Special Education category: 3739 books
Educating the More Able Student
What works and why
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
An unprecedented collaboration between leading names from the independent and state sectors, this thought-provoking book addresses the current crisis in education for the most able.
Grounded in the classroom, the authors draw on their own first-hand experiences and international research to...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2007
Science is central to our modern technological society, yet many of the most able pupils who could become the scientists of tomorrow turn away from science as soon as they have a choice in their studies. Science is often seen to be difficult or boring, and fails to engage or challenge those who are...
by Tim Tipene
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Warrior Kids is a pioneering programme that over the past 17 years has empowered thousands of children across New Zealand, many of them from challenged backgrounds. Focusing on bringing out the warrior within, the programme draws upon Maori concepts of the warrior and Eastern martial arts in a non-aggressive...
Foucault and School Leadership Research
Bridging Theory and Method
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Foucault and School Leadership Research illustrates the application of Foucauldian theory to an educational leadership research context, thus staging the ways a researcher negotiates the methodological tensions and contradictions in the conduct of qualitative inquiry within education research.
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by David H Hargreaves, Stephen Hester, Frank J Mellor
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
A large number of pupils are, or are liable to become, disaffected with their schooling. In this comprehensive account of the problem, Ken Reid suggests that school can and should do much more to prevent and overcome disaffected behaviour, as manifested by such factors as absenteeism, disruption and...
by Richard Gentry, Jan McNeel, Vickie Wallace-Nesler
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
Inspire students to develop as writers in the sixth grade classroom with these engaging and creative writing lessons. This classroom-tested resource shows positive results in students' writing and simplifies the planning of writing instruction. It contains detailed information on how to establish...
Understanding Developmental Disorders of Auditory Processing, Language and Literacy Across Languages
Understanding Developmental Disorders of Auditory Processing, Language and Literacy Across Languages
International Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Understanding Developmental Disorders of Auditory Processing, Language and Literacy Across Languages Auditory processing disorders, reading and writing disorders, language disorders, and other related disorders these disorders seem distinct among one another from historical and professional practice...
by Gerald Grace
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
Gerald Grace here explores the concept of role conflict and the current theorizing about the problems of the teacher’s role. He investigates four potential problem areas – role diffuseness, role vulnerability, role commitment versus career orientation, and value conflict – in a sample of one...
Stop. Right. Now.
The 39 Stops to Making Schools Better
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2018
In Stop. Right. Now. authors and education leaders Jimmy Casas and Jeffrey Zoul identify 39 practices, programs, processes, philosophies, and people problems that schools must eliminate in order to improve education for students—and the the entire school community. The status quo and average results...
Pre-Schoolers with Autism
An Education and Skills Training Programme for Parents - Manual for Parents
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2005
The title is an effective, manualized parent education programme'
- Educational Book Review
This ground-breaking training programme has been developed in response to a real need for evidence-based early interventions for very young autistic children.
Authoritative and extensively...
Unlocking the Moviemaking Mind
Tales of Voice, Vision, and Video from K-12 Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2014
Have you ever had an idea for a book, a movie, or a TV show? Chances are that you’ve had many. Today’s students, who are coming of age in a world that is increasingly mediated by smartphones, pads, pods, apps, and the Internet, are even more likely to think of their lives and experiences in terms...
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...
DRAGONS & DAISIES
KEYS TO RESOLVE BAFFLING BEHAVIOR IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2015
Written by Letha Marchetti, leading neurodevelopmental occupational therapist Letha Marchetti, Dragons & Daisies: Keys to Resolve Baffling Behavior In Early Childhood Education is a real find! Teaching children to master self-control is the heart of this book and Letha's work. The activities...
Deaf Cognition
Foundations and Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
Deaf Cognition examines the cognitive underpinnings of deaf individuals' learning. Marschark and Hauser have brought together scientists from different disciplines, which rarely interact, to share their ideas and create this book. It contributes to the science of learning by describing and testing...