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Number Sense and the Days of School

by Christopher Casey ...

Math is patterns. Understanding this fundamental idea is a key to a greater appreciation of mathematics. If students are familiar with various patterns in math, and are geared to look for patterns, they will have a better understanding of how numbers go together, and come apart. They will see relationships between numbers.This unit is a way to help students recognize, seek out, and understand math ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

Math is patterns. Understanding this fundamental idea is a key to a greater appreciation of mathematics. If students are familiar with various patterns in math, and are geared to look for patterns, they will have a better understanding of how numbers go together, and come apart. They will see relationships between numbers.This unit is a way to help students recognize, seek out, and understand math
... Read more
Picture Pedagogy

Visual Culture Concepts to Enhance the Curriculum

by Professor Emeritus Paul Duncum ...

Contemporary societies are saturated with pictures. They are globally a part of everyday life, and they are seductive, offering values and beliefs in such highly pleasurable forms that it is often difficult to resist their power to persuade. Yet interpreting pictures is largely neglected in schools. Picture Pedagogy addresses this head on, showing that pictures can be used as a powerful form of ... Read more

$38.99 CAD

Contemporary societies are saturated with pictures. They are globally a part of everyday life, and they are seductive, offering values and beliefs in such highly pleasurable forms that it is often difficult to resist their power to persuade. Yet interpreting pictures is largely neglected in schools. Picture Pedagogy addresses this head on, showing that pictures can be used as a powerful form of
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Global Citizenship Education in Australian Schools

Leadership, Teacher and Student Perspectives

by Andrew Peterson ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book explores how Australian secondary schools prepare their students for global citizenship. Globalisation has irrevocably changed modern countries and societies, and the benefits and pressures this brings are being felt as never before. Drawing on empirical data from six Australian secondary schools, the author examines how school leaders and teachers understand global citizenship, how they ... Read more

$64.99 CAD

This book explores how Australian secondary schools prepare their students for global citizenship. Globalisation has irrevocably changed modern countries and societies, and the benefits and pressures this brings are being felt as never before. Drawing on empirical data from six Australian secondary schools, the author examines how school leaders and teachers understand global citizenship, how they
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The Routledge International Handbook of Work-Integrated Learning

Edited by Karsten E. Zegwaard, T. Judene Pretti ...

Series series Routledge International Handbooks of Education
The Routledge International Handbook of Work-Integrated Learning, third edition, provides an extensive overview of work-integrated learning (WIL) for practitioners and educators, and contains practical insights on how to improve everyday application of it.WIL is a diverse and complex subject, with much debate around what constitutes good practice. In this Handbook, well-established international ... Read more

$94.81 CAD

The Routledge International Handbook of Work-Integrated Learning, third edition, provides an extensive overview of work-integrated learning (WIL) for practitioners and educators, and contains practical insights on how to improve everyday application of it.WIL is a diverse and complex subject, with much debate around what constitutes good practice. In this Handbook, well-established international
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International Handbook of Curriculum Research

Edited by William F. Pinar ...

Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
Continuing its calling to define the field and where it is going, the Second Edition of this landmark handbook brings up to date its comprehensive reportage of scholarly developments and school curriculum initiatives worldwide, providing a panoramic view of the state of curriculum studies globally. Its international scope and currency and range of research and theory reflect and contribute ... Read more

$247.34 CAD

Continuing its calling to define the field and where it is going, the Second Edition of this landmark handbook brings up to date its comprehensive reportage of scholarly developments and school curriculum initiatives worldwide, providing a panoramic view of the state of curriculum studies globally. Its international scope and currency and range of research and theory reflect and contribute
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Teaching with AI

A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning

by José Antonio Bowen, C. Edward Watson ...

Now completely revised! An essential guide on how AI is revolutionizing the future of learning and how educators can adapt to this new era of human thinking.Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way we learn, work, and think. Its integration into classrooms and workplaces is already underway, transforming ideas about creativity, authorship, and education. In this practical guide, ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

Now completely revised! An essential guide on how AI is revolutionizing the future of learning and how educators can adapt to this new era of human thinking.Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way we learn, work, and think. Its integration into classrooms and workplaces is already underway, transforming ideas about creativity, authorship, and education. In this practical guide,
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Shadow Education and the Curriculum and Culture of Schooling in South Korea

by Young Chun Kim ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book enables Western scholars and educators to recognize the roles and contributions of shadow education/hakwon education in an international context. The book allows readers to redefine the traditional and limited understanding of the background success behind Korean schooling and to expand their perspectives on Korean hakwon education, as well as shadow education in other nations with ... Read more

$108.99 CAD

This book enables Western scholars and educators to recognize the roles and contributions of shadow education/hakwon education in an international context. The book allows readers to redefine the traditional and limited understanding of the background success behind Korean schooling and to expand their perspectives on Korean hakwon education, as well as shadow education in other nations with
... Read more
Strengths-Based Approaches to Educating All Learners with Disabilities

Beyond Special Education

by Michael L. Wehmeyer ...

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

$38.99 CAD

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

Math Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten, Standards Edition

by Sally Moomaw, Hieronymus ...

More than one hundred math activities for young children that incorporate early learning standards. ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

More than one hundred math activities for young children that incorporate early learning standards.
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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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Early Elementary Children Moving and Learning

A Physical Education Curriculum

by Rae Pica ...

More than 100 movement activities for early elementary childrenPhysical education is a critical part of every early childhood curriculum. Children need to move to channel their energies in creative, beneficial ways and to learn habits for lifelong health and fitness. Early Elementary Children Moving & Learning provides more than 100 developmentally appropriate activities that contribute to a well ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

More than 100 movement activities for early elementary childrenPhysical education is a critical part of every early childhood curriculum. Children need to move to channel their energies in creative, beneficial ways and to learn habits for lifelong health and fitness. Early Elementary Children Moving & Learning provides more than 100 developmentally appropriate activities that contribute to a well
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Developing a Didactic Framework Across and Beyond School Subjects

Cross- and Transcurricular Teaching

Edited by Søren Harnow Klausen, Nina Mård ...

Series series Routledge Research in Education
Centered around a contemporary conception of Bildung, this book effectively demonstrates how the aims of cross- and transcurricular teaching can be reconciled, resulting in a didactic framework for teaching and learning in secondary schools that can be applied internationally.Chapters present a nuanced and unified approach to fusing theory and practice by offering accounts of some of the most ... Read more

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Centered around a contemporary conception of Bildung, this book effectively demonstrates how the aims of cross- and transcurricular teaching can be reconciled, resulting in a didactic framework for teaching and learning in secondary schools that can be applied internationally.Chapters present a nuanced and unified approach to fusing theory and practice by offering accounts of some of the most
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A Teacher's Bag of Tricks: Staying Person-to-Person in the World of Children

by Greg Nelson ...

Here is the tale of an eager young educator, freshly trained in Montessori theory and practice, learning how to survive in a bustling classroom of 3-6 year olds. Theory no longer carried the day; he had to learn how to achieve his goals in an environment that had as a core principle children'a right to guide their own learning.With the help of wise and talented mentors, he learned how to do so, ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

Here is the tale of an eager young educator, freshly trained in Montessori theory and practice, learning how to survive in a bustling classroom of 3-6 year olds. Theory no longer carried the day; he had to learn how to achieve his goals in an environment that had as a core principle children'a right to guide their own learning.With the help of wise and talented mentors, he learned how to do so,
... Read more
Middle School General Music

The Best Part of Your Day

by Elizabeth Ann McAnally ...

Series series National Association for Music Education
Create a viable, meaningful program that will motivate your students and have them participating with enthusiasm with Middle School General Music: The Best Part of Your Day. A welcome guidebook for music teachers trying to navigate the sometimes turbulent waters of middle school general music, it offers strategies and lessons that have been created in the real world of general music by a ... Read more

$37.99 CAD

Create a viable, meaningful program that will motivate your students and have them participating with enthusiasm with Middle School General Music: The Best Part of Your Day. A welcome guidebook for music teachers trying to navigate the sometimes turbulent waters of middle school general music, it offers strategies and lessons that have been created in the real world of general music by a
... Read more
Making Room for Impact

A De-implementation Guide for Educators

by Arran Hamilton, John Hattie, Dylan Wiliam ...

Dial back and make room for impactWith teacher and leader workloads and burnout at an all-time high, it’s time for de-implementation: de-prioritizing and deleting the less effective, higher-cost initiatives we implement in schools. De-implementation allows us to focus on practices that have more supporting evidence and a higher probability of positive impact on students, and at the same time gain ... Read more

$38.99 CAD

Dial back and make room for impactWith teacher and leader workloads and burnout at an all-time high, it’s time for de-implementation: de-prioritizing and deleting the less effective, higher-cost initiatives we implement in schools. De-implementation allows us to focus on practices that have more supporting evidence and a higher probability of positive impact on students, and at the same time gain
... Read more
Powerful Interactions

How to Connect with Children to Extend Their Learning, Second Edition

by Amy Laura Dombro, Judy Jablon, Charlotte Stetson ...

In early childhood settings, children and teachers interact all day long. The benefits to everyone—teachers and children—are enormous when even some of those everyday interactions become intentional and purposeful Powerful Interactions!In step one of a Powerful Interaction, Be Present, you pause to tune in to how you are feeling and consider how you might need to adjust to create a “just-right” ... Read more

$39.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In early childhood settings, children and teachers interact all day long. The benefits to everyone—teachers and children—are enormous when even some of those everyday interactions become intentional and purposeful Powerful Interactions!In step one of a Powerful Interaction, Be Present, you pause to tune in to how you are feeling and consider how you might need to adjust to create a “just-right”
... Read more
Music, Sound, and Vibration

Music and Science Integrated Curriculum

by Marjorie de Muynck ...

Through engaging assignments, this integrated curriculum course design introduces the physics of sound and music, with the exploration of musical styles and their biological effect, along with the newer disciplines of Music Therapy and Sound & Vibrational Healing. While the course is designed for grades 5-6, educators will find a variety of applications and inspiration from individual units, as ... Read more

$10.98 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Through engaging assignments, this integrated curriculum course design introduces the physics of sound and music, with the exploration of musical styles and their biological effect, along with the newer disciplines of Music Therapy and Sound & Vibrational Healing. While the course is designed for grades 5-6, educators will find a variety of applications and inspiration from individual units, as
... Read more
High School Graduation

K-12 Strategies That Work

by Rob Andrews, Avis E. Glaze, Ruth E. Mattingley ...

High-impact strategies to improve student outcomesBased on first-hand experiences from one of the world’s fastest improving school systems, this comprehensive resource helps teachers and leaders increase student achievement and outcomes in elementary, middle, and high school education.Written by three educators instrumental in developing and implementing Ontario, Canada’s remarkably successful ... Read more

$40.99 CAD

High-impact strategies to improve student outcomesBased on first-hand experiences from one of the world’s fastest improving school systems, this comprehensive resource helps teachers and leaders increase student achievement and outcomes in elementary, middle, and high school education.Written by three educators instrumental in developing and implementing Ontario, Canada’s remarkably successful
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Using Formative Assessment to Improve Student Outcomes in the Classroom

by Michael W Connell ...

"Formative assessment--the process of interpretating data on student performance to adapt instruction to individual needs--is perhaps the single most powerful tool available to teachers to help every student succeed to their full potential."With that bold statement, Michael W. Connell sets out to unpack formative assessment--what it is, how it works, and why it is so essential for learner growth. ... Read more

$12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

"Formative assessment--the process of interpretating data on student performance to adapt instruction to individual needs--is perhaps the single most powerful tool available to teachers to help every student succeed to their full potential."With that bold statement, Michael W. Connell sets out to unpack formative assessment--what it is, how it works, and why it is so essential for learner growth.
... Read more
Reshaping Engineering Education

Addressing Complex Human Challenges

by Fawwaz Habbal, Anette Kolmos, Roger G. Hadgraft, Jette Egelund Holgaard, Kamar Reda ...

Series series Education (R0)
This open access book is dedicated to exploring methods and charting the course for enhancing engineering education in and beyond 2023. It delves into the idea that education, coupled with social connections, is indispensable for a more profound comprehension of the world and the creation of an improved quality of life.The book serves as a conduit for incorporating complex problem-solving into ... Read more

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This open access book is dedicated to exploring methods and charting the course for enhancing engineering education in and beyond 2023. It delves into the idea that education, coupled with social connections, is indispensable for a more profound comprehension of the world and the creation of an improved quality of life.The book serves as a conduit for incorporating complex problem-solving into
... Read more
The Activist Learner

Inquiry, Literacy, and Service to Make Learning Matter

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

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

$37.99 CAD

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

A Playbook for Instructional Leaders

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

Sharpen your instructional leadership skills and guide your school toward equity and excellence for all.Just think about how great schools could be if every instructional leader exercised their influence to create change—maximizing the efforts of others and mobilizing those efforts to work toward a shared goal.How Leadership Works: A Playbook for Instructional Leaders walks educators through the ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

Sharpen your instructional leadership skills and guide your school toward equity and excellence for all.Just think about how great schools could be if every instructional leader exercised their influence to create change—maximizing the efforts of others and mobilizing those efforts to work toward a shared goal.How Leadership Works: A Playbook for Instructional Leaders walks educators through the
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Collaboration, Communications, and Critical Thinking

A STEM-Inspired Path across the Curriculum

by Dennis Adams, Mary Hamm ...

This book makes a case for a STEM-based approach across the curriculum by highlighting the potential impacts of rapid societal change, newly emerging information technologies, and the increasing demand for a new generation of skillful and well-rounded citizens and workers. The book discusses how thinking skills, collaborative learning, communications-related information technologies, science and ... Read more

$45.99 CAD

This book makes a case for a STEM-based approach across the curriculum by highlighting the potential impacts of rapid societal change, newly emerging information technologies, and the increasing demand for a new generation of skillful and well-rounded citizens and workers. The book discusses how thinking skills, collaborative learning, communications-related information technologies, science and
... Read more
The Science of Learning and Development

Enhancing the Lives of All Young People

Edited by Pamela Cantor, David Osher ...

This essential text unpacks major transformations in the study of learning and human development and provides evidence for how science can inform innovation in the design of settings, policies, practice, and research to enhance the life path, opportunity and prosperity of every child. The ideas presented provide researchers and educators with a rationale for focusing on the specific pathways and ... Read more

$96.99 CAD

This essential text unpacks major transformations in the study of learning and human development and provides evidence for how science can inform innovation in the design of settings, policies, practice, and research to enhance the life path, opportunity and prosperity of every child. The ideas presented provide researchers and educators with a rationale for focusing on the specific pathways and
... Read more

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