Teachers College Press: 606 books
by Kevin K. Kumashiro
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In his latest book, leading educator and author Kevin Kumashiro takes aim at the current debate on educational reform, paying particular attention to the ways that scapegoating public school teachers, teacher unions, and teacher educators masks the real, systemic problems. He convincingly demonstrates...
Inclusive Literacy Teaching
Differentiating Approaches in Multilingual Elementary Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Responding to the need to prepare elementary teachers for the increasing linguistic diversity in schools, this book presents key foundational principles in language and literacy development for linguistically diverse students. Readers see these ideas enacted through the journeys of real students as...
by Peter Gutiérrez
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This dynamic resource offers teachers a new way to energize the teaching of writing while also meeting Common Core State Standards. The author draws on his unique background in education and media to provide this all-in-one resource to help teachers use the versatility of scriptwriting to motivate...
Protocols in the Classroom
Tools to Help Students Read, Write, Think, and Collaborate
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
For nearly 2 decades, Looking Together at Student Work and The Power of Protocols have sustained educators in their professional learning. Protocols in the Classroom expands the scope of those books from teachers’ professional learning to include students’ learning, providing teachers with the...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Featuring a group of expert contributors, this book details the complexities of not only preparing teachers for the classroom but also helping them to succeed in the profession itself. Addressing topics of vital importance to new and veteran teachers, this authoritative volume:Explains how to...
The Focus Factor
8 Essential Twenty-First Century Thinking Skills for Deeper Student Learning
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Featuring practical “how to” classroom examples, this teacher-friendly introduction examines the importance of an essential set of thinking skills that supports the Common Core State Standards and future success for students in 21st-century life, school, and work. Starting with cognitive...
Because of the Kids
Facing Racial and Cultural Differences in Schools
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This fascinating account details the story of two teacher-researchers—Jennifer, who is African American, and Karen, who is White—as they set out on a collaborative three year study to explore the impact of racial and cultural differences in Karen’s urban middle school classroom....
Teaching for Inclusion
Eight Principles for Effective and Equitable Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Teaching for Inclusion shows how educators navigate the competing demands of everyday practice with examples from urban, suburban, elementary, and secondary schools. The author offers eight guiding principles that can be used to advance an inclusive pedagogy. These principles permit teachers to both...
Newsworthy
Cultivating Critical Thinkers, Readers, and Writers in Language Arts Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In this book, Ed Madison—journalist, producer/director, and innovative educator—provides specific strategies to help teachers use journalistic learning to achieve positive outcomes that engage students in new ways. Journalistic learning is a teaching approach that borrows techniques from...
by Ann Lewin-Benham
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In her latest book, bestselling author Ann Lewin-Benham describes eight techniques that foster intentional and reflective classroom practice. She presents over 70 novel exercises to help teachers learn to use body, face, hands, voice, eyes, and word choices to precisely convey meaning. Some exercises...
by Melinda Leko
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Word study integrates decoding/phonics, spelling, and vocabulary instruction to help struggling readers identify unfamiliar words in order to improve reading comprehension. This book provides secondary teachers with practical strategies to embed word study instruction in content area classes and support...
Young Investigators
The Project Approach in the Early Years
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
“As an elementary school principal and former teacher educator, I highly recommend this book. It is an essential professional development tool for promoting effective teaching and learning. I bought the 2nd edition of this book for my entire staff. The content of the book centralizes authentic,...
"They're All Writers"
Teaching Peer Tutoring in the Elementary Writing Center
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
“They’re All Writers” will help teachers explore the power of writing centers. In elementary school classrooms across the country, writing instruction (not grammar worksheets or spelling drills) is still the neglected “R.” In this book, classroom teachers will find foundational...
Helping English Learners to Write
Meeting Common Core Standards, Grades 612
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Using a rich array of research-based practices, this book will help teachers improve the academic writing of English learners. It provides specific teaching strategies, activities, and extended lessons to develop EL students’ narrative, informational, and argumentative writing, emphasized in...