Teaching Methods category: 9681 books
Teaching Beneath His Wings
An Academic Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
This book is to share the experiences of a praying school teacher, to impart the wisdom and knowledge learned along thirty-eight years journey. To inspire those in the classroom not to give up (follow your dream) and remind those considering entering the academy of teaching that it is not an occupation...
Representations of Working in Arts Education
Stories of Learning and Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Arts education provides students with opportunities to build knowledge and skills in self-expression, imagination, creative and collaborative problem solving, and creation of shared meanings. Engagement in arts education has also been said to positively affect overall academic achievement and development...
Digital Citizenship in Action
Empowering Students to Engage in Online Communities
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
For years, much of the available curricula for teaching digital citizenship focused on “don’ts.” Don’t share addresses or phone numbers. Don’t give out passwords. Don’t bully other students. But the conversation then shifted and had many asking, “Why aren’t we teaching kids the power...
Strategies for Teaching Boys and Girls -- Secondary Level
A Workbook for Educators
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2011
In his best-selling classic Boys and Girls Learn Differently, Michael Gurian explained the origin and nature of gender differences in the classroom. His important book explored the behavior teachers observed and the challenges they faced with both boys and girls in their classrooms. Taking the next...
Teaching to Exceed the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards
A Critical Inquiry Approach for 6-12 Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Timely, thoughtful, and comprehensive, this text directly supports pre-service and in-service teachers in developing curriculum and instruction that both addresses and exceeds the requirements of the Common Core State Standards. Adopting a critical inquiry approach, it demonstrates how the Standards’...
1,001 Pearls of Teachers' Wisdom
Quotations on Life and Learning
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
1,001 Pearls of Teachers’ Wisdom is a fun and inspirational book packed with words of wisdom on the art of teaching. With more than three thousand entries, it includes thoughts on the art of teaching from hundreds of teachers, professors, authors, and politicians.
Quotes are drawn from a...
Teaching the American Civil Rights Movement
Freedom's Bittersweet Song
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
The past fifteen years have seen renewed interest in the civil rights movement. Television documentaries, films and books have brought the struggles into our homes and classrooms once again. New evidence in older criminal cases demands that the judicial system reconsider the accuracy of investigations...
Teaching Controversial Issues
The Case for Critical Thinking and Moral Commitment in the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In this book, eminent educational philosopher Nel Noddings and daughter Laurie Brooks explain how teachers can foster critical thinking through the exploration of controversial issues. The emphasis is on the use of critical thinking to understand and collaborate, not simply to win arguments. The authors...
by Bovee and Thill
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
Courtland Bovee and John Thill, the leading college textbook authors in the field of business communication, share instructional insights, offer advice on incorporating social media and other technologies into a business communication course, and provide compelling examples of good and bad business...
The Truth About Teaching
What I Wish the Veterans Had Told Me
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2009
A beautiful gift book that offers encouragement, comfort, and inspiration for new (and veteran) teachers
This beautifully designed book is a celebration of the joys and challenges of the teaching life. Author and veteran educator Coleen Armstrong is a wise, witty, and caring mentor. Her words...
At Play
Teaching Teenagers Theater
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2006
Young people and improvisational theater should be a natural combination—so why do we so rarely find this combo in today's classrooms? According to Elizabeth Swados—playwright, director, composer, poet, author of children's books and of an acclaimed family memoir—improvisational theater is the...
by LessonCaps
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2012
Following Common Core Standards, this lesson plan for teaching about the American Revoltuion is the perfect solution for teachers trying to get ideas for getting students excited about a book.
BookCaps lesson plans cover five days worth of material. It includes a suggested reading schedule, discussion questions, essay topics, homework assignments, and suggested web resources.
The Best Teachers in the World
Why We Don't Have Them and How We Could
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
John Chubb shows how we can raise student achievement to levels comparable to those of the best nations in the world through a radically new strategy for raising teacher quality. He asserts that we must attract and retain much higher caliber individuals in teaching, which we can accomplish by reducing...
by Keith Brindle, Susan Aykin, Steve Eddy
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2015
Exam Board: AQA
Level: GCSE
Subject: English
First Teaching: September 2015
First Exam: June 2017
Target grade improvement at every level and enable each student to reach their potential by boosting the knowledge and skills they need to understand the demands of the new AQA GCSE English Language...