Education - Curricula

"This authored book discussed the 21st Century Skills in Learning (4C's) to offer strategies to teachers and researchers pertaining to social-emotional learning"--Author: Linda B. Pincham, Becky McTagueISBN-10: 1799881180ISBN-13: 9781799881186Publisher: Information Science ReferenceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/06/2021Pages: 204Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.43d

This book contains 119 Kindergarten math lessons for nonverbal and minimally verbal students. Written specifically for students using Soma(R)RPM or respond using options. Common core standards were used to decide the concepts to teach. There are three types of lessons in this book: math,...

This book, the second in the Perspectives on Higher Education series, brings together a number of insights into a key area of higher education: curriculum planning, design, and implementation. This book is designed to provide educators with the knowledge and skills needed to design,...

If you are looking for a remote job, you should definitely read this.In this guide you will finally find the hidden secrets of landing a remote job and take a step closer to your dream remote job!① You will discover the exact steps I...

Provocative, audacious and challenging, this book rejuvenates not only the historical study of law but also the role of Law Schools by asking which stories we tell and which stories we forget. It argues that a historical approach to law should be at the...

This book examines the push and pull of factors contributing to and constraining conversion of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education programs into STEAM (science, technology, engineering, math and arts) education programs. The chapters in this book offer thought-provoking examples, theory, and suggestions...

This edited volume brings together a collection of chapters from leading scholars in rural education with the purpose of linking knowledge from the rural education field to the wider discipline of education studies. Through addressing significant issues in the rural education field, the book...

"This book focuses advancing online course design and pedagogy using learning activities, assessments, engagement, and communication techniques"--Author: Daniel ChathamISBN-10: 1799855996ISBN-13: 9781799855996Publisher: Information Science ReferenceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/04/2021Pages: 408Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.07lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.84d

1. Introduction: Contrasting Perspectives on School Textbook Development and Discourse WorldwidePart 1: The Role of School Textbooks in Developing Nationhood2. "Swedish" values and norms in language courses and social orientation for adult migrants in Sweden - A critical analysis of teaching materials and education...

An indispensable tool for biology teacher educators, researchers, graduate students, and practising teachers, this book presents up-to-date research, addresses common misconceptions, and discusses the pedagogical content knowledge necessary for effective teaching of key topics in biology. Chapters cover core subjects such as molecular biology,...

This Homeschool Log Book is the perfect tool to track and organize details regarding homeschool hours and subjects. This comprehensive tracker will help you record daily start and end times. Plenty of space to document requirements for state laws and jot down planning info.,...

Didaktik and Curriculum in Ongoing Dialogue revives the dialogue between the continental European Didaktik tradition and the Anglo-Saxon tradition of curriculum. It highlights important research findings that bridge cultural differences and argues for a mutual exchange and understanding of ideas. Through analyses of shared...

In 1991 Allan Collins, John Seely Brown and Ann Holum published 'Cognitive Apprenticeship: Making Thinking Visible'. Nearly a quarter of a century later John Tomsett encountered their paper and since then, it has influenced his teaching immeasurably. Collins et al. believed that 'domain (subject)...

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. Combining three conceptually related ideas-complexity theory, transformative learning, and the Community of Inquiry-this novel, highly applicable framework...

This book brings readers into classrooms and communities to explore critical curriculum issues in the United States throughout the twentieth century by focusing in on the voices of teachers, administrators, students, and families. Framed by an enduring question about curriculum, each chapter begins with...

Teaching and Learning the West Point Way is a unique compendium of the best teaching and learning practices from one of the most celebrated and storied undergraduate teaching and learning environments and institutions in America - the United States Military Academy at West Point,...

This book examines the development of civic education in the United States through the lives of two teachers at Shortridge High School (SHS) in Indianapolis around 1900. After situating civic education at the turn-of-the-century, the book describes the career of Laura Donnan-her influences, teaching,...

Focusing on the key skill of understanding and translating theory into practice, this book provides an in-depth exploration and analysis of the key theorists and theories that form the foundation of learning and development in early childhood. The structure of the book mirrors the...

Museums as educational institutions can provide social, aesthetic, and historical meaning to our lives. Bringing schoolchildren to museums on field trips is a traditional way of introducing them to the museum's collections. This book describes a program developed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art...

This open access book provides insight into what it takes to actively involve teachers in the curriculum design process. It examines different aspects of teacher involvement in collaborative curriculum design, with specific attention to its implications for sustainable curriculum innovation and teacher learning. Divided...

Now in its sixth edition, Merryl Goldberg's popular volume Arts Integration presents a comprehensive guide to integrating the arts throughout the K-12 curriculum, blending contemporary theory with classroom practice. Beyond teaching about arts education as a subject in and of itself, the text explains...

This book engages readers via the international contributions from "home" field sites around the world and international authors. Importantly, the various chapters address a wide spectrum of educational contexts - ranging from higher education, to K-12 public and private schools, to prison schools. The...

Integrating theory with practice, this core textbook provides a structured and sequential introduction to motor learning and motor control. Part 1 begins by introducing what motor learning is and how movement is controlled, before exploring how a learning environment may be manipulated to assist...

Magic Forest Academy Stage 2 is an inclusive, full-year, nature-based secular curriculum covering 52 unique themes that naturally flow with the seasons. Written as child-led but adaptable as instructional guides used by Educators, from homeschooling parents to classroom teachers and beyond. Each seasonal bundle...

This book brings together voices and perspectives from across the world and draws in a new generation of curriculum scholars to provide fresh insight into the contemporary field. By opening up Curriculum Studies with contributions from twelve countries--including every continent--the book outlines and exemplifies...

Seventh in a series designed to teach technology by integrating it into classroom inquiry. The choice of hundreds of school districts, private schools and homeschoolers around the world, this nine-volume suite is the all-in-one solution to running an effective, efficient, and fun technology program...

Grammar Galaxy: Blue Star (Volume 5) is a complete language arts curriculum for elementary students (sixth graders or students who have completed Red Star or its equivalent). Short, comical stories teach concepts in a memorable way. Students discover the havoc that ensues when the...

This middle grades curriculum draws from SEL educational standards and addresses social and emotional awareness. In these 15 lessons, students will practice mindfulness skills and explore social-emotional competencies throughout the program. Mindful Choices enables teachers to guide and support students' understanding of emotions, choices,...

A 34-week homeschool keyboarding course that teaches typing to kids and teens that can be used in the classroom or at home. Tests are provided every other week after week 4, along with 4 days of practice each week after each lesson & a...

Improving STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education and strengthening the STEM workforce have long been acknowledged as national priorities. Ceaseless efforts have been made to address these national priorities through educational research, innovative STEM education initiatives, and professional development for teachers. Engaging STEM...

Acknowledging that empowering today's learner to find innovative and enriching experiences brings about a deeper desire within them to learn and develop skills, this book showcases a combination of innovative educational practices and creative pedagogy techniques to demonstrate how educators can kick-start learning success.Author:...

It's Our School, It's Our Time outlines a whole-school approach to teacher-pupil collaboration, illustrating how aspects of social inequality can be addressed by involvement in the school community and active participation in decision-making from an early age. The book presents insights into the psychological...

This book analyzes the murals and texts of the Dunhuang Grottoes, one of the most famous sites of cultural heritage on the Silk Road in Northwest China, from an educational perspective. The Dunhuang Grottoes are well-known in the world for their stunning beauty and...

This book presents a detailed account of a self-study in which the author considers why a developmental perspective matters in language learning within an intercultural orientation, and how teachers of languages might understand and attend to this notion in their work. The discussion is...

Teachers and Homeschool parents love our high-interest, hands-on curriculum including Lapbook Project Pack Unit Study Packs. With this unit study you will be able to teach your classroom or student about the elements of interior design. In interior design, there are many factors that...

Mindful Moods offers teachers a mindful, social emotional learning curriculum for grades 3-5. This curriculum draws from SEL educational standards, addressing emotional and social awareness, an exploration of the impact of emotions on self and our relationships with others, as well as practices of...

This book explores how educators can realize the potential of critical place-based pedagogy. The authors' model leverages the power of technology through strategies such as mobile mapping so that students can read the world and share spatial narratives. The same complexity that makes spaces...

Time in Education: Intertwined Dimensions and Theoretical Possibilities is part of the Garn Press Women Scholars Series. It explores the intersection of literacy and the construct of time within education through the scholarship of Catherine Compton-Lilly, who highlights the complexity of studying learning. In...

This book explores "making" in the school curriculum in a period in which the ability to create and respond to digital artifacts is key and focuses on makerspaces in educational settings. Combining the arts with design to give a fuller picture of the engagement...

This book explores "making" in the school curriculum in a period in which the ability to create and respond to digital artifacts is key and focuses on makerspaces in educational settings. Combining the arts with design to give a fuller picture of the engagement...

A critical and accessible text, this book provides a foundation for translanguaging theory and practice with educating emergent bilingual students. The product of the internationally renowned and trailblazing City University of New York-New York State Initiative on Emergent Bilinguals (CUNY-NYSIEB), this book draws on...

The lives of middle school students are dynamic, and their needs and desires are always evolving. They experience more complicated lives as influences of the broader society including popular media and technology, immigration and cultural diversity, amplified political divisiveness, and bullying effect their daily...

An Integrated Play-Based Curriculum for Young Children, Second Edition explores how to integrate play across the curriculum, helping teachers develop their early childhood curriculum using developmentally and culturally appropriate practice. Distinguished author Olivia N. Saracho offers a theoretical framework for understanding the origins of...

An Integrated Play-Based Curriculum for Young Children, Second Edition explores how to integrate play across the curriculum, helping teachers develop their early childhood curriculum using developmentally and culturally appropriate practice. Distinguished author Olivia N. Saracho offers a theoretical framework for understanding the origins of...

The Waseca Biomes Curriculum Guide maps out how to integrate traditional Montessori lessons and Waseca Biomes lessons and materials. The guide begins with the beginning: the birth of the Universe. It moves through cosmic education and on to the exploration of Earth in the...

What is a child? The concept of childhood is so familiar that we tend to assume its universality. However, the meaning of childhood is always being negotiated, not only by the imaginations of adults, but also by nations, markets, history and children themselves. Yet,...

This open access book addresses how to help students find purpose in a rapidly changing world. In a probing and visionary analysis of the field of global education Fernando Reimers explains how to lead the transformation of schools and school systems in order to...

A major audience for this book is the instructional designer or a person interested in fulfilling that role. The contents guide an individual or a planning team who are designing an instructional unit or a complete instructional program.Author: Jerrold E. KempISBN-10: 1681239760ISBN-13: 9781681239767Publisher: Information...

This open access book offers a comparative study of eight ambitious national reforms that sought to create opportunities for students to gain the necessary breath of skills to thrive in a rapidly changing world. It examines how national governments transform education systems to provide...

Learning to Connect explores how two different teacher education programs-No Excuses Teacher Residency and Progressive Teacher Residency-attempt to prepare preservice teachers for meaningful relationships with students, especially across racial and cultural differences.Author: Victoria Theisen-HomerISBN-10: 1475855427ISBN-13: 9781475855425Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/15/2020Pages: 242Format: HardcoverWeight:...