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Applying Positive Character Traits To The Study Of U.S. History: A Teacher's Resource Book

by Reed Miller ...

This is a U.S. history teacher's resource book, and does not include any Scripture of any religion. But, it does teach ethical decision-making to students in another way. The book uses the positive character traits of positive psychology to examine the decision-making of Americans in the past. You can do this without presentism by emphasizing the people then lived in different times. But, students ... Read more

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This is a U.S. history teacher's resource book, and does not include any Scripture of any religion. But, it does teach ethical decision-making to students in another way. The book uses the positive character traits of positive psychology to examine the decision-making of Americans in the past. You can do this without presentism by emphasizing the people then lived in different times. But, students
... Read more
Developing a Sustainability Mindset in Management Education

Edited by Kerul Kassel, Isabel Rimanoczy ...

Series series The Principles for Responsible Management Education Series
With an expanding awareness of the challenges of sustainability, featured more in the daily news than in higher education textbooks, scholars and faculty have been called to connect their syllabi to the ‘real world’. This book doesn’t just offer the ‘why’; it offers the ‘how’ through presenting the definition and model of the ‘sustainability mindset’ to help educators frame curricula to facilitate ... Read more

$81.06 CAD

With an expanding awareness of the challenges of sustainability, featured more in the daily news than in higher education textbooks, scholars and faculty have been called to connect their syllabi to the ‘real world’. This book doesn’t just offer the ‘why’; it offers the ‘how’ through presenting the definition and model of the ‘sustainability mindset’ to help educators frame curricula to facilitate
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The Mythopoetics of Currere

Memories, Dreams, and Literary Texts as Teaching Avenues to Self-Study

by Mary Aswell Doll ...

Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
In The Mythopoetics of Currere, Doll uses depth psychology, myth, and literature to offer a new approach to currere, the root of curriculum, through essays exploring significant literary images that open doorways into the fictions that layer the self. Offering a focus on the body, queer love, false belief, strangeness, otherness, and chaos, this book suggests new metaphors for understanding why ... Read more

$86.56 CAD

In The Mythopoetics of Currere, Doll uses depth psychology, myth, and literature to offer a new approach to currere, the root of curriculum, through essays exploring significant literary images that open doorways into the fictions that layer the self. Offering a focus on the body, queer love, false belief, strangeness, otherness, and chaos, this book suggests new metaphors for understanding why
... Read more
The English Sixth Form

A case study in curriculum research

by Philip H. Taylor, W. A. Reid, B. J. Holley ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
First published in 1974, The English sixth form presents a comprehensive overview of the explicit characteristics and implications of sixth-form courses in an institutional context and in relationship to other organizations. The sixth form is an institution devoted mainly to providing an academic education for students who wish to remain in school beyond leaving age. Sixth forms are not self ... Read more

$63.20 CAD

First published in 1974, The English sixth form presents a comprehensive overview of the explicit characteristics and implications of sixth-form courses in an institutional context and in relationship to other organizations. The sixth form is an institution devoted mainly to providing an academic education for students who wish to remain in school beyond leaving age. Sixth forms are not self
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Super Spellers

Seven Steps to Transforming Your Spelling Instruction

by Mark Weakland ...

Many teachers are frustrated with how spelling is traditionally taught and finding the time to support young spellers with explicit strategy instruction. Author Mark Weakland developed Super Spellers: Seven Steps to Transforming Your Spelling Instruction, an approach to teaching spelling in a way that is research-based and tied to authentic reading and writing. Super Spellers helps teachers ... Read more

$61.82 CAD

Many teachers are frustrated with how spelling is traditionally taught and finding the time to support young spellers with explicit strategy instruction. Author Mark Weakland developed Super Spellers: Seven Steps to Transforming Your Spelling Instruction, an approach to teaching spelling in a way that is research-based and tied to authentic reading and writing. Super Spellers helps teachers
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Accounting Education Research

Prize-winning Contributions

Edited by Richard M.S. Wilson ...

An annual prize is awarded for the best paper appearing in Accounting Education: an international journal, and this book contains the prize-winning papers for every year from 1992 to 2012.The journal’s primary mission since the first issue was published in March 1992 has been to enhance the educational base of accounting practice, and all the papers in this book relate to that mission. These ... Read more

$90.68 CAD

An annual prize is awarded for the best paper appearing in Accounting Education: an international journal, and this book contains the prize-winning papers for every year from 1992 to 2012.The journal’s primary mission since the first issue was published in March 1992 has been to enhance the educational base of accounting practice, and all the papers in this book relate to that mission. These
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Religion in the Classroom

Dilemmas for Democratic Education

by Jennifer Hauver James, Simone Schweber, Robert Kunzman, Keith C. Barton, Kimberly Logan ...

Dilemmas surrounding the role for religious beliefs and experiences permeate the school lives of teachers and teacher educators. Inspired by the need for teachers and students to more fully understand such dilemmas, this book examines the relationship between religion and teaching/learning in a democratic society. Written for pre-service and in-service teachers, it will engage readers in thinking ... Read more

$83.81 CAD

Dilemmas surrounding the role for religious beliefs and experiences permeate the school lives of teachers and teacher educators. Inspired by the need for teachers and students to more fully understand such dilemmas, this book examines the relationship between religion and teaching/learning in a democratic society. Written for pre-service and in-service teachers, it will engage readers in thinking
... Read more
Disrupting Early Childhood Education Research

Imagining New Possibilities

Edited by Will Parnell, Jeanne Marie Iorio ...

Series series Changing Images of Early Childhood
Recent and increasing efforts to standardize young children’s academic performance have shifted the emphases of education toward normative practices and away from qualitative, substantive intentions. Connection to human experience, compassion for societal ailments, and the joys of learning are straining under the pressure of quantitative research, competition, and test scores, exemplified by ... Read more

$79.69 CAD

Recent and increasing efforts to standardize young children’s academic performance have shifted the emphases of education toward normative practices and away from qualitative, substantive intentions. Connection to human experience, compassion for societal ailments, and the joys of learning are straining under the pressure of quantitative research, competition, and test scores, exemplified by
... Read more
The Homeshool Basic Math Manual

by John Martin Landry ...

Math can be tough to teach to small children, especially in a homeshool environment. This guide will help both parents and teachers to effetcively help young children understand math concepts and to actually enjoy it! ... Read more

$11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Math can be tough to teach to small children, especially in a homeshool environment. This guide will help both parents and teachers to effetcively help young children understand math concepts and to actually enjoy it!
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An Introduction to Curriculum Studies

by Philip H. Taylor, Colin M. Richards ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Curriculum
Originally published in 1979 with a second edition in 1985. A basic text for students of education and teachers who are coming to terms for the first time with the nature of the curriculum. It introduces the reader to the professional field that is of concern to all engaged in the practical enterprise of education in a way which provides a ‘feel’ for the preoccupations of the area and a ‘sense’ of ... Read more

$71.44 CAD

Originally published in 1979 with a second edition in 1985. A basic text for students of education and teachers who are coming to terms for the first time with the nature of the curriculum. It introduces the reader to the professional field that is of concern to all engaged in the practical enterprise of education in a way which provides a ‘feel’ for the preoccupations of the area and a ‘sense’ of
... Read more
Parallels and Responses to Curricular Innovation

The Possibilities of Posthumanistic Education

by Brad Petitfils ...

Series series Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education
This volume explores two radical shifts in history and subsequent responses in curricular spaces: the move from oral to print culture during the transition between the 15th and 16th centuries and the rise of the Jesuits, and the move from print to digital culture during the transition between the 20th and 21st centuries and the rise of what the philosopher Jean Baudrillard called "hyperreality. ... Read more

$83.81 CAD

This volume explores two radical shifts in history and subsequent responses in curricular spaces: the move from oral to print culture during the transition between the 15th and 16th centuries and the rise of the Jesuits, and the move from print to digital culture during the transition between the 20th and 21st centuries and the rise of what the philosopher Jean Baudrillard called "hyperreality.
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Curriculum as Institution and Practice

Essays in the Deliberative Tradition

by William A. Reid ...

Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
This volume brings together a collection of essays by William A. Reid that present and elaborate the deliberative tradition of curriculum theory, and examine the implications of a deliberative perspective for approaches to policy making and school systems. The essays illustrate the development of Reid's understanding of the deliberative tradition and his efforts to extend it from a focus on ... Read more

$100.30 CAD

This volume brings together a collection of essays by William A. Reid that present and elaborate the deliberative tradition of curriculum theory, and examine the implications of a deliberative perspective for approaches to policy making and school systems. The essays illustrate the development of Reid's understanding of the deliberative tradition and his efforts to extend it from a focus on
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The Really Useful Creativity Book

by Dominic Wyse, Pam Dowson ...

Series series The Really Useful
What is creativity and how do we teach it?The Really Useful Creativity Book provides approaches and ideas that will enable children to develop their creativity. Written for the primary school teacher, student or trainee teacher, the book shows you how creativity can flourish in your classroom.With examples of practice included throughout, the issues covered include:everyday creativity – ideas to ... Read more

$68.70 CAD

What is creativity and how do we teach it?The Really Useful Creativity Book provides approaches and ideas that will enable children to develop their creativity. Written for the primary school teacher, student or trainee teacher, the book shows you how creativity can flourish in your classroom.With examples of practice included throughout, the issues covered include:everyday creativity – ideas to
... Read more
Power/Knowledge/Pedagogy

The Meaning Of Democratic Education In Unsettling Times

by Dennis Carlson, Michael Apple ...

The essays in this volume explore the educational implications of unsettling shifts in contemporary culture associated with postmodernism. These shifts include the fragmentation of established power blocs, the emergence of a politics of identity, growing inequalities between the haves and the have-nots in a new global economy, and the rise in influence of popular culture in defining who we are. In ... Read more

$111.30 CAD

The essays in this volume explore the educational implications of unsettling shifts in contemporary culture associated with postmodernism. These shifts include the fragmentation of established power blocs, the emergence of a politics of identity, growing inequalities between the haves and the have-nots in a new global economy, and the rise in influence of popular culture in defining who we are. In
... Read more
The Multiple Menu Model

A Practical Guide for Developing Differentiated Curriculum

by Joseph Renzulli ...

Based on constructivist learning theory, The Multiple Menu Model presents six practical menus that guide curriculum developers as they bring together an understanding of a discipline, its content and methodologies, and a vast array of instructional techniques. Teachers have successfully used this approach to challenge learners on all levels and make learning more meaningful, relevant, and engaging ... Read more

$50.83 CAD

Based on constructivist learning theory, The Multiple Menu Model presents six practical menus that guide curriculum developers as they bring together an understanding of a discipline, its content and methodologies, and a vast array of instructional techniques. Teachers have successfully used this approach to challenge learners on all levels and make learning more meaningful, relevant, and engaging
... Read more
Expanding Curriculum Theory

Dis/positions and Lines of Flight

Edited by William M. Reynolds, Julie A. Webber ...

Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
Expanding Curriculum Theory, Second Edition carries through the major focus of the original volume—to reflect on the influence of Deleuze and Guattari’s concept of "lines of flight" and its application to curriculum theorizing. What is different is that the lines of flight have since shifted and produced expanded understandings of this concept for curriculum theory and for education in general. ... Read more

$100.30 CAD

Expanding Curriculum Theory, Second Edition carries through the major focus of the original volume—to reflect on the influence of Deleuze and Guattari’s concept of "lines of flight" and its application to curriculum theorizing. What is different is that the lines of flight have since shifted and produced expanded understandings of this concept for curriculum theory and for education in general.
... Read more
A New Vision of Liberal Education

The good of the unexamined life

by Alistair Miller ...

Series series Routledge Research in Education
‘This is an extremely important book. Wonderfully well researched and written, it develops a powerful argument about how we should conceive of the aims of education and design curricula. It should define the field for a very considerable period of time.’ - Professor Michael J Reiss, Institute of Education, University of London, UKMany philosophers of education believe that the main aim of ... Read more

$100.30 CAD

‘This is an extremely important book. Wonderfully well researched and written, it develops a powerful argument about how we should conceive of the aims of education and design curricula. It should define the field for a very considerable period of time.’ - Professor Michael J Reiss, Institute of Education, University of London, UKMany philosophers of education believe that the main aim of
... Read more
The Education and Care of Children with Severe, Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities

Musical Activities to Develop Basic Skills

by Richard Aird ...

This is a practical guide to managing the whole curriculum for children with severe learning difficulties (SLD). Crucial guidance and effective strategies are provided on how to reconcile the rights, needs and aspirations of such children in light of recent national trends and QCA guidelines. ... Read more

$76.94 CAD

This is a practical guide to managing the whole curriculum for children with severe learning difficulties (SLD). Crucial guidance and effective strategies are provided on how to reconcile the rights, needs and aspirations of such children in light of recent national trends and QCA guidelines.
... Read more
Reinventing the Middle School

Edited by Thomas S. Dickinson ...

Series series Transforming Teaching
Many contemporary American middle schools are stuck in a state of "arrested development," failing to implement the original concept of middle schools to a varying, though equally corruptive degrees. The individual chapters of the book outline in detail how to counter this dangerous trend, offering guidance to those who seek immediate, significant, internal reforms before we lose the unique value ... Read more

$86.56 CAD

Many contemporary American middle schools are stuck in a state of "arrested development," failing to implement the original concept of middle schools to a varying, though equally corruptive degrees. The individual chapters of the book outline in detail how to counter this dangerous trend, offering guidance to those who seek immediate, significant, internal reforms before we lose the unique value
... Read more
Issues in Physical Education

Edited by Susan Capel, Susan Piotrowski ...

Series series Issues in Teaching Series
Issues in Physical Education stimulates student-teachers, NQTs and practising physical education teachers to reflect on issues important to improving teaching in physical education. It encourages reflection and debate as an important part of professional development. Issues discussed include:aims as an issue in physical educationbreadth, balance and assessment in the physical education ... Read more

$79.69 CAD

Issues in Physical Education stimulates student-teachers, NQTs and practising physical education teachers to reflect on issues important to improving teaching in physical education. It encourages reflection and debate as an important part of professional development. Issues discussed include:aims as an issue in physical educationbreadth, balance and assessment in the physical education
... Read more
Education in the United Kingdom

Structures and Organisation

Edited by Liam Gearon ...

This accessible book provides a basic understanding of the structure and organization of education in the United Kingdom in a time of rapid change and devolved government. It is designed as an introductory guide and reference work for all with an interest in education, including trainee and newly qualified teachers, university lecturers, school-based mentors, and governors and managers.It contains ... Read more

$63.20 CAD

This accessible book provides a basic understanding of the structure and organization of education in the United Kingdom in a time of rapid change and devolved government. It is designed as an introductory guide and reference work for all with an interest in education, including trainee and newly qualified teachers, university lecturers, school-based mentors, and governors and managers.It contains
... Read more
Cross-Curricular Primary Practice

Taking a Leadership Role

Edited by Rosemary Webb ...

This text discusses the theory and practice of several important areas of cross-curricular work in primary schools. It uses the National Curriculum Council's categories of themes, skills and dimensions to examine what is involved in such practice and to consider its current status in schools and future possibilities.; Providing practical suggestions for more well- established areas such as ... Read more

$92.06 CAD

This text discusses the theory and practice of several important areas of cross-curricular work in primary schools. It uses the National Curriculum Council's categories of themes, skills and dimensions to examine what is involved in such practice and to consider its current status in schools and future possibilities.; Providing practical suggestions for more well- established areas such as
... Read more
Science Education from People for People

Taking a Stand(point)

Edited by Wolff-Michael Roth ...

Contributing to the social justice agenda of redefining what science is and what it means in the everyday lives of people, this bookintroduces science educators to various dimensions of viewing science and scientific literacy from the standpoint of the learner, engaged with real everyday concerns within or outside school;develops a new form of scholarship based on the dialogic nature of science as ... Read more

$68.70 CAD

Contributing to the social justice agenda of redefining what science is and what it means in the everyday lives of people, this bookintroduces science educators to various dimensions of viewing science and scientific literacy from the standpoint of the learner, engaged with real everyday concerns within or outside school;develops a new form of scholarship based on the dialogic nature of science as
... Read more
Key Issues in Early Years Education

A Guide for Students and Practitioners

Edited by Sandra Smidt ...

Key Issues in Early Years Education is the second edition of The Early Years: A Reader. This essential text for students and professionals is unique in its range of voices and topics and in its determination to see the child as central to learning and development. As in the first edition it not only has chapters written by key figures in the field of early childhood education and care but also by ... Read more

$68.70 CAD

Key Issues in Early Years Education is the second edition of The Early Years: A Reader. This essential text for students and professionals is unique in its range of voices and topics and in its determination to see the child as central to learning and development. As in the first edition it not only has chapters written by key figures in the field of early childhood education and care but also by
... Read more

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