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Cross-Curricular Teaching and Learning in the Secondary School ... English
The Centrality of Language in Learning
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2010
What is the role of the individual school 'subject' and 'subject teacher' within school? Is it to teach a set of core subject knowledge, skills and understanding in a way that remains faithful to long-standing subject cultures and pedagogies? Or is there another way to consider how the curriculum...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
This landmark volume offers an introduction to the field of teaching Arabic as a foreign or second language. Recent growth in student numbers and the demand for new and more diverse Arabic language programs of instruction have created a need that has outpaced the ability of teacher preparation programs...
Teaching in Further Education
The Inside Story
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015
This realistic, relevant and accessible book explores the teacher’s role and what makes for effective learning and teaching in the further education sector through means of a fictional approach. It provides a series of linked case study chapters, each set in the same fictional institution and each...
Teaching and Learning in a Multilingual School
Choices, Risks, and Dilemmas
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2003
Teaching and Learning in a Multilingual School: Choices, Risks, and Dilemmas is for teachers and teacher educators working in communities that educate children who do not speak English as a first language. At the center of the book are findings from a four-year critical ethnographic case study of...
Using Story
In Higher Education and Professional Development
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010
Story is everywhere in human lives and cultures and it features strongly in the processes of teaching and learning. Story can be called narrative, case study, critical incident, life history, anecdote, scenario, illustration or example, creative writing, storytelling; it is a unit of communication,...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
This landmark volume offers an introduction to the field of teaching Arabic as a foreign or second language. Recent growth in student numbers and the demand for new and more diverse Arabic language programs of instruction have created a need that has outpaced the ability of teacher preparation programs...
by Lucinda Becker, Professor Pam Denicolo
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
This book is designed to take you step by step through each teaching experience you will face. It includes advice, practical exercises, top tips and words of warning on:
- seminar presentations to your peers
- leading undergraduate seminars
- choosing material...
Teaching Undergraduate Science
A Guide to Overcoming Obstacles to Student Learning
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
This book is written for all science or engineering faculty who have ever found themselves baffled and frustrated by their undergraduate students’ lack of engagement and learning. The author, an experienced scientist, faculty member, and educational consultant, addresses these issues with the knowledge...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Questions about what to teach and how best to teach it are what drive professional practice in the English language classroom. Innovation and change in English language education addresses these key questions so that teachers are able to understand and manage change to organise teaching and learning...
Towards Inclusive Learning in Higher Education
Developing Curricula for Disabled Students
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
It is widely recognised that the provision of an inclusive education is critical to maintaining high standards of learning and teaching for all students in higher education - a fact that is backed up by recent introduction of legislation and best practice guidelines around the world.
This book...
Argumentation in Higher Education
Improving Practice Through Theory and Research
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
Argumentation in Higher Education offers professors, lecturers and researchers informative guidance for teaching effective argumentation skills to their undergraduate and graduate students. This professional guide aims to make the complex topic of argumentation open and transparent. Grounded in empirical...
Special Educational Needs for Qualified and Trainee Teachers
A practical guide to the new changes
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
This completely revised and updated edition, previously published as Special Educational Needs for NQTs and TAs, addresses the latest Teachers’ Standards, and their application in meeting the most recent developments and changes in the special educational needs system and the new SEN Code of Practice.
Essential...
Social Media in Higher Education
Teaching in Web 2.0
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
In today’s businesses and society, social media continues to play a vital role in the transformation of communication into an interactive dialogue. The success of social media has encouraged the integration of these aspects in higher education teaching practices. Social Media in Higher Education:...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Research on middle level education indicates that student learning at the middle level has a deep and abiding influence on postsecondary opportunities and career paths. As research continues to highlight the urgency of engaging middle level students in academic learning, it is increasingly clear that...