practical proposals on how education can be made relevant to today's world.
Praise for Teaching As a Subversive Activity
“A healthy dose of Postman and Weingartner is a good thing: if they make even a dent in...
by Robert Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2012
In this book, you will learn a wide variety of teaching techniques and strategies for teaching children from ages 4-11. The book is full of lesson plans, games and activities for current or aspiring teachers who are teaching children at kindergarten and early primary grade levels and whose first language...
Getting Teacher Evaluation Right
What Really Matters for Effectiveness and Improvement
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Teacher evaluation systems are being overhauled by states and districts across the United States. And, while intentions are admirable, the result for many new systems is that good—often excellent—teachers are lost in the process. In the end, students are the losers. In her new book, Linda Darling-Hammond...
by James H. Stronge
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
Every teacher seeks to be an effective teacher. Every teacher wants to have a positive, remarkable, and lasting influence on students' lives.
But what makes for an effective teacher? What role does teacher preparation play in teacher effectiveness? What do effective teachers do during planning,...
Teaching the Whole Student
Engaged Learning With Heart, Mind, and Spirit
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
Teaching the Whole Student is a compendium of engaged teaching approaches by faculty across disciplines. These inspiring authors offer models for instructors who care deeply about their students, respect and recognize students’ social identities and lived experiences, and are interested in creating...
Faculty Development Programs
Applications in Teaching and Learning
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Professor Alusine M. Kanu in Faculty Development Programs: Applications in Teaching and Learning demonstrates instructional competencies of faculty developer, leadership facilitator, organizational developer, media specialist, and academic advisor. This well-thought-out text conducts discussions to...
Co-Teaching That Works
Structures and Strategies for Maximizing Student Learning
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2011
Guaranteed success for the co-taught classroom
For the increasing number of teachers working in co-taught classrooms, this book provides practical ideas for defining teacher roles, planning lessons, providing effective instruction, and maximizing the value of each team member. Former co-teacher...
Teaching for Results
Best Practices in Integrating Co-Teaching and Differentiated Instruction
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
Collaborative teaching has the potential to improve the performance of both students and teachers. However, this method is not regularly capitalized in many schools because teachers who are assigned to co-teach often lack task-specific knowledge and skills to better prepare them. Fortunately these...