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Simulations and Student Learning

Edited by Matthew Schnurr, Anna MacLeod ...

Simulation-based education (SBE) is a teaching strategy in which students adopt a character as part of the learning process. SBE has become a fixture in the university classroom based on its ability to stimulate student interest and deepen analytical thinking.Simulations and Student Learning is the first piece of scholarship that brings together experts from the social, natural, and health ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

Simulation-based education (SBE) is a teaching strategy in which students adopt a character as part of the learning process. SBE has become a fixture in the university classroom based on its ability to stimulate student interest and deepen analytical thinking.Simulations and Student Learning is the first piece of scholarship that brings together experts from the social, natural, and health
... Read more
Teaching a Diverse Primary Art Curriculum

A practical guide to transform your art lessons

by Kaytie Holdstock ...

The ultimate resource for developing a diverse, engaging primary art curriculum based on the work of artists from a range of backgrounds and cultures. Whether your class are drawing self-portraits or collaging with recycled materials, take inspiration from artists that challenge conventions and start conversations.With lesson plans, project ideas and one-off activities, Teaching a Diverse Primary ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

The ultimate resource for developing a diverse, engaging primary art curriculum based on the work of artists from a range of backgrounds and cultures. Whether your class are drawing self-portraits or collaging with recycled materials, take inspiration from artists that challenge conventions and start conversations.With lesson plans, project ideas and one-off activities, Teaching a Diverse Primary
... Read more
Accelerated Language Learning (ALL) with The Lit Six (grades 4-5)

Comprehensive ELD units to ensure student language acquisition, grades 4-5

by Nancy Akhavan ...

Series Book 3 - ALL with the Lit Six
“It’s a new day! We’ve learned language acquisition in school isn’t linear and rote but rather dynamic, meaningful, and collaborative. Multilingual learners thrive through the production of oral and written language.”—Dr. Nancy AkhavanAre you ready to teach multilingual learners with instruction that reflects current English Language Development (ELD) standards? Language acquisition expert Dr. ... Read more

$169.30 CAD

“It’s a new day! We’ve learned language acquisition in school isn’t linear and rote but rather dynamic, meaningful, and collaborative. Multilingual learners thrive through the production of oral and written language.”—Dr. Nancy AkhavanAre you ready to teach multilingual learners with instruction that reflects current English Language Development (ELD) standards? Language acquisition expert Dr.
... Read more
Play and Curriculum

Play & Culture Studies

by Marleah Blom, Miranda D'Amico, Beth Ferholt, Abby Loebenberg, Robert L. Mack, Laurel Bongiorno, S. Lynneth Solis, Sudha Swaminathan, Alison Hooper, Juana Gaviria-Loaiza, Cailin Kerch, Brian A. Stone, Lora Lorentsen, Meghan Schmidt, Heather J. Pinedo-Burns, Ilfa Zhulamanova, Jeffrey Trawick-Smith ...

Series series Play and Culture Studies
Educators have long been pursuing and applying ways that play can be a context and even a medium for teaching and learning. Volume 15 of Play & Culture Studies focuses on the special topic on Play and Curriculum, a long waited topic to many educators and researchers in the field of play and education. This volume includes chapters reporting recent studies and practical ideas examining the ... Read more

$50.99 CAD

Educators have long been pursuing and applying ways that play can be a context and even a medium for teaching and learning. Volume 15 of Play & Culture Studies focuses on the special topic on Play and Curriculum, a long waited topic to many educators and researchers in the field of play and education. This volume includes chapters reporting recent studies and practical ideas examining the
... Read more
The Theory and Practice for Children’s Contextualized Learning of Their First Language

by Li Jilin ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book discusses situational instruction – a topic that is particularly relevant to Chinese language teaching and learning – in the context of research in the field. Employing real-world classroom case studies, it focuses on contextualized literacy, reading and writing. It also includes the findings of studies by practitioners with over 30 years of practical research experience, providing a ... Read more

$115.99 CAD

This book discusses situational instruction – a topic that is particularly relevant to Chinese language teaching and learning – in the context of research in the field. Employing real-world classroom case studies, it focuses on contextualized literacy, reading and writing. It also includes the findings of studies by practitioners with over 30 years of practical research experience, providing a
... Read more
Design Education

A vision for the future

by Eddie Norman, Ken Baynes ...

How do designers do what they do? How do architects, engineers, industrial, fashion and graphic designers think? What is it that goes on in their minds that enables them to shape the things that people buy, use and inhabit? And how far do they share their mental abilities with people at large? Is it true that everyone is a designer in their own way? In Models of Change, Ken Baynes draws on a ... Read more

$6.99 CAD

How do designers do what they do? How do architects, engineers, industrial, fashion and graphic designers think? What is it that goes on in their minds that enables them to shape the things that people buy, use and inhabit? And how far do they share their mental abilities with people at large? Is it true that everyone is a designer in their own way? In Models of Change, Ken Baynes draws on a
... Read more
How to Lead it: Primary Science

by Kirsty Simkin, Jon Hutchinson ...

Series series How to Lead It
Finding it hard to know what to prioritise as subject lead or how to work out which research is relevant and how it applies to your subject? The How to Lead It series are the go-to guides for primary subject leads in schools and trusts. In them you will find:- clear summaries of relevant research and thinking around best practice- age-specific and inclusive classroom examples- case studies- ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

Finding it hard to know what to prioritise as subject lead or how to work out which research is relevant and how it applies to your subject? The How to Lead It series are the go-to guides for primary subject leads in schools and trusts. In them you will find:- clear summaries of relevant research and thinking around best practice- age-specific and inclusive classroom examples- case studies-
... Read more
The Power of Discussion - A Guide to Using Literature Circles in the Classroom

Quick Reads for Busy Educators

by Cheryl Angst ...

Series series Quick Reads for Busy Educators
Welcome to The Power of Discussion: Literature Circles in the Classroom, a guide for educators on how to implement and facilitate literature circles in their classrooms. In this book, you will find explanations and strategies for creating effective literature circles, including how to choose appropriate texts, assign roles, assess student learning, and provide feedback.Through literature circles, ... Read more

$3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Welcome to The Power of Discussion: Literature Circles in the Classroom, a guide for educators on how to implement and facilitate literature circles in their classrooms. In this book, you will find explanations and strategies for creating effective literature circles, including how to choose appropriate texts, assign roles, assess student learning, and provide feedback.Through literature circles,
... Read more
Developing Teacher Cultural Consciousness

A Framework for Inclusive Pedagogy

by Maggie Norris ...

Addressing key inequities in education, specifically the lack of inclusivity in instruction and pedagogy, Developing Teacher Cultural Consciousness outlines a framework and provides strategies for teachers and principals to enhance their understanding of cultural diversity and implementing culturally responsive teaching practices in the K-12 and Higher Education sectors, with a specific emphasis ... Read more

$115.99 CAD

Addressing key inequities in education, specifically the lack of inclusivity in instruction and pedagogy, Developing Teacher Cultural Consciousness outlines a framework and provides strategies for teachers and principals to enhance their understanding of cultural diversity and implementing culturally responsive teaching practices in the K-12 and Higher Education sectors, with a specific emphasis
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Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue Vol 25 Issue 1 & 2

Edited by Chara Haeussler Bohan, John L. Pecore, Franklin S. Allaire ...

Series Book 1 - Curriculum & Teaching Dialogue
Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue is a peer-reviewed journal sponsored by the American Association for Teaching and Curriculum. The purpose of the journal is to promote the scholarly study of teaching and curriculum. The aim is to provide readers with knowledge and strategies of teaching and curriculum that can be used in educational settings. The journal is published annually in two volumes and ... Read more

$73.99 CAD

Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue is a peer-reviewed journal sponsored by the American Association for Teaching and Curriculum. The purpose of the journal is to promote the scholarly study of teaching and curriculum. The aim is to provide readers with knowledge and strategies of teaching and curriculum that can be used in educational settings. The journal is published annually in two volumes and
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Ensino Jurídico Inovador

aprendizagem por projetos

by Marina Feferbaum, Clio Nudel Radomysler, Enya Carolina Silva da Costa, Guilherme Forma Klafke ...

Series Book 1 - Coleção Manuais Profissionais
A obra propõe a reconfiguração do ensino jurídico a partir da aprendizagem por projetos, promovendo a centralidade em estudantes e a conexão entre teoria e realidade social. Com base na experiência do Centro de Ensino e Pesquisa em Inovação da FGV Direito SP (CEPI), apresenta metodologias ativas aplicadas à formação de juristas críticos, colaborativos e socialmente engajados. Aborda aspectos como ... Read more

$10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A obra propõe a reconfiguração do ensino jurídico a partir da aprendizagem por projetos, promovendo a centralidade em estudantes e a conexão entre teoria e realidade social. Com base na experiência do Centro de Ensino e Pesquisa em Inovação da FGV Direito SP (CEPI), apresenta metodologias ativas aplicadas à formação de juristas críticos, colaborativos e socialmente engajados. Aborda aspectos como
... Read more
Fare la Scuola, fare scuola. Democrazia e pedagogia

by Philippe Meirieu ...

Un prezioso documento frutto della profonda riflessione e dell’esperienza di uno dei più importanti pedagogisti francesi. Il volume è rivolto prima di tutto agli insegnanti in servizio e in formazione iniziale. A loro offre spunti di lavoro, orientamenti di metodo e preziosi riferimenti al patrimonio pedagogico. È rivolto anche ai formatori e ai consulenti, per i quali può costituire un prezioso ... Read more

$54.99 CAD

Un prezioso documento frutto della profonda riflessione e dell’esperienza di uno dei più importanti pedagogisti francesi. Il volume è rivolto prima di tutto agli insegnanti in servizio e in formazione iniziale. A loro offre spunti di lavoro, orientamenti di metodo e preziosi riferimenti al patrimonio pedagogico. È rivolto anche ai formatori e ai consulenti, per i quali può costituire un prezioso
... Read more
Why You Can't Teach United States History without American Indians

Edited by Susan Sleeper-Smith, Juliana Barr, Jean M. O'Brien, Nancy Shoemaker, Scott Manning Stevens ...

A resource for all who teach and study history, this book illuminates the unmistakable centrality of American Indian history to the full sweep of American history. The nineteen essays gathered in this collaboratively produced volume, written by leading scholars in the field of Native American history, reflect the newest directions of the field and are organized to follow the chronological arc of ... Read more

$20.99 CAD

A resource for all who teach and study history, this book illuminates the unmistakable centrality of American Indian history to the full sweep of American history. The nineteen essays gathered in this collaboratively produced volume, written by leading scholars in the field of Native American history, reflect the newest directions of the field and are organized to follow the chronological arc of
... Read more
Feedback to Feed Forward

31 Strategies to Lead Learning

by Amy Tepper, Patrick W. Flynn ...

Feedback that works—for leadership that makes a difference.As a leader, you know that feedback is essential to teachers’ growth and development. But crafting the right feedback can be daunting. How do you conduct comprehensive observations, accurately analyze lessons for effectiveness, and develop high-leverage action steps that bring lasting change to teacher practices and student outcomes?This ... Read more

$38.99 CAD

Feedback that works—for leadership that makes a difference.As a leader, you know that feedback is essential to teachers’ growth and development. But crafting the right feedback can be daunting. How do you conduct comprehensive observations, accurately analyze lessons for effectiveness, and develop high-leverage action steps that bring lasting change to teacher practices and student outcomes?This
... Read more
"Why Won't You Just Tell Us the Answer?"

Teaching Historical Thinking in Grades 7-12

by Bruce Lesh ...

Every major measure of students' historical understanding since 1917 has demonstrated that students do not retain, understand, or enjoy their school experiences with history. Bruce Lesh believes that this is due to the way we teach historylecture and memorization. Over the last fifteen years, Bruce has refined a method of teaching history that mirrors the process used by historians, where students ... Read more

$54.99 CAD

Every major measure of students' historical understanding since 1917 has demonstrated that students do not retain, understand, or enjoy their school experiences with history. Bruce Lesh believes that this is due to the way we teach historylecture and memorization. Over the last fifteen years, Bruce has refined a method of teaching history that mirrors the process used by historians, where students
... Read more
Key Competences and New Literacies

From Slogans to School Reality

Edited by Maria Dobryakova, Isak Froumin, Kirill Barannikov, Gemma Moss, Igor Remorenko, Jarkko Hautamäki ...

Series series Education (R0)
This edited book is a unique comprehensive discussion of 21st century skills in education in a comparative perspective. It presents investigation on how eight very different countries (China, Canada, England, Finland, Poland, South Korea, the USA and Russia) have attempted to integrate key competences and new literacies into their curricula and balance them with the acquisition of disciplinary ... Read more

$192.99 CAD

This edited book is a unique comprehensive discussion of 21st century skills in education in a comparative perspective. It presents investigation on how eight very different countries (China, Canada, England, Finland, Poland, South Korea, the USA and Russia) have attempted to integrate key competences and new literacies into their curricula and balance them with the acquisition of disciplinary
... Read more
Discourse Analysis in Practice

Perspectives and Lessons Learned

Edited by Luciana C. de Oliveira, Jia Gui ...

Series series Innovations in Qualitative Research
Discourse Analysis in Practice: Perspectives and Lessons Learned is a comprehensive and multifaceted exploration of discourse analysis methodologies and their applications across a range of contemporary issues and contexts. By compiling contributions from diverse scholars, this book aims to highlight the versatility and depth of discourse analysis, showcasing its potential to uncover hidden power ... Read more

$52.99 CAD

Discourse Analysis in Practice: Perspectives and Lessons Learned is a comprehensive and multifaceted exploration of discourse analysis methodologies and their applications across a range of contemporary issues and contexts. By compiling contributions from diverse scholars, this book aims to highlight the versatility and depth of discourse analysis, showcasing its potential to uncover hidden power
... Read more
Higher Education and the Challenge of Sustainability

Problematics, Promise, and Practice

Edited by Peter Blaze Corcoran, Arjen E.J. Wals ...

Sustainability challenges universities around the world to rethink their missions and to re-structure their courses, research programs, and life on campus. Graduates are increasingly exposed to notions of sustainability, which are emotionally, politically, ethically, and scientifically charged. They must be able to deal with conflicting norms and values, uncertain outcomes and futures, and a ... Read more

$179.99 CAD

Sustainability challenges universities around the world to rethink their missions and to re-structure their courses, research programs, and life on campus. Graduates are increasingly exposed to notions of sustainability, which are emotionally, politically, ethically, and scientifically charged. They must be able to deal with conflicting norms and values, uncertain outcomes and futures, and a
... Read more
Curriculum*-in-the-Making

A Post-constructivist Perspective

by Wolff-Michael Roth ...

Series Book 5 - Critical Praxis and Curriculum Guides
Curriculum*-in-the-Making theorizes about the living curriculum as an event that is in the making, for the enacted curriculum is something finished, which, only as an object, can be compared to another object. A living curriculum, understood as an event*-in-the-making, leads to a very different appreciation of just what is happening in a classroom. Events* are understood to be in the making so we ... Read more

$53.99 CAD

Curriculum*-in-the-Making theorizes about the living curriculum as an event that is in the making, for the enacted curriculum is something finished, which, only as an object, can be compared to another object. A living curriculum, understood as an event*-in-the-making, leads to a very different appreciation of just what is happening in a classroom. Events* are understood to be in the making so we
... Read more
Community and Environment

by Connie Jo Smith, Charlotte M. Hendricks, Becky S. Bennett ...

Series series Growing, Growing Strong
Children develop a sense of security and self-worth by becoming familiar with themselves, their home, and the world around them. Increase children’s awareness of their own communities and the ways they can help within their home and environment with this Community and Environment curriculum. It will help children learn about their homes and neighborhoods, safety helpers, health helpers, ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

Children develop a sense of security and self-worth by becoming familiar with themselves, their home, and the world around them. Increase children’s awareness of their own communities and the ways they can help within their home and environment with this Community and Environment curriculum. It will help children learn about their homes and neighborhoods, safety helpers, health helpers,
... Read more
Defining the Good School

Educational Adequacy Requires More than Minimums

by Jeff Swensson, Michael Shaffer ...

The deck is stacked against educators and parents/caregivers looking for educational adequacy in contemporary US education. Too often, satisfactory quality in the good public school is identified based on opinion, the dubious value of standardized test results, and marketing ploys. Moreover, the contemporary purpose of US education and the definition of educational adequacy are wild cards that ... Read more

$37.99 CAD

The deck is stacked against educators and parents/caregivers looking for educational adequacy in contemporary US education. Too often, satisfactory quality in the good public school is identified based on opinion, the dubious value of standardized test results, and marketing ploys. Moreover, the contemporary purpose of US education and the definition of educational adequacy are wild cards that
... Read more
More Brilliant Stories for Assemblies

by Elizabeth Sach ...

Series Book 9 - A Brilliant Education
More Brilliant Stories for Assemblies contains over 50 stories for use in primary schools. The stories range from those dealing with specific issues, such as bullying, racism and disability, to historical and religious stories. The stories can be used at specific times of the year, when issues arise or whenever you are suddenly called upon to do an assembly! ... Read more

$26.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

More Brilliant Stories for Assemblies contains over 50 stories for use in primary schools. The stories range from those dealing with specific issues, such as bullying, racism and disability, to historical and religious stories. The stories can be used at specific times of the year, when issues arise or whenever you are suddenly called upon to do an assembly!
... Read more
History and Imagination

Reenactments for Elementary Social Studies

by Ronald Vaughan Morris ...

In History and Imagination, elementary school social studies teachers will learn how to help their students break down the walls of their schools, more personally engage with history, and define democratic citizenship. By collaborating together in meaningful investigations into the past and reenacting history, students will become experts who interpret their findings, teach their peers, and relate ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

In History and Imagination, elementary school social studies teachers will learn how to help their students break down the walls of their schools, more personally engage with history, and define democratic citizenship. By collaborating together in meaningful investigations into the past and reenacting history, students will become experts who interpret their findings, teach their peers, and relate
... Read more
Succeeding With Struggling Students

A Planning Resource for Raising Achievement

by Marti T. Richardson ...

"A superb resource, Succeeding With Struggling Students brings innovative ideas and a sense of urgency. Richardson shows what is possible when educators fully commit to high levels of learning for all students and take bold, innovative actions to make success a reality."—Dennis Sparks, Executive Director, National Staff Development CouncilThe ideal framework to promote successful achievement for ... Read more

$42.99 CAD

"A superb resource, Succeeding With Struggling Students brings innovative ideas and a sense of urgency. Richardson shows what is possible when educators fully commit to high levels of learning for all students and take bold, innovative actions to make success a reality."—Dennis Sparks, Executive Director, National Staff Development CouncilThe ideal framework to promote successful achievement for
... Read more

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