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Managing International Schools

Edited by Sonia Blandford, Marian Shaw ...

It is estimated that there are some 12 000 international schools world-wide, with over 25 000 middle managers and head teachers. Within this there are several different types of international school including British schools abroad, English-speaking schools overseas, European English-speaking schools and forces schools - in spite of some differences they and their managers share certain needs for ... Read more

$174.51 CAD

It is estimated that there are some 12 000 international schools world-wide, with over 25 000 middle managers and head teachers. Within this there are several different types of international school including British schools abroad, English-speaking schools overseas, European English-speaking schools and forces schools - in spite of some differences they and their managers share certain needs for
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Humanities in Primary Education

History, Geography and Religious Education in the Classroom

by Don Kimber, Nick Clough, Martin Forrest, Penelope Harnett, Ian Menter, Elizabeth Newman ...

First Published in 1995. This innovative series is an ideal means of supporting professional practice in the post-Dearing era, when a new focus on the quality of teaching and learning is possible. The series promotes reflective teaching and active forms of pupil learning. The books explore the implications of these commitments for curriculum and curriculum-related issues. This book has emerged out ... Read more

$76.94 CAD

First Published in 1995. This innovative series is an ideal means of supporting professional practice in the post-Dearing era, when a new focus on the quality of teaching and learning is possible. The series promotes reflective teaching and active forms of pupil learning. The books explore the implications of these commitments for curriculum and curriculum-related issues. This book has emerged out
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Leading Curriculum Development

by Jon W. Wiles ...

"A book that every practitioner should own. The author has managed to describe the complex process of curriculum development in plain English."—John Lundt, Professor of Educational LeadershipUniversity of MontanaDevelop a curriculum that can transform an ordinary school into a school of excellence!Curriculum development, an essential part of educational leadership, helps schools establish purpose, ... Read more

$38.39 CAD

"A book that every practitioner should own. The author has managed to describe the complex process of curriculum development in plain English."—John Lundt, Professor of Educational LeadershipUniversity of MontanaDevelop a curriculum that can transform an ordinary school into a school of excellence!Curriculum development, an essential part of educational leadership, helps schools establish purpose,
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Curriculum Leadership

Strategies for Development and Implementation

by Allan A. Glatthorn, Floyd A. Boschee, Bruce M. Whitehead, Bonni F. Boschee ...

Curriculum Leadership: Strategies for Development and Implementation helps current and aspiring administrators, teachers, and curriculum directors successfully restructure, enhance, and implement school K–12 curriculum. This foundational book highlights 21st century educational ideas and advocacy, while also remaining focused on tried and true strategies for meeting state and national standards in ... Read more

$175.99 CAD

Curriculum Leadership: Strategies for Development and Implementation helps current and aspiring administrators, teachers, and curriculum directors successfully restructure, enhance, and implement school K–12 curriculum. This foundational book highlights 21st century educational ideas and advocacy, while also remaining focused on tried and true strategies for meeting state and national standards in
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Curriculum Development

A Guide for Educators

by Bill Boyle, Marie Charles ...

Curriculum and curriculum issues are at the heart of current debates about schooling, pedagogy and learning. This book will enable practitioners, scholars and academics to understand how to re-design or to suggest changes to curriculum structure, shape and content. Grounded in theory and philosophy, the book also offers practical help in grasping this controversial area.Inside, the authors:provide ... Read more

$78.39 CAD

Curriculum and curriculum issues are at the heart of current debates about schooling, pedagogy and learning. This book will enable practitioners, scholars and academics to understand how to re-design or to suggest changes to curriculum structure, shape and content. Grounded in theory and philosophy, the book also offers practical help in grasping this controversial area.Inside, the authors:provide
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Motivating Your Secondary Class

by Charlotte Page, Susan Steward, Linda Hargreaves, Anthony Pell, Maurice J Galton ...

Why do so many pupils in Years 7, 8 and 9 ′switch off′ and make very little progress in the core subjects such as English and mathematics? What can teachers and schools do to improve pupils′ attitudes and motivation?Maurice Galton and his team have collected examples from various schools of what works in re-energising demotivated pupils. This book presents practical advice and strategies for ... Read more

$108.79 CAD

Why do so many pupils in Years 7, 8 and 9 ′switch off′ and make very little progress in the core subjects such as English and mathematics? What can teachers and schools do to improve pupils′ attitudes and motivation?Maurice Galton and his team have collected examples from various schools of what works in re-energising demotivated pupils. This book presents practical advice and strategies for
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The Curriculum Bridge

From Standards to Actual Classroom Practice

Edited by Pearl G. Solomon ...

"Comprehensive in scope, this book thoroughly lays out what a classroom teacher or curriculum developer needs to do to create an effective curriculum that can then be adapted into actual classroom instruction."—Stephen D. Shepperd, PrincipalSunnyside Elementary School, Kellogg, IDTranslate standards into classroom curriculum that fulfills accountability requirements and meets students′ learning ... Read more

$40.79 CAD

"Comprehensive in scope, this book thoroughly lays out what a classroom teacher or curriculum developer needs to do to create an effective curriculum that can then be adapted into actual classroom instruction."—Stephen D. Shepperd, PrincipalSunnyside Elementary School, Kellogg, IDTranslate standards into classroom curriculum that fulfills accountability requirements and meets students′ learning
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Teaching Matters Most

A School Leader’s Guide to Improving Classroom Instruction

by Thomas M. McCann, Alan C. Jones, Gail A. Aronoff ...

A laser-beam focus on improving instruction to improve learningSaying "teaching matters most" is easy, and seems obvious. Making it the top priority for school leaders and staff is not so easy—in fact, it′s messy. If we want to change how students write, compute, and think, then teachers must change how they teach. They must transform the old "assign-and-assess" model into engaging, compassionate, ... Read more

$39.19 CAD

A laser-beam focus on improving instruction to improve learningSaying "teaching matters most" is easy, and seems obvious. Making it the top priority for school leaders and staff is not so easy—in fact, it′s messy. If we want to change how students write, compute, and think, then teachers must change how they teach. They must transform the old "assign-and-assess" model into engaging, compassionate,
... Read more
The Common Core, an Uncommon Opportunity

Redesigning Classroom Instruction

by Judith K. March, Karen H. Peters ...

Because the Common Core requires bold actionWhy The Common Core, an Uncommon Opportunity? Why now? Because it tackles a largely overlooked component of successful implementation: how to redesign your instructional delivery system, K-12. And you’ll have to; if you don’t, you’ll be subject to the very same failure and frustration so many other districts and schools are experiencing. What’s more, ... Read more

$41.59 CAD

Because the Common Core requires bold actionWhy The Common Core, an Uncommon Opportunity? Why now? Because it tackles a largely overlooked component of successful implementation: how to redesign your instructional delivery system, K-12. And you’ll have to; if you don’t, you’ll be subject to the very same failure and frustration so many other districts and schools are experiencing. What’s more,
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Uncovering Student Thinking About Mathematics in the Common Core, Grades 3-5

25 Formative Assessment Probes

by Cheryl Rose Tobey, Emily R. Fagan ...

Take the guesswork out of grades 3-5 math assessment!Expertly pinpoint and reverse your students’ common math difficulties with this must-have resource from best-selling authors Cheryl Tobey and Carolyn Arline. You’ll find 25 research-based assessment probes designed specifically for Grades 3-5 and the new Common Core Standards for Mathematics. Learn to ask the right questions to uncover just ... Read more

$39.19 CAD

Take the guesswork out of grades 3-5 math assessment!Expertly pinpoint and reverse your students’ common math difficulties with this must-have resource from best-selling authors Cheryl Tobey and Carolyn Arline. You’ll find 25 research-based assessment probes designed specifically for Grades 3-5 and the new Common Core Standards for Mathematics. Learn to ask the right questions to uncover just
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Designing Historical Games for Classrooms

A Practical Guide for Educators

by Jeremiah McCall ...

Designing Historical Games for Classrooms: A Practical Guide for Educators is a complete introductory guide for designing analog games and interactive choice‑based historical texts for history classes. It is designed to support educators who want to design games or who want to guide and assess student game‑making projects in history class.The chapters in this book lead the educator designer ... Read more

$59.08 CAD

Designing Historical Games for Classrooms: A Practical Guide for Educators is a complete introductory guide for designing analog games and interactive choice‑based historical texts for history classes. It is designed to support educators who want to design games or who want to guide and assess student game‑making projects in history class.The chapters in this book lead the educator designer
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Curriculum for High Ability Learners

Issues, Trends and Practices

Edited by Liang See Tan, Chwee Geok Quek, Letchmi Devi Ponnusamy ...

Series series Education (R0)
Given the increasing speed of change and the information explosion around the world, this book draws attention to the practice of teaching for conceptual understanding, which has been heralded as an effective approach within many curriculum frameworks. This book is pivotal in documenting and analyzing efforts in creating concept-based curriculum and pedagogies for high ability learners. ... Read more

$166.49 CAD

Given the increasing speed of change and the information explosion around the world, this book draws attention to the practice of teaching for conceptual understanding, which has been heralded as an effective approach within many curriculum frameworks. This book is pivotal in documenting and analyzing efforts in creating concept-based curriculum and pedagogies for high ability learners.
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Learning from Animations in Science Education

Innovating in Semiotic and Educational Research

Edited by Len Unsworth ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book examines educational semiotics and the representation of knowledge in school science. It discusses the strategic integration of animation in science education. It explores how learning through the creation of science animations takes place, as well as how animation can be used in assessing student’s science learning.Science education animations are ubiquitous in a variety of different ... Read more

$192.19 CAD

This book examines educational semiotics and the representation of knowledge in school science. It discusses the strategic integration of animation in science education. It explores how learning through the creation of science animations takes place, as well as how animation can be used in assessing student’s science learning.Science education animations are ubiquitous in a variety of different
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Designs for Language Program Evaluation

by Paul Gruba, Kellie Frost ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book aims to advance language program evaluation and practice, building on the author's previous work in Blended Language Program Evaluation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016). The book is based in theory, yet incorporates case study examples throughout each chapter. The conceptual framework is grounded in complexity and evaluative thinking, and incorporates a three-tiered approach on themes ranging ... Read more

$166.49 CAD

This book aims to advance language program evaluation and practice, building on the author's previous work in Blended Language Program Evaluation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016). The book is based in theory, yet incorporates case study examples throughout each chapter. The conceptual framework is grounded in complexity and evaluative thinking, and incorporates a three-tiered approach on themes ranging
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Inquiry-Based Learning Through the Creative Arts for Teachers and Teacher Educators

by Amanda Nicole Gulla, Molly Hamilton Sherman ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book is a theoretical and practical guide to implementing an inquiry-based approach to teaching which centers creative responses to works of art in curriculum. Guided by Maxine Greene’s philosophy of Aesthetic Education, the authors discuss the social justice implications of marginalized students having access to the arts and opportunities to find their voices through creative expression. ... Read more

$153.69 CAD

This book is a theoretical and practical guide to implementing an inquiry-based approach to teaching which centers creative responses to works of art in curriculum. Guided by Maxine Greene’s philosophy of Aesthetic Education, the authors discuss the social justice implications of marginalized students having access to the arts and opportunities to find their voices through creative expression.
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Science Curriculum for the Anthropocene, Volume 1

Complexity, Systems, and Sustainability Perspectives

by Xavier Fazio ...

Series series Education (R0)
This volume, the first of a two-volume set, provides a foundation for future research and development in science curriculum. Drawing upon complexity and systems theories, this book provides a framework for science curriculum that tackles and transform the interrelated and socio-ecological causes of our ecological crises in the Anthropocene. Chapters provide a foundational conceptual framework that ... Read more

$153.69 CAD

This volume, the first of a two-volume set, provides a foundation for future research and development in science curriculum. Drawing upon complexity and systems theories, this book provides a framework for science curriculum that tackles and transform the interrelated and socio-ecological causes of our ecological crises in the Anthropocene. Chapters provide a foundational conceptual framework that
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Diversity and Decolonization in French Studies

New Approaches to Teaching

Edited by Siham Bouamer, Loïc Bourdeau ...

Series series Education (R0)
This edited volume presents new and original approaches to teaching the French foreign-language curriculum, reconceptualizing the French classroom through a more inclusive lens. The volume engages with a broad range of scholars to facilitate an understanding of the process of French (de)colonization as well as its reverberations into the postcolonial era, and a deeper engagement with the global ... Read more

$192.19 CAD

This edited volume presents new and original approaches to teaching the French foreign-language curriculum, reconceptualizing the French classroom through a more inclusive lens. The volume engages with a broad range of scholars to facilitate an understanding of the process of French (de)colonization as well as its reverberations into the postcolonial era, and a deeper engagement with the global
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Perspectives on the Knowledge Problem in New Zealand Education

Towards Equity

Edited by Megan Lourie, Graham McPhail ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book offers new ideas for thinking about how more equitable outcomes might be achieved in New Zealand so that all students are well-equipped to live and work in contemporary society. It addresses a social justice concern about access to the unique affordances of subject knowledge which comprises two forms of knowledge - propositional (knowledge-that) and applied knowledge (know-how-to).The ... Read more

$83.29 CAD

This book offers new ideas for thinking about how more equitable outcomes might be achieved in New Zealand so that all students are well-equipped to live and work in contemporary society. It addresses a social justice concern about access to the unique affordances of subject knowledge which comprises two forms of knowledge - propositional (knowledge-that) and applied knowledge (know-how-to).The
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Teaching and Assessing Writing in the Primary School

A Whole School Approach

by Eithne Kennedy, Gerry Shiel ...

The capacity to write well is fundamental to success in school and beyond. Yet many children struggle to become proficient writers. Teaching and Assessing Writing in the Primary School provides a comprehensive guide to the theory, practice and pedagogical research behind teaching children to write. Supported by case studies and real-world examples of teaching and learning writing in the classroom, ... Read more

$53.99 CAD

The capacity to write well is fundamental to success in school and beyond. Yet many children struggle to become proficient writers. Teaching and Assessing Writing in the Primary School provides a comprehensive guide to the theory, practice and pedagogical research behind teaching children to write. Supported by case studies and real-world examples of teaching and learning writing in the classroom,
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Mathematics Education in Singapore

Edited by Tin Lam Toh, Berinderjeet Kaur, Eng Guan Tay ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book provides a one-stop resource for mathematics educators, policy makers and all who are interested in learning more about the why, what and how of mathematics education in Singapore. The content is organized according to three significant and closely interrelated components: the Singapore mathematics curriculum, mathematics teacher education and professional development, and learners in ... Read more

$217.79 CAD

This book provides a one-stop resource for mathematics educators, policy makers and all who are interested in learning more about the why, what and how of mathematics education in Singapore. The content is organized according to three significant and closely interrelated components: the Singapore mathematics curriculum, mathematics teacher education and professional development, and learners in
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Von der Kita in die Schule

Lebenskompetenzen im Übergang fördern und stärken

by Joachim Bensel, Gabriele Haug-Schnabel, Sibylle Fischer ...

Mit klarer Haltung und Praxisnähe begleitet dieses Buch pädagogische Fachkräfte beim wichtigen Thema Übergang von Kita in die Schule. Sechs Lebenskompetenz-Themen bündeln das Wissen: "Ich und die Anderen", "Mich selbst besser kennenlernen", "Ich in meinem Körper", "Sprache", "Welt" und "Wissen". Statt Rezepte bietet es fallbasierte Impulse, Reflexionen und Transferanleitungen – immer mit Blick auf ... Read more

$28.79 CAD

Mit klarer Haltung und Praxisnähe begleitet dieses Buch pädagogische Fachkräfte beim wichtigen Thema Übergang von Kita in die Schule. Sechs Lebenskompetenz-Themen bündeln das Wissen: "Ich und die Anderen", "Mich selbst besser kennenlernen", "Ich in meinem Körper", "Sprache", "Welt" und "Wissen". Statt Rezepte bietet es fallbasierte Impulse, Reflexionen und Transferanleitungen – immer mit Blick auf
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Transforming Undergraduate Education

Theory that Compels and Practices that Succeed

by Jann H. Adams, Jerzy Axer, Kenneth R. Bain, Randall J. Bass, Thomas Bender, Dessa Bergen-Cico, Joyce A. Bylander, Kent John Chabotar, Barry N. Checkoway, Catherine A. Crosby-Currie, Richard A. Detweiler, Ashley P. Finley, Cassia Freedland, Richard Guarasci, Debra Humphreys, Bruce Keith, Julie J. Kidd, Phyllis Lane, William M. Loker, Theodore E. Long, Linda J. Major, Michael V. McGill, Elizabeth McHugh, Mindy McWilliams, Sally Engelhard Pingree, Alice (Jill) N. Reich, Joan B. Riley, Daniel Tad Roach, David M. Scobey, Valerie I. Sessa, Shalom Staub, Catharine R. Stimpson, Lynn E. Swaner, Cynthia Wolf, Christine Zimmerman, Nancy D.Mitchell, Carol Geary Schneider, John K. Haynes, William M. Sullivan, Adrianna J. Kezar, Devorah Lieberman ...

For those ready to participate in making transformative changes, Transforming Undergraduate Education provides evidence and case studies that suggest how steps can be taken and progress made. For those who are currently leading their campuses through a change in culture, this book offers support and encouragement. And for those who are pausing—looking positively but cautiously at what needs to ... Read more

$44.29 CAD

For those ready to participate in making transformative changes, Transforming Undergraduate Education provides evidence and case studies that suggest how steps can be taken and progress made. For those who are currently leading their campuses through a change in culture, this book offers support and encouragement. And for those who are pausing—looking positively but cautiously at what needs to
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Touchstones for Deterritorializing Socioecological Learning

The Anthropocene, Posthumanism and Common Worlds as Creative Milieux

Edited by Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles, Alexandra Lasczik, Judith Wilks, Marianne Logan, Angela Turner, Wendy Boyd ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book focuses on socioecological learning through the touchstone concepts of the Anthropocene, the Posthuman and Common Worlds as Creative Milieux. The editors and contributors explore, situate and interrogate social learning through transdisciplinary positionings, exemplars and theories. The eclectic and cohesive chapters unfold as a journey that may inspire innovative and unique ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

This book focuses on socioecological learning through the touchstone concepts of the Anthropocene, the Posthuman and Common Worlds as Creative Milieux. The editors and contributors explore, situate and interrogate social learning through transdisciplinary positionings, exemplars and theories. The eclectic and cohesive chapters unfold as a journey that may inspire innovative and unique
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Competencias docentes del profesorado universitario

Calidad y desarrollo profesional

by Miguel Ángel Zabalza ...

Series Book 4 - Universitaria
La tesis de este libro es que la Universidad desarrolla una tarea formativa de alto nivel que requiere, para resultar efectiva, tanto de condiciones institucionales como de capacitación del personal. La misión formativa de cada institución universitaria se concreta y operativiza en su oferta curricular y la calidad de la formación, por su parte, dependerá, en buena medida, de la actuación de los ... Read more

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La tesis de este libro es que la Universidad desarrolla una tarea formativa de alto nivel que requiere, para resultar efectiva, tanto de condiciones institucionales como de capacitación del personal. La misión formativa de cada institución universitaria se concreta y operativiza en su oferta curricular y la calidad de la formación, por su parte, dependerá, en buena medida, de la actuación de los
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