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The Sustainable Self

A Personal Approach to Sustainability Education

by Paul Murray ...

Achieving a sustainable society is the biggest issue of our time. It is not an issue confined to a particular subject area or to certain jobs. It is a way of thinking and behaving that will need to be embedded in all aspects of all of our lives. The Sustainable Self is the perfect resource for lecturers, trainers, students and professionals of any discipline who need to teach or learn about ... Read more

$76.94 CAD

Achieving a sustainable society is the biggest issue of our time. It is not an issue confined to a particular subject area or to certain jobs. It is a way of thinking and behaving that will need to be embedded in all aspects of all of our lives. The Sustainable Self is the perfect resource for lecturers, trainers, students and professionals of any discipline who need to teach or learn about
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Che cosa nasconde la “riforma” dell’Istruzione Professionale di Stato? La verità sul decreto delegato della 107 (Buona Scuola)

by Alberto Pian ...

La "riforma" degli istituti Professionali é sancita dal Decreto Legge 61 del 13 aprile 2017, in attuazione della Legge 107 (Buona scuola).Qual é l’obiettivo di questa riforma?La prima cosa da comprendere é che questa riforma applica tutte le linee guida dell’Unione Europea per la scuola e la formazione professionale. Il suo scopo é abbassare il “costo del lavoro”, andare verso la soppressione o il ... Read more

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La "riforma" degli istituti Professionali é sancita dal Decreto Legge 61 del 13 aprile 2017, in attuazione della Legge 107 (Buona scuola).Qual é l’obiettivo di questa riforma?La prima cosa da comprendere é che questa riforma applica tutte le linee guida dell’Unione Europea per la scuola e la formazione professionale. Il suo scopo é abbassare il “costo del lavoro”, andare verso la soppressione o il
... Read more
Audacious Education Purposes

How Governments Transform the Goals of Education Systems

Edited by Fernando M. Reimers ...

Series series Education (R0)
This open access book offers a comparative study of eight ambitious national reforms that sought to create opportunities for students to gain the necessary breath of skills to thrive in a rapidly changing world. It examines how national governments transform education systems to provide students opportunities to develop such skills. It analyses comprehensive education reforms in Brazil, Finland, ... Read more

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This open access book offers a comparative study of eight ambitious national reforms that sought to create opportunities for students to gain the necessary breath of skills to thrive in a rapidly changing world. It examines how national governments transform education systems to provide students opportunities to develop such skills. It analyses comprehensive education reforms in Brazil, Finland,
... Read more
Colonising and Decolonising

Concepts, Learnings, and Praxes

by David Scott, Sandra Leaton Gray, Rita Chawla-Duggan ...

Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
Colonising and Decolonising argues for a decolonised and ethicised curriculum. Grounded in an interdisciplinary approach, it draws upon the fields of history, sociology, education, anthropology, philosophy, indigenous studies, and more, to allow a nuanced and multifaceted exploration of the subject matter.Focusing on the concepts and practices of coloniality and decoloniality, it uses this focus ... Read more

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Colonising and Decolonising argues for a decolonised and ethicised curriculum. Grounded in an interdisciplinary approach, it draws upon the fields of history, sociology, education, anthropology, philosophy, indigenous studies, and more, to allow a nuanced and multifaceted exploration of the subject matter.Focusing on the concepts and practices of coloniality and decoloniality, it uses this focus
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Drama Lesson Plans for Busy Teachers Book One

Drama Lesson Plans for Busy Teachers, #1

by Louise Tondeur ...

Series Book 1 - Drama Lesson Plans for Busy Teachers
‘Pick up and teach it’ drama sessionsI want to enable the teaching of creative subjects in an accessible, flexible and down-to-earth way. When I started teaching I noticed that there were hardly any ‘pick up and teach it’ drama session plans available, and so set out to create my own. You’re about to read the newly revised version of those session plans.Why use drama?Drama is both a teaching ... Read more

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‘Pick up and teach it’ drama sessionsI want to enable the teaching of creative subjects in an accessible, flexible and down-to-earth way. When I started teaching I noticed that there were hardly any ‘pick up and teach it’ drama session plans available, and so set out to create my own. You’re about to read the newly revised version of those session plans.Why use drama?Drama is both a teaching
... Read more
Democratic Curriculum Leadership

Critical Awareness to Pragmatic Artistry

by James G. Henderson, Daniel J. Castner, Jennifer L. Schneider ...

This book provides educators with guidance on studying and practicing a curriculum problem solving artistry that is focused on deepening students’ subject matter understandings through democratic self and social understandings. The book begins with a discussion of seven principles of curriculum leadership, which provide a framework for the presentation of a theoretical platform that guides a four ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

This book provides educators with guidance on studying and practicing a curriculum problem solving artistry that is focused on deepening students’ subject matter understandings through democratic self and social understandings. The book begins with a discussion of seven principles of curriculum leadership, which provide a framework for the presentation of a theoretical platform that guides a four
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Leader Credibility

The Essential Traits of Those Who Engage, Inspire, and Transform

by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, Dominique Smith, Cathy J. Lassiter ...

Passion, vision, relatability—can we ever quantify the facets of successful leadership? Is there sufficient "there-there" behind these feel-good words to transform a school into a culture of learning and bold hope? Yes, and yes! Inspired by John Hattie’s impressive research, Fisher, Frey, Lassiter, and Smith bring their trademark clarity to turn aspiration into energized action.For each of the ... Read more

$41.59 CAD

Passion, vision, relatability—can we ever quantify the facets of successful leadership? Is there sufficient "there-there" behind these feel-good words to transform a school into a culture of learning and bold hope? Yes, and yes! Inspired by John Hattie’s impressive research, Fisher, Frey, Lassiter, and Smith bring their trademark clarity to turn aspiration into energized action.For each of the
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Understanding Rhetoric

A Student Guide with Samples and Analysis

by Elinor A. McNeel ...

A Book of Student Writing from Rhetoric and Composition People avoid writing because of the fear and anxiety they have about writing. Prior to attending Penn State and taking a Rhetoric and Composition class, I was one of those people. Depending on the style and the way the material is presented, you will find yourself creating essays, outlining speeches, etc., without giving it a second thought. ... Read more

$5.39 CAD

A Book of Student Writing from Rhetoric and Composition People avoid writing because of the fear and anxiety they have about writing. Prior to attending Penn State and taking a Rhetoric and Composition class, I was one of those people. Depending on the style and the way the material is presented, you will find yourself creating essays, outlining speeches, etc., without giving it a second thought.
... Read more
Positively Transforming Minds within Educational Systems

An Inner-Directed Inquiry Process for Educators and the Students they Serve

by Marilee Bresciani Ludvik, Tonya Lea Eberhart ...

Youth and young adult suicide and depression is on the rise and employers are complaining about the lack of preparedness among high school and college graduates. This book illustrates the research that can support youth, young adults, and their instructors to transform learning environments that subsequently contribute to desired learning and development outcomes. Through embedding brief micro ... Read more

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Youth and young adult suicide and depression is on the rise and employers are complaining about the lack of preparedness among high school and college graduates. This book illustrates the research that can support youth, young adults, and their instructors to transform learning environments that subsequently contribute to desired learning and development outcomes. Through embedding brief micro
... Read more
Understanding the Steiner Waldorf Approach

Early Years Education in Practice

by Janni Nicol, Jill Taplin ...

Series series Understanding the… Approach
This fully revised edition of Understanding the Steiner Waldorf Approach is a much needed source of information for those wishing to extend and consolidate their understanding of the Steiner Waldorf early childhood approach. It enables the reader to analyse the essential elements of the Steiner Waldorf Approach to early childhood and its relationship to quality early years practice.Covering all ... Read more

$61.82 CAD

This fully revised edition of Understanding the Steiner Waldorf Approach is a much needed source of information for those wishing to extend and consolidate their understanding of the Steiner Waldorf early childhood approach. It enables the reader to analyse the essential elements of the Steiner Waldorf Approach to early childhood and its relationship to quality early years practice.Covering all
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Brilliant Activities for Gifted and Talented Children

Brilliant Activities for Gifted and Talented

by Ashley McCabe-Mowat ...

Series Book 34 - Brilliant how to ...
Open-ended activities to develop students' creative and critical thinking skills. Gifted children are not the only ones who will benefit from this book! All children will thoroughly enjoy these activities. Some of the activities can be last for days, others such as the brainteaser section can be used for a quick warm-up to spark interest and excite the brain. Activities linked to Bloom's taxonomy. ... Read more

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Open-ended activities to develop students' creative and critical thinking skills. Gifted children are not the only ones who will benefit from this book! All children will thoroughly enjoy these activities. Some of the activities can be last for days, others such as the brainteaser section can be used for a quick warm-up to spark interest and excite the brain. Activities linked to Bloom's taxonomy.
... Read more
Learning Gardens and Sustainability Education

Bringing Life to Schools and Schools to Life

by Dilafruz Williams, Jonathan Brown ...

Offering a fresh approach to bringing life to schools and schools to life, this book goes beyond touting the benefits of learning gardens to survey them as a whole-systems design solution with potential to address myriad interrelated social, ecological, and educational issues. The theoretical and conceptual framework presented creatively places soil at the center of the discourse on sustainability ... Read more

$92.06 CAD

Offering a fresh approach to bringing life to schools and schools to life, this book goes beyond touting the benefits of learning gardens to survey them as a whole-systems design solution with potential to address myriad interrelated social, ecological, and educational issues. The theoretical and conceptual framework presented creatively places soil at the center of the discourse on sustainability
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School Education

With linked Table of Contents

by Charlotte Mason ...

'School Education', the third volume of Charlotte Mason's Homeschooling Series, consists of thoughts about the teaching and curriculum of children aged 9-12, either at school or at home. She suggests that parents should practice what she calls "masterly inactivity"-not neglectful or permissive parenting, but simply allowing children to work things out for themselves, do things for themselves, ... Read more

$3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

'School Education', the third volume of Charlotte Mason's Homeschooling Series, consists of thoughts about the teaching and curriculum of children aged 9-12, either at school or at home. She suggests that parents should practice what she calls "masterly inactivity"-not neglectful or permissive parenting, but simply allowing children to work things out for themselves, do things for themselves,
... Read more
Collaborative Curriculum Design for Sustainable Innovation and Teacher Learning

Edited by Jules Pieters, Joke Voogt, Natalie Pareja Roblin ...

Series series Education (R0)
This open access book provides insight into what it takes to actively involve teachers in the curriculum design process. It examines different aspects of teacher involvement in collaborative curriculum design, with specific attention to its implications for sustainable curriculum innovation and teacher learning. Divided into six sections, the book starts out by introducing the notion of ... Read more

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This open access book provides insight into what it takes to actively involve teachers in the curriculum design process. It examines different aspects of teacher involvement in collaborative curriculum design, with specific attention to its implications for sustainable curriculum innovation and teacher learning. Divided into six sections, the book starts out by introducing the notion of
... Read more
Project Based Learning

Real Questions. Real Answers. How to Unpack PBL and Inquiry

by Ross Cooper, Erin Murphy ...

Countless educators from across the globe would love to leverage project based learning to create learner-centered opportunities for their students, but, believe it or not, PBL has yet to go mainstream.If project based learning can benefit so many students, why isn't this approach the norm in teaching? Because educators have questions.Since the release of their first book, Hacking Project Based ... Read more

$10.69 CAD

Countless educators from across the globe would love to leverage project based learning to create learner-centered opportunities for their students, but, believe it or not, PBL has yet to go mainstream.If project based learning can benefit so many students, why isn't this approach the norm in teaching? Because educators have questions.Since the release of their first book, Hacking Project Based
... Read more
Moving across Differences

How Students Engage LGBTQ+ Themes in a High School Literature Class

by Mollie V. Blackburn ...

Series series SUNY Press Open Access
Grounded in ethnography and teacher research, Moving across Differences examines how an LGBTQ+-themed literature course enabled high school students to negotiate their differences and engage in ethical encounters. Drawing on the work of queer theorists, Mollie V. Blackburn conceptualizes these encounters as forms of movement across differences of not only gender and sexuality but also identity and ... Read more

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Grounded in ethnography and teacher research, Moving across Differences examines how an LGBTQ+-themed literature course enabled high school students to negotiate their differences and engage in ethical encounters. Drawing on the work of queer theorists, Mollie V. Blackburn conceptualizes these encounters as forms of movement across differences of not only gender and sexuality but also identity and
... Read more
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy

Asking a Different Question

by Gloria Ladson-Billings ...

Series series Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies Series
For the first time, this volume provides a definitive collection of Gloria Ladson-Billings’ groundbreaking concept of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (CRP). After repeatedly confronting deficit perspectives that asked, “What’s wrong with ‘those’ kids?”, Ladson-Billings decided to ask a different question, one that fundamentally shifted the way we think about teaching and learning. Noting that “those ... Read more

$42.89 CAD

For the first time, this volume provides a definitive collection of Gloria Ladson-Billings’ groundbreaking concept of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (CRP). After repeatedly confronting deficit perspectives that asked, “What’s wrong with ‘those’ kids?”, Ladson-Billings decided to ask a different question, one that fundamentally shifted the way we think about teaching and learning. Noting that “those
... Read more
Sequencing Yoga Classes: A Guide for Easily Creating Classes your Students will Love.

by Julie Chavanu ...

Want an easier way to create good, solid yoga classes? Don't want to wing it? Learn this method for creating flow and hatha style classes and start creating your own library of sequences.This guide will show you an easy method for always having consistent, well-thought-out class sequences. As you learn this method, you'll spend less time preparing and more time enjoying your teaching.Approximately ... Read more

$7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Want an easier way to create good, solid yoga classes? Don't want to wing it? Learn this method for creating flow and hatha style classes and start creating your own library of sequences.This guide will show you an easy method for always having consistent, well-thought-out class sequences. As you learn this method, you'll spend less time preparing and more time enjoying your teaching.Approximately
... Read more
Studio Thinking 3

The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education

Edited by Kimberly M. Sheridan, Shirley Veenema, Ellen Winner, Lois Hetland ...

Studio Thinking 3 is a new edition of a now-classic text, a research-based account of teaching and learning in high school studio arts classes. It poses a framework that identifies eight habits of mind taught in visual arts and four studio structures by which they are taught. This edition includes new material about how the framework has been used since the original study, with new perspectives ... Read more

$40.69 CAD

Studio Thinking 3 is a new edition of a now-classic text, a research-based account of teaching and learning in high school studio arts classes. It poses a framework that identifies eight habits of mind taught in visual arts and four studio structures by which they are taught. This edition includes new material about how the framework has been used since the original study, with new perspectives
... Read more
Wild and Free Holidays

35 Festive Family Activities to Make the Season Bright

by Ainsley Arment ...

Series Book 8 - Wild and Free
Imaginative holiday-themed activities from Wild + Free to spark children’s curiosity and wonder and help families connect with each other in the most wonderful season of the year.Wild + Free is a great resource for parents to engage their kids’ creativity using festive, holiday-themed crafts, outdoor activities, and essays that celebrate the warmth of the season. Curated by Wild + Free families ... Read more

$14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Imaginative holiday-themed activities from Wild + Free to spark children’s curiosity and wonder and help families connect with each other in the most wonderful season of the year.Wild + Free is a great resource for parents to engage their kids’ creativity using festive, holiday-themed crafts, outdoor activities, and essays that celebrate the warmth of the season. Curated by Wild + Free families
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Mindset Mathematics: Visualizing and Investigating Big Ideas, Grade 1

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 at the first-grade level through visualization, play, ... 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 at the first-grade level through visualization, play,
... Read more
Introducing Little Kids to the Big Ideas of Mathematics: A Rad Makeover for Teaching Math

by Evelyn Raiken Lewis ...

We all expect children to learn their native language without lessons, worksheets, or tests. They are linguistic geniuses who can learn language by immersion. But this time of linguist genius is short-lived.If we can leave the assumption aside that young children must spend years doing simplistic arithmetic and provide an early introduction to higher-level math vocabulary and concepts, children ... Read more

$3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

We all expect children to learn their native language without lessons, worksheets, or tests. They are linguistic geniuses who can learn language by immersion. But this time of linguist genius is short-lived.If we can leave the assumption aside that young children must spend years doing simplistic arithmetic and provide an early introduction to higher-level math vocabulary and concepts, children
... Read more
The Search for Method in STEAM Education

by Jaime E. Martinez ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book explores various approaches to building a positive interdisciplinary STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) learning environment, as described by educators across the K-20 educational ladder. Crucial to their success, Martinez finds, is the playful and performatory approach they employ in their teaching. Their practices are creative, improvisational, and inclusive, and ... Read more

$29.49 CAD

This book explores various approaches to building a positive interdisciplinary STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) learning environment, as described by educators across the K-20 educational ladder. Crucial to their success, Martinez finds, is the playful and performatory approach they employ in their teaching. Their practices are creative, improvisational, and inclusive, and
... Read more
Planning for Play, Observation, and Learning in Preschool and Kindergarten

by Gaye Gronlund ...

Play is an important vehicle for learning in the early years. With intentional planning frameworks, this resource provides teachers with tools and strategies to organize and develop curriculum around high-level, purposeful play. Practical application techniques help teachers create a cycle of planning and observation as they use a play-based curriculum to help young children thrive in the ... Read more

$38.39 CAD

Play is an important vehicle for learning in the early years. With intentional planning frameworks, this resource provides teachers with tools and strategies to organize and develop curriculum around high-level, purposeful play. Practical application techniques help teachers create a cycle of planning and observation as they use a play-based curriculum to help young children thrive in the
... Read more

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