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DIY Theater MFA: Growing Your Skills When You Don’t Have the Time, Money, or Opportunity to Pursue a Graduate Degree

by Scott Walters ...

What if you want to improve your skills as a theater artist, but you don't have the time, money, or opportunity to pursue a graduate degree? Could you design a learning program for yourself that would effectively promote your own growth as an artist?In this provocative how-to book, Scott Walters argues not only that such a thing is possible, but that doing so has many advantages over the ... Read more

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What if you want to improve your skills as a theater artist, but you don't have the time, money, or opportunity to pursue a graduate degree? Could you design a learning program for yourself that would effectively promote your own growth as an artist?In this provocative how-to book, Scott Walters argues not only that such a thing is possible, but that doing so has many advantages over the
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Preparing Teachers of Color to Teach

Culturally Responsive Teacher Education in Theory and Practice

by C. Gist ...

Series series Education (R0)
A rich, comparative case study systematically exploring two program approaches for preparing teachers of color, Gist's work explores culturally responsive pedagogy as a strategy for organizing teacher education. ... Read more

$63.99 CAD

A rich, comparative case study systematically exploring two program approaches for preparing teachers of color, Gist's work explores culturally responsive pedagogy as a strategy for organizing teacher education.
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The Decline in Educational Standards

From a Public Good to a Quasi-Monopoly

by James D. Williams ...

The Decline in Educational Standards: From a Public Good to a Quasi-Monopoly is about the “commodification” of education and the factors that have changed education from a public good into a “commodity” over the last 50 years. When we look at today’s education, we see that academic standards in public education have been declining for decades even as education funding has reached nearly a trillion ... Read more

$45.99 CAD

The Decline in Educational Standards: From a Public Good to a Quasi-Monopoly is about the “commodification” of education and the factors that have changed education from a public good into a “commodity” over the last 50 years. When we look at today’s education, we see that academic standards in public education have been declining for decades even as education funding has reached nearly a trillion
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Dal merito al diritto all'istruzione

Per una Scuola della Costituzione

by AA. VV. ...

La nuova denominazione del Ministero dell'istruzione ("e del merito") lascia intravedere un intento programmatico, che si potrebbe sintetizzare nella volontà di costruire una scuola del merito, trasponendo in essa l'idea che l'applicazione del principio meritocratico garantisca un sistema efficiente. Questo volume intende esaminare le aporie e le contraddizioni del concetto di merito e argomentare ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

La nuova denominazione del Ministero dell'istruzione ("e del merito") lascia intravedere un intento programmatico, che si potrebbe sintetizzare nella volontà di costruire una scuola del merito, trasponendo in essa l'idea che l'applicazione del principio meritocratico garantisca un sistema efficiente. Questo volume intende esaminare le aporie e le contraddizioni del concetto di merito e argomentare
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Standards and Mastery Learning

Aligning Teaching and Assessment So All Children Can Learn

by J. Ronald Gentile, James P. Lalley ...

"I am quite enthusiastic about this book. As far as I know, no one has brought the perspective of mastery learning to the considerable dialogue about standards even though the connection is an obvious one. These authors clearly know mastery learning and will add greatly to the standards movement."Robert Marzano, Adjunct Associate ProfessorCardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, WI"The book makes a ... Read more

$40.99 CAD

"I am quite enthusiastic about this book. As far as I know, no one has brought the perspective of mastery learning to the considerable dialogue about standards even though the connection is an obvious one. These authors clearly know mastery learning and will add greatly to the standards movement."Robert Marzano, Adjunct Associate ProfessorCardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, WI"The book makes a
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How to Create, Sell, and Teach Online Courses: Winning Techniques to Help You Create, Sell, and Impart Your Knowledge and Expertise Online

by Dr. Sadiyo Siad ...

The importance of delivering high-value online courses should not be understated, especially as it allows students to learn from a greater variety of educators who otherwise would not be available. This is particularly the case in developing countries where there is a great need for quality education and training to meet the needs of the modern world. As a result, Dr. Sadiyo Siad wanted to provide ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

The importance of delivering high-value online courses should not be understated, especially as it allows students to learn from a greater variety of educators who otherwise would not be available. This is particularly the case in developing countries where there is a great need for quality education and training to meet the needs of the modern world. As a result, Dr. Sadiyo Siad wanted to provide
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Mobile Media In and Outside of the Art Classroom

Attending to Identity, Spatiality, and Materiality

Edited by Juan Carlos Castro ...

Series series Education (R0)
This edited volume explores a range of educational effects on student learning that resulted from a long-term study using a creative visual arts curriculum designed for mobile media (smartphones and tablets) and used in art classrooms. The curriculum, entitled MonCoin, a French phrase meaning My Corner, was initially designed and piloted in a Montreal area school for at-risk youth in 2012. Since ... Read more

$179.99 CAD

This edited volume explores a range of educational effects on student learning that resulted from a long-term study using a creative visual arts curriculum designed for mobile media (smartphones and tablets) and used in art classrooms. The curriculum, entitled MonCoin, a French phrase meaning My Corner, was initially designed and piloted in a Montreal area school for at-risk youth in 2012. Since
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Ecole(s) et culture(s)

Savoirs scolaires, pratiques sociales et significations

Edited by Maria Pagoni ...

Series Book 36 - Transversales
Issu des travaux menés autour du symposium international Ecole(s) et culture(s): quels savoirs, quelles pratiques ? organisé à l’université Lille 3, cet ouvrage croise des modèles théoriques et des outils méthodologiques en psychologie de l’éducation, en anthropologie et en didactique pour interroger la notion de culture(s) dans ses différentes variations et ses rapports complexes avec les savoirs ... Read more

$106.99 CAD

Issu des travaux menés autour du symposium international Ecole(s) et culture(s): quels savoirs, quelles pratiques ? organisé à l’université Lille 3, cet ouvrage croise des modèles théoriques et des outils méthodologiques en psychologie de l’éducation, en anthropologie et en didactique pour interroger la notion de culture(s) dans ses différentes variations et ses rapports complexes avec les savoirs
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West-East Reciprocal Learning in a Canada-China Sister School Network

Stories of Hope

Edited by Yishin Khoo, Michael Connelly, Shijing Xu ...

Series series Education (R0)
This volume provides a comprehensive cross-cultural knowledge base and understanding of school education, teacher education, and the cultural contexts of education in China and the West. It achieves this by bringing together diverse Chinese and Canadian school educators and educational researchers to reframe Sino-Western relationships within the Canada-China Sister School Network, especially ... Read more

$192.99 CAD

This volume provides a comprehensive cross-cultural knowledge base and understanding of school education, teacher education, and the cultural contexts of education in China and the West. It achieves this by bringing together diverse Chinese and Canadian school educators and educational researchers to reframe Sino-Western relationships within the Canada-China Sister School Network, especially
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Cultural Linguistics and ELT Curriculum

Edited by Minoo Alemi, Zia Tajeddin ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book accumulates analyses and evaluation evidence about the cultural conceptualizations in English language teaching (ELT) textbooks, framed by cultural linguistics. It considers conceptualizations of cultural constructs such as family, gender, beauty, and the home, within ELT curricula. Despite the strength of cultural linguistics as a theoretical and analytical movement, few volumes in ... Read more

$179.99 CAD

This book accumulates analyses and evaluation evidence about the cultural conceptualizations in English language teaching (ELT) textbooks, framed by cultural linguistics. It considers conceptualizations of cultural constructs such as family, gender, beauty, and the home, within ELT curricula. Despite the strength of cultural linguistics as a theoretical and analytical movement, few volumes in
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Visual Knowing

Connecting Art and Ideas Across the Curriculum

by Donovan R. Walling ...

"Offers exciting information organized and presented in a format that is easy to read, understand, and to use in the classroom . . . accessible to teachers in all the subject areas."Pamela Fannin Wilkinson, Educational consultantHouston, TXEnergize your lesson planning ideas through the creativity and inspiration of the visual arts!Are you struggling to create memorable, exciting, and effective ... Read more

$39.99 CAD

"Offers exciting information organized and presented in a format that is easy to read, understand, and to use in the classroom . . . accessible to teachers in all the subject areas."Pamela Fannin Wilkinson, Educational consultantHouston, TXEnergize your lesson planning ideas through the creativity and inspiration of the visual arts!Are you struggling to create memorable, exciting, and effective
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Adolescenti in trappola.

Come aiutarli a muoversi tra i rischi e le opportunità che offre la rete

by Maria Luisa Genta ...

Navigare in rete è per i giovani uno splendido e irrinunciabile gioco. Tuttavia comunicare on line può offrire grandi opportunità ma anche rischi insidiosi. Questo libro vuole favorire un uso consapevole e partecipe delle nuove tecnologie. Un volume agile, ma insieme profondo e denso, che vuole presentare buone pratiche e strategie consapevoli per far sì che figli e allievi non cadano vittime ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

Navigare in rete è per i giovani uno splendido e irrinunciabile gioco. Tuttavia comunicare on line può offrire grandi opportunità ma anche rischi insidiosi. Questo libro vuole favorire un uso consapevole e partecipe delle nuove tecnologie. Un volume agile, ma insieme profondo e denso, che vuole presentare buone pratiche e strategie consapevoli per far sì che figli e allievi non cadano vittime
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Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue Vol 14 Issue 1 & 2

Edited by David J. Flinders, P. Bruce Uhrmacher ...

Series Book 1 - Curriculum & Teaching Dialogue
Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue is the journal of the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum (AATC). An important historical event in the development of organizations dealing with the scholarly field of teaching and curriculum was the founding of the AATC on October 1, 1993. The members of the AATC believed that the time was long overdue to recognize teaching and curriculum as a basic ... Read more

$67.99 CAD

Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue is the journal of the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum (AATC). An important historical event in the development of organizations dealing with the scholarly field of teaching and curriculum was the founding of the AATC on October 1, 1993. The members of the AATC believed that the time was long overdue to recognize teaching and curriculum as a basic
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Didática(s) entre diálogos, insurgências e políticas

by Giseli Barreto da Cruz/ Claudia Fernandes/ Helena Amaral da Fontoura/ Silvana Mesquita (Organizadoras) ...

Em tempos tão desafiadores, organizar um livro com textos que buscam didáticas outras, formas de pensar e fazer a educação escolar de maneiras insurgentes, diferentes, nos pareceu de grande importância e compromisso com a área e com nossos(as) colegas professores(as), especialmente aos colegas da educação básica. Todos os textos aqui presentes foram elaborados a partir de um convite por ocasião da ... Read more

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Em tempos tão desafiadores, organizar um livro com textos que buscam didáticas outras, formas de pensar e fazer a educação escolar de maneiras insurgentes, diferentes, nos pareceu de grande importância e compromisso com a área e com nossos(as) colegas professores(as), especialmente aos colegas da educação básica. Todos os textos aqui presentes foram elaborados a partir de um convite por ocasião da
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Mr T Does Primary History

by Stuart Tiffany ...

Whose stories do we tell in primary history? Are we really teaching history?This new book from Mr T helps supports you to:*Bring new stories and voices into your history curriculum*Focus on teaching history*Support children to develop a knowledge rich understanding of a period, event or person*Plan properly sequenced lessons for trackable skills development*Work through four steps to build units ... Read more

$51.99 CAD

Whose stories do we tell in primary history? Are we really teaching history?This new book from Mr T helps supports you to:*Bring new stories and voices into your history curriculum*Focus on teaching history*Support children to develop a knowledge rich understanding of a period, event or person*Plan properly sequenced lessons for trackable skills development*Work through four steps to build units
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Industry Practices, Processes and Techniques Adopted in Education

Supporting Innovative Teaching and Learning Practice

Edited by Kathryn MacCallum, David Parsons ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book provides a single source of reference for educators interested in understanding how industry-based ideas have been adapted into different educational contexts, and supports their utilisation in practice. The link between industry-based ideas and their application in education has enabled educators to develop engaging, collaborative, and creative learning environments, as well as better ... Read more

$115.99 CAD

This book provides a single source of reference for educators interested in understanding how industry-based ideas have been adapted into different educational contexts, and supports their utilisation in practice. The link between industry-based ideas and their application in education has enabled educators to develop engaging, collaborative, and creative learning environments, as well as better
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Hip-Hop Genius 2.0

Remixing High School Education

by Sam Seidel ...

Many educators already know that hip-hop can be a powerful tool for engaging students. But can hip-hop save our schools—and our society? Hip-Hop Genius 2.0 introduces an iteration of hip-hop education that goes far beyond studying rap music as classroom content. Through stories about the professional rapper who founded the first hip-hop high school and the aspiring artists currently enrolled there ... Read more

$39.99 CAD

Many educators already know that hip-hop can be a powerful tool for engaging students. But can hip-hop save our schools—and our society? Hip-Hop Genius 2.0 introduces an iteration of hip-hop education that goes far beyond studying rap music as classroom content. Through stories about the professional rapper who founded the first hip-hop high school and the aspiring artists currently enrolled there
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Nyansa Classical Community Year One Elementary Latin Workbook

by Nyansa Classical Community ...

Nyansa's Latin curriculum is designed to provide an introduction to basic Latin vocabulary to students and to show the connection between the Latin vocabulary and common English words. The Workbook is designed to be used alongside our Year One Elementary Latin Teacher's Guide. It includes short fables, copywork, poems for memorization, writing and drawing exercises, and review pages.The curriculum ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

Nyansa's Latin curriculum is designed to provide an introduction to basic Latin vocabulary to students and to show the connection between the Latin vocabulary and common English words. The Workbook is designed to be used alongside our Year One Elementary Latin Teacher's Guide. It includes short fables, copywork, poems for memorization, writing and drawing exercises, and review pages.The curriculum
... Read more
Disrupting Racism in US Schools

Transcending the (un)Civil War

Edited by Amy Murray, Rose Borunda ...

Series series Education (R0)
This edited volume brings together authors from various cultural backgrounds to address the racialized roots of the (un)civil war in American society and schooling. While exposing substractive schooling practices, it also provides counter-narrative school curriculum that builds cross-cultural bridges and connects learners across racial lines. It also includes critical reading and discussion ... Read more

$204.99 CAD

This edited volume brings together authors from various cultural backgrounds to address the racialized roots of the (un)civil war in American society and schooling. While exposing substractive schooling practices, it also provides counter-narrative school curriculum that builds cross-cultural bridges and connects learners across racial lines. It also includes critical reading and discussion
... Read more
Curriculum Windows

What Curriculum Theorists of the 1980s Can Teach Us About Schools And Society Today

Edited by Thomas S. Poetter, Kelly Waldrop, Chloé Bolyard, Vicka Bell-Robinson ...

Series series Curriculum Windows
Curriculum Windows: What Curriculum Theorists of the 1980s Can Teach Us about Schools and Society Today is an effort by students of curriculum studies, along with their professor, to interpret and understand curriculum texts and theorists of the 1980s in contemporary terms. The authors explore how key books/authors from the curriculum field of the 1980s illuminate new possibilities forward for us ... Read more

$67.99 CAD

Curriculum Windows: What Curriculum Theorists of the 1980s Can Teach Us about Schools and Society Today is an effort by students of curriculum studies, along with their professor, to interpret and understand curriculum texts and theorists of the 1980s in contemporary terms. The authors explore how key books/authors from the curriculum field of the 1980s illuminate new possibilities forward for us
... Read more
Teaching Civic Literacy Projects

Student Engagement with Social Problems, Grades 4-12

by Shira Eve Epstein ...

This practical resource shows teachers how to enact robust forms of civic education in today’s schools. Both instructive and thought-provoking, it will inspire teachers to craft curricula addressing a wide range of genuine civic problems such as those related to racial discrimination, environmental damage, and community health. Dividing civic literacy projects into three key phases—problem ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

This practical resource shows teachers how to enact robust forms of civic education in today’s schools. Both instructive and thought-provoking, it will inspire teachers to craft curricula addressing a wide range of genuine civic problems such as those related to racial discrimination, environmental damage, and community health. Dividing civic literacy projects into three key phases—problem
... Read more
Interacting with Informational Text for Close and Critical Reading

by Jill Erfourth, Theresa Hasenauer, Lorri Zieleniewski, Melissa Labadie ...

Series series Maupin House
Comprehending complex informational text can be difficult for students. Use this book to help students simplify the process. Lessons will engage students and guide them to read a text critically in order to build comprehension. Lessons are also based on the Common Core State Standards and help move students purposefully through increasingly complex text. Strategies, including the Guided ... Read more

$10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Comprehending complex informational text can be difficult for students. Use this book to help students simplify the process. Lessons will engage students and guide them to read a text critically in order to build comprehension. Lessons are also based on the Common Core State Standards and help move students purposefully through increasingly complex text. Strategies, including the Guided
... Read more
Curricular Changes in Geography Education

Meeting Social and Societal Challenges of Tomorrow

Edited by Magali Hardouin, Caroline Leininger-Frézal ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book highlights the way in which geography curricula are conceived, (re)-organised and implemented at different levels (local, regional, national, international) and how to respond concretely to these challenges. It also examines the obstacles, barriers and continuities that keep some parts of geography curricula in a century-old tradition.In this book, the term curriculum is used in its ... Read more

$179.99 CAD

This book highlights the way in which geography curricula are conceived, (re)-organised and implemented at different levels (local, regional, national, international) and how to respond concretely to these challenges. It also examines the obstacles, barriers and continuities that keep some parts of geography curricula in a century-old tradition.In this book, the term curriculum is used in its
... Read more
Sustaining Extraordinary Student Achievement

by Linda E. Reksten ...

"The patterns described in these successful schools both validated and challenged my thinking. I can see opportunities for renewed emphasis in our district and much hope for continuing our progress with students."—Nancy Skerritt, Assistant SuperintendentTahoma School District, Maple Valley, WATransform your school with best leadership practices that sustain high student achievement year after year ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

"The patterns described in these successful schools both validated and challenged my thinking. I can see opportunities for renewed emphasis in our district and much hope for continuing our progress with students."—Nancy Skerritt, Assistant SuperintendentTahoma School District, Maple Valley, WATransform your school with best leadership practices that sustain high student achievement year after year
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