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A Post-Modern Perspective on Curriculum

by William E. Doll Jr. ...

Doll draws relationships among the ideas advanced in chaos theory, Piagetian epistemology, cognitive theory, and the work of Dewey and Whitehead. In this book on the post-modern perspective on the curriculum, the author asserts that the post-modern model of organic change is not necessarily linear, uniform, measured and determined, but is one of emergence and growth, made possible by interaction, ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

Doll draws relationships among the ideas advanced in chaos theory, Piagetian epistemology, cognitive theory, and the work of Dewey and Whitehead. In this book on the post-modern perspective on the curriculum, the author asserts that the post-modern model of organic change is not necessarily linear, uniform, measured and determined, but is one of emergence and growth, made possible by interaction,
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Reading and Representing Across the Content Areas

A Classroom Guide

by Amy Alexandra Wilson, Kathryn J. Chavez ...

Series series Language and Literacy Series
This groundbreaking work redefines traditional ideas of what a “text” should be, incorporating new kinds of multimodal texts to revitalize instruction within and across disciplines. The authors provide examples of innovative representations to aid learning in earth science, language arts, mathematics, and social studies classrooms. Each chapter focuses on a specific content area, outlining ... Read more

$42.99 CAD

This groundbreaking work redefines traditional ideas of what a “text” should be, incorporating new kinds of multimodal texts to revitalize instruction within and across disciplines. The authors provide examples of innovative representations to aid learning in earth science, language arts, mathematics, and social studies classrooms. Each chapter focuses on a specific content area, outlining
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Good Questions

Great Ways to Differentiate Mathematics Instruction in the Standards-Based Classroom

by Marian Small ...

Now in its Fourth Edition—with more than 50 new questions and a new chapter on financial literacy—this bestselling resource helps experienced and novice teachers to effectively and efficiently differentiate mathematics instruction in grades K–8. Math education expert Marian Small shows teachers how to get started and become expert at using two powerful and universal strategies: Open Questions and ... Read more

$40.99 CAD

Now in its Fourth Edition—with more than 50 new questions and a new chapter on financial literacy—this bestselling resource helps experienced and novice teachers to effectively and efficiently differentiate mathematics instruction in grades K–8. Math education expert Marian Small shows teachers how to get started and become expert at using two powerful and universal strategies: Open Questions and
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The researchED Guide to Assessment: An evidence-informed guide for teachers

by Sarah Donarski, Tom Bennett ...

Series series researchED
A teacher's job is to create an environment where our students' engagement in learning proceeds towards an intended direction. In order for this to occur, we must form a bridge between the teaching of material in the classroom and how the learning of that information is being processed and manipulated by our students. The only way we can do this effectively is through the process of assessment. ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

A teacher's job is to create an environment where our students' engagement in learning proceeds towards an intended direction. In order for this to occur, we must form a bridge between the teaching of material in the classroom and how the learning of that information is being processed and manipulated by our students. The only way we can do this effectively is through the process of assessment.
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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

$35.99 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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Sign to Learn

American Sign Language in the Early Childhood Classroom

by Kirsten Dennis, Tressa Azpiri ...

Everyone is talking about signing with young children. As a form of early communication for infants and toddlers, or as a transitioning tool for children just beginning to speak, the benefits of signing with hearing children are endless.Sign to Learn is the first complete introduction to sign language curriculum for hearing preschoolers. In this unique resource, you will learn how to integrate ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

Everyone is talking about signing with young children. As a form of early communication for infants and toddlers, or as a transitioning tool for children just beginning to speak, the benefits of signing with hearing children are endless.Sign to Learn is the first complete introduction to sign language curriculum for hearing preschoolers. In this unique resource, you will learn how to integrate
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Assessment for Education

Standards, Judgement and Moderation

by Val Klenowski, Claire Maree Wyatt-Smith ...

′This is a very exciting book and should be read widely by anyone who wants a better understanding of the role of assessment in the diverse, globalised, digital societies of the 21st century.′- Professor Mary James, University of Cambridge, President, British Educational Research Association′Highly readable and thoroughly researched, this call for a new vision of education deserves to be ready by ... Read more

$86.39 CAD

′This is a very exciting book and should be read widely by anyone who wants a better understanding of the role of assessment in the diverse, globalised, digital societies of the 21st century.′- Professor Mary James, University of Cambridge, President, British Educational Research Association′Highly readable and thoroughly researched, this call for a new vision of education deserves to be ready by
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College and Career Ready

Helping All Students Succeed Beyond High School

by David T. Conley ...

Giving students the tools they need to succeed in college and workCollege and Career Ready offers educators a blueprint for improving high school so that more students are able to excel in freshman-level college courses or entry-level jobs-laying a solid foundation for lifelong growth and success. The book is filled with detailed, practical guidelines and case descriptions of what the best high ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

Giving students the tools they need to succeed in college and workCollege and Career Ready offers educators a blueprint for improving high school so that more students are able to excel in freshman-level college courses or entry-level jobs-laying a solid foundation for lifelong growth and success. The book is filled with detailed, practical guidelines and case descriptions of what the best high
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Unsettling Responsibility in Science Education

Indigenous Science, Deconstruction, and the Multicultural Science Education Debate

by Marc Higgins ...

Series series Education (R0)
This open access book engages with the response-ability of science education to Indigenous ways-of-living-with-Nature. Higgins deconstructs the ways in which the structures of science education—its concepts, categories, policies, and practices—contribute to the exclusion (or problematic inclusion) of Indigenous science while also shaping its ability respond. Herein, he undertakes an unsettling ... Read more

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This open access book engages with the response-ability of science education to Indigenous ways-of-living-with-Nature. Higgins deconstructs the ways in which the structures of science education—its concepts, categories, policies, and practices—contribute to the exclusion (or problematic inclusion) of Indigenous science while also shaping its ability respond. Herein, he undertakes an unsettling
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Principles and Practice of Case-based Clinical Reasoning Education

A Method for Preclinical Students

Edited by Olle ten Cate, Eugène J.F.M. Custers, Steven J. Durning ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This volume describes and explains the educational method of Case-Based Clinical Reasoning (CBCR) used successfully in medical schools to prepare students to think like doctors before they enter the clinical arena and become engaged in patient care. Although this approach poses the paradoxical problem of a lack of clinical experience that is so ... Read more

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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This volume describes and explains the educational method of Case-Based Clinical Reasoning (CBCR) used successfully in medical schools to prepare students to think like doctors before they enter the clinical arena and become engaged in patient care. Although this approach poses the paradoxical problem of a lack of clinical experience that is so
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Young Readers’ Edition

Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong

by James W. Loewen, Rebecca Stefoff ...

Now adapted for young readers ages 12 through 18, the national bestseller that makes real American history come alive in all of its conflict, drama, and complexityLies My Teacher Told Me is one of the most important—and successful—history books of our time. Having sold nearly two million copies, the book won an American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist ... Read more

$19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Now adapted for young readers ages 12 through 18, the national bestseller that makes real American history come alive in all of its conflict, drama, and complexityLies My Teacher Told Me is one of the most important—and successful—history books of our time. Having sold nearly two million copies, the book won an American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist
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Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth Through Age 8, Fourth Edition (Fully Revised and Updated)

by NAEYC, Barbara Willer, Sue Bredekamp ...

Clear, Relevant, Evidence-Based Guidance to Support Early Childhood EducatorsAcademic's Choice Awards Smart Book Winner. Developmentally appropriate practice is the foundation on which quality early learning is built. The fourth edition of this classic, influential text addresses developmentally appropriate practice within the context of the ever-changing and evolving world of early childhood ... Read more

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Clear, Relevant, Evidence-Based Guidance to Support Early Childhood EducatorsAcademic's Choice Awards Smart Book Winner. Developmentally appropriate practice is the foundation on which quality early learning is built. The fourth edition of this classic, influential text addresses developmentally appropriate practice within the context of the ever-changing and evolving world of early childhood
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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

$39.99 CAD

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
Enacting Praxis

How Educators Embody Curriculum Studies

Edited by Kelly P. Vaughan, Isabel Nuñez ...

In this collection of writing and reflection, readers are invited to reclaim the connection between curriculum studies and the work of educators in schools and society. As the curriculum field has grown more complex and theoretical, our schools have become more corporatized, standardized, and dehumanized. This volume focuses on curriculum theory’s power to assist practitioners in creating positive ... Read more

$54.99 CAD

In this collection of writing and reflection, readers are invited to reclaim the connection between curriculum studies and the work of educators in schools and society. As the curriculum field has grown more complex and theoretical, our schools have become more corporatized, standardized, and dehumanized. This volume focuses on curriculum theory’s power to assist practitioners in creating positive
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Bible Workbook Volume 1 Old Testament

by Catherine Walker ...

NOW WITH UPDATED, FULL-COLOR MAPSThe Bible Workbooks are a systematic, individual study of the Bible, providing a thorough biblical understanding. The student learns by doing; information is given and questions are asked to test their understanding. Bible Workbook Volume 1 gives an overview and a book-by-book study of the Old Testament. Interesting, stimulating, and informative, Bible Workbooks ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

NOW WITH UPDATED, FULL-COLOR MAPSThe Bible Workbooks are a systematic, individual study of the Bible, providing a thorough biblical understanding. The student learns by doing; information is given and questions are asked to test their understanding. Bible Workbook Volume 1 gives an overview and a book-by-book study of the Old Testament. Interesting, stimulating, and informative, Bible Workbooks
... Read more
Friendly Career Advice

Supply Chain

by Gary McKown ...

Series Book 2 - Friendly Career Advice
Book is focused on assisting college students or recent graduates entering into the work environment, and provides insights in the following areas:¥Understanding how to succeed in the variability of the work environment;¥How to avoid easy, preventable mistakes;¥Heightened understanding of key practical elements of the job;¥Understanding importance of relationships;¥Practical examples to increase ... Read more

$8.23 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Book is focused on assisting college students or recent graduates entering into the work environment, and provides insights in the following areas:¥Understanding how to succeed in the variability of the work environment;¥How to avoid easy, preventable mistakes;¥Heightened understanding of key practical elements of the job;¥Understanding importance of relationships;¥Practical examples to increase
... Read more
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

$27.99 CAD

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
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

$126.41 CAD

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
International Handbook of Research on Environmental Education

Edited by Robert B. Stevenson, Michael Brody, Justin Dillon, Arjen E.J. Wals ...

The environment and contested notions of sustainability are increasingly topics of public interest, political debate, and legislation across the world. Environmental education journals now publish research from a wide variety of methodological traditions that show linkages between the environment, health, development, and education. The growth in scholarship makes this an opportune time to review ... Read more

$274.82 CAD

The environment and contested notions of sustainability are increasingly topics of public interest, political debate, and legislation across the world. Environmental education journals now publish research from a wide variety of methodological traditions that show linkages between the environment, health, development, and education. The growth in scholarship makes this an opportune time to review
... Read more
Motivational Interviewing Participant Guide

by Angel Mendez ...

The Motivational Interviewing (MI) participant guide is the workbook required for students participating in the MI curriculum. This guide helps training participants understand the process and expectations of MI training and development intervention. The MI participant guide should be given to all attendees of the MI training program. ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Motivational Interviewing (MI) participant guide is the workbook required for students participating in the MI curriculum. This guide helps training participants understand the process and expectations of MI training and development intervention. The MI participant guide should be given to all attendees of the MI training program.
... Read more
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
... Read more
The If Machine, 2nd edition

30 Lesson Plans for Teaching Philosophy

by If Machine Peter Worley ...

Fully updated edition with five brand new sessions and bonus features.Fully updated with new developments in the theory and practice of teaching philosophy, this new edition of the bestselling book, The If Machine,presents 30 clear, ready-to-use plans to teach philosophy in the classroom with children aged five to 13. Each tried-and-tested session offers an imaginary situation, followed by a ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

Fully updated edition with five brand new sessions and bonus features.Fully updated with new developments in the theory and practice of teaching philosophy, this new edition of the bestselling book, The If Machine,presents 30 clear, ready-to-use plans to teach philosophy in the classroom with children aged five to 13. Each tried-and-tested session offers an imaginary situation, followed by a
... Read more
Indigeneity and Decolonial Resistance

Alternatives to Colonial Thinking and Practice

Edited by George J. Sefa Dei, Cristina Jaimungal ...

2019 SPE Outstanding Book Award Honorable MentionTo be able to promote effective anti-colonial and decolonial education, it is imperative that educators employ indigenous epistemologies that seek to threaten, replace and reimagine colonial thinking and practice. Indigeneity and Decolonial Resistance hopes to contribute to the search for a more radical decolonial education and practic... ... Read more

$47.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

2019 SPE Outstanding Book Award Honorable MentionTo be able to promote effective anti-colonial and decolonial education, it is imperative that educators employ indigenous epistemologies that seek to threaten, replace and reimagine colonial thinking and practice. Indigeneity and Decolonial Resistance hopes to contribute to the search for a more radical decolonial education and practic...
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