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Innovating Science Teacher Education
A History and Philosophy of Science Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
How teachers view the nature of scientific knowledge is crucial to their understanding of science content and how it can be taught. This book presents an overview of the dynamics of scientific progress and its relationship to the history and philosophy of science, and then explores their methodological...
Learning to Teach English in the Secondary School
A Companion to School Experience
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2019
Fully updated to reflect changes in teacher education and the curriculum, the Fifth Edition of Learning to Teach English in the Secondary School explores the background to debates about teaching the subject, alongside tasks, teaching ideas and further reading to expand upon issues and ideas raised...
The Primary English Encyclopedia
The heart of the curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2017
This newly updated, user friendly Primary English Encyclopedia addresses all aspects of the primary English curriculum and is an invaluable reference for all training and practising teachers. Now in its fifth edition, entries have been revised to take account of new research and thinking. The approach...
by Anna Mystkowska-Wiertelak, Mirosław Pawlak
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2012
The book addresses one of the key controversies in teaching foreign language grammar, which is the utility of production-oriented instruction, as exemplified in the PPP sequence, and comprehension-based teaching, as implemented in interpretation tasks and processing instruction. It provides a thorough...
by Alastair K Daniel
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Starting from the question‘what is a story?’ Storytelling Across the Primary Curriculum leads the reader through the theory and practise of storytelling as an educational method – a method taught by the author over the last ten years through Primary English teaching programmes.
This practical...
Literacy and Learning in the Content Areas
Enhancing Knowledge in the Disciplines
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2018
The Fourth Edition of Literacy and Learning in the Content Areas: Enhancing Knowledge in the Disciplines provides readers with the knowledge, motivation, tools, and confidence for integrating literacy in their disciplinary classrooms. Offering an original, literature-based approach to teaching disciplinary...
Wordsmithing
Classroom Ready Materials for Teaching Nonfiction Writing and Analysis Skills in the High School Grades
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
Literacy: Made for All is a classroom-ready, teacher-friendly resource for English and Writing teachers of Grades 9 through 12. Organized buffet style, it is designed to complement an existing English curriculum by providing a tested repertoire of strategies for teaching both writing skills and literary...
Story Crafting
Classroom-Ready Materials for Teaching Fiction Writing Skills in the High School Grades
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
The “Literacy: Made for All” series is a classroom-ready, teacher-friendly resource for English and Writing teachers of Grades 9 through 12. Organized buffet style, it is designed to complement an existing English curriculum by providing a tested repertoire of strategies for teaching both writing...
Creating the Path to Success in the Classroom
Teaching to Close the Graduation Gap for Minority, First-Generation, and Academically Unprepared Students
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
This is a book for all faculty who are concerned with promoting the persistence of all students whom they teach.
Most recognize that faculty play a major role in student retention and success because they typically have more direct contact with students than others on campus. However, little...
Teaching Early Years Mathematics, Science and ICT
Core concepts and practice for the first three years of schooling
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2014
When young children first arrive at school, they generally know how to use a mobile phone and a tablet, and how to count, share and measure. They have a sense of wonder about the world around them. They expect to further interact with technology and to build and extend their mathematics and science...
Learning to Teach Inclusively
Student Teachers' Classroom Inquiries
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
This book—co-authored by a teacher educator, a diverse group of five pre-service student teachers, and their student teaching supervisor—takes a unique, illuminating look at the experience of student teaching from the perspective of student teachers. It is premised on learning to teach as an inquiry...
by Carol A. Chapelle
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2016
This book demonstrates how foreign language textbook analysis can inform future materials development to improve foreign language teaching. Through chronological analysis of French textbooks in the United States, this book explores the representations of Canada and Quebec in French beginner textbooks...
Network Science In Education
Transformational Approaches in Teaching and Learning
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2018
Around the globe, there is an increasingly urgent need to provide opportunities for learners to embrace complexity; to develop the many skills and habits of mind that are relevant to today's complex and interconnected world; and to make learning more connected to our rapidly changing workplace and...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2008
The Impact of the Laboratory and Technology on K12 Science Learning and Teaching examines the development, use, and influence of active laboratory experiences and the integration of technology in science teaching. This examination involves the viewpoints of policymakers, researchers, and teachers...