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Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2010
With issues of equity at the forefront of mathematics education research and policy, Mathematics Teaching, Learning, and Liberation in the Lives of Black Children fills the need for authoritative, rigorous scholarship that sheds light on the ways that young black learners experience mathematics in...
Everyday Maths through Everyday Provision
Developing opportunities for mathematics in the early years
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Children are born naturally mathematical, so why is it sometimes so difficult to observe children being mathematical? Why do so many of us think we are ‘bad’ at maths and how does this subconsciously affect the provision, experiences and opportunities we provide for young children who are starting...
by Moisés Castillo
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
"My Diploma doesn't seem to work" was written by a recent high school grad who is passionate about helping others see through an established system and find their greater potential. What you will get out of reading this book is a shifted perspective and an abundance of self-awareness of...
The Politics of Authentic Engagement
Perspectives, Strategies, and Tools for Student Success
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
The Politics of Authentic Engagement: Perspectives, Strategies and Tools for Student Success provides practical approaches for leaders in a variety of roles to address the changing landscape of schooling, build dynamic relationships in support of schools, help parents/families support their children’s...
A Guide to Teaching Practice
5th Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2010
A Guide to Teaching Practice is the major standard text for all students on initial teacher training courses in the UK.
Authoritative yet accessible, it covers the important basic skills and issues that students need to consider during their practice, such as planning, classroom organization, behaviour...
Single-Sex Schools
A Place to Learn
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2015
Single sex schooling might appear to be an obscure issue on the sidelines of the educational policy debates of our times. But it is far from this. In fact, a sizable number of people and political organizations would like to make these schools obscure, but somehow they are “scaling up” rather...
The Best Dang Job in the World
A Leadership Guide for College and University Administrators
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
In The Best Dang Job in the World, Bill Rezak creates a fictional campus to highlight characteristics, attributes, and behaviors which are key to success in leading an institution of higher learning. The book centers on Rick Nedic, a dean who finds himself the victim of a faculty no-confidence vote....
by Sarah J. Noonan
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2013
The first few years of teaching represent an intense period of experimentation and learning, leading to the adoption of learner-centered practices to help students achieve. A critical incident or nagging problem triggers critical reflection on practice, experimentation, the adoption of new approaches,...
Teaching for EcoJustice
Curriculum and Lessons for Secondary and College Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2015
Teaching for EcoJustice is a unique resource for exploring the social roots of environmental problems in humanities-based educational settings and a curriculum guidebook for putting EcoJustice Education into practice. It provides model curriculum materials that apply the principles of EcoJustice Education,...
Structuring Learning Environments in Teacher Education to Elicit Dispositions as Habits of Mind
Strategies and Approaches Used and Lessons Learned
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
This book focuses on faculty members in a learning community in the College of Education at Florida International University. It discusses their pedagogical efforts to structure learning environments consistent with the philosophical orientation in the college’s conceptual framework to call forth dispositions, or key habits of mind that are consistent with reflective intelligence.
Anytime, Anywhere
Student-Centered Learning for Schools and Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Anytime, Anywhere synthesizes existing research and practices in the emerging field of student-centered learning, and includes profiles of schools that have embraced this approach.
Educators have argued that students should be at the center of learning, constructing new knowledge based on what...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
At this moment, schools are doing everything they can to win the Race to the Top. They are allocating their funding to test preparation, riffing beloved teachers, and transferring students who “drag down” their grade average on the state report card. This book describes the current state of the...
Education Flashpoints
Fighting for America’s Schools
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Drawing on his widely read Huffington Post columns—rated one of the top educational blogs in the United States—Alan Singer introduces readers to contemporary issues in education in the United States. The issues are presented with a point of view and an edge intended to promote widespread classroom...