Education - Curricula

Before a job application is even a thought, an individual's choices have already created a robust profile filled with critical information for prospective employers. Every stage of life and relationship requires decisions and professional profiles are no different. The impact of choices is not...

From a field developed out of the need to train military personnel at scale to its current role in enabling virtual learning and training experiences, instructional design has developed into a complex, multifaceted discipline. The modern instructional design process goes by many names (e.g.,...

By understanding why children struggle with maths, teachers are better equipped to provide effective support and nurture confidence in low-achievers. Numeracy and Learning Difficulties includes how to tackle common learning difficulties by following different teaching practices and principles, identifying gaps in students' knowledge and...

"This book explores international perspectives on diverse reform-based practices in teaching and learning of mathematics, describes challenges and issues for teachers and teacher educators, promotes reflection and academic discussion at various levels and in various educational systems, and raises questions for the field of...

Online learning poses a multitude of challenges for educators as there are oftentimes limited resources, and in most cases educators are forced to rely on trial-and-error strategies. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, an urgent need has risen for a better understanding of...

While the pharmaceutical industry evolves, the need for curriculum changes inherently follows suit. As healthcare systems have continuously improved through the use of big data and innovative care approaches, practicing pharmacists have also had to adjust and expand their roles. As such, it is...

While many school districts and institutions of higher education still cling to the traditional agrarian school year with a factory model delivery of education and Carnegie units based on seat time when most people are no longer farmers, factory workers, or reliant on learning...

"No Size Fits All" is a book that will break the public policy deadlock over federal education standards in the United States. American debates about education policy are focused at the moment on two big policy disputes. The first big dispute concerns the Common...

Looking for a fun elective? Drama 101: Act it Out is a one credit high school course but works great in middle school, too. This course is a blast for homeschooling families! And you don't have to be a drama teacher to teach this...

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...

What Does Developmentally Appropriate Practice Look Like in a Preschool Classroom?    If you've ever wondered how effective teachers actually do DAP, this is the book for you. Here, you can peek into classrooms to see teachers making intentional decisions in the six key...

Spring2023 Smart Book winners from the Academics' Choice Awards Literacy Learning begins at birth and continues throughout our lives! Birth to age 5 is a critical period in building the foundation for later success in reading and writing. Educators play a vital role in...

Finding My Way DEI Curriculum: K-3 With the social acclaim that Everyone Matters, it is important for students today to learn about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). As a literature-based study with the Finding My Way series, this inclusive K-3 curriculum promotes DEI skill...

The Finding My Story Inclusive After-School: Grades 2-3 program includes each book's introduction, background information about the child in the story, and basic information about their disability. After reading the book and completing the activities, students write one sentence about themselves that connects them...

The Finding My Story Inclusive After-School Program: K-1 includes each book's introduction, background information about the child in the story, and basic information about their disability. After reading the book and completing the activities, students write one sentence about themselves that connects them to...

For undergraduate and graduate-level introductory courses in Curriculum Development, grades K-12. A practical, step-by-step guide of the entire curriculum development process Developing the Curriculum guides readers through all of the aspects of developing a curriculum-from the underlying principles and concepts to the roles of...

Do games and play hold the keys to a better employee experience? The rules for engagement in business and in life are changing...and employees demand to be more active in creating these rules. Employee disengagement is the result of disease in a company's culture......

This comprehensive volume on teaching peace and war demonstrates that our choice of pedagogy, or the way we structure a curriculum, must be attentive to context. Pedagogical strategies that work with one class may not work in another, whether over time or across space...

Developing Reading Comprehension Skills Years 5-6: Contemporary Children's Literature contains 12 high quality extracts from modern children's stories and is perfect preparation for ensuring children develop the skills needed for the KS2 SATs and 11+ Reading Comprehension papers. Each of the 12 extracts from...

Dr. Collins is an American success story. He is one of very few doctor's (if there are any others) that came out of the East Ocean View area of Norfolk, Virginia. He was born to a single mom that struggled most of his life,...

Integrating Math and Science in Early Childhood Classrooms Through Big Ideas offers teachers a way to think about the future classroom and to meet the needs of children who come to into it with diverse experience, knowledge, and abilities. "Change how we think about...

Note: This is the bound book only and does not include access to the Enhanced Pearson eText. To order the Enhanced Pearson eText packaged with a bound book, use ISBN 0134290208. This balanced, comprehensive view of the entire field of curriculum encourages readers to...

First published in 1961, Cleugh was in charge of the course for teachers of educationally sub-normal children at the University of London Institute of Education. This work was written by practising teachers who had passed through the Institute's course, and covers every part of...

First published in 1961, Cleugh was in charge of the course for teachers of educationally sub-normal children at the University of London Institute of Education. This work was written by practising teachers who had passed through the Institute's course, and covers every part of...

First published in 1961, Cleugh was in charge of the course for teachers of educationally sub-normal children at the University of London Institute of Education. This work was written by practising teachers who had passed through the Institute's course, and covers every part of...

This book offers a positive approach to thematic cross-curricular teaching. Within a clear focus on humanitarian and inclusive values, it offers guidance on robust learning in the subject disciplines within a set of highly involving themes. Its fundamental aim is the mental, physical, social...

This book offers a positive approach to thematic cross-curricular teaching. Within a clear focus on humanitarian and inclusive values, it offers guidance on robust learning in the subject disciplines within a set of highly involving themes. Its fundamental aim is the mental, physical, social...

Mollie V. Blackburn is Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning and Affiliate Faculty in the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at The Ohio State University.Author: Mollie V. BlackburnISBN-10: 1438490100ISBN-13: 9781438490106Publisher: State University of New York PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/02/2023Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight:...

A powerful anthology on the role of curricula in perpetuating-and resisting-oppression.Author: Boni WozolekISBN-10: 143848917XISBN-13: 9781438489179Publisher: State University of New York PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2022Pages: 228Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.11lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

What if you could challenge your kindergartners to come up with a way to reduce human impact on the environment? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Our Changing Environment outlines a journey that will steer your students toward...

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 English language arts standards. It demonstrates how the Common Core State Standards as well as other local and national...

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 English language arts standards. It demonstrates how the Common Core State Standards as well as other local and national...

Peace Work: Mindful Lessons of Self Regulation for a Child's Early Years is the six-lesson curriculum from Wellness Works in Schools, an innovative school-based program that teaches mindfulness skills to students to help them handle life's challenges. The first book for teachers from Wellness...

FreedomCivics was developed by a team of teachers and historians for the Freedom EducationFoundation (FEF) to provide an accurate history of the founding of the United States of America, with a focus on the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Northwest Ordinance...

This is a complete curriculum about food chemistry for ages 10 to 16. The first half of the book (130 pages) is the student text which gives all the information needed. The text is lively and includes some cartoons and whimsical humor while still...

Want an innovative way to get young children moving--and support development across multiple domains? Discover CHAMPPS, the fun, effective, and research‐based motor program for inclusive preschool classrooms. Filling the need for a school‐based motor program designed for children with diverse abilities, CHAMPPS uses universal...

The primacy of surface teaching and learning is largely based on a system of habits. Attempts at changing these systems have been based largely on changing belief systems, building "motion" based habits, and setting goals. As we read through the book, motion and actions...

The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic plunged large numbers of students and faculty across the world into online learning with little to no warning or experience. This leaves a ripe situation to assess how far online learning has come, what pitfalls people have experienced,...

This edited volume extends ecological approaches to curriculum theory by recognizing and building on the contributions of the late Chet A. Bowers to curriculum and ecological studies globally. Chapters provide in-depth explanation of Bowers' central contributions to the field, including his identification of the...

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...

The CopyWorkBook series from Blue Sky Daisies makes it easy to add a little copywork to your school schedule. The CopyWorkBook: Comedies of William Shakespeare includes quotes and selections from each of Shakespeare's comedy plays.In this edition of The CopyWorkBook, lines are provided for...

Due to our fast-paced society, the impact of social media, and the threat of climate change, today's children are facing challenges unique to their generation. Incorporating mindfulness as part of their curriculum--whether in a classroom or a home school setting--teaches invaluable life skills that...

Excel Awards Gold Winner for Technical book The research is clear: Play is acritical part of the learning process for young children. Early childhoodeducators have the opportunity to deeply and meaningfully scaffold children'slearning by curating and organizing the "stuff" children love to play withmost....

The challenge many of us face is balancing the planning paper work with our time interacting with children. We want to be with them, hear their ideas, and engage in the moments of awe and wonder sprinkled throughout the day, but we often feel...

The IntuitivChemistry series is different The Ross Periodic Table is a pedagogical model of the periodic table, the first periodic table designed for learning. A synthesis of cognitive science plus chemistry, the Ross Table is a powerful representation of the periodic table, aimed at...

Electricity can be easy to understand - if you choose the right starting point To make the science of electricity intuitive, you will begin with energy. From here, you can learn a fruitful model of simple electric circuits, developed from ground up. This approach...

This book has been written to provide a current, practical, Australian-based approach to designing and developing curriculum. The demands of schools and educational systems today are such that teachers with practical curriculum skills are highly valued and this book provides a vital source for...

This book develops the ideas presented in Children's Speech and Literacy Difficulties Book I: A Psycholinguistic Framework by focussing on how the information gathered within a psycholinguistic framework can be used to plan intervention for children with speech, wordfinding and phonological awareness problems. It...

The Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools (2011) lamented the "lack of high-quality civic education in America's schools [that] leaves millions of citizens without the wherewithal to make sense of our system of government" (p. 4). Preus et al. (2016) cited literature to...

The Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools (2011) lamented the "lack of high-quality civic education in America's schools [that] leaves millions of citizens without the wherewithal to make sense of our system of government" (p. 4). Preus et al. (2016) cited literature to...