Education - Curricula

How to optimize educational spaces and teaching practices for more effective learning Author David Thornburg, an award-winning futurist and educational consultant, maintains that in order to engage all students, learning institutions should offer a balance of Campfire spaces (home of the lecture), Watering Holes...

Attention all parents and educators! Are you looking for a comprehensive and effective reading resource to help your students master vowel teams and gain confidence in their reading skills in just fifteen minutes a day? Look no further than our new decodable reading book,...

Engaging Minds: Cultures of Education and Practices of Teaching explores the diverse beliefs and practices that define the current landscape of formal education. The 3rd edition of this introduction to interdisciplinary studies of teaching and learning to teach is restructured around four prominent historical...

This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education for learner support. Develop understanding of underpinning theory with further practice questions and activities This Workbook provides additional support with practical exam-style questions for Cambridge IGCSE(TM) Information and Communication Technology syllabus. - Develop a deep...

Enrichment is not a Packet provides educators with meaningful and practical strategies for engaging and challenging their highly capable learners. In it educators will discover approaches to offer choices within the classroom in ways that will allow the daily routine to run more smoothly....

With increasing diversity and widening disparities in the United States and globally there are significant challenges and opportunities throughout the educational landscape. Today's educational stakeholders, particulary public school administrators and teachers, must re-envision education and collectively build equity-centered systems, structures, and practices. Confronting systemic...

This book explores the contribution to education contained in the theoretical work and teaching practice of Matthew Lipman (1923-2010) and Ann Margaret Sharp (1942-2010). Their long-lasting cooperation gave rise to the well-known "Philosophy for Children" (P4C) curriculum, which is nowadays globally widespread. P4C basically...

This volume presents a systematic approach to developing advanced English language competence at tertiary level. It includes the reflections of experienced language teachers and teacher-researchers in the English Language Competence programme at the University of Vienna and provides examples of good practice, amalgamating teaching...

This book brings together significant international research in technology education through a focus on contemporary Ph.D. theses. It highlights the conceptual underpinnings and methodology of each research project and elaborates on how the findings are relevant for practitioners. This book addresses the common disjunction...

Students who self-regulate are more likely to improve their academic performance, find value in their learning process, and continue to be effective lifelong learners. However, online students often struggle to self-regulate, which may contribute to lower academic performance. Likewise, less experienced online teachers who...

The Magic Mountain(R) Curriculum Guide is part of an educational program Pre-K - 5th grade, ages 4 - 11 designed to lead teachers and students through an eight-week study of art, music and outdoor education using the book A SONG AND STORY OF MAGIC...

Interest by American educators in the Holocaust has increased exponentially during the second half of the twentieth century. In 1960 the Holocaust was barely being addressed in American public schools. Yet by the 1990s several states had mandated the teaching of the event. Drawing...

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...

The mission of higher education in the 21st century must address the reconciliation of student learning and experiences through the lens of indigenous education and frameworks. Higher learning institutions throughout the oceanic countries have established frameworks for addressing indigeneity through the infusion of an...

What if you could challenge your tenth graders to think about how innovation can make the world a better place for humans, while finding ways to sustain progress and conserve resources? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Rebuilding...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

The book argues that academics, academic developers and academic leaders need to undertake curriculum work in their institutions that has the potential to disrupt common sense notions about curriculum and create spaces for engagement with scholarly concepts and theories, to re-imagine curricula for the...

This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the full syllabus for examination from 2023. Written by renowned expert authors, our updated resources enable the learner to effectively navigate through the content of the updated Cambridge IGCSE(TM) Information and Communication Technology...

This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education for learner support. Consolidate understanding of a full range of software functions with further practice questions and activities This Workbook provides additional support with practical exam-style questions for the Cambridge IGCSE(TM) Information and Communication Technology...

This is an essential, practical resource for pre- and in-service educators on creating contexts for success for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. Based on the latest research and practice, this book provides an in-depth understanding of the colonised context within which education in...

Organized by the National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME), this volume explores the organic relationship between the past, present, and future of the discipline. In particular, the book addresses the various forms of recent social upheaval, from educational inequities and growing economic divides to...

The Yes They Can method was born out of my desire to better serve preschoolers with 'challenging' behaviors. As a fierce advocate of 'feelings are always okay', I never liked things such as, time out chairs, or banging erasers. As a Montessori guide, I...

Includes constructivist education approaches rooted in action, activity, interaction, discourse, inquiry, and learning originating from culture and individual experienceExamines the competing demands of accountability and meaningful, engaged learning in the classroomConsiders educational reforms of recent years to set a context for juxtaposing cognitive theory...

The purpose of this book is to give parents the tools they need to help solidify academic skills by strengthening the basic skills taught in the previous school year. Giving short daily lessons to help reinforce basic skills throughout the summer months will help...

At Plain and Not So Plain Academy we believe that learning at home should be an enjoyable time between you and your child. Not something that they dread because they have hundreds of repetition problems to do over and over again. Plain and Not...

Take your beginning chemistry students farther than you ever imagined The Intuitive Chemistry books start with the traditional chemistry curriculum, and modify it in three unique ways. Uses the Ross model of the atom, a simplified version of the atom that "works" the way...

This book contains 50 short lessons for non-speaking and unreliable speaking students from all different subject matter. It is most appropriate for students 9 years and older. To have the most success with helping a student develop his or her skill, it is advised...

Curriculum compacting is one of the most well-researched and commonly used ways of differentiating instruction to challenge advanced learners. This practical and inexpensive method of differentiating both content and instruction enables classroom teachers to streamline the regular curriculum, ensure students' mastery of basic skills,...

Audrey Quinlan has created a unique instrument that focuses on a developmental perspective of the use of rubrics to assess student work. This teacher-friendly text allows the educator to create a unique and informative assessment for children's work through the rubric process. Additionally, each...

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 -...

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

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

Essentially a complete teacher's manual for the novel, this LitPlan Teacher Pack includes lesson plans and reproducible resource materials for Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell. It includes: Daily Lessons, Short answer study questions, Multiple choice quiz questions, Vocabulary worksheets for each...

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

Essentially a complete teacher's manual for the novel, this LitPlan Teacher Pack includes lesson plans and reproducible resource materials for Ann Frank: Diary Of A Young Girl. It includes: Daily Lessons, Short answer study questions, Multiple choice quiz questions, Vocabulary worksheets for each reading...

Reading and Listening Comprehension workbook grade 4, the second edition, contains passages that will enhance the reading skills of students. This book contains comprehension skills, figurative language, and vocabulary.Author: Cynthia O. SmithISBN-10: 1537243527ISBN-13: 9781537243528Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/22/2016Pages: 90Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 11.00h...

Good teaching does not just happen during classroom instruction. The instructional design practices teachers participate in outside of instruction can have impact on potential learning opportunities that take place during class time. Lesson planning is one of those practices that can improve a teacher's...

Demonstrate how teachers can use a "conceptual lens" to design instructional units and differentiated lessons that deepen students' thinking skills and inspire a genuine love of learning.Author: H. Lynn EricksonISBN-10: 1412966272ISBN-13: 9781412966276Publisher: Corwin PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2008Pages: 82Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 10.70h x 8.40w x 0.30d

Traci Gardner offers practical tips, starting points, and a companion website to help secondary and college teachers design effective writing assignments. Effective student writing begins with well-designed classroom assignments. In Designing Writing Assignments, veteran educator Traci Gardner offers practical ways for teachers to develop...

This BINGO game will help your students learn the Spanish and English names for 70 animals. Your students will learn about the gato (cat), perro (dog), medusa (jellyfish), lagarto (lizard), hormiga (ant), serpiente (snake), rana (frog), chicken (gallina), fly (mosca), skunk (mofeta), and many...

This BINGO game will help your students learn the Spanish and English names for 70 food and drinks. Your students will learn about the manzana (apple), leche (milk), huevo (egg), refresco (soda), cacahuete (peanut), rosquilla (donut), and many others. Perfect for ESL students learning...

The education of young people is context bound. This edited volume explores the contexts that characterise South and South East Asia and their influence on social studies education. There is not a single context across this broad geographical expanse, rather different religions, different political...

Offering unique theoretical perspectives, autobiographical insights and narrative accounts from elementary and secondary educators, this monograph illustrates the need for teachers to engage critically with counter-stories as they teach to issues including colonization, war, and genocide. Juxtaposing Pinar's concept of ethical self-encounters with theories...

This updated third edition of Curriculum: From Theory to Practice provides an introduction to curriculum theory and how it relates to classroom practice. Wesley Null builds upon recent developments while continuing to provide a unique organization of the curriculum field composed of five traditions:...

"The purpose of this book is to communicate how to increase science educators' understanding of the needs of digital age learners, develop theoretical and practical teaching strategies that align with science content, and integrate technologies for learning seamlessly"--Author: Sumreen AsimISBN-10: 1668455854ISBN-13: 9781668455852Publisher: IGI GlobalLanguage:...

Unbleaching the Curriculum investigates curriculum design, pedagogical omissions, and suppressed contributions of minoritized groups in schools and society to create greater diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).Author: Greg Wiggan, Annette Teasdell, Marcia J. Watson-VanDiverISBN-10: 1475871015ISBN-13: 9781475871012Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/09/2023Pages: 170Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.57lbsSize:...

Higher education is characterized by ubiquitous digital technologies and e-learning that are inevitably influencing the development of core competencies and professional skills requirements. There is a need to focus on the synergy between responsive curriculum implementation and e-learning delivery in the context of effective...

Within the discipline of special education is academically gifted education, and this distinct area is not typically required as a topic of focus in traditional teacher preparation programs for regular education teachers. Therefore, it is essential that current research is conducted and published that...

Open a very special delivery and start experimenting! The Science Box is a perfect resource for any teacher who has ever been excited-or challenged-by the thought of teaching science. It provides primary educators with a no-sweat solution for teaching engaging science lessons that will...