Rakuten Kobo

Values and the Curriculum

Edited by Jo Cairns, Roy Gardner, Denis Lawton ...

Series series Woburn Education Series
In this volume, educationists and experts on values, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, discuss the question of values and the curriculum in societies which are changing rapidly and in which disagreements about values are sometimes acrimonious. ... Read more

$83.81 CAD

In this volume, educationists and experts on values, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, discuss the question of values and the curriculum in societies which are changing rapidly and in which disagreements about values are sometimes acrimonious.
... Read more
Curriculum for Personal and Social Education

by Linda Otten ...

Provides teachers in mainstream and special schools with a tried and successful progressive health education curriculum for pupils with moderate and severe learning difficulties, emphasising a whole-school approach to sex and health education. ... Read more

$68.70 CAD

Provides teachers in mainstream and special schools with a tried and successful progressive health education curriculum for pupils with moderate and severe learning difficulties, emphasising a whole-school approach to sex and health education.
... Read more
Implementing the National Numeracy Strategy

For Pupils with Learning Difficulties

by Ann Berger, Denise Morris, Jane Portman ...

First Published in 2000. Following the successful programme to support schools in raising standards of literacy, this book aims to publish the work of another project to working with schools to implement the National Numeracy Strategy for pupils attaining below level 1 of the National Curriculum. Many pupils will work on the same learning objectives for many years and the scheme of work included ... Read more

$72.82 CAD

First Published in 2000. Following the successful programme to support schools in raising standards of literacy, this book aims to publish the work of another project to working with schools to implement the National Numeracy Strategy for pupils attaining below level 1 of the National Curriculum. Many pupils will work on the same learning objectives for many years and the scheme of work included
... Read more
Helping Children to be Competent Learners

by Ann Roberts, Avril Harpley ...

For babies, learning is about exploring and finding things out for themselves.Helping Children to be Competent Learners covers:making connectionsbeing imaginativebeing creativerepresenting.This handy little series of books links directly to the Government’s Birth to Three Matters Framework (DfES 2002). It provides information and ideas for you to read and digest at your own ... ... Read more

$42.59 CAD

For babies, learning is about exploring and finding things out for themselves.Helping Children to be Competent Learners covers:making connectionsbeing imaginativebeing creativerepresenting.This handy little series of books links directly to the Government’s Birth to Three Matters Framework (DfES 2002). It provides information and ideas for you to read and digest at your own ...
... Read more
Aspects of Teaching Secondary Geography

Perspectives on Practice

by Margaret Smith ...

This book provides a practical illustration of the skills, knowledge and understanding required to teach in the secondary classroom. As well as discussing concepts and ideas, the book gives a critical examination of some of the key issues, and will encourage the reader to engage with the ideas and consider their views and beliefs. It is an invaluable resource for those who are learning to teach or ... Read more

$92.06 CAD

This book provides a practical illustration of the skills, knowledge and understanding required to teach in the secondary classroom. As well as discussing concepts and ideas, the book gives a critical examination of some of the key issues, and will encourage the reader to engage with the ideas and consider their views and beliefs. It is an invaluable resource for those who are learning to teach or
... Read more
Standing the Heat

Assuring Curriculum Quality in Culinary Arts and Gastronomy

by Joseph Hegarty ...

Make sure your culinary arts students are prepared for the real world!Standing the Heat: Assuring Curriculum Quality in Culinary Arts and Gastronomy chronicles the creation and development of an undergraduate degree program in culinary arts at the Dublin Institute of Technology. Written by the head of the institute's School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology, Standing the Heat is a handbook for ... Read more

$86.56 CAD

Make sure your culinary arts students are prepared for the real world!Standing the Heat: Assuring Curriculum Quality in Culinary Arts and Gastronomy chronicles the creation and development of an undergraduate degree program in culinary arts at the Dublin Institute of Technology. Written by the head of the institute's School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology, Standing the Heat is a handbook for
... Read more
Patterns of Wonder, Grades PreK-1

Inviting Emergent Writers to Play with the Conventions of Language

by Whitney La Rocca, Jeff Anderson ...

Whitney La Rocca and Jeff Anderson adapt their vibrant approach to grammar instruction in Patterns of Wonder, Grades Prek-1: Inviting Emergent Writers to Play with the Conventions of Language. Here, young, emergent writers are invited to notice the conventions of language and build off them in this inquiry-based approach to instructional grammar. The book comes with standards-aligned lessons that ... Read more

$72.82 CAD

Whitney La Rocca and Jeff Anderson adapt their vibrant approach to grammar instruction in Patterns of Wonder, Grades Prek-1: Inviting Emergent Writers to Play with the Conventions of Language. Here, young, emergent writers are invited to notice the conventions of language and build off them in this inquiry-based approach to instructional grammar. The book comes with standards-aligned lessons that
... Read more
Academic Languaging

Engaging Multilingual Students in Content Area Learning

by Gisela Ernst-Slavit, Margo Gottlieb ...

Rethink how academic languaging can transform content area teachingFor years, the teaching of content-based academic language to multilingual learners has focused on formulas, vocabulary lists, and sentence patterns—often sidelining students’ linguistic and cultural strengths. Gisela Ernst-Slavit and Margo Gottlieb address these challenges by embracing academic languaging, an active, collaborative ... Read more

$37.99 CAD

Rethink how academic languaging can transform content area teachingFor years, the teaching of content-based academic language to multilingual learners has focused on formulas, vocabulary lists, and sentence patterns—often sidelining students’ linguistic and cultural strengths. Gisela Ernst-Slavit and Margo Gottlieb address these challenges by embracing academic languaging, an active, collaborative
... Read more
Computational Thinking Curricula in K–12

International Implementations

Edited by Harold Abelson, Siu-Cheung Kong ...

An international overview of how policy makers, curriculum developers, and school practitioners can integrate computational thinking into K–12 curricula.In today’s digital society, computational thinking (CT) is a critical component of all children’s education. In Computational Thinking Curricula in K–12, editors Harold Abelson and Siu-Cheung Kong present a range of professional perspectives on ... Read more

$63.99 CAD

An international overview of how policy makers, curriculum developers, and school practitioners can integrate computational thinking into K–12 curricula.In today’s digital society, computational thinking (CT) is a critical component of all children’s education. In Computational Thinking Curricula in K–12, editors Harold Abelson and Siu-Cheung Kong present a range of professional perspectives on
... Read more
Arts Education and Curriculum Studies

The Contributions of Rita L. Irwin

Edited by Mindy R. Carter, Valerie Triggs ...

Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
Highlighting Rita L. Irwin’s significant work in the fields of curriculum studies and arts education, this collection honors her well-known contribution of a/r/tography to curriculum studies in the form of arts based educational research and, beyond this, her contributions towards understanding the inseparability of making, knowing, and being. Together the chapters document an important beginning, ... Read more

$86.99 CAD

Highlighting Rita L. Irwin’s significant work in the fields of curriculum studies and arts education, this collection honors her well-known contribution of a/r/tography to curriculum studies in the form of arts based educational research and, beyond this, her contributions towards understanding the inseparability of making, knowing, and being. Together the chapters document an important beginning,
... Read more
The Elements of General Method, Based on the Principles of Herbart

by Charles A. McMurry ...

In "The Elements of General Method, Based on the Principles of Herbart," Charles A. McMurry meticulously explores the foundational principles of educational methodology inspired by Johann Friedrich Herbart's pedagogical theories. McMurry engages in a detailed analysis of Herbart's five formal steps—preparation, presentation, association, generalization, and application—contextualizing them within ... Read more

$2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In "The Elements of General Method, Based on the Principles of Herbart," Charles A. McMurry meticulously explores the foundational principles of educational methodology inspired by Johann Friedrich Herbart's pedagogical theories. McMurry engages in a detailed analysis of Herbart's five formal steps—preparation, presentation, association, generalization, and application—contextualizing them within
... Read more
Applying Cognitive Linguistics in the English Language Classroom

Edited by Dr Benjamin White, Dr Natalia Dolgova ...

Series series Bloomsbury Guidebooks for Language Teachers
This book promotes greater interest in cognitive linguistics (CL) among English language teaching (ELT) practitioners, while offering researchers a more direct line toward shaping pedagogy. The book presents a collection of CL-informed ready-to-use pedagogical summaries and activities that teachers without background knowledge in CL can take directly to their classrooms. Importantly, the book ... Read more

$42.19 CAD

This book promotes greater interest in cognitive linguistics (CL) among English language teaching (ELT) practitioners, while offering researchers a more direct line toward shaping pedagogy. The book presents a collection of CL-informed ready-to-use pedagogical summaries and activities that teachers without background knowledge in CL can take directly to their classrooms. Importantly, the book
... Read more
Digital Skills

Unlocking the Information Society

by Palgrave Macmillan ...

The first book to systematically discuss the skills and literacies needed to use digital media, particularly the Internet, van Dijk and van Deursen's clear and accessible work distinguishes digital skills, analyzes their roles and prevalence, and offers solutions from individual, educational, sociological, and policy perspectives. ... Read more

$179.39 CAD

The first book to systematically discuss the skills and literacies needed to use digital media, particularly the Internet, van Dijk and van Deursen's clear and accessible work distinguishes digital skills, analyzes their roles and prevalence, and offers solutions from individual, educational, sociological, and policy perspectives.
... Read more
Necessary Conditions of Learning

by Ference Marton ...

Necessary Conditions of Learning presents a research approach (phenomenography) and a theory (the variation theory of learning) introduced and developed by Ference Marton and taken up by his wide and varied following around the world—together with their practical applications in educational contexts. Reflecting Marton’s whole lifetime's work, the unique and significant contribution of this book is ... Read more

$111.30 CAD

Necessary Conditions of Learning presents a research approach (phenomenography) and a theory (the variation theory of learning) introduced and developed by Ference Marton and taken up by his wide and varied following around the world—together with their practical applications in educational contexts. Reflecting Marton’s whole lifetime's work, the unique and significant contribution of this book is
... Read more
Learning with Damaged Colonial Places

Posthumanist Pedagogies from a Joburg Preschool

by Theresa Magdalen Giorza ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book offers a close and detailed account of the emergent and creative pedagogies of children learning together in a small, not-for-profit preschool, and the entangled becomings of their carers as well as the researcher–artist–author. The mutually affecting and inseparable realities of the ‘material’ and the ‘discursive’ are made visible through lively and sensual pedagogical invention by a ... Read more

$153.69 CAD

This book offers a close and detailed account of the emergent and creative pedagogies of children learning together in a small, not-for-profit preschool, and the entangled becomings of their carers as well as the researcher–artist–author. The mutually affecting and inseparable realities of the ‘material’ and the ‘discursive’ are made visible through lively and sensual pedagogical invention by a
... Read more
Schemas in the Early Years

Exploring Beneath the Surface Through Observation and Dialogue

by Cath Arnold ...

Evolved through conversations with key early childhood education experts, Schemas in the Early Years focuses on the value of ‘repeated patterns’ of action or ‘schemas’ in young children’s play. It stimulates readers to ask questions of themselves, to watch children closely, and to create a dialogue with parents and other educators as well.Contributors to this fascinating book discuss their ... Read more

$61.82 CAD

Evolved through conversations with key early childhood education experts, Schemas in the Early Years focuses on the value of ‘repeated patterns’ of action or ‘schemas’ in young children’s play. It stimulates readers to ask questions of themselves, to watch children closely, and to create a dialogue with parents and other educators as well.Contributors to this fascinating book discuss their
... Read more
Learning in Real and Virtual Worlds

Commercial Video Games as Educational Tools

by P. Lacasa ...

Series series Education (R0)
Packed with critical analysis and real-life examples, this book explores how children's video games can cultivate learning. Lacasa takes several commercial video games and shows how they can be used both in and out of the classroom to teach initiative and problem-solving, encourage creativity, promote literacy, and develop reasoning skills. ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

Packed with critical analysis and real-life examples, this book explores how children's video games can cultivate learning. Lacasa takes several commercial video games and shows how they can be used both in and out of the classroom to teach initiative and problem-solving, encourage creativity, promote literacy, and develop reasoning skills.
... Read more
Teaching Middle Years

Rethinking Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Assessment

Edited by Donna Pendergast, Katherine Main, Nan Bahr ...

Teaching Middle Years has established itself as the leading text to focus on the adolescent years of schooling.Recognition of the educational importance of this age group continues to grow as research reveals the benefits of programs designed especially for young people's needs. With a renewed approach, this fourth edition includes new chapters on Indigenous Knowledges, STEAM education, and ... Read more

$68.70 CAD

Teaching Middle Years has established itself as the leading text to focus on the adolescent years of schooling.Recognition of the educational importance of this age group continues to grow as research reveals the benefits of programs designed especially for young people's needs. With a renewed approach, this fourth edition includes new chapters on Indigenous Knowledges, STEAM education, and
... Read more
Using a Competency Development Process Model in Higher Education

A Practical Guide

by Nancy Latham, Johnna Darragh Ernst, Tiffany Freeze, Stephanie Bernoteit, Bradford White ...

What if educational programs designed curriculum with the end in mind, teaching and assessing only the knowledge and skills necessary for success in the workplace and broader life applications? Competency-Based Education (CBE) provides an answer to questions such as this one that key stakeholders such as employers, learners, parents, and educators are asking. In this book, the authors offer a ... Read more

$59.08 CAD

What if educational programs designed curriculum with the end in mind, teaching and assessing only the knowledge and skills necessary for success in the workplace and broader life applications? Competency-Based Education (CBE) provides an answer to questions such as this one that key stakeholders such as employers, learners, parents, and educators are asking. In this book, the authors offer a
... Read more
Designing Learning

From Module Outline to Effective Teaching

by Christopher Butcher, Clara Davies, Melissa Highton ...

Series series Key Guides for Effective Teaching in Higher Education
Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this fully updated new edition of Designing Learning offers accessible guidance to help those new to teaching in higher education to design and develop a course. With new considerations to the higher education context, this book uses current educational research to support staff in their endeavour to design and develop modules and degree courses of the ... Read more

$59.08 CAD

Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this fully updated new edition of Designing Learning offers accessible guidance to help those new to teaching in higher education to design and develop a course. With new considerations to the higher education context, this book uses current educational research to support staff in their endeavour to design and develop modules and degree courses of the
... Read more
Balancing the Common Core Curriculum in Middle School Education

Composing Archimedes' Lever, the Equation, and the Sentence as an Interdisciplinary Unity

by James H. Bunn ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book examines the idea of ‘good education’ which is thought to include a scientific and technical component, a mathematical component, a writing component, and an ethical and aesthetic component. Bunn proposes a new three-way intersection in these teachings: the basic sciences and mechanics of levering on a seesaw, the basic formulations of patterning an algebraic equation, and the basic ... Read more

$32.09 CAD

This book examines the idea of ‘good education’ which is thought to include a scientific and technical component, a mathematical component, a writing component, and an ethical and aesthetic component. Bunn proposes a new three-way intersection in these teachings: the basic sciences and mechanics of levering on a seesaw, the basic formulations of patterning an algebraic equation, and the basic
... Read more
Curriculum Action Research

A Handbook of Methods and Resources for the Reflective Practitioner

by James McKernan ...

A handbook of research techniques for teachers, this book documents the historical development and changing nature of action research in the curriculum and aims to encourage teacher development through curriculum inquiry. It describes 57 action research tools, ten of which are new. ... Read more

$94.81 CAD

A handbook of research techniques for teachers, this book documents the historical development and changing nature of action research in the curriculum and aims to encourage teacher development through curriculum inquiry. It describes 57 action research tools, ten of which are new.
... Read more
Curriculum Planning with Design Language

Building Elegant Courses and Units

by Ken Badley ...

Curriculum Planning with Design Language provides a streamlined, adaptable framework for using visual design terminology to conceptualize instructional design objectives, processes, and strategies. Drawing from instructional design theory, pattern language theory, and aesthetics, these ten course and unit design principles help educators break down and clarify their broader planning tasks and ... Read more

$92.06 CAD

Curriculum Planning with Design Language provides a streamlined, adaptable framework for using visual design terminology to conceptualize instructional design objectives, processes, and strategies. Drawing from instructional design theory, pattern language theory, and aesthetics, these ten course and unit design principles help educators break down and clarify their broader planning tasks and
... Read more
Toward a Poor Curriculum

50th Anniversary Edition

by William F. Pinar, Madeleine R. Grumet ...

Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
Fifty years since the publication of Toward a Poor Curriculum, William F. Pinar and Madeleine R. Grumet reflect on the ongoing need for a poor curriculum—one stripped of distractions such as technology to allow for the reflection and self-questioning at the heart of the book’s central methodology of currere. Featuring a brand-new preface cowritten by William F. Pinar and Madeleine R. Grumet, as ... Read more

$89.31 CAD

Fifty years since the publication of Toward a Poor Curriculum, William F. Pinar and Madeleine R. Grumet reflect on the ongoing need for a poor curriculum—one stripped of distractions such as technology to allow for the reflection and self-questioning at the heart of the book’s central methodology of currere. Featuring a brand-new preface cowritten by William F. Pinar and Madeleine R. Grumet, as
... Read more

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

Curricula eBooks

Show: