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Better Writing

Beyond Periods and Commas

by Travis J. Koll ...

Using casual language and a straightforward approach, Better Writing: Beyond Periods and Commas provides students with an easy-to-read and effective guide for developing their writing skills. Rather than intimidate and overwhelm novice writers with vast sets of rules, Travis Koll utilizes simple explanations and examples to demystify the writing process. Armed with this better understanding, one ... Read more

$28.39 USD

Using casual language and a straightforward approach, Better Writing: Beyond Periods and Commas provides students with an easy-to-read and effective guide for developing their writing skills. Rather than intimidate and overwhelm novice writers with vast sets of rules, Travis Koll utilizes simple explanations and examples to demystify the writing process. Armed with this better understanding, one
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What's Worth Teaching?

Rethinking Curriculum in the Age of Technology

by Allan Collins ...

Series series Technology, Education—Connections Series
This important contribution to the future of education, by bestselling author and renowned cognitive scientist Allan Collins, proposes a school curriculum that will fit the needs of our modern era. Offering guidelines for deciding what is important to learn in order to become a knowledgeable person, a good citizen, a thoughtful worker, and a valuable friend in the 21st century, Collins considers ... Read more

$31.49 USD

This important contribution to the future of education, by bestselling author and renowned cognitive scientist Allan Collins, proposes a school curriculum that will fit the needs of our modern era. Offering guidelines for deciding what is important to learn in order to become a knowledgeable person, a good citizen, a thoughtful worker, and a valuable friend in the 21st century, Collins considers
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Mindset Mathematics

Visualizing and Investigating Big Ideas, Grade 5

by Jo Boaler, Jen Munson, Cathy Williams ...

Series series Mindset Mathematics
Engage students in mathematics using growth mindset techniquesThe most challenging parts of teaching mathematics are engaging students and helping them understand the connections between mathematics concepts. In this volume, you'll find a collection of low floor, high ceiling tasks that will help you do just that, by looking at the big ideas at the fifth-grade level through visualization, play, ... Read more

$16.00 USD

Engage students in mathematics using growth mindset techniquesThe most challenging parts of teaching mathematics are engaging students and helping them understand the connections between mathematics concepts. In this volume, you'll find a collection of low floor, high ceiling tasks that will help you do just that, by looking at the big ideas at the fifth-grade level through visualization, play,
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Leadership for Differentiating Schools and Classrooms

by Carol Ann Tomlinson, Susan Demirsky Allan ...

Try going a week without hearing a call for a massive overhaul of our educational system. Parents, students, educators, bureaucrats, pundits . . . everyone says something must be done. But what? And who should do it?In this environment, school leaders must build bridges for change. As the system now stands, many students spend great portions of their lives feeling inferior if they struggle, ... Read more

$26.29 USD

Try going a week without hearing a call for a massive overhaul of our educational system. Parents, students, educators, bureaucrats, pundits . . . everyone says something must be done. But what? And who should do it?In this environment, school leaders must build bridges for change. As the system now stands, many students spend great portions of their lives feeling inferior if they struggle,
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The Organized Teacher, Second Edition

by Steve Springer, Kimberly Persiani, Brandy Alexander ...

Everything you need to know to run an organized and flourishing classroom, even if it is your first year teaching!The Organized Teacher has been a faithful companion for thousands of new and veteran teachers alike. It has helped instructors like you get along with a principal, arrange the desks in a room, organize a field trip, and much, much more. Now this classic bestseller has been revised with ... Read more

$18.19 USD

Everything you need to know to run an organized and flourishing classroom, even if it is your first year teaching!The Organized Teacher has been a faithful companion for thousands of new and veteran teachers alike. It has helped instructors like you get along with a principal, arrange the desks in a room, organize a field trip, and much, much more. Now this classic bestseller has been revised with
... Read more
Social Studies, Literacy, and Social Justice in the Elementary Classroom

A Guide for Teachers

by Ruchi Agarwal-Rangnath ...

Learn how to use primary and other sources to help students think about history while meeting language arts standards in grades 38.Elementary-aged children are often positioned as not developmentally ready to learn about race, racism, and injustice. Yet, the classroom materials used in most schools misrepresent history, withhold knowledge about racial injustice, or fail to uplift stories of ... Read more

$35.09 USD

Learn how to use primary and other sources to help students think about history while meeting language arts standards in grades 38.Elementary-aged children are often positioned as not developmentally ready to learn about race, racism, and injustice. Yet, the classroom materials used in most schools misrepresent history, withhold knowledge about racial injustice, or fail to uplift stories of
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Educating Students to Improve the World

by Fernando M. Reimers ...

Series series Education (R0)
This open access book addresses how to help students find purpose in a rapidly changing world. In a probing and visionary analysis of the field of global education Fernando Reimers explains how to lead the transformation of schools and school systems in order to more effectively prepare students to address today’s’ most urgent challenges and to invent a better future. Offering a comprehensive and ... Read more

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This open access book addresses how to help students find purpose in a rapidly changing world. In a probing and visionary analysis of the field of global education Fernando Reimers explains how to lead the transformation of schools and school systems in order to more effectively prepare students to address today’s’ most urgent challenges and to invent a better future. Offering a comprehensive and
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Didaktik and Curriculum in Ongoing Dialogue

Edited by Ane Qvortrup, Ellen Krogh, Stefan Ting Graf ...

Didaktik and Curriculum in Ongoing Dialogue revives the dialogue between the continental European Didaktik tradition and the Anglo-Saxon tradition of curriculum. It highlights important research findings that bridge cultural differences and argues for a mutual exchange and understanding of ideas.Through analyses of shared conditions and cultural differences, the book invites a critical stance and ... Read more

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Didaktik and Curriculum in Ongoing Dialogue revives the dialogue between the continental European Didaktik tradition and the Anglo-Saxon tradition of curriculum. It highlights important research findings that bridge cultural differences and argues for a mutual exchange and understanding of ideas.Through analyses of shared conditions and cultural differences, the book invites a critical stance and
... Read more
Practicing Presence

Simple Self-Care Strategies for Teachers

by Lisa Lucas ...

Most teachers enter the field of education to make a difference in children's lives. But many end up, as author Dr. Lisa Lucas puts it, tired, wired, and running in circles. This leads to many new teachers abandoning the profession or to burnout among veteran teachers. In Practicing Presence: Simple Self-Care Strategies for Teachers, Dr. Lucas invites the reader to learn how to fully inhabit the ... Read more

$44.99 USD

Most teachers enter the field of education to make a difference in children's lives. But many end up, as author Dr. Lisa Lucas puts it, tired, wired, and running in circles. This leads to many new teachers abandoning the profession or to burnout among veteran teachers. In Practicing Presence: Simple Self-Care Strategies for Teachers, Dr. Lucas invites the reader to learn how to fully inhabit the
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Curriculum Epistemicide

Towards An Itinerant Curriculum Theory

by João M. Paraskeva ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Education, Neoliberalism, and Marxism
Around the world, curriculum – hard sciences, social sciences and the humanities – has been dominated and legitimated by prevailing Western Eurocentric Anglophone discourses and practices. Drawing from and within a complex range of epistemological perspectives from the Middle East, Africa, Southern Europe, and Latin America, this volume presents a critical analysis of what the author, influenced ... Read more

$54.99 USD

Around the world, curriculum – hard sciences, social sciences and the humanities – has been dominated and legitimated by prevailing Western Eurocentric Anglophone discourses and practices. Drawing from and within a complex range of epistemological perspectives from the Middle East, Africa, Southern Europe, and Latin America, this volume presents a critical analysis of what the author, influenced
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Biology Made Real

Ways of Teaching That Inspire Meaning-Making

by Christian Moore-Anderson ...

"This outstanding book... deserves to be very widely read. I hope it makes a major contribution to how school biology is taught." —Dr Michael J. Reiss, Professor of Science Education, University of LondonFrom the author of Difference Maker, Biology Made Real explores what makes school biology meaningful for students. Pulling from many scholarly sources—including the philosophy, history, and ... Read more

$10.99 USD

"This outstanding book... deserves to be very widely read. I hope it makes a major contribution to how school biology is taught." —Dr Michael J. Reiss, Professor of Science Education, University of LondonFrom the author of Difference Maker, Biology Made Real explores what makes school biology meaningful for students. Pulling from many scholarly sources—including the philosophy, history, and
... Read more
Words & Actions

Second Edition

by Cassandra Glynn, Pamela Wesely, Beth Wassell ...

Empower language learners to become global citizens. This guide equips language teachers and educators with practical strategies for integrating social justice into their curriculum. Explore concrete examples, adaptable activities, and frameworks for creating inclusive and equitable learning environments. Discover how to:Adapt existing curricula for social justice themesAddress critical moments in ... Read more

$19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Empower language learners to become global citizens. This guide equips language teachers and educators with practical strategies for integrating social justice into their curriculum. Explore concrete examples, adaptable activities, and frameworks for creating inclusive and equitable learning environments. Discover how to:Adapt existing curricula for social justice themesAddress critical moments in
... Read more
College and Career Ready

Helping All Students Succeed Beyond High School

by David T. Conley ...

Giving students the tools they need to succeed in college and workCollege and Career Ready offers educators a blueprint for improving high school so that more students are able to excel in freshman-level college courses or entry-level jobs-laying a solid foundation for lifelong growth and success. The book is filled with detailed, practical guidelines and case descriptions of what the best high ... Read more

$12.00 USD

Giving students the tools they need to succeed in college and workCollege and Career Ready offers educators a blueprint for improving high school so that more students are able to excel in freshman-level college courses or entry-level jobs-laying a solid foundation for lifelong growth and success. The book is filled with detailed, practical guidelines and case descriptions of what the best high
... Read more
Managing Diverse Classrooms

How to Build on Students' Cultural Strengths

by Carrie Rothstein-Fisch, Elise Trumbull ...

How does the home culture of Latino immigrant students differ from the "mainstream" culture of U.S. schools? Why is it important for teachers to understand the differences? How can educators take advantage of students' cultural traits to improve classroom management, student performance, and school-parent relations? Carrie Rothstein-Fisch and Elise Trumbull answer these and many other questions by ... Read more

$28.69 USD

How does the home culture of Latino immigrant students differ from the "mainstream" culture of U.S. schools? Why is it important for teachers to understand the differences? How can educators take advantage of students' cultural traits to improve classroom management, student performance, and school-parent relations? Carrie Rothstein-Fisch and Elise Trumbull answer these and many other questions by
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наука искусство спорт или игра

by александр юделевич ...

1.Он был не только выдающимся шахматистом, но и крупным музыкантом – композитором. Основателем французской комической оперы, написавшим более 20 оперных произведений. Ф.Бондаренко.Родоначальник современного шахматного искусства знаменитый Филидор – в возрасте 23 х лет опубликовал свой труд, в котором изложил принципы учения, создавшего эпоху в истории шахматного искусства. Н. Греков.После победы ... Read more

$4.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

1.Он был не только выдающимся шахматистом, но и крупным музыкантом – композитором. Основателем французской комической оперы, написавшим более 20 оперных произведений. Ф.Бондаренко.Родоначальник современного шахматного искусства знаменитый Филидор – в возрасте 23 х лет опубликовал свой труд, в котором изложил принципы учения, создавшего эпоху в истории шахматного искусства. Н. Греков.После победы
... Read more
Sign to Learn

American Sign Language in the Early Childhood Classroom

by Kirsten Dennis, Tressa Azpiri ...

Everyone is talking about signing with young children. As a form of early communication for infants and toddlers, or as a transitioning tool for children just beginning to speak, the benefits of signing with hearing children are endless.Sign to Learn is the first complete introduction to sign language curriculum for hearing preschoolers. In this unique resource, you will learn how to integrate ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Everyone is talking about signing with young children. As a form of early communication for infants and toddlers, or as a transitioning tool for children just beginning to speak, the benefits of signing with hearing children are endless.Sign to Learn is the first complete introduction to sign language curriculum for hearing preschoolers. In this unique resource, you will learn how to integrate
... Read more
Vivir a jornada completa

Un camino hacia otra forma más sana de trabajar

by Mar Cabra ...

Series series Vivir hoy
LOS CINCO PILARES PARA VIVIR Y TRABAJAR MEJOR DE LA ESPAÑOLA GANADORA DE UN PULITZER«Hoy en día, Mar está mejor que nunca, en un camino hacia la calma. La periodista habla sobre su experiencia de burnout, la importancia de establecer límites entre la vida privada y el trabajo, su relación con la tecnología y los trucos que la ayudan a recargar la batería.» Mar Manrique, El País«Del mayor éxito ... Read more

$12.99 USD

LOS CINCO PILARES PARA VIVIR Y TRABAJAR MEJOR DE LA ESPAÑOLA GANADORA DE UN PULITZER«Hoy en día, Mar está mejor que nunca, en un camino hacia la calma. La periodista habla sobre su experiencia de burnout, la importancia de establecer límites entre la vida privada y el trabajo, su relación con la tecnología y los trucos que la ayudan a recargar la batería.» Mar Manrique, El País«Del mayor éxito
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Evaluating Programs to Increase Student Achievement

Edited by Martin H. Jason ...

"The author does all the right things: stays on task, stays focused, communicates clearly, gives correct and adequate information that practitioners can understand and implement, and presents the content in a scholarly, yet friendly style that promotes collaborative efforts."—Marie Kraska, Professor of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and TechnologyAuburn University"Clear, concise, ... Read more

$35.09 USD

"The author does all the right things: stays on task, stays focused, communicates clearly, gives correct and adequate information that practitioners can understand and implement, and presents the content in a scholarly, yet friendly style that promotes collaborative efforts."—Marie Kraska, Professor of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and TechnologyAuburn University"Clear, concise,
... Read more
Tools for Teaching Conceptual Understanding, Secondary

Designing Lessons and Assessments for Deep Learning

by Julie Stern, Krista Ferraro, Juliet Mohnkern ...

Series series Corwin Teaching Essentials
Students become experts and innovators through Concept-Based teachingInnovators don’t invent without a deep understanding of how the world works. With this foundation, they apply conceptual understanding to solve new problems. We want our students to not only retain ideas, but relate them to other things they encounter, using each new situation to add nuance and sophistication to their thinking. ... Read more

$33.29 USD

Students become experts and innovators through Concept-Based teachingInnovators don’t invent without a deep understanding of how the world works. With this foundation, they apply conceptual understanding to solve new problems. We want our students to not only retain ideas, but relate them to other things they encounter, using each new situation to add nuance and sophistication to their thinking.
... Read more
The Social Dance Instructor: A Complete Training Manual

by Nicholas Adair ...

This is the last dance training manual you'll ever need! For aspiring social dance instructor and established professionals alike, this manual gives you a comprehensive suite of dance figure, technique, theory and business knowledge to increase your effectiveness and profitability as a social dance instructor!With topics in the following areas, this manual is your one stop shop for all of your ... Read more

$11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This is the last dance training manual you'll ever need! For aspiring social dance instructor and established professionals alike, this manual gives you a comprehensive suite of dance figure, technique, theory and business knowledge to increase your effectiveness and profitability as a social dance instructor!With topics in the following areas, this manual is your one stop shop for all of your
... Read more
The Common Core Mathematics Standards

Transforming Practice Through Team Leadership

by Ruth Harbin Miles, Ted H. Hull, Don S. Balka ...

Transform math instruction with effective CCSS leadershipThe Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for mathematics describe the "habits of mind" that teachers should develop in their students without which the content standards cannot be successfully implemented. This professional development resource helps principals and math leaders grapple with the changes that must be addressed so that teachers ... Read more

$31.49 USD

Transform math instruction with effective CCSS leadershipThe Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for mathematics describe the "habits of mind" that teachers should develop in their students without which the content standards cannot be successfully implemented. This professional development resource helps principals and math leaders grapple with the changes that must be addressed so that teachers
... Read more
Teaching STEM in the Early Years, 2nd edition

Activities for Integrating Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

by Sally Moomaw ...

Stimulate and engage children's thinking as you integrate STEM experiences throughout your early childhood program.More than 85 engaging, developmentally appropriate activities maximize children's learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Each experience combines at least two STEM disciplines and incorporates materials and situations that are interesting and meaningful to ... Read more

$32.39 USD

Stimulate and engage children's thinking as you integrate STEM experiences throughout your early childhood program.More than 85 engaging, developmentally appropriate activities maximize children's learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Each experience combines at least two STEM disciplines and incorporates materials and situations that are interesting and meaningful to
... Read more
Disciplining and Drafting or 21st Century Learning?

by Rachel Bolstad,Jane Gilbert ...

Will todays curriculum prepare secondary school students for life in the 21st century? ... Read more

$11.59 USD

Will todays curriculum prepare secondary school students for life in the 21st century?
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International Primary English Workbook: Stage 1

by Daphne Paizee ...

Series series Collins International Primary English
Collins International Primary English offers full coverage of the Cambridge Primary English curriculum framework (0058) from 2020 within a six-level, multi-component course, which has been carefully developed to meet the needs of teachers and students in the international market.Collins International Primary English is a self-contained, cohesive course which develops reading, writing, speaking and ... Read more

$3.99 USD

Collins International Primary English offers full coverage of the Cambridge Primary English curriculum framework (0058) from 2020 within a six-level, multi-component course, which has been carefully developed to meet the needs of teachers and students in the international market.Collins International Primary English is a self-contained, cohesive course which develops reading, writing, speaking and
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