Education - Curricula

The quality of students' learning experiences is a critical concern for all educational institutions. With the assistance of modern technological advances, educational establishments have the capability to better understand the strengths and weaknesses of their learning programs. Impact of Learning Analytics on Curriculum Design...

As individuals progress through each stage of life, they continue to learn and grow intellectually. However, what may be a conducive learning environment for a child may not be as effective for an adult, creating a need to understand how to aid adults in...

Diverse learners with exceptional needs require a specialized curriculum that will help them to develop, socially and intellectually, in a way that traditional pedagogical practice is unable to fulfill. As educational technologies and theoretical approaches to learning continue to advance, so do the opportunities...

The flipped classroom method, particularly when used with digital video, has recently attracted many supporters within the education field. Now more than ever, language arts educators can benefit tremendously from incorporating flipped classroom techniques into their curriculum. Applying the Flipped Classroom Model to English...

What features make informative/expository writing strong? How do writers craft informational text to make them powerful? This Big Book and supporting mentor texts provide many examples of strongly crafted informational texts to help students answer these questions. With all the small books written by...

Investigating Family, Food, and Housing Themes in Social Studies asks students to critically examine their own culture by contrasting it with the daily lives of average people in the past. What people ate, where people lived, and the functions of families are examined and...

This book introduces a thematic approach to social history that connects the past to the daily lives of students. Historical overviews of vacation and manners spanning from the ancient world to twentieth century United States provide detailed context for the teacher, emphasize issues related...

Stories have great power. This book attempts to harness that power to help students grow and develop as writers. It argues that stories and narratives can be utilized in the composition classroom, specifically first-year composition (FYC) to break down barriers. Throughout a given semester,...

"There is a freshness to Purcell and Leppien′s approach transforming the curriculum into a platform for active investigation of our rapidly changing world. Your learners become 21st-century social scientists as they engage in probing timely issues and problems."--Heidi Hayes Jacobs, Curriculum Expert and AuthorPresident,...

Leading writing experts Ruth Culham and Libby Jachles provide literature and lessons for narrative, informational, and opinion writing. Modes in Focus is designed to support educators and students with ready-to-use lessons, mentor texts, teaching tools, and more. Each grade level kit includes six mentor...

Leading writing experts Ruth Culham and Libby Jachles provide literature and lessons for narrative, informational, and opinion writing. Modes in Focus is designed to support educators and students with ready-to-use lessons, mentor texts, teaching tools, and more. Each grade level kit includes six mentor...

James Britton's work addresses central educational questions that are as relevant today as they were half a century ago. This carefully curated collection of Britton's key writings renders his work accessible to today's students, educators and researchers.Author: Myra BarrsISBN-10: 1032874856ISBN-13: 9781032874852Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/27/2024Pages:...

This volume explores unschooling as a growing phenomenon within the broader field of home education and considers the unique position of parents who engage in this self-directed form of education with their children. Author: Khara Schonfeld-KaranISBN-10: 1032076550ISBN-13: 9781032076553Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/27/2024Pages: 248Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize:...

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,...

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,...

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,...

This lesson plan is a guide to support the corresponding Silly Nomads Volume 3 book -Silly Nomads Jubilee Bike Race Heroes. It is suitable for use with students in Grades 3-5. It is a flexible plan with a variety of options from which to...

This lesson plan is a guide to support the corresponding Silly Nomads Volume 2 Book-Silly Nomads Go Ninja Crazy. It is suitable for use with students in Grades 3-5. It is a flexible plan with a variety of options from which to choose based...

This lesson plan is a guide to support the corresponding Silly Nomads Volume 1 book-Silly Nomads From Palmerston Close. It is suitable for use with students in Grades 3-5. It is a flexible plan with a variety of options from which to choose based...

This new compilation of ideas and suggestions is drawn from the Tips column in THE BOOK REPORT: The Magazine for Secondary School Library Media and Technology Specialists. Receive collegial support, ideas, and inspiration from your professional peers - over 800 ideas organized in nine...

The authors deliver concise annotations of 85 picture books; notations about the illustrative elements found in each book are followed by novel, theme, and curriculum connections. A chart is included, showing how each of the tides connects to different areas of the curriculum. Practical...

Now More Than Ever: Social Studies in the 21st Century examines the state of social studies and history education in America while laying out an ambitious program of reform and rejuvenation. In this work Dr. Bryant presents three strategies for reinvigorating the study and...

Using a biographical approach, this book examines Frank Aydelotte's enduring contributions to English studies in America and the various social, cultural, educational, and personal forces that shaped his pedagogy. Educated at Harvard and Indiana, Aydelotte's seminal experience was becoming a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford...

How can we teach better quicker?In Powerful Pedagogy, Ruth Powley, Love Learning Ideas blogger and experienced teacher and school leader, debunks teaching and learning myths and shows how the more we know about pedagogy, the more able we are to make informed and efficient...

Treasure Hunt - A.C.T.S. in Action - B3 (Year 2, Quarter 3)Set sail on a high-seas adventure and discover the greatest treasure of all.Treasure Hunt is the third quarter of Year 2 in the A.C.T.S. in Action curriculum, a three-year Apostolic Sunday School program...

This is the definitive resource for students and early childhood professionals seeking to understand meaningful play experiences for younger children. Covering ages 0-8, this comprehensive guide explores what play in early childhood is, why it matters, and where and how it happens. With fully...

Nurturing Young Thinkers Across the Standards: K-2 provides multiple practical resources to assist teachers in working with standards across subject areas in ways that bring critical thinking into the everyday process of learning content and skills. The authors provide suggestions for engaging and sustaining...

Published with the Centre for Independent Studies, Sydney. Are we spending more on education only to learn less?This provocative anthology brings together forty-six influential essays published with the Centre for Independent Studies - Australia's leading independent voice on education reform. Written by education scholars,...

Introducing the Liberal Arts: A Guidebook for English Learners offers students a broad introduction to the essential disciplines of a Liberal Arts education. Covering Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences, each of the 31 chapters--written by experienced professors--guides readers through subjects ranging from English Literature...

Drawing from a comprehensive collection of university-funded teaching development projects, this edited volume explores the theories and practices behind developing pedagogies through Lesson Study for a 21st-century curriculum. Author: Eric C. K. ChengISBN-10: 103244827XISBN-13: 9781032448275Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/30/2025Pages: 238Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w...

This book addresses student passivity in teacher education. Using a developed metaphor, the author critically examines the use of authentic learning to design and implement learning experiences for preservice teachers, and reveals the opportunities and limitations of a focus on authenticity.This book prepares teachers...

The book presents an innovative Multidimensional Curriculum Model that develops future thinking literacy among all ages and levels of school students. It combines theory and practice with each chapter highlighting a strategy or thinking tool, followed by a unit description and lesson plans.Author: Hava...

The principles and practice of Funeral Ceremonypresents to the Celebrant/Officiant and closely allied professionsa dignified involvement of modern Funeral Rites; to include constructive guidance for the bereaved to follow through the grieving process. The Funeral Director too can benefit from this, in their local...

First Published in 1986. This two-volume work on the development of instruction is planned as a companion to an earlier book- Designing Instructional Systems. This earlier book dealt with the decision-making process involved in overall course planning and curriculum design. The present continues on...

In this book you will improve the instructional strategies you are currently using and learn new ones to add to your repertoire. Accomplishing this task will provide you the variety that will better match different kinds of objectives with corresponding instruction and help you...

It is commonly believed that highly subjective humans ultimately perform all testing and grading efforts and that all testing and grading is completely subjective. However, Quentin Durham argues that there is no such thing as "objective" testing or grading. With wit and clarity, The...

"I wish I'd had access to this kind of resource... For newcomers, it′s a guiding light. For experienced educators, it's a resourceful handbook." - Emma Cate Stokes, Schools Week This book is an introduction to the primary curriculum for all trainee and early career...

The integration of technology has become an integral part of the educational environment. By developing new methods of online learning, students can be further aided in reaching goals and effectively solving problems. The Handbook of Research on Innovative Pedagogies and Technologies for Online Learning...

AN INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE CHILDREN WILL NOT FORGET! Word Queen Book One Features The Treasure Chest and Word Queen: the Beginning. Follow the Treasure Map and find the Treasure Chest with the Secret Word Lists, and find out who the Word Queen is and what...

Common Core And The Truth A Parent's Journey into the Heart of the Core Amy Skalicky Forward by: Kris Nielsen Common Core is not your typical education reform idea; rather, it is an ugly, giant step towards the goal of federalized, corporate-run education that...

Analyzing the Common Core ELA Standards is the essential guide for every educator at every level. Thus book shows you how to analyze the Common Core standards for meaning, thinking level related to Bloom's taxonomy, and integrating this knowledge into your curriculum. You are...

Essential Common Core Learning Strategies is a must-have for all classroom teachers. This methodical guide is filled with effective learning strategies to help all students succeed in mastering the Common Core standards across the curriculum. Educators are given the instructional tools and processes to...

This book highlights the exigency of student success and how higher education institutions are addressing this call. On the heels of the COVID-19 global pandemic, institutions have been challenged further to manage student satisfaction issues, enrollment and financial insecurities, equity, inclusion and access. As...

This book exhibits a collection of proposals for how school curriculum may be conceived, designed, and realized. These proposals are drawn from writers both past and present who have presented some particular vision of what curriculum could be like for Pre-K--12 schools and have...

Education's Ecosystems offers a new perspective on learning that is integrated and connected to lived experience. It presents a model for salient characteristics of both biological and pedagogical ecosystems, involving diversity, interaction, emergence, construction, interpretation. Examples from around the world show how learning can...

Technology and multimodal texts must be included as part of the literacies we teach in 21st century schools. Implementing multiple modes of literacy requires that teachers shift their focus toward multiple genres and modes of text. This shift to the visual requires that teachers...

The theme of the book is defining the role of teachers in blended learning environments. The book encourages teachers to use the blended classroom to engage with digital learners in highly intentional ways. The book articulates the need to create a moral exemplar approach...