Education - Curricula

In this book John A. Weaver suggests curriculum studies scholars need to engage more in science matters. It offers a review of science studies writing from Ludwick Fleck and Thomas Kuhn to Philip Mirowski. The volume includes chapters on the rhetoric of science with...

Features: The Keys to Strategies for Language InstructionWith an emphasis on the need for instructors to possess a wide variety of strategies, substantial time is devoted to modeling the kind of thinking that skillful instructors employ to decide how learning can best be facilitated....

A global citizen is an individual who believes in a public responsibility for their local community to grow and interconnect amongst the world's diverse people and things. Global citizenship education is a fast-moving process that continues to intertwine communities all over the world. As...

What if you could challenge your 10th graders to develop a product or process that helps people embrace diet and exercise and has a positive impact on society? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Healthy Living outlines a...

Essentially a complete teacher's manual for the novel, this LitPlan Teacher Pack includes lesson plans and reproducible resource materials for Tangerine by Richard Bloor. It includes: Daily Lessons, Short answer study questions, Multiple choice quiz questions, Vocabulary worksheets for each reading assignment, 3 detailed...

A comprehensive look at the 20th century decade by decade for high school students, adults, and advanced middle school students. Come explore the 20th Century with me! At the beginning of the twentieth century, men were still getting around on horses, excited about new...

Many teachers leverage their assets to adopt changes using small but meaningful changes that go beyond "box-checking" and encourage authentic learning and engagement. This book celebrates teachers' small steps by sharing examples of these excellent small changes.Author: Lauren MaddenISBN-10: 1538191660ISBN-13: 9781538191668Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield...

Complementing the second edition of The Parallel Curriculum, this guide offers workshops, scripts, agendas, activities, and more for facilitating professional development on the Parallel Curriculum Model.Author: Cindy a. Strickland, Katherine Tuchman GlassISBN-10: 1412963818ISBN-13: 9781412963817Publisher: Corwin PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2009Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.20lbsSize: 10.90h x 8.40w...

In this student-centered book, Debrah C. Sickler-Voigt provides proven tips and innovative methods for teaching, managing, and assessing all aspects of art instruction and student learning in today's diversified educational settings, from pre-K through high school. Up-to-date with the current National Visual Arts Standards,...

This book offers a new perspective on argumentative writing in grades 9-12, a set of principled practices, and case studies of excellent teaching to guide educators in using research-based knowledge to foster thoughtful writing and analytic thinking in high school classrooms.Author: George Newell, David...

This essential science methods resource integrates principles of learning and motivation with practical teaching ideas for the elementary and middle school science classroom. It employs project-based learning (PBL) to enable educators to engage their students in meaningful, real-world questioning about the world. It provides...

This book traces the historical development of the World History course as it has been taught in high school classrooms in Texas, a populous and nationally influential state, over the last hundred years. Author: Stephen JacksonISBN-10: 1032347732ISBN-13: 9781032347738Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/27/2024Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize:...

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Being numerate involves more than mastering basic mathematics. Numeracy connects the mathematics learned at school with out-of-school situations that require capabilities such as problem solving, critical judgment, and sense-making related to non-mathematical contexts. This book provides prospective and practising teachers with practical, research-based strategies...

First Published in 1999. The majority of pupils who are deaf or hearing impaired are educated in mainstream classes. This means that mainstream teachers will not only come into contact with these pupils, but will have the responsibility for teaching them. There is a...

Organized by region, this edited collection provides a comprehensive look at how teacher education has evolved regionally and nationally in Canada. Author: Theodore Michael ChristouISBN-10: 1138221023ISBN-13: 9781138221024Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/24/2017Pages: 288Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.23lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

The first and only volume to collect the essays of the seminal curriculum theorist, Dwayne E. Huebner, edited and introduced by William F. Pinar.Author: Dwayne HuebnerISBN-10: 0805825339ISBN-13: 9780805825336Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/1999Pages: 500Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.19lbsSize: 9.46h x 6.12w x 1.45d

Teaching U.S. History is a must read for any aspiring or current teacher who wants to think critically about how to teach U.S. history and make historical discussions come alive in our schools' classrooms.Author: Diana TurkISBN-10: 041595469XISBN-13: 9780415954693Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2009Pages: 232Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.37lbsSize:...

This book provides an evaluation and appreciation of the learning, teaching and instruction that can occur in digital environments. Mass media accounts of digital culture are invariably predicated on a technologically determinist vision, on the one hand promoting a utopian view of the future...

Young Citizens of the World takes a clear stance: Social studies is about citizenship education that is informed, deliberative, and activist--citizenship not only as a noun, something one studies, but as a verb, something one DOES. Its holistic, multicultural approach is based on this...

By repositioning democratic education not as something that can be achieved by following a certain, proven process, but as an inherently paradoxical enterprise in its dealings with the tension between schooling as the intentional production of citizens and the uncertainties of democracy, an alternative...

This text introduces engaging, innovative pedagogy for putting active and dramatic approaches to learning and teaching into action and invites readers to apply these principles as they plan for their own classroom contexts.Author: Brian EdmistonISBN-10: 0415530989ISBN-13: 9780415530989Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/16/2013Pages: 368Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.41lbsSize: 9.10h...

Creating Transformative Online Communities in Higher Education provides a practical approach for building authentic learning experiences into the design and delivery of online teaching and learning systems.Author: Patrick R. DempseyISBN-10: 0367482703ISBN-13: 9780367482701Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/29/2021Pages: 116Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d

Learn how to incorporate rigorous activities in your math or science classroom and help students reach higher levels of learning. Expert educators Barbara R. Blackburn and Abbigail Armstrong offer a practical framework for understanding rigor and provide specialized examples for elementary math and science...

Are you looking to construct a lesson plan that will help K-12 students master new content, concepts, and skills? Lesson Planning: A Research-based Model for K-12 Classrooms can help by guiding you in the selection of research-based instructional strategies and types of materials designed...

Author: Lorraine CrossISBN-10: 1323901876ISBN-13: 9781323901878Publisher: Pearson Learning SolutionsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/28/2018Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.30lbsSize: 9.80h x 8.00w x 0.60d

This volume from the Adolescence and Education series explores how we conceptualize and approach equity-oriented positive youth development (PYD) today, both in theory and practice. PYD is a prosocial approach that leverages youth's assets to organize programs, services, and supports to maximize their development....

Assumptions: Complexity, Practice and Values delves into the empirical and theoretical aspects of assumptions in evaluation, offering methodologies to identify and categorize them, and exploring how they influence evaluations and each other. It provides practical guidance for evaluators to help stakeholders identify priorities and...

Assumptions: Complexity, Practice and Values delves into the empirical and theoretical aspects of assumptions in evaluation, offering methodologies to identify and categorize them, and exploring how they influence evaluations and each other. It provides practical guidance for evaluators to help stakeholders identify priorities and...

Translanguaging Perspectives on Writing Development and Pedagogy takes up translanguaging perspectives on writing development and writing pedagogies across a variety of contexts. The chapters explore how a translanguaging lens - which is rooted in the idea that bi/multilingual people draw from an integrated repertoire...

Translanguaging Perspectives on Writing Development and Pedagogy takes up translanguaging perspectives on writing development and writing pedagogies across a variety of contexts. The chapters explore how a translanguaging lens - which is rooted in the idea that bi/multilingual people draw from an integrated repertoire...

Making School with Children: Engaging Learners to Think Critically envisions a hopeful future where communities unite to support one another and create a better world. Inspired by Comber's (2016) reminder that young people should learn to work for justice from the outset of schooling,...

Making School with Children: Engaging Learners to Think Critically envisions a hopeful future where communities unite to support one another and create a better world. Inspired by Comber's (2016) reminder that young people should learn to work for justice from the outset of schooling,...

This volume from the Adolescence and Education series explores how we conceptualize and approach equity-oriented positive youth development (PYD) today, both in theory and practice. PYD is a prosocial approach that leverages youth's assets to organize programs, services, and supports to maximize their development....

This workbook contains 122 worksheets to engage your students in creative writing. Each page has a cute picture and eight questions to help your students think and write about airplanes, alligators, America, ants, babies, backpacks, barbecuing, baseball, bicycles, books, bulls, butterflies, cards, cars, cartwheels,...

Academic Integrity Meets Artificial Intelligence examines academic integrity practices in higher education institutions (HEIs) in the Caribbean, assessing the current and potential impact of generative artificial intelligence tools on academic integrity and how HEIs globally have been responding. Using the Academic Integrity Rating Scale...

Research-based strategies for creating inclusive higher education spaces that encourage Latina student success in engineering and computer science In Supporting Latina Students in Engineering and Computing, Sarah L. Rodriguez presents a series of evidence-based strategies to foster a sense of belonging and inclusion among...

CSI Today consists of many techniques of Crime Investigation that can help Investigators while doing criminal investigations. It has detailed information about the fields of Police Enforcement and their work opportunities. This Blog site is a good reference for the procedures of everyday investigations...

Space science activities for elementary school students. Contains teacher guide, reproducible student worksheets, alignment chart for NGSS and CC Math and ELA. Meets NGSS Grade 1 Earth's Place in the Universe Performance Expectations. Fun STEM and STEAM activities for your class.Author: Chanda Cummings, Erika...

Intended for advanced junior high and high school students, this highly detailed American history textbook offers a deep and engaging study of the early years of the American experiment. It additionally incorporates a thorough education in civics, including an extensive exploration of the formation...

Thinking for Learning looks at the place of different thinking skills approaches in delivering a twenty-first century education. It is a practical book held together by an extensive range of detailed case studies. The authors have skilfully collected the arguments for and against a...

The Mighty Fun Activities for Practising Times Tables series uses superheroes to motivate children to practise all of the skills needed to solve multiplication, division and word based times table problems. Superheroes appeal to even the most reluctant of learners and instil a positive...

Be a Winner! is your chance to learn from veteran science teachers about the secrets to successful grant writing. Formatted as a handy workbook, this practical book takes you step by step through the writing process. You ll learn the top 10 reasons to...

Essentially a complete teacher's manual for the work, this LitPlan Teacher Pack includes lesson plans and reproducible resource materials for Medea by Euripides. It includes: Daily Lessons, Short answer study questions, Multiple choice quiz questions, Vocabulary worksheets for each reading assignment, 3 detailed writing...

Each Puzzle Pack contains a variety of puzzles, worksheets, and games to reinforce important content like characters' names, places, symbols, and important details as well as vocabulary words within the text. Includes: Crosswords - Word Searches - Matching - Fill In The Blanks -...

Each Puzzle Pack contains a variety of puzzles, worksheets, and games to reinforce important content like characters' names, places, symbols, and important details as well as vocabulary words within the text. Includes: Crosswords - Word Searches - Matching - Fill In The Blanks -...

Each Puzzle Pack contains a variety of puzzles, worksheets, and games to reinforce important content like characters' names, places, symbols, and important details as well as vocabulary words within the text. Includes: Crosswords - Word Searches - Matching - Fill In The Blanks -...

Each Puzzle Pack contains a variety of puzzles, worksheets, and games to reinforce important content like characters' names, places, symbols, and important details as well as vocabulary words within the text. Includes: Crosswords - Word Searches - Matching - Fill In The Blanks -...

Each Puzzle Pack contains a variety of puzzles, worksheets, and games to reinforce important content like characters' names, places, symbols, and important details as well as vocabulary words within the text. Includes: Crosswords - Word Searches - Matching - Fill In The Blanks -...

Each Puzzle Pack contains a variety of puzzles, worksheets, and games to reinforce important content like characters' names, places, symbols, and important details as well as vocabulary words within the text. Includes: Crosswords - Word Searches - Matching - Fill In The Blanks -...