Teacher training

Music and Music Education as Social Praxis is a brief introduction to a praxial theory of music education, defined by author.

Being taught by a great teacher is one of the great privileges of life.

This insightful book offers language teachers and teachers in training the opportunity to delve into 3D virtual worlds and see the benefits they provide for effective language teaching.

Innovative Business School Teaching showcases the latest pedagogic innovations that actively engage the millennial generation in learning within the business domain.

This book is about student success and how to support and improve it.

In this book, a teacher educator examines her practice as a way of learning about teaching as well as challenging teacher education.

This practical guide invites teachers to take a journey towards masterly mathematics teaching using the experiences and lessons learnt across five Chinese provinces, Anhui, Beijing, Jiangsu, Jiangxi and Tianjin.

Dimensions and Emerging Themes in Teaching Practicum establishes a forum to identify the characteristics of good practices of teaching practicum and debates key concepts and emerging themes in the field.

We know that successful teachers need to use a range of teaching strategies, but what are they?

This book explores the practical and psychological factors that regulate teaching and learning in the classroom, and illustrates how hope and creativity may arise out of unforeseen, non-standard, or turbulent conditions.

A Primer for Teaching Women, Gender, and Sexuality in World History is a guide for college and high school teachers who are teaching women, gender, and sexuality in history for the first time, for experienced teachers who want to reinvigorate their courses, for those who are training future teachers to prepare their own syllabi, and for teachers who want to incorporate these issues into their world history classes.

TESOL Teacher Education in a Transnational World critically examines theories and practices in contemporary TESOL teacher education to shed new light on the intersection of transnationalism and language teacher education.

This book demonstrates how the pedagogical decision making of university academics can be shaped by engagement with an educational philosophy known as "e;relationship-centred education"e;.

First published in 1971, The Background of Immigrant Children offers a deeper understanding of the diversity and richness of the customs, cultures, and religious convictions of the minority groups in a multiracial society.

As an increasingly significant aspect of primary teaching, Creative Approaches to Teaching Primary RE is the essential companion to help bring creativity to life in the classroom.

As web-enabled mobile technologies become increasingly integrated into formal learning environments, the fields of education and ICT (information and communication technology) are merging to create a new kind of classroom: CrossActionSpaces.

First published in 1997.

Institutions of higher education are keen to improve teachers' intercultural experiences, communication, and understanding, but offer few resources for bringing the research literature to direct application in teacher education programs.

In today's climate of accountability and standards, increasing attention is focused on teacher "e;quality,"e; with less emphasis on what teachers actually do to interest and engage students in learning.

This book explores the phenomenon and process of Europeanisation in the field of teacher education.

This book provides practical help and guidance for non-native English-speaking higher education lecturers faced with the need to deliver lectures and seminars in English.

This accessible guide provides practical support on becoming research engaged and research active within the school and beyond.

Transforming Teacher Education with Mobile Technologies provides an international, comparative overview of current thinking and research in the field of mobile learning and teaching/teacher education, with case studies from Australia, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

Are you overwhelmed by the amount of paperwork that SEND generates in your school?

In this book, Selma Wassermann, international expert on classroom interactions, sets the stage for the relevance of the interactive teaching method, provides data and classroom examples that support its effectiveness at all student learning levels and in different subject areas, and offers detailed and specific help for teachers who are considering embarking on this approach to teaching.

First published in 1983, Teaching Under Attack examines the nature and direction of the attack on the education service, and on the teaching profession in particular.

"e;Why do they have to keep on changing things?

The first decade of the 21st century brought major challenges to higher education, all of which have implications for and impact the future of faculty professional development.

There is convincing evidence that carefully applied classroom assessments can promote student learning and academic self-regulation.

Fieldwork in Educational Settings is widely recognised as part of the essential reading for the researcher in education.

Educational leadership has a rich history of epistemological debate.

Globally, mathematics and science education faces three crucial challenges: an increasing need for mathematics and science graduates; a declining enrolment of school graduates into university studies in these disciplines; and the varying quality of school teaching in these areas.

How has feminism influenced contemporary educational practices?

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First published in 1996, this book charts the philosophical landscape of staff development at a time when the subject of 'quality' in university teaching and learning was under examination.

This edited collection responds to a gap in the literature by presenting a much-needed examination of both the theoretical and practical aspects of teacher education for English as a lingua franca in Indonesia.

This go-to resource guides educators on how to incorporate equitable practices in a PBIS framework.

First published in 1988.

Embodied Social Justice introduces an embodied approach to working with oppression.

In this engaging book, Jeffrey Kottler and Richard Balkin address common misconceptions about what works in counseling and offer suggestions for building constructive counseling relationships and facilitating positive counseling outcomes.

,It is an exceptionally thoughtful assessment of assessment, and I am (along with anyone else who broods about education) much in your debt.

This book examines the compensation system for teachers in compulsory education in China and how it can be brought to bear in attracting, retaining, and motivating teachers while improving the quality of basic education.

This book offers insights into the lived experiences (e.

This book presents a variety of perspectives on teacher education for a fast-changing world.

This book connects the dilemmas educators experience in daily practice with key theories, research and policy about democracy, ethics and equity in education.

This book presents some highlights from the deliberations of the 2003 conference of the International Study Association on Teachers and Teaching (ISATT).