Teaching Methods category: 9681 books
Exploring Mathematics and Science Teachers' Knowledge
Windows into teacher thinking
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Globally, mathematics and science education faces three crucial challenges: an increasing need for mathematics and science graduates; a declining enrolment of school graduates into university studies in these disciplines; and the varying quality of school teaching in these areas. Alongside these challenges,...
Teaching and Learning Signed Languages
International Perspectives and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2014
Teaching and Learning Signed Languages examines current practices, contexts, and the research nexus in the teaching and learning of signed languages, offering a contemporary, international survey of innovations in this field.
On Developing Readers
Readings from Educational Leadership (EL Essentials)
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
This collection of articles on the teaching of reading pulls together some of the best—and most clicked-on—articles on reading that Educational Leadership has published in the past few years from more than a dozen of the most respected experts in the field, including Richard L. Allington, Nell...
Curriculum Integration in Contemporary Teaching Practice
Emerging Research and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2017
Teaching and learning practices that are interconnected and value all subject areas benefit K-12 students by supporting creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration. Curriculum Integration in Contemporary Teaching Practice: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an essential scholarly...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
This textbook supports your initial teacher education by providing guidance and insight into the professional knowledge and understanding, skills and abilities, and values and commitments necessary in order to succeed in the primary classroom.
Coverage includes:
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Adapted Primary Literature
The Use of Authentic Scientific Texts in Secondary Schools
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2015
This book specifies the foundation for Adapted Primary Literature (APL), a novel text genre that enables the learning and teaching of science using research articles that were adapted to the knowledge level of high-school students. More than 50 years ago, J.J. Schwab suggested that Primary Scientific...
Engaging Writers with Multigenre Research Projects
A Teacher's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Multigenre research projects affirm students’ home cultures while developing important academic skills consistent with the Common Core State Standards in reading and writing. This book will guide teachers in assigning, scaffolding, and assessing multigenre research assignments, including how...
Multimodal Composing in Classrooms
Learning and Teaching for the Digital World
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Taking a close look at multimodal composing as an essential new literacy in schools, this volume draws from contextualized case studies across educational contexts to provide detailed portraits of teachers and students at work in classrooms. Authors elaborate key issues in transforming classrooms...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
One of the most important aspects of a comprehensive education involves teaching students to analyze arguments and form their own opinions based on available information. Visual and graphical mapping strategies are useful in helping students to consider problems from a variety of perspectives. Cases...
Foundations of Primary Mathematics Education
An introduction to curriculum, pedagogy and content
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2019
Many pre-service teachers admit to feeling unsure about the mathematics they will have to teach in primary school. Others find it difficult to know how to apply the theories of teaching and learning they study in other courses to the teaching of mathematics.
This book begins by outlining some...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
As new and emerging technologies continue to become more familiar to educators and the education system, the vast opportunities for web-based learning has transformed the ideals of the traditional classroom. Pedagogical Considerations and Opportunities for Teaching and Learning on the Web concentrates...
Teaching Challenging Texts
Fiction, Non-fiction, and Multimedia
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2013
Teaching Challenging Texts shows how to increase reading comprehension and enhance student engagement, even with the most challenging texts. Every chapter features ready-to-use, research-based lessons, replete with explicit instructions, handouts, Common Core correlations, and assessments.
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by Dustin De Felice, Ashley Kendell, James Fetterman
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
Teaching with Technology 2013: Educators Talking TechWritten By Sheila Conrad, Raneen Elbakry, James Fetterman, Julie Fleischman, Ashley Kendell & Kathryn WellerEdited By Dustin De FeliceCover Design by Julie FleischmanIn this volume, you will read the words and stories of educators...
East Meets West in Teacher Preparation
Crossing Chinese and American Borders
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
East Meets West in Teacher Preparation gives voice to an increasing number of teacher educators from China teaching in America’s universities. With this unique book, American educators can learn about Chinese educational thinking and practices directly from those who have personal and professional...