Teaching Methods category: 9681 books

This book explores the ideological contexts for the creation and spread of “No Excuses” charter schools. In so doing, Work Hard, Be Hard focuses closely on the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) charter school chain as the most prominent exemplar for total compliance “No Excuses” schooling....

Are you a K-5 teacher who needs to teach science but feels unprepared? It is especially common for K-5 teachers to feel uncomfortable teaching physical sciences. This is the book for you. It is material I have prepared for our Masters in Arts in Teaching students at Oglethorpe University over years...

Learners are multi-faceted, unique people. Discovering the whole individual is incumbent upon realizing the teaching/learning environments, common social and societal realities, and belief and value systems respective of academic and socio-societal factors that establish who one is as a learner and...

Through activities, approaches, and examples, this resource highlights concrete strategies for incorporating material culture into K–16 art classrooms, as well as museum and community settings. Chapters are written by luminaries in the field and organized around various aspects of material culture,...

For all the new ESL teachers out there, a book to help you with those first moments and beyond. Alot of books focus on just the teaching but this book is there to give you a little help adapting to the new country and basically "surviving". Teaching isn't an easy job and you are going to...

What do you do when none of your English students will talk? How do you convince shy students to say more than 2 words? Why on earth did you decide to become an ESL teacher?I’ve asked myself those questions before, many times in fact during the 5 years I was an ESL teacher in China. It sucked.If...

This book tracks the development of Exploratory Practice since the early 1990s as an original form of practitioner research in the field of English language teaching. Drawing on case studies, vignettes and narratives from teachers and learners around the world as they experienced Exploratory Practice...

This book covers several topics including: - A modern way to start your career in teaching - Good reasons to teach - Preparing to become certified - Passing the teacher's certification test - Decorum in teaching and so much more! Scroll up... and click on "Buy Now" to deliver almost instantly to your Kobo or other reading device.

The successful acquisition of a second or foreign language requires focus, motivation, and positive feedback. This case study of French adult students of English illustrates that Gattegno’s Silent Way is more than a teaching methodology. It is a science of education that integrates the self and...

This accessible and thought-provoking book considers what beginning teachers need to know about learning, teaching, assessment, curriculum and professional development, in the context of teaching mathematics to eleven to nineteen year olds. It is part of a new series of books that has as its starting...

This publication features HiattMichael’s research and practice during thirtyfour years as Professor of Education at the Graduate School of Education and Psychology, Pepperdine University. The chapters represent a range of her major thoughts on teaching, curriculum and familycommunity involvement...

Pupil consultation can lead to a transformation of teacher-pupil relationships, to significant improvements in teachers' practices, and to pupils having a new sense of themselves as members of a community of learners. In England, pupil involvement is at the heart of current government education policy...

The Guided Reader to Teaching and Learning History draws on extracts from the published work of some of the most influential history education writers, representing a range of perspectives from leading classroom practitioners to academic researchers, and highlighting key debates surrounding a central...

Finally, a “how to” book for music teachers. New to Teaching music and Struggling to get your room set up? Frustrated after a year of trial and error? Starting to burn out and need some new ideas to infuse excitement into your programs? Look no further! Help is on the way! Did...