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Writing Speculative Fiction: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror

Student Edition

de Lelia Rose Foreman ...

This textbook develops an 18-week program designed to guide prospective students through creating their own speculative fiction story, that is, a science fiction, fantasy, or horror story. Designed for homeschoolers and small-school settings, this textbook draws on excerpts from dozens of speculative fiction authors and writing experts. It gives detailed information about genre, cultural world ... Leer más

$7.99 USD

This textbook develops an 18-week program designed to guide prospective students through creating their own speculative fiction story, that is, a science fiction, fantasy, or horror story. Designed for homeschoolers and small-school settings, this textbook draws on excerpts from dozens of speculative fiction authors and writing experts. It gives detailed information about genre, cultural world
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Collaborative Curriculum Design for Sustainable Innovation and Teacher Learning

Edición de Jules Pieters, Joke Voogt, Natalie Pareja Roblin ...

Series series Education (R0)
This open access book provides insight into what it takes to actively involve teachers in the curriculum design process. It examines different aspects of teacher involvement in collaborative curriculum design, with specific attention to its implications for sustainable curriculum innovation and teacher learning. Divided into six sections, the book starts out by introducing the notion of ... Leer más

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This open access book provides insight into what it takes to actively involve teachers in the curriculum design process. It examines different aspects of teacher involvement in collaborative curriculum design, with specific attention to its implications for sustainable curriculum innovation and teacher learning. Divided into six sections, the book starts out by introducing the notion of
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Cambridge IGCSE and O Level Computer Science Second Edition

de David Watson, Helen Williams ...

This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the full syllabus for examination from 2023.Benefit from the knowledge of our renowned expert authors to navigate through the content of the updated Cambridge IGCSE™ and O Level Computer Science syllabuses (0478/0984/2210).- Develop computational thinking and problem-solving skills: clearly-explained concepts are ... Leer más

$23.99 USD

This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the full syllabus for examination from 2023.Benefit from the knowledge of our renowned expert authors to navigate through the content of the updated Cambridge IGCSE™ and O Level Computer Science syllabuses (0478/0984/2210).- Develop computational thinking and problem-solving skills: clearly-explained concepts are
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Advancing Equity and Embracing Diversity in Early Childhood Education: Elevating Voices and Actions

de Iliana Alanis, Barbara Bowman, Jennifer Keys Adair, Jen Neitzel, Daniel Meier, Dina Castro, Louise Derman Sparks, Junlei Li ...

Together, the voices of early childhood educators, scholars, and professionals can sound the call to advance the profession toward more equitable educational experiences, systems, and practices for all children. This book showcases many of these voices from across the field of early childhood education and invites you to think about and discuss ways you can add your own voice to that call ... Leer más

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Together, the voices of early childhood educators, scholars, and professionals can sound the call to advance the profession toward more equitable educational experiences, systems, and practices for all children. This book showcases many of these voices from across the field of early childhood education and invites you to think about and discuss ways you can add your own voice to that call
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Mindset Mathematics

Visualizing and Investigating Big Ideas, Grade 5

de 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, ... Leer más

$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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Teaching What Really Happened

How to Avoid the Tyranny of Textbooks and Get Students Excited About Doing History

de James W. Loewen ...

Series series Multicultural Education Series
"The revised edition of Loewen’s book builds upon the first edition by applying these principles to contemporary circumstances. For example, a new chapter addresses post-truth politics and the Trump presidency. This makes Loewen’s work more valuable than ever for students, educators, and communities." —Teachers College Record“Should be in the hands of every history teacher in the country.”— Howard ... Leer más

$35.99 USD

"The revised edition of Loewen’s book builds upon the first edition by applying these principles to contemporary circumstances. For example, a new chapter addresses post-truth politics and the Trump presidency. This makes Loewen’s work more valuable than ever for students, educators, and communities." —Teachers College Record“Should be in the hands of every history teacher in the country.”— Howard
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In Teachers We Trust

The Finnish Way to World-Class Schools

de Pasi Sahlberg, Timothy D. Walker ...

Seven key principles from Finland for building a culture of trust in schools around the world.In the spring of 2018, thousands of teachers across the United States—in states like Oklahoma, Kentucky, and Arizona—walked off their jobs while calling for higher wages and better working conditions. Ultimately, these American educators trumpeted a simple request: treat us like professionals. Teachers in ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

Seven key principles from Finland for building a culture of trust in schools around the world.In the spring of 2018, thousands of teachers across the United States—in states like Oklahoma, Kentucky, and Arizona—walked off their jobs while calling for higher wages and better working conditions. Ultimately, these American educators trumpeted a simple request: treat us like professionals. Teachers in
... Leer más
Day to Day the Relationship Way

Creating Responsive Programs for Infants and Toddlers

de Donna S. Wittmer, Alice Sterling Honig ...

Loving, Consistent Relationships Foster LearningFrom their earliest moments, young children rely on their families and early childhood educators for the protection, affection, and emotional connections they need to thrive. This book discusses ways teachers can support children’s development in all domains through daily relationship-based interactions and highlights the awe-inspiring capabilities ... Leer más

$25.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Loving, Consistent Relationships Foster LearningFrom their earliest moments, young children rely on their families and early childhood educators for the protection, affection, and emotional connections they need to thrive. This book discusses ways teachers can support children’s development in all domains through daily relationship-based interactions and highlights the awe-inspiring capabilities
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Formation Of Character

de Charlotte Mason ...

Formation of Character is the fifth volume of Charlotte Mason's Homeschooling series. The chapters stand alone and are valuable to parents of children of all ages. Part I includes case studies of children (and adults) who cured themselves of bad habits. Part II is a series of reflections on subjects including both schooling and vacations (or "stay-cations" as we now call them). Part III covers ... Leer más

$1.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Formation of Character is the fifth volume of Charlotte Mason's Homeschooling series. The chapters stand alone and are valuable to parents of children of all ages. Part I includes case studies of children (and adults) who cured themselves of bad habits. Part II is a series of reflections on subjects including both schooling and vacations (or "stay-cations" as we now call them). Part III covers
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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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Transitioning to Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction

How to Bring Content and Process Together

de H. Lynn Erickson, Lois A. Lanning ...

Series series Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction Series
A cutting-edge model for 21st century curriculum and instructionHow can you spot a thinking child? Look at the eyes: they’ll light up, signaling that transformative moment when your student has finally grasped that big idea behind critical academic content. If experiences like this are all too rare in your school, then you need a curriculum and instruction model that’s more inquiry-driven and idea ... Leer más

$33.99 USD

A cutting-edge model for 21st century curriculum and instructionHow can you spot a thinking child? Look at the eyes: they’ll light up, signaling that transformative moment when your student has finally grasped that big idea behind critical academic content. If experiences like this are all too rare in your school, then you need a curriculum and instruction model that’s more inquiry-driven and idea
... Leer más
Mindset Mathematics

Visualizing and Investigating Big Ideas, Grade 4

de 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 first-grade level through visualization, play, ... Leer más

$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 first-grade level through visualization, play,
... Leer más
Curriculum Development in the Postmodern Era

Teaching and Learning in an Age of Accountability

de Patrick Slattery ...

This landmark text was one of the first to introduce and analyze contemporary concepts of curriculum that emerged from the Reconceptualization of curriculum studies in the 1970s and 1980s. This new edition brings readers up to date on the major research themes (postmodernism,ecological, hermeneutics, aesthetics and arts-based research, race, class, gender, sexuality, and classroom practices) ... Leer más

$91.99 USD

This landmark text was one of the first to introduce and analyze contemporary concepts of curriculum that emerged from the Reconceptualization of curriculum studies in the 1970s and 1980s. This new edition brings readers up to date on the major research themes (postmodernism,ecological, hermeneutics, aesthetics and arts-based research, race, class, gender, sexuality, and classroom practices)
... Leer más
Mathematics Curriculum Reforms Around the World

The 24th ICMI Study

Edición de Yoshinori Shimizu, Renuka Vithal ...

Series series Education (R0)
This Open Access volume by the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) is an outcome of the ICMI Study 24 and gives a status-quo of school mathematics reform around the world and what we can learn from this movement. Each theme and section of the book offers descriptions and analyses of multiple case studies in different countries and contexts, along with opportunities to ... Leer más

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This Open Access volume by the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) is an outcome of the ICMI Study 24 and gives a status-quo of school mathematics reform around the world and what we can learn from this movement. Each theme and section of the book offers descriptions and analyses of multiple case studies in different countries and contexts, along with opportunities to
... Leer más
"The Tangi Bridge" Common Core Standards Lesson Plans

de KM Zafari ...

A comprehensive lesson plan aligned with the Common Core Standards for Reading: Literature for grades 9-12 (3-4 classroom hours).CCS: RL: 9-10.1 – 10.10CCS: RL: 11-12.1 – 12.10Follows the Madeline Hunter format.Includes:-Duration-Objective/Purpose-Standards-Concepts Taught (CCS and Enrichment)-Resources Needed (CCS and Enrichment)-Anticipatory Set-Instructional Input-Guided Practice-Quick Links (. ... Leer más

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A comprehensive lesson plan aligned with the Common Core Standards for Reading: Literature for grades 9-12 (3-4 classroom hours).CCS: RL: 9-10.1 – 10.10CCS: RL: 11-12.1 – 12.10Follows the Madeline Hunter format.Includes:-Duration-Objective/Purpose-Standards-Concepts Taught (CCS and Enrichment)-Resources Needed (CCS and Enrichment)-Anticipatory Set-Instructional Input-Guided Practice-Quick Links (.
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The Death of Learning

How American Education Has Failed Our Students and What to Do about It

de John Agresto ...

The liberal arts are dying. They are dying because most Americans don’t see the point of them. Americans don’t understand why anyone would study literature or history or the classics—or, more contemporarily, feminist criticism, whiteness studies, or the literature of postcolonial states—when they can get an engineering or business degree.Even more concerning is when they read how “Western ... Leer más

$22.99 USD

The liberal arts are dying. They are dying because most Americans don’t see the point of them. Americans don’t understand why anyone would study literature or history or the classics—or, more contemporarily, feminist criticism, whiteness studies, or the literature of postcolonial states—when they can get an engineering or business degree.Even more concerning is when they read how “Western
... 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
... Leer más
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
... Leer más
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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Teaching Students to Decode the World

Media Literacy and Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum

de Chris Sperry, Cyndy Scheibe ...

In our media-saturated environment, how can we teach students to distinguish true statements from those that are false, misleading, or manipulative? How can we help them develop the skills needed to identify biases and stereotypes, determine credibility of sources, and analyze their own thinking and its effect on their perceptions?In Teaching Students to Decode the World, authors Chris Sperry and ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

In our media-saturated environment, how can we teach students to distinguish true statements from those that are false, misleading, or manipulative? How can we help them develop the skills needed to identify biases and stereotypes, determine credibility of sources, and analyze their own thinking and its effect on their perceptions?In Teaching Students to Decode the World, authors Chris Sperry and
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Planting the Seeds of Equity

Ethnic Studies and Social Justice in the K2 Classroom

de Ruchi Agarwal-Rangnath ...

Bringing together an inspirational group of educators, this book provides key insights into what it means to implement social justice ideals with young children (pre-K–grade 2). Each chapter highlights a teacher’s experience with a specific aspect of social justice and ethnic studies, including related research, projects and lesson plans, and implications for teacher education. The text engages ... Leer más

$28.99 USD

Bringing together an inspirational group of educators, this book provides key insights into what it means to implement social justice ideals with young children (pre-K–grade 2). Each chapter highlights a teacher’s experience with a specific aspect of social justice and ethnic studies, including related research, projects and lesson plans, and implications for teacher education. The text engages
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