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by Lorenzo Cevallos-Torres, Miguel Botto-Tobar
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2019
This book describes and outlines the theoretical foundations of system simulation in teaching, and as a practical contribution to teaching-and-learning models. It presents various methodologies used in teaching, the goal being to solve real-life problems by creating simulation models and probability...
Forms of Mathematical Knowledge
Learning and Teaching with Understanding
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
What mathematics is entailed in knowing to act in a moment? Is tacit, rhetorical knowledge significant in mathematics education? What is the role of intuitive models in understanding, learning and teaching mathematics? Are there differences between elementary and advanced mathematical thinking? Why...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
While research into intercultural teaching has grown exponentially during the past two decades, the research has primarily resorted to the use of quantitative data collection instruments and the interpretation of scores calculated through them. As such, studies in the field can seem somewhat decontextualized,...
Encouraging Diversity in Higher Education
Supporting student success
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
Encouraging Diversity in Higher Education: Supporting Student Success provides an overview of the widening participation movement in Higher Education in the United Kingdom, United States, Australia and New Zealand. It argues that universities should revitalise their learning and teaching practices...
Practical Ideas for Teaching Primary Science
Inspiring Learning and Enjoyment
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Practical Ideas for Teaching Primary Science is a fun and interactive guide which supports teachers to design and deliver enjoyable science lessons. Peter Loxley explores different scientific topics – from growing plants and nutrition to forces and magnetism – with an emphasis on story-telling...
The Adjunct Professor's Complete Guide to Teaching College
How to be an Effective and Successful Instructor
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The Ancillary Army. Freeway Flyers. Roads Scholars. Turnpike Teachers. These are some of the nicknames given to part-time college teachers. They may teach one or two courses at a single institution, or, in some cases, they may teach multiple courses at multiple institutions. Often their...
Examining the Phenomenon of “Teaching Out-of-field”
International Perspectives on Teaching as a Non-specialist
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2019
This book identifies and surveys the major themes around ‘out-of-field teaching’, that is, teaching subjects or year levels without a specialization. This has been an issue in many countries for some time, yet until recently there has been little formal research and poor policy responses to related...
by Angela Fitzgerald
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Learning and Teaching Primary Science brings primary science to life through the stories and experiences of pre-service and practising teachers. It explores the roles of the teacher and the learner of science and examines major issues and challenges, including: engaging diverse learners, utilising...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2019
From plays to poetry, Le Petit Nicolas to the Association for Language Learning (ALL) Literature wiki, this book shows trainee teachers of MFL, teachers in schools, teacher educators, how literature can be an essential tool for developing students' cultural awareness as well as language skills.
With...
Making every science lesson count
Six principles to support great science teaching
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Making Every Science Lesson Count: Six Principles to Support Great Science Teaching goes in search of answers to the fundamental question that all science teachers must ask: ‘What can I do to help my students become the scientists of the future?’ Writing in the practical, engaging style of the award-winning...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Two recent initiatives from the EU, namely the Bologna Process and the Lisbon Agenda are likely to have a major influence on European Higher Education. It seems unlikely that traditional teaching approaches, which supported the elitist system of the past, will promote the mobility, widened participation...
by Mike Ollerton
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
100 IDEAS: QUICK - EASY - INSPIRED - OUTSTANDING
Teaching mathematics in the secondary school can be very demanding especially with the extra pressure of 'no notice' Ofsted inspections. In this fully updated book Mike Ollerton offers strategies and activities for you to integrate into your...
Physical and Health Education in Canada
Integrated Approaches for Elementary Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2018
Physical and Health Education in Canada: Integrated Approaches for Elementary Teachers is a comprehensive text for Canadian teacher candidates preparing for responsibilities associated with physical and health education teaching in the elementary grades (K through 8). The book also serves as a practical...
Lesson Planning for Skills-Based Health Education
Meeting Secondary-Level National Standards
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
Lesson Planning for Skills-Based Health Education is a highly practical and useful resource for middle school and high school health educators looking for innovative and tried-and-true ways to implement a skills-based approach to health education.
The text—written by renowned authors Sarah...