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by George Szekely
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
In Play and Creativity in Art Teaching, esteemed art educator George Szekely draws on his two classic volumes, Encouraging Creativity in Art Lessons and From Play to Art, to create a new book for new times. The central premise is that art teachers are not only a source of knowledge about art but also...
Teaching Mathematics
Toward a Sound Alternative
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
This book presents an approach to the teaching of mathematics that departs radically from conventional prescription-oriented and management-based methods. It brings together recent developments in such diverse fields as continental and pragmatist philosophy, enactivist thought, critical discourses,...
Leading Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
The key guide to designing and delivering courses
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
Leading Learning and Teaching in Higher Education brings together contemporary ideas on leadership, engagement and student learning into a practical solutions-based resource designed for those undertaking the challenge of leading a university-level teaching module, programme or suite of programmes,...
Teaching on a Tightrope
The Diverse Roles of a Great Teacher
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010
Teaching on a Tightrope offers those seeking to play the teacher's role a way of thinking about the major components of teaching. These components or dimensions are described in terms of pairings that interact and overlap with each other, e.g., teaching as art and science, content and process, theory...
by George E. Newell, David Bloome, Alan Hirvela
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015
Focused on the teaching and learning argumentative writing in grades 9-12, this important contribution to literacy education research and classroom practice offers a new perspective, a set of principled practices, and case studies of excellent teaching. The case studies illustrate teaching and learning...
Unlock Their Future
A Skills-based approach to teaching and learning English
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2013
"English is an important subject today. It is also a difficult subject to teach. Large heterogeneous classes, anachronistic syllabi, boring textbooks boringly taught and purposeless examinations demotivate students from taking English seriously at college.In the twenty-first century there is a need ...
Reflections on Communicative Language Teaching
A Course Book for Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
To become a great English teacher, what do you need to know and what do you have to do? I reflected continually on those questions during a four-year teaching sojourn in Thailand. In this book I present my answers. After being invited to develop a course in TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language)...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2003
`Learning to Read Critically in Teaching and Learning offers a contribution to the debates on curriculum and pedagogy. The title itself is especially noteworthy since it indicates quite clearly that the reader is being encouraged both to learn and to develop their critical faculties on the topic of...
Teaching Secondary Science
Constructing Meaning and Developing Understanding
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
The fourth edition of Teaching Secondary Science has been fully updated and includes a wide range of new material. This invaluable resource offers a new collection of sample lesson plans and includes two new chapters covering effective e-learning and advice on supporting learners with English as a...
by Robert J. Sternberg, Elena Grigorenko, Linda Jarvin
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
The essential guide for teaching beyond the test!
Students with strong higher-order thinking skills are more likely to become successful, lifelong learners. Based on extensive, collaborative research by leading authorities in the field, this book shows how to implement teaching and learning...
by Daniel J. Brahier
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
Teaching Secondary and Middle School Mathematics combines the latest developments in research, standards, and technology with a vibrant writing style to help teachers prepare for the excitement and challenges of teaching secondary and middle school mathematics today. In the fully revised fifth edition,...
Contemporary Science Teaching Approaches
Promoting Conceptual Understanding in Science
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Contemporary science teaching approaches focus on fostering students to construct new scientific knowledge as a process of inquiry rather than having them act as passive learners memorizing stated scientific facts. Although this perspective of teaching science is clearly emphasized in the National Research...
Inclusive and Adaptive Teaching
Meeting the Challenge of Diversity in the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
From bestselling author Peter Westwood, this new edition of Inclusive and Adaptive Teaching provides a considered approach to meeting the ongoing challenge of inclusive teaching in the classroom and offers a range of strategies for good practice.
This comprehensive resource promotes a fully...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
The renowned and highly experienced editors of this book bring together the leading voices in contemporary English education under the banner of the International Federation for the Teaching of English (IFTE). The collected chapters here represent the very best of international writing on the teaching...