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Early Learning Standards and Staff Development
Best Practices in the Face of Change
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2014
Early Learning Standards and Staff Development helps directors and trainers guide early childhood staff to fulfill learning standards, often without compromising best practices. Written by respected consultants Gaye Gronlund and Marlyn James, it is one of few books on staff development in the area...
Foundations of Modern School Practices
A Sourcebook of Educational Wisdom
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2011
This is a book is of educational ideas, commentaries, and observations from the past. The passages recorded here come from educational writings that were produced between 1880 and 1935—a time period that began with spirited calls for school reform and ended with a new and different concept of what...
by Jonathan Savage, Clive McGoun
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
The media has a huge impact on how we view society and the world, and new technologies continue to transform the way in which we work and learn. It is therefore essential that young people can engage critically in their consumption of media and the internet and are able to make informed decisions about the technologies they use. This book explores
Studying and Learning in a High-Stakes World
Making Tests Work for Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014
Designed to help middle and high school teachers, as well as students new to the rigor of college, Studying and Learning in a High Stakes World incorporates test preparation into classrooms without asking teachers to “teach to the test.” Instead, it enables teachers to focus on course content...
The Likable, Effective, and Productive Educator
Being the Best You Can Be as an Educator
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
As the role of an educator becomes more and more complex and the expectations continue to be heaped upon them, stress increases exponentially. Educators now have the pressure to be role models in their thoughts and actions, and yet are not sure how to be one. This book will discuss how to be productive...
Teach on Purpose!
Responsive Teaching for Student Success
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Great teaching is not just a matter of talent or creativity or passion. Teachers are made, not born, and great teachers know why they do what they do in their classrooms. They do it strategically and purposefully based on technique. Teach on Purpose! demonstrates a high-quality research-based and...
Teaching, Learning, and Schooling in Film
Reel Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Films about education provide many of the most popular interpretations of what teaching and learning mean in schools. An analysis of this medium reveals much about the historical, cultural, political, and philosophical dimensions of education. Timely and engaging, this book fills a gap for scholarly...
Handbook of Latinos and Education
Theory, Research, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
Providing a comprehensive review of rigorous, innovative, and critical scholarship relevant to educational issues which impact Latinos, this Handbook captures the field at this point in time. Its unique purpose and function is to profile the scope and terrain of academic inquiry on Latinos and education....
Successful Dissertations
The Complete Guide for Education, Childhood and Early Childhood Studies Students
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
Whether looking for guidance on the whole process, needing help with conducting a literature review or interpreting your quantitative and qualitative data, this accessible and empowering guide will take you through the dissertation process and provide all the information you need to make the most...
The Teacher's Attention
Why Our Kids Must and Can Get Smaller Schools and Classes
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2009
The Teacher’s Attention is a fresh take on relationships in schools. Looking beyond our obsession with raising test scores, this book recognizes that education is a key partner in raising children. Garrett Delavan contends that allowing students, educators and parents to navigate a smaller number...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Student retention has become a difficult issue within higher education. As such, it is imperative to examine the causes, as well as provide educators with strategies to implement to improve retention rates. Critical Assessment and Strategies for Increased Student Retention is a pivotal reference source...
Embodied Wisdom
Meditations on Memoir and Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Embodied wisdom: Meditations on memoir and education by Alison Pryer, Ph.D. explores the interconnectedness of body, mind and spirit within diverse educational contexts. Evocative, sensual prose carries the reader on a journey through the personal and the remembered in a layered series of autobiographical...
Healthy Schools
The Hidden Component of Teaching and Learning
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
Creating conditions for better teaching and learning to occur has become an important responsibility for today’s school leaders. Principals must attend to building and sustaining healthy school cultures.
The authors take the reader on a journey through several different situations that occur at...
by Joanna Bull, Colleen McKenna
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
The rapid development and integration of computer-assisted assessment (CAA) in mainstream post-compulsory educational institutions today make this an exciting and invaluable reference text. It provides a practical, research-based guide on a subject that is becoming increasingly important as educational...