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Teacher Leadership That Strengthens Professional Practice

by Charlotte Danielson ...

Every school relies on teachers who informally and voluntarily lead various efforts in the school. These teachers may not be appointed leaders or paid leaders, but they are committed leaders: they see a need and they respond to it. What do these teacher leaders do that is different from the work of excellent teachers who are not teacher leaders? If we can articulate those skills, says Charlotte ... Read more

$35.19 CAD

Every school relies on teachers who informally and voluntarily lead various efforts in the school. These teachers may not be appointed leaders or paid leaders, but they are committed leaders: they see a need and they respond to it. What do these teacher leaders do that is different from the work of excellent teachers who are not teacher leaders? If we can articulate those skills, says Charlotte
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Mindset Mathematics: Visualizing and Investigating Big Ideas, Grade 2

by Jo Boaler, Jen Munson, Cathy Williams ...

Series series Mindset Mathematics
Engage students in mathematics using growth mindset techniquesThe most challenging parts of teaching mathematics are engaging students and helping them understand the connections between mathematics concepts. In this volume, you'll find a collection of low-floor, high-ceiling tasks that will help you do just that, by looking at the big ideas in second grade through visualization, play, and ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

Engage students in mathematics using growth mindset techniquesThe most challenging parts of teaching mathematics are engaging students and helping them understand the connections between mathematics concepts. In this volume, you'll find a collection of low-floor, high-ceiling tasks that will help you do just that, by looking at the big ideas in second grade through visualization, play, and
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Vivir a jornada completa

Un camino hacia otra forma más sana de trabajar

by Mar Cabra ...

Series series Vivir hoy
LOS CINCO PILARES PARA VIVIR Y TRABAJAR MEJOR DE LA ESPAÑOLA GANADORA DE UN PULITZER«Hoy en día, Mar está mejor que nunca, en un camino hacia la calma. La periodista habla sobre su experiencia de burnout, la importancia de establecer límites entre la vida privada y el trabajo, su relación con la tecnología y los trucos que la ayudan a recargar la batería.» Mar Manrique, El País«Del mayor éxito ... Read more

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LOS CINCO PILARES PARA VIVIR Y TRABAJAR MEJOR DE LA ESPAÑOLA GANADORA DE UN PULITZER«Hoy en día, Mar está mejor que nunca, en un camino hacia la calma. La periodista habla sobre su experiencia de burnout, la importancia de establecer límites entre la vida privada y el trabajo, su relación con la tecnología y los trucos que la ayudan a recargar la batería.» Mar Manrique, El País«Del mayor éxito
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The Standards-Based Classroom

Make Learning the Goal

by Emily A. Rinkema, Stan Williams ...

Win big in the standards-based classroom!Standards-Based Learning (SBL) is NOT standardization. In fact, when we recognize the central purpose of SBL, which is to make learning the goal for all students, we can design systems and structures that are more personal, more flexible, and more engaging—for us and for our students.At its core, SBL simply asks us to organize our teaching and learning ... Read more

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Win big in the standards-based classroom!Standards-Based Learning (SBL) is NOT standardization. In fact, when we recognize the central purpose of SBL, which is to make learning the goal for all students, we can design systems and structures that are more personal, more flexible, and more engaging—for us and for our students.At its core, SBL simply asks us to organize our teaching and learning
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Toddlers Moving and Learning

A Physical Education Curriculum

by Rae Pica ...

More than 50 movement activities for toddlersPhysical education is a critical part of every early childhood curriculum. Children need to move to channel their energies in creative, beneficial ways and to learn habits for lifelong health and fitness. Toddlers Moving & Learning provides more than 50 developmentally appropriate activities that contribute to a well-rounded curriculum in any classroom ... Read more

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More than 50 movement activities for toddlersPhysical education is a critical part of every early childhood curriculum. Children need to move to channel their energies in creative, beneficial ways and to learn habits for lifelong health and fitness. Toddlers Moving & Learning provides more than 50 developmentally appropriate activities that contribute to a well-rounded curriculum in any classroom
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Best Practice in the Early Years

The perfect tool to evaluate, refine and improve provision in your setting.

by Dr Alistair Bryce-Clegg ...

Series series Professional Development
This fully updated new edition of Best Practice in the Early Years, from award-winning author Dr Alistair Bryce-Clegg, is the must-have guide for anyone working in the Early Years Foundation Stage.Using the latest research and up-to-date EYFS framework, this book is filled with brilliant ideas and practical approaches to use as an Early Years practitioner from bestselling author Dr Alistair Bryce ... Read more

$27.39 CAD

This fully updated new edition of Best Practice in the Early Years, from award-winning author Dr Alistair Bryce-Clegg, is the must-have guide for anyone working in the Early Years Foundation Stage.Using the latest research and up-to-date EYFS framework, this book is filled with brilliant ideas and practical approaches to use as an Early Years practitioner from bestselling author Dr Alistair Bryce
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Leveraging Deep Learning

Strategies and Tools for Assessment of Conceptual Understanding

by Tania Lattanzio, Andrea Müller ...

Series series Concepts in Action
Reimagine Assessment with Leveraging Deep LearningThis indispensable guide, coauthored by the expert consultants at Innovative Global Education (IGE), empowers you to transform assessment practices.Inside, you'll discover . . .the power of continuous assessment. Learn how dynamic and ongoing assessments drive meaningful learning.strategies to empower assessment-capable learners. Prepare learners ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Reimagine Assessment with Leveraging Deep LearningThis indispensable guide, coauthored by the expert consultants at Innovative Global Education (IGE), empowers you to transform assessment practices.Inside, you'll discover . . .the power of continuous assessment. Learn how dynamic and ongoing assessments drive meaningful learning.strategies to empower assessment-capable learners. Prepare learners
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A Practical Guide to Problem-Based Learning Online

by Maggi Savin-Baden ...

Problem-based learning online is a burgeoning area, crying out for support in all the disciplines, but particularly health, medicine, education and social care that are already advanced users of problem-based learning in higher education.This book provides highly grounded research based ways for those wanting to change problem-based learning modules and programs from face to face to online ... Read more

$111.30 CAD

Problem-based learning online is a burgeoning area, crying out for support in all the disciplines, but particularly health, medicine, education and social care that are already advanced users of problem-based learning in higher education.This book provides highly grounded research based ways for those wanting to change problem-based learning modules and programs from face to face to online
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The Activist Learner

Inquiry, Literacy, and Service to Make Learning Matter

by Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Whitney Douglas, Sara W. Fry ...

This dynamic book explores a variety of ways teachers can integrate service learning to enliven their classroom, meet the unique developmental needs of their students, and satisfy the next generation of standards and assessments. The authors demonstrate how inquiry-based teaching with service learning outcomes cultivates, requires, and rewards literacy, as well as important skills like perspective ... Read more

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This dynamic book explores a variety of ways teachers can integrate service learning to enliven their classroom, meet the unique developmental needs of their students, and satisfy the next generation of standards and assessments. The authors demonstrate how inquiry-based teaching with service learning outcomes cultivates, requires, and rewards literacy, as well as important skills like perspective
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Comprehensive Literacy Basics

An Anthology by Capstone Professional

by Timothy Rasinski, Michael P. Ford, Nancy Boyles, Barbara A. Nelson, Sharon Vaughn, Margaret Mary Policastro, Kathy Brown, Sarah Martino, Shari Frost, Charlene Cobb, Chase Young, Hillary Wolfe, Michelle J. Kelley, Nicki Clausen-Grace, Adele T. Macula, Connie Campbell Dierking, Becky McTague, Mary C. McMackin, Nancy Witherell, Kristin Lems, Elaine Weber ...

Series series Maupin House
Teaching English language arts at grades K-5 is both a science and an art. Educators must teach literacy skills and content with best practices, while also keeping focus on each student’s individual needs. They are challenged to monitor students working independently while also conducting small group instruction. And they must focus on providing differentiated support with a rather complicated ... Read more

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Teaching English language arts at grades K-5 is both a science and an art. Educators must teach literacy skills and content with best practices, while also keeping focus on each student’s individual needs. They are challenged to monitor students working independently while also conducting small group instruction. And they must focus on providing differentiated support with a rather complicated
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Translanguaging with Multilingual Students

Learning from Classroom Moments

Edited by Ofelia García, Tatyana Kleyn ...

Looking closely at what happens when translanguaging is actively taken up to teach emergent bilingual students across different contexts, this book focuses on how it is already happening in classrooms as well as how it can be implemented as a pedagogical orientation. It extends theoretical understandings of the concept and highlights its promises and challenges. Using a Transformative Action ... Read more

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Looking closely at what happens when translanguaging is actively taken up to teach emergent bilingual students across different contexts, this book focuses on how it is already happening in classrooms as well as how it can be implemented as a pedagogical orientation. It extends theoretical understandings of the concept and highlights its promises and challenges. Using a Transformative Action
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Designing Research in Education

Concepts and Methodologies

Edited by Jon Swain ...

This is a clear introduction to the methodological and philosophical debates in the field of education research. It sets out the key ideas, questions, and dilemmas which inform all research and then, through the careful use of case studies and practical advice from experienced researchers, grounds them in the specific concerns of education and educational studies.Written by experienced academics ... Read more

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This is a clear introduction to the methodological and philosophical debates in the field of education research. It sets out the key ideas, questions, and dilemmas which inform all research and then, through the careful use of case studies and practical advice from experienced researchers, grounds them in the specific concerns of education and educational studies.Written by experienced academics
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Access To Academics for All Students

Critical Approaches To Inclusive Curriculum, Instruction, and Policy

Edited by Paula Kluth, Diana M. Straut, Douglas P. Biklen ...

The authors of this book join a growing number of voices calling for teachers in diverse, inclusive schools to move beyond facilitating social participation in classroom activities and consider ways to intellectually engage ALL learners. They draw on emerging work linking critical theory with disability issues; work being done in curriculum studies around issues of social justice teaching, ... Read more

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The authors of this book join a growing number of voices calling for teachers in diverse, inclusive schools to move beyond facilitating social participation in classroom activities and consider ways to intellectually engage ALL learners. They draw on emerging work linking critical theory with disability issues; work being done in curriculum studies around issues of social justice teaching,
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Constructivist Instruction

Success or Failure?

Edited by Sigmund Tobias, Thomas M. Duffy ...

Constructivist Instruction: Success or Failure? brings together leading thinkers from both sides of the hotly debated controversy about constructivist approaches to instruction. Although constructivist theories and practice now dominate the fields of the learning sciences, instructional technology, curriculum and teaching, and educational psychology, they have also been the subject of sharp ... Read more

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Constructivist Instruction: Success or Failure? brings together leading thinkers from both sides of the hotly debated controversy about constructivist approaches to instruction. Although constructivist theories and practice now dominate the fields of the learning sciences, instructional technology, curriculum and teaching, and educational psychology, they have also been the subject of sharp
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Using Art to Teach Writing Traits

Lesson Plans for Teachers

by Jennifer Klein, Elizabeth Stuart Whitehead ...

Our purpose for writing this book is so that children can become better communicators by expressing their thoughts, feelings and ideas. The ability to communicate is a universal goal in society. If children can better communicate in their speaking and writing, clearer more precise messages will be received, and communication around the world will be strengthened. The writing traits are a way for ... Read more

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Our purpose for writing this book is so that children can become better communicators by expressing their thoughts, feelings and ideas. The ability to communicate is a universal goal in society. If children can better communicate in their speaking and writing, clearer more precise messages will be received, and communication around the world will be strengthened. The writing traits are a way for
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Strong Arts, Strong Schools

The Promising Potential and Shortsighted Disregard of the Arts in American Schooling

by the late Charles Fowler ...

In this elegantly written, passionately argued book, Fowler presents a convincing case for teaching the arts to all children. He argues that, far from a luxury, the arts are a vitally important part of our society and our schools. Highlighting the crucial effect of the arts on learning, this volume shows how the arts can enliven and extend the entire school curriculum by integrating different ... Read more

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In this elegantly written, passionately argued book, Fowler presents a convincing case for teaching the arts to all children. He argues that, far from a luxury, the arts are a vitally important part of our society and our schools. Highlighting the crucial effect of the arts on learning, this volume shows how the arts can enliven and extend the entire school curriculum by integrating different
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Elementary Science Methods

An Assets-Based Approach to Teaching, Learning, and Advocacy, Grades K–6

by Lauren Madden ...

As teachers and parents, we often hear that children are the best scientists. Great science teachers tune in to children’s interests and observations to create engaging and effective lessons. This focus on the innate curiosity of children, or humans overall is celebrated and used to justify and support efforts around STEM teaching and learning. Yet, when we discuss elementary school teachers, we ... Read more

$51.49 CAD

As teachers and parents, we often hear that children are the best scientists. Great science teachers tune in to children’s interests and observations to create engaging and effective lessons. This focus on the innate curiosity of children, or humans overall is celebrated and used to justify and support efforts around STEM teaching and learning. Yet, when we discuss elementary school teachers, we
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What Children Bring To Light

A Constructivist Perspective On Children's Learning in Science

by Bonnie Shapiro ...

Series series Ways of Knowing in Science and Mathematics Series
Bonnie Shapiro clarifies the historical development of constructivism, and employs a constructivist approach in her own methodology. To construct new ideas means to take action based on beliefs about what one is doing when one is learning science. Learning is understood not only as a cognitive experience, but also as one that derives from the emotional, personal, social, cultural, and ... Read more

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Bonnie Shapiro clarifies the historical development of constructivism, and employs a constructivist approach in her own methodology. To construct new ideas means to take action based on beliefs about what one is doing when one is learning science. Learning is understood not only as a cognitive experience, but also as one that derives from the emotional, personal, social, cultural, and
... Read more
Developing Curriculum for Deep Thinking

The Knowledge Revival

by Tim Surma, Claudio Vanhees, Michiel Wils, Jasper Nijlunsing, Nuno Crato, John Hattie, Daniel Muijs, Elizabeth Rata, Dylan Wiliam, Paul A. Kirschner ...

Series series Education (R0)
This open access book discusses why the seemingly straightforward strategy of teaching children how to think deeply does not work and offers an alternative way forward for the curriculum to achieve these objectives. Over the years, the role of knowledge in the curriculum has, like a pendulum, shifted between two extremes, from highly visible to virtually invisible knowledge elements. Insights from ... Read more

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This open access book discusses why the seemingly straightforward strategy of teaching children how to think deeply does not work and offers an alternative way forward for the curriculum to achieve these objectives. Over the years, the role of knowledge in the curriculum has, like a pendulum, shifted between two extremes, from highly visible to virtually invisible knowledge elements. Insights from
... Read more
Connecting Mathematics and Mathematics Education

Collected Papers on Mathematics Education as a Design Science

by Erich Christian Wittmann ...

Series series Education (R0)
This open access book features a selection of articles written by Erich Ch. Wittmann between 1984 to 2019, which shows how the “design science conception” has been continuously developed over a number of decades. The articles not only describe this conception in general terms, but also demonstrate various substantial learning environments that serve as typical examples. In terms of teacher ... Read more

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This open access book features a selection of articles written by Erich Ch. Wittmann between 1984 to 2019, which shows how the “design science conception” has been continuously developed over a number of decades. The articles not only describe this conception in general terms, but also demonstrate various substantial learning environments that serve as typical examples. In terms of teacher
... Read more
The Art of Teaching Science

A comprehensive guide to the teaching of secondary school science

Edited by Vaille Dawson, Jennifer Donovan ...

The Art of Teaching Science has proven itself to be one of the most popular introductory texts for Australian pre-service and in-service teachers, providing guidance on engaging students and helping develop scientifically literate citizens.Beginning with an examination of the nature of science, constructivist and socio-cultural views of teaching and learning and contemporary science curricula in ... Read more

$67.32 CAD

The Art of Teaching Science has proven itself to be one of the most popular introductory texts for Australian pre-service and in-service teachers, providing guidance on engaging students and helping develop scientifically literate citizens.Beginning with an examination of the nature of science, constructivist and socio-cultural views of teaching and learning and contemporary science curricula in
... Read more
Focus on Developmentally Appropriate Practice

Equitable and Joyful Learning in Preschool

Edited by Iliana Alanís, Toni Sturdivant ...

Series series Focus on DAP: Equitable and Joyful Learning
**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 areas of practice that form the six guidelines for DAP in action: Building a community of learners where everyone is welcomed ... Read more

$35.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

**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 areas of practice that form the six guidelines for DAP in action: Building a community of learners where everyone is welcomed
... Read more
Children's Literature in the Reading Program

Engaging Young Readers in the 21st Century

Edited by Deborah A. Wooten, PhD, Lauren Aimonette Liang, PhD, Bernice E. Cullinan, PhD ...

This indispensable teacher resource and course text, now revised and updated, addresses the "whats," "whys," and "how-tos" of incorporating outstanding children's literature into the K–8 reading program. A strong emphasis on diverse literature is woven throughout the fifth edition, with chapters emphasizing the need for books that reflect their readers and presenting dozens of carefully reviewed ... Read more

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This indispensable teacher resource and course text, now revised and updated, addresses the "whats," "whys," and "how-tos" of incorporating outstanding children's literature into the K–8 reading program. A strong emphasis on diverse literature is woven throughout the fifth edition, with chapters emphasizing the need for books that reflect their readers and presenting dozens of carefully reviewed
... Read more
Strengths-Based Approaches to Educating All Learners with Disabilities

Beyond Special Education

by Michael L. Wehmeyer ...

Michael Wehmeyer, a leading scholar with over four decades of experience as a teacher, teacher educator, researcher, and advocate, provides a cogent but accessible account of the evolution of special education. Offering a compelling vision of where the field should be headed in the next decade, he notes how the digital revolution has made it possible for all learners to gain access to content and ... Read more

$38.49 CAD

Michael Wehmeyer, a leading scholar with over four decades of experience as a teacher, teacher educator, researcher, and advocate, provides a cogent but accessible account of the evolution of special education. Offering a compelling vision of where the field should be headed in the next decade, he notes how the digital revolution has made it possible for all learners to gain access to content and
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