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Teaching in the Cracks

Openings and Opportunities for Student-Centered, Action-Focused Curriculum

by Brian D. Schultz ...

This engaging book shows how teachers and schools are creating emergent, democratic, progressive education amidst the current context of high stakes accountability. In this follow-up to his bestseller, Spectacular Things Happen Along the Way, Schultz explores how today’s rhetoric and restrictive mandates result in curriculum that fails to capture the attention of students. For meaningful learning ... Read more

$28.99 USD

This engaging book shows how teachers and schools are creating emergent, democratic, progressive education amidst the current context of high stakes accountability. In this follow-up to his bestseller, Spectacular Things Happen Along the Way, Schultz explores how today’s rhetoric and restrictive mandates result in curriculum that fails to capture the attention of students. For meaningful learning
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Paideia Program

by Mortimer J. Adler ...

Paideia is a holistic approach to life-long learning with roots in ancient Greece.The Paideia Program is based on the belief that the human species is defined by its capacity and desire for learning. The program itself argues for a public education that is at once more rigorous and more accessible. ... Read more

$13.99 USD

Paideia is a holistic approach to life-long learning with roots in ancient Greece.The Paideia Program is based on the belief that the human species is defined by its capacity and desire for learning. The program itself argues for a public education that is at once more rigorous and more accessible.
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Beyond the Flannel Board

Story-Retelling Strategies across the Curriculum

by M. Susan McWilliams ...

Improve young children’s language, social-emotional, and number sense development with effective developmentally appropriate teaching strategies in story retelling. This book demystifies the story retelling experience for teachers of young children by identifying effective, intentional teaching and learning practices and providing a variety of examples for integrating story retelling activities ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Improve young children’s language, social-emotional, and number sense development with effective developmentally appropriate teaching strategies in story retelling. This book demystifies the story retelling experience for teachers of young children by identifying effective, intentional teaching and learning practices and providing a variety of examples for integrating story retelling activities
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Disrupting the Teacher Opportunity Gap

Aligning 12 Processes for High-Expertise Teaching

by Jon Saphier ...

The teachers aren’t the problem—it’s the system that needs fixing.The missing element in 70 years of school reform is a surround-sound focus on High-Expertise Teaching. We could have it in any district, regardless of zip code, if we reengineered the twelve processes that impact teachers’ knowledge and skill. A handbook for action and a persuasive case for making every school a reliable engine of ... Read more

$34.99 USD

The teachers aren’t the problem—it’s the system that needs fixing.The missing element in 70 years of school reform is a surround-sound focus on High-Expertise Teaching. We could have it in any district, regardless of zip code, if we reengineered the twelve processes that impact teachers’ knowledge and skill. A handbook for action and a persuasive case for making every school a reliable engine of
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Developing Curriculum for Deep Thinking

The Knowledge Revival

by Tim Surma, Claudio Vanhees, Michiel Wils, Jasper Nijlunsing, Nuno Crato, John Hattie, Daniel Muijs, Elizabeth Rata, Dylan Wiliam, Paul A. Kirschner ...

Series series Education (R0)
This open access book discusses why the seemingly straightforward strategy of teaching children how to think deeply does not work and offers an alternative way forward for the curriculum to achieve these objectives. Over the years, the role of knowledge in the curriculum has, like a pendulum, shifted between two extremes, from highly visible to virtually invisible knowledge elements. Insights from ... Read more

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This open access book discusses why the seemingly straightforward strategy of teaching children how to think deeply does not work and offers an alternative way forward for the curriculum to achieve these objectives. Over the years, the role of knowledge in the curriculum has, like a pendulum, shifted between two extremes, from highly visible to virtually invisible knowledge elements. Insights from
... Read more
The Curricular Approach to Student Affairs

A Revolutionary Shift for Learning Beyond the Classroom

by Kathleen G. Kerr, Keith E. Edwards, James F. Tweedy, Hilary Lichterman, Amanda R. Knerr ...

The curricular approach aligns the mission, goals, outcomes, and practices of a student affairs division, unit, or other unit that works to educate students beyond the classroom with those of the institution, and organizes intentional and developmentally sequenced strategies to facilitate student learning. In this book, the authors explain how to implement a curricular approach for educating ... Read more

$44.99 USD

The curricular approach aligns the mission, goals, outcomes, and practices of a student affairs division, unit, or other unit that works to educate students beyond the classroom with those of the institution, and organizes intentional and developmentally sequenced strategies to facilitate student learning. In this book, the authors explain how to implement a curricular approach for educating
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An Integrated Play-Based Curriculum for Young Children

by Olivia N. Saracho ...

An Integrated Play-Based Curriculum for Young Children, Second Edition explores how to integrate play across the curriculum, helping teachers develop their early childhood curriculum using developmentally and culturally appropriate practice. Distinguished author Olivia N. Saracho offers a theoretical framework for understanding the origins of an early childhood play-based curriculum and ... Read more

$57.99 USD

An Integrated Play-Based Curriculum for Young Children, Second Edition explores how to integrate play across the curriculum, helping teachers develop their early childhood curriculum using developmentally and culturally appropriate practice. Distinguished author Olivia N. Saracho offers a theoretical framework for understanding the origins of an early childhood play-based curriculum and
... Read more
Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology

Edited by Robert A. Reiser, Alison A. Carr-Chellman, John V. Dempsey ...

Winner of the 2025 James W. Brown Publication Award from the Association for Educational Communications and Technology!Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology provides current and future IDT professionals with a clear picture of current and future developments in the field that are likely to impact their careers and the organizations they work for. The fifth edition of this ... Read more

$78.99 USD

Winner of the 2025 James W. Brown Publication Award from the Association for Educational Communications and Technology!Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology provides current and future IDT professionals with a clear picture of current and future developments in the field that are likely to impact their careers and the organizations they work for. The fifth edition of this
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An Empty Curriculum

The Need to Reform Teacher Licensing Regulations and Tests

by Sandra Stotsky ...

Teachers cannot teach what they do not know. This country has tolerated a weak licensing system for prospective teachers for decades. This weak system has been accompanied by an increasingly emptier curriculum for most students, depriving them of the knowledge and skills needed for self-government.An Empty Curriculum: How Teacher Licensure Tests Lead to Empty Student Minds makes the case that the ... Read more

$29.99 USD

Teachers cannot teach what they do not know. This country has tolerated a weak licensing system for prospective teachers for decades. This weak system has been accompanied by an increasingly emptier curriculum for most students, depriving them of the knowledge and skills needed for self-government.An Empty Curriculum: How Teacher Licensure Tests Lead to Empty Student Minds makes the case that the
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The Learner-Directed Classroom

Developing Creative Thinking Skills Through Art

by Diane B. Jaquith, Nan E. Hathaway ...

Educators at all levels want their students to develop habits of self-directed learning and critical problem-solving skills that encourage ownership and growth. In The Learner-Directed Classroom, practicing art educators (PreK–16) offer both a comprehensive framework for understanding student-directed learning and concrete pedagogical strategies to implement student-direct learning activities in ... Read more

$30.99 USD

Educators at all levels want their students to develop habits of self-directed learning and critical problem-solving skills that encourage ownership and growth. In The Learner-Directed Classroom, practicing art educators (PreK–16) offer both a comprehensive framework for understanding student-directed learning and concrete pedagogical strategies to implement student-direct learning activities in
... Read more
Moving across Differences

How Students Engage LGBTQ+ Themes in a High School Literature Class

by Mollie V. Blackburn ...

Series series SUNY Press Open Access
Grounded in ethnography and teacher research, Moving across Differences examines how an LGBTQ+-themed literature course enabled high school students to negotiate their differences and engage in ethical encounters. Drawing on the work of queer theorists, Mollie V. Blackburn conceptualizes these encounters as forms of movement across differences of not only gender and sexuality but also identity and ... Read more

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Grounded in ethnography and teacher research, Moving across Differences examines how an LGBTQ+-themed literature course enabled high school students to negotiate their differences and engage in ethical encounters. Drawing on the work of queer theorists, Mollie V. Blackburn conceptualizes these encounters as forms of movement across differences of not only gender and sexuality but also identity and
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Modern Languages for All

by Hilary McColl ...

This text demonstrates the substantial benefits that foreign language work has to offer students with special educational needs, whether in a mainstream or special school setting. The author offers practical advice on lesson planning, course design and methodology. ... Read more

$52.99 USD

This text demonstrates the substantial benefits that foreign language work has to offer students with special educational needs, whether in a mainstream or special school setting. The author offers practical advice on lesson planning, course design and methodology.
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How Science Works

Exploring effective pedagogy and practice

Edited by Rob Toplis ...

How Science Works provides student and practising teachers with a comprehensive introduction to one of the most dramatic changes to the secondary science curriculum. Underpinned by the latest research in the field, it explores the emergence and meaning of How Science Works and reviews major developments in pedagogy and practice.With chapters structured around three key themes - why How Science ... Read more

$55.99 USD

How Science Works provides student and practising teachers with a comprehensive introduction to one of the most dramatic changes to the secondary science curriculum. Underpinned by the latest research in the field, it explores the emergence and meaning of How Science Works and reviews major developments in pedagogy and practice.With chapters structured around three key themes - why How Science
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What Your Second Grader Needs to Know (Revised and Updated)

Fundamentals of a Good Second-Grade Education

by E.D. Hirsch Jr. ...

Series series The Core Knowledge Series
Give your child a smart start with the revised and updatedWhat Your Second Grader Needs to KnowWhat will your child be expected to learn in the second grade? How can you help him or her at home? This book answers these all-important questions and more, offering the specific shared knowledge that hundreds of parents and teachers across the nation have agreed upon for American second graders. ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Give your child a smart start with the revised and updatedWhat Your Second Grader Needs to KnowWhat will your child be expected to learn in the second grade? How can you help him or her at home? This book answers these all-important questions and more, offering the specific shared knowledge that hundreds of parents and teachers across the nation have agreed upon for American second graders.
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Literacy Learning for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers

Key Practices for Educators

by Tanya S. Wright Ph.D., Sonia Q. Cabell, Ph.D., Nell K. Duke Ed.D., Barrett Winston, Ph.D. ...

**Literacy Learning Begins at Birth . . . **. . . and continues throughout our lives! Birth to age 5 is a critical period in building the foundation for later success in reading and writing. Educators play a vital role in nurturing young children’s early language and literacy knowledge and skills. However, the specific practices that support literacy development in early childhood are often ... Read more

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**Literacy Learning Begins at Birth . . . **. . . and continues throughout our lives! Birth to age 5 is a critical period in building the foundation for later success in reading and writing. Educators play a vital role in nurturing young children’s early language and literacy knowledge and skills. However, the specific practices that support literacy development in early childhood are often
... Read more
The Meaningful Middle School Classroom

How to Spark Engagement That Fosters Deep Learning

by Jennifer K. Ciok ...

Explore ways to spark engagement in the middle school classroom with this practical and inspiring guide.Early teens face distinctive challenges. They are entering adolescence with new and more intense social and academic pressures. They are beginning to ask big questions and seek deeper meaning in all aspects of their lives—including what they're learning at school. Unfortunately, for many ... Read more

$27.99 USD

Explore ways to spark engagement in the middle school classroom with this practical and inspiring guide.Early teens face distinctive challenges. They are entering adolescence with new and more intense social and academic pressures. They are beginning to ask big questions and seek deeper meaning in all aspects of their lives—including what they're learning at school. Unfortunately, for many
... Read more
Curriculum XXI

Lo esencial de la educación para un mundo en cambio

by Heidi Hayes Jacobs ...

Series Book 129 - Educación Hoy Estudios
¿Para qué año está preparando a sus alumnos? ¿Para1973, para 1995? ¿Puede decir con sinceridad que el currículo de su escuela y los métodos que utiliza preparan a sus estudiantes para 2020 o 2030? ¿Los prepara siquiera para hoy? Con estas provocadoras cuestiones arranca esta obra que supone una reflexión en torno al tema del currículum, abordada por algunos de los más importantes estudiosos ... Read more

$22.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

¿Para qué año está preparando a sus alumnos? ¿Para1973, para 1995? ¿Puede decir con sinceridad que el currículo de su escuela y los métodos que utiliza preparan a sus estudiantes para 2020 o 2030? ¿Los prepara siquiera para hoy? Con estas provocadoras cuestiones arranca esta obra que supone una reflexión en torno al tema del currículum, abordada por algunos de los más importantes estudiosos
... Read more
Mathematics Teacher Education in the Andean Region and Paraguay

A Comparative Analysis of Issues and Challenges

Edited by Yuriko Yamamoto Baldin, Uldarico Malaspina ...

Series series Education (R0)
This Open Access book is an excellent synthesis of the initial and continuing preparation for Mathematics Teaching in Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru, from which comparative analyses can be made that show similarities and differences, and highlight various perspectives.In February 2016, the 5th Capacity and Networking Project (CANP) workshop of the International Commission on Mathematical ... Read more

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This Open Access book is an excellent synthesis of the initial and continuing preparation for Mathematics Teaching in Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru, from which comparative analyses can be made that show similarities and differences, and highlight various perspectives.In February 2016, the 5th Capacity and Networking Project (CANP) workshop of the International Commission on Mathematical
... Read more
English Medium Instruction as a Local Practice

Language, culture and pedagogy

by Jinghe Han ...

Series series Education (R0)
From the perspective of translanguaging and instruction theories, this Open Access book examines Chinese English Medium Instruction (EMI) lecturers’ linguistic and pedagogical characteristics. This book demonstrate that ‘English’ in EMI is not a monolingual issue and EMI lecturers have applied their bilingual advantages to systematically and strategically advance their pedagogy practices through a ... Read more

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From the perspective of translanguaging and instruction theories, this Open Access book examines Chinese English Medium Instruction (EMI) lecturers’ linguistic and pedagogical characteristics. This book demonstrate that ‘English’ in EMI is not a monolingual issue and EMI lecturers have applied their bilingual advantages to systematically and strategically advance their pedagogy practices through a
... Read more
Another Sort of Mathematics

Selected Proofs Necessary to Finally Acquire an Education in Mathematics

by Jake Tawney ...

Years ago, James V. Schall wrote Another Sort of Learning, a book listing those things you should read but probably were never required to read. It is not a curriculum, except maybe one “for life.” This book you have in your hands is something of a mathematical tribute to Schall’s basic idea and is aptly titled Another Sort of Mathematics. Like Schall’s book, it is not a curriculum. It is, however ... Read more

$25.99 USD

Years ago, James V. Schall wrote Another Sort of Learning, a book listing those things you should read but probably were never required to read. It is not a curriculum, except maybe one “for life.” This book you have in your hands is something of a mathematical tribute to Schall’s basic idea and is aptly titled Another Sort of Mathematics. Like Schall’s book, it is not a curriculum. It is, however
... Read more
100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Science

by Paul Tyler, Bryony Turford ...

Series series 100 Ideas for Teachers
No matter what you teach, there is a 100 Ideas title for you!The 100 Ideas series offers teachers practical, easy-to-implement strategies and activities for the classroom. Each author is an expert in their field and is passionate about sharing best practice with their peers.Each title includes at least ten additional extra-creative Bonus Ideas that won't fail to inspire and engage all learners ... Read more

$17.99 USD

No matter what you teach, there is a 100 Ideas title for you!The 100 Ideas series offers teachers practical, easy-to-implement strategies and activities for the classroom. Each author is an expert in their field and is passionate about sharing best practice with their peers.Each title includes at least ten additional extra-creative Bonus Ideas that won't fail to inspire and engage all learners
... Read more
Teaching U.S. History Thematically

Document-Based Lessons for the Secondary Classroom

by Rosalie Metro ...

Get started with an innovative approach to teaching history that develops literacy and higher-order thinking skills, connects the past to students’ lives, and meets state and national standards (grades 7–12). Now in a second edition, this popular book provides an introductory unit to help teachers build a trustful classroom climate; over 70 primary sources (including a dozen new ones) organized ... Read more

$35.99 USD

Get started with an innovative approach to teaching history that develops literacy and higher-order thinking skills, connects the past to students’ lives, and meets state and national standards (grades 7–12). Now in a second edition, this popular book provides an introductory unit to help teachers build a trustful classroom climate; over 70 primary sources (including a dozen new ones) organized
... Read more
Embracing Math

Cultivating a Mindset for Exploring and Learning

by Deanna Pecaski McLennan ...

Nurture Creative, Exploratory Math LearningDiscover what math teaching and learning looks like in the playful, emergent environment of the early childhood classroom. Every day, children explore math concepts in their conversations and interactions. You can build on that natural curiosity by engaging children in meaningful, complex math learning opportunities that are grounded in their observations ... Read more

$21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Nurture Creative, Exploratory Math LearningDiscover what math teaching and learning looks like in the playful, emergent environment of the early childhood classroom. Every day, children explore math concepts in their conversations and interactions. You can build on that natural curiosity by engaging children in meaningful, complex math learning opportunities that are grounded in their observations
... Read more
Leadership in Theological Education, Volume 2

Foundations for Curriculum Design

Edited by Fritz Deininger, Orbelina Eguizabal ...

Series series ICETE Series
The ICETE Programme for Academic Leadership (IPAL) was officially established in 2010 and arose out of the need to provide training to theological institutions in different regions of the world. IPAL provides a three-year cycle of seminars for the professional development of evangelical academic leaders and administrators to help institutions in their pursuit of quality and excellence in ... Read more

$14.99 USD

The ICETE Programme for Academic Leadership (IPAL) was officially established in 2010 and arose out of the need to provide training to theological institutions in different regions of the world. IPAL provides a three-year cycle of seminars for the professional development of evangelical academic leaders and administrators to help institutions in their pursuit of quality and excellence in
... Read more

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