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Rethinking Schooling

Twenty-Five Years of the Journal of Curriculum Studies

Edición de Ian Westbury, Geoff Milburn ...

Series series Education Heritage
Taking a collection of seminal articles from the Journal of Curriculum Studies, this book offers readers a vantage point for thinking about the worlds of schools and curricula, focusing in particular on the concept of seeing schools, curricula and teaching in new ways. Each of the chapters sheds fresh light on the ways of thinking the aforementioned. Themes include:classrooms and ... Leer más

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Taking a collection of seminal articles from the Journal of Curriculum Studies, this book offers readers a vantage point for thinking about the worlds of schools and curricula, focusing in particular on the concept of seeing schools, curricula and teaching in new ways. Each of the chapters sheds fresh light on the ways of thinking the aforementioned. Themes include:classrooms and
... Leer más
Key Concepts for Understanding Curriculum

de Colin Marsh ...

Series series Teachers' Library
Key Concepts for Understanding Curriculum is an invaluable guide for all involved in curriculum matters. Now fully updated, this revised and enlarged fourth edition provides not only a solid grounding in the subject but also covers the latest trends and issues affecting the field. Written in Marsh's clear and accessible style, the book details the strengths, weaknesses and controversies around ... Leer más

$62.99 USD

Key Concepts for Understanding Curriculum is an invaluable guide for all involved in curriculum matters. Now fully updated, this revised and enlarged fourth edition provides not only a solid grounding in the subject but also covers the latest trends and issues affecting the field. Written in Marsh's clear and accessible style, the book details the strengths, weaknesses and controversies around
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The Principal’s Guide to Curriculum Leadership

de Richard D. Sorenson, Lloyd M. Goldsmith, Zulma Y. Mendez, Karen T. Maxwell ...

"This handbook synthesizes the best of educational research in an easily accessible format. Educators will find it an effective roadmap for leading their schools to organizational excellence, effective instruction, and optimum student achievement."—Brenda P. Dean, Assistant SuperintendentHamblen County Schools, Morristown, TN"The author clearly makes the case for the principal to be THE ... Leer más

$40.49 USD

"This handbook synthesizes the best of educational research in an easily accessible format. Educators will find it an effective roadmap for leading their schools to organizational excellence, effective instruction, and optimum student achievement."—Brenda P. Dean, Assistant SuperintendentHamblen County Schools, Morristown, TN"The author clearly makes the case for the principal to be THE
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180 Tips and Tricks for New Teachers

de Melissa Kelly ...

Looking for ways to fix your novel? Or: Is your fiction writing in peril?Based on real advice gleaned from thousands of writing critiques, 179 Ways to Save a Novel is more than a collection of ideas for troubleshooting your work-in-progress (though it holds plenty of practical writing advice). This inspiring guide doubles as a thoughtful examination of the writing life-and not just with respect to ... Leer más

$2.99 USD

Looking for ways to fix your novel? Or: Is your fiction writing in peril?Based on real advice gleaned from thousands of writing critiques, 179 Ways to Save a Novel is more than a collection of ideas for troubleshooting your work-in-progress (though it holds plenty of practical writing advice). This inspiring guide doubles as a thoughtful examination of the writing life-and not just with respect to
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Prompts for Young Writers

de Colorado Authors League ...

The idea for Prompts for Young Writers was created as a gesture of good faith to help parents and teachers that could use more materials during these trying times. The Colorado Authors League called upon its members to submit a page or two of writing prompts to help get creativity flowing. We hope it helps and inspires many minds. ... Leer más

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The idea for Prompts for Young Writers was created as a gesture of good faith to help parents and teachers that could use more materials during these trying times. The Colorado Authors League called upon its members to submit a page or two of writing prompts to help get creativity flowing. We hope it helps and inspires many minds.
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Big Questions for Young Minds

Extending Children's Thinking

de Janis Strasser, Lisa Mufson Bresson ...

Questions are powerful tools, especially in the classroom.Asking rich, thoughtful questions can spark young children’s natural curiosity and illuminate a whole new world of possibility and insight. But what are “big” questions, and how do they encourage children to think deeply? With this intentional approach—rooted in Bloom’s Taxonomy—teachers working with children ages 3 through 6 will discover ... Leer más

$21.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Questions are powerful tools, especially in the classroom.Asking rich, thoughtful questions can spark young children’s natural curiosity and illuminate a whole new world of possibility and insight. But what are “big” questions, and how do they encourage children to think deeply? With this intentional approach—rooted in Bloom’s Taxonomy—teachers working with children ages 3 through 6 will discover
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What Your Third Grader Needs to Know (Revised and Updated)

Fundamentals of a Good Third-Grade Education

de E.D. Hirsch Jr. ...

Series series The Core Knowledge Series
Give your child a smart start with the revised and updatedWhat Your Third Grader Needs to KnowWhat should your child learn in the third grade? How can you help him or her at home? This book answers these important questions and more, offering the specific shared knowledge that thousands of parents and teachers across the nation have agreed upon for American third graders. Featuring sixteen pages ... Leer más

$11.99 USD

Give your child a smart start with the revised and updatedWhat Your Third Grader Needs to KnowWhat should your child learn in the third grade? How can you help him or her at home? This book answers these important questions and more, offering the specific shared knowledge that thousands of parents and teachers across the nation have agreed upon for American third graders. Featuring sixteen pages
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Meeting the Standards in Primary ICT

A Guide to the ITTNC

de Steve Higgins, Nick Packard ...

This practical guide to using ICT in the primary classroom addresses all the concerns of student teachers and provides plenty of ideas and advice on how to incorporate ICT into classroom practice on a daily basis. The authors bring together theory and practice to help prospective and new teachers acquire and develop the skills required for using ICT effectively.Meeting the Standards in Primary ICT ... Leer más

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This practical guide to using ICT in the primary classroom addresses all the concerns of student teachers and provides plenty of ideas and advice on how to incorporate ICT into classroom practice on a daily basis. The authors bring together theory and practice to help prospective and new teachers acquire and develop the skills required for using ICT effectively.Meeting the Standards in Primary ICT
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Brain Matters

Translating Research into Classroom Practice

de Patricia Wolfe ...

Everyone agrees that what we do in schools should be based on what we know about how the brain learns. Until recently, however, we have had few clues to unlock the secrets of the brain. Now, research from the neurosciences has greatly improved our understanding of the learning process, and we have a much more solid foundation on which to base educational decisions.In this completely revised and ... Leer más

$30.99 USD

Everyone agrees that what we do in schools should be based on what we know about how the brain learns. Until recently, however, we have had few clues to unlock the secrets of the brain. Now, research from the neurosciences has greatly improved our understanding of the learning process, and we have a much more solid foundation on which to base educational decisions.In this completely revised and
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Creating Standards-Based Integrated Curriculum

The Common Core State Standards Edition

de Susan M. Drake ...

Translate the new standards into meaningful curriculum!The Common Core State Standards offer a shared language that ensures consistency and accountability, while also giving you the flexibility to design a curriculum that′s right for your students. Of course, knowing what you need to teach doesn′t tell you how to teach it—and that′s where curriculum integration expert Susan M. Drake comes in.In ... Leer más

$33.29 USD

Translate the new standards into meaningful curriculum!The Common Core State Standards offer a shared language that ensures consistency and accountability, while also giving you the flexibility to design a curriculum that′s right for your students. Of course, knowing what you need to teach doesn′t tell you how to teach it—and that′s where curriculum integration expert Susan M. Drake comes in.In
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CompTIA CTT+ Certified Technical Trainer All-in-One Exam Guide

de Joseph Phillips ...

Series series All-in-One
"All-in-One is All You Need""This book coaches you through the five domains of the exam and provides effective practice exercises to prepare you with confidence. Thanks for providing the industry with such a great book!" -- Linda Hainlen, Director; Learning Solutions, Indiana University HealthGet complete coverage of all the material included on the CompTIA CTT+ exams inside this comprehensive ... Leer más

$37.99 USD

"All-in-One is All You Need""This book coaches you through the five domains of the exam and provides effective practice exercises to prepare you with confidence. Thanks for providing the industry with such a great book!" -- Linda Hainlen, Director; Learning Solutions, Indiana University HealthGet complete coverage of all the material included on the CompTIA CTT+ exams inside this comprehensive
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Towards A Philosophy Of Education

With linked Table of Contents

de Charlotte Mason ...

'Towards a Philosophy of Education' is Charlotte Mason's final book in her Homeschooling Series, written after years of seeing her approach in action. This volume gives the best overview of her philosophy, and includes the final version of her 20 Principles. This book is particularly directed to parents of older children, about ages 12 and up, but is a valuable overview for parents of younger ... Leer más

$1.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

'Towards a Philosophy of Education' is Charlotte Mason's final book in her Homeschooling Series, written after years of seeing her approach in action. This volume gives the best overview of her philosophy, and includes the final version of her 20 Principles. This book is particularly directed to parents of older children, about ages 12 and up, but is a valuable overview for parents of younger
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The Case for Contention

Teaching Controversial Issues in American Schools

de Jonathan Zimmerman, Emily Robertson ...

Series series History and Philosophy of Education Series
From the fights about the teaching of evolution to the details of sex education, it may seem like American schools are hotbeds of controversy. But as Jonathan Zimmerman and Emily Robertson show in this insightful book, it is precisely because such topics are so inflammatory outside school walls that they are so commonly avoided within them. And this, they argue, is a tremendous disservice to our ... Leer más

$20.89 USD

From the fights about the teaching of evolution to the details of sex education, it may seem like American schools are hotbeds of controversy. But as Jonathan Zimmerman and Emily Robertson show in this insightful book, it is precisely because such topics are so inflammatory outside school walls that they are so commonly avoided within them. And this, they argue, is a tremendous disservice to our
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It’s Not Rocket Science!

Designing Meaningful Learning Experiences in the Elementary Classroom

de Robert W. Jr. Blake, Lisa R. Trattner ...

Series Libro 2 - Critical Literacies and Language
It’s Not Rocket Science! Designing Meaningful Learning Experiences in the Elementary Classroom is a hands-on manual that streamlines the curriculum design processby utilizing a four-step approach: deconstructing, reconstructing, lesson planning,and assessing. Grounded in a theoretical framework that all students, regardless ofbackground, are entitled to high quality learning, this step-by-step ... Leer más

$36.89 USD

It’s Not Rocket Science! Designing Meaningful Learning Experiences in the Elementary Classroom is a hands-on manual that streamlines the curriculum design processby utilizing a four-step approach: deconstructing, reconstructing, lesson planning,and assessing. Grounded in a theoretical framework that all students, regardless ofbackground, are entitled to high quality learning, this step-by-step
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Academic Languaging

Engaging Multilingual Students in Content Area Learning

de Gisela Ernst-Slavit, Margo Gottlieb ...

Rethink how academic languaging can transform content area teachingFor years, the teaching of content-based academic language to multilingual learners has focused on formulas, vocabulary lists, and sentence patterns—often sidelining students’ linguistic and cultural strengths. Gisela Ernst-Slavit and Margo Gottlieb address these challenges by embracing academic languaging, an active, collaborative ... Leer más

$32.99 USD

Rethink how academic languaging can transform content area teachingFor years, the teaching of content-based academic language to multilingual learners has focused on formulas, vocabulary lists, and sentence patterns—often sidelining students’ linguistic and cultural strengths. Gisela Ernst-Slavit and Margo Gottlieb address these challenges by embracing academic languaging, an active, collaborative
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Whole Novels for the Whole Class

A Student-Centered Approach

de Ariel Sacks ...

Work with students at all levels to help them read novelsWhole Novels is a practical, field-tested guide to implementing a student-centered literature program that promotes critical thinking and literary understanding through the study of novels with middle school students. Rather than using novels simply to teach basic literacy skills and comprehension strategies, Whole Novels approaches ... Leer más

$17.00 USD

Work with students at all levels to help them read novelsWhole Novels is a practical, field-tested guide to implementing a student-centered literature program that promotes critical thinking and literary understanding through the study of novels with middle school students. Rather than using novels simply to teach basic literacy skills and comprehension strategies, Whole Novels approaches
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Principles and Practice of Case-based Clinical Reasoning Education

A Method for Preclinical Students

Edición de Olle ten Cate, Eugène J.F.M. Custers, Steven J. Durning ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This volume describes and explains the educational method of Case-Based Clinical Reasoning (CBCR) used successfully in medical schools to prepare students to think like doctors before they enter the clinical arena and become engaged in patient care. Although this approach poses the paradoxical problem of a lack of clinical experience that is so ... Leer más

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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This volume describes and explains the educational method of Case-Based Clinical Reasoning (CBCR) used successfully in medical schools to prepare students to think like doctors before they enter the clinical arena and become engaged in patient care. Although this approach poses the paradoxical problem of a lack of clinical experience that is so
... Leer más
Spotlight on Young Children: Observation and Assessment

Edición de Holly Bohart, Rossella Procopio ...

Series series Spotlight on Young Children series
Find inspiration to intentionally develop and implement meaningful, developmentally appropriate observation and assessment practices to build responsive, joyful classrooms.The debate surrounding testing and accountability in early childhood education continues, but one thing is universally agreed upon: effective observation and assessment of young children’s learning are critical to supporting ... Leer más

$17.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Find inspiration to intentionally develop and implement meaningful, developmentally appropriate observation and assessment practices to build responsive, joyful classrooms.The debate surrounding testing and accountability in early childhood education continues, but one thing is universally agreed upon: effective observation and assessment of young children’s learning are critical to supporting
... Leer más
Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction

de Ralph W. Tyler ...

The acclaimed classic shows educators how to set classroom objectives, select learning experiences, organize instruction, and evaluate progress.In 1949, a small book had a big impact on education. In just over one hundred pages, Ralph W. Tyler presented the concept that curriculum should be dynamic, a program under constant evaluation and revision. Curriculum had always been thought of as a static ... Leer más

$12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

The acclaimed classic shows educators how to set classroom objectives, select learning experiences, organize instruction, and evaluate progress.In 1949, a small book had a big impact on education. In just over one hundred pages, Ralph W. Tyler presented the concept that curriculum should be dynamic, a program under constant evaluation and revision. Curriculum had always been thought of as a static
... Leer más
Why Knowledge Matters

Rescuing Our Children from Failed Educational Theories

de E. D. Hirsch Jr. ...

In Why Knowledge Matters, E. D. Hirsch, Jr., presents evidence from cognitive science, sociology, and education history to further the argument for a knowledge-based elementary curriculum.Influential scholar Hirsch, author of The Knowledge Deficit, asserts that a carefully planned curriculum that imparts communal knowledge is essential in achieving one of the most fundamental aims and objectives ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

In Why Knowledge Matters, E. D. Hirsch, Jr., presents evidence from cognitive science, sociology, and education history to further the argument for a knowledge-based elementary curriculum.Influential scholar Hirsch, author of The Knowledge Deficit, asserts that a carefully planned curriculum that imparts communal knowledge is essential in achieving one of the most fundamental aims and objectives
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We Must Take Charge!

de Chester E. Finn, Jr. ...

According to leading education analyst Chester Finn, a paradox lies at the heart of our educational trouble. While Americans commonly acknowledge that public schools in general are a disaster, polls consistently show that most parents, teachers, and administrators think their local schools and their own children are doing just fine. The implications of this self-congratulation are profound. For if ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

According to leading education analyst Chester Finn, a paradox lies at the heart of our educational trouble. While Americans commonly acknowledge that public schools in general are a disaster, polls consistently show that most parents, teachers, and administrators think their local schools and their own children are doing just fine. The implications of this self-congratulation are profound. For if
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La teoría del curriculum

de William F. Pinar ...

Series Libro 132 - Educación Hoy Estudios
William Pinar es sin duda el teórico contemporáneo más importante del curriculum. Desde la década de los 70, Pinar ha encabezado los movimientos teóricos más importantes: la reconceptualizacion, la post-reconceptualización y la internalización del curriculum. Para este autor solo a través de la reconstrucción subjetiva del individuo podrá darse el cambio o reconstrucción social. El lector también ... Leer más

$25.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

William Pinar es sin duda el teórico contemporáneo más importante del curriculum. Desde la década de los 70, Pinar ha encabezado los movimientos teóricos más importantes: la reconceptualizacion, la post-reconceptualización y la internalización del curriculum. Para este autor solo a través de la reconstrucción subjetiva del individuo podrá darse el cambio o reconstrucción social. El lector también
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Individualized Child-Focused Curriculum

A Differentiated Approach

de Gaye Gronlund ...

Learn to integrate individualized curriculum into daily practice with this step-by-step guide. Using Developmental Studies, a new tool created and successfully field-tested by the author, implement a truly child-focused and individualizing curriculum, meeting each child where she or he is and ultimately making teaching easier and more rewarding. These user-friendly materials will help teachers ... Leer más

$28.99 USD

Learn to integrate individualized curriculum into daily practice with this step-by-step guide. Using Developmental Studies, a new tool created and successfully field-tested by the author, implement a truly child-focused and individualizing curriculum, meeting each child where she or he is and ultimately making teaching easier and more rewarding. These user-friendly materials will help teachers
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Teaching Common Sense

The Grand Strategy Program at Yale University

de Linda Kulman, Henry Kissinger ...

“The best course in America . . .”– David Brooks, New York TimesA look inside Yale’s elite Grand Strategy program, where future leaders are forged.How is critical thinking taught? How will the next generation cope with an ever-changing and increasingly complex world?These are questions that the Grand Strategy program at Yale seeks to address. The Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy seeks to ... Leer más

$11.59 USD

“The best course in America . . .”– David Brooks, New York TimesA look inside Yale’s elite Grand Strategy program, where future leaders are forged.How is critical thinking taught? How will the next generation cope with an ever-changing and increasingly complex world?These are questions that the Grand Strategy program at Yale seeks to address. The Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy seeks to
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