Teacher training

Focusing on the meaning of teaching, Transnational Curriculum Standards and Classroom Practices contributes to a deepened understanding of what it means to be a teacher in an institutional context ranked high on the policymakers' agenda.

Sticky Assessment is a straightforward guide to assessment, designed to demystify assessment and to give teachers the tools they need become better assessors.

This book explores the evolution of Integrated approach to Technology in Education (ITE), an initiative of Tata Trusts in India, and the many innovative ways in which it has helped enrich the learning process and fostered new skills for young people, especially those living in challenging environments.

This is the inside story of the more than 8,000 recent college graduates who have joined Teach for America and committed two years of service to teaching in the nation's most troubled public schools.

Manifesting Happy is a journey of self-care for educators.

To achieve their full potential, it is essential that children develop skills to become autonomous learners, yet this skill does not come naturally to many learners.

Teacher Education through Active Engagement identifies and addresses a contemporary issue: the ways in which teaching and teacher education are articulated by politicians, civil servants, business leaders and educational entrepreneurs intent on profit-making in the current global neoliberal policy context.

Teachers are vital for the integration of immigrant, refugee and asylum-seeking students; however, they are not often prepared or supported to meet the needs of these students.

In this book, Jennifer Moon explores and clarifies critical thinking and provides practical guidance for improving student learning and supporting the teaching process.

This book should be read by everyone who wants to understand special education today.

Redesigning Special Education Teacher Preparation describes both challenges and possible solutions to redesigning and restructuring high-incidence teacher preparation programs so graduates will meet the Highly Qualified Teacher requirements and be prepared to teach students with high-incidence disabilities.

Smart implementation of the Common Core State Standards requires both an overall understanding of the standards and a grasp of their implications for planning, teaching, and learning.

This volume includes articles based on papers presented at the Second International Conference of the European Science Education Research Association (E.

The third edition of this significant and groundbreaking book summarizes current research into how young children learn mathematics and how best to develop foundational knowledge to realize more effective teaching.

Every good teacher strives to be a great teacher - and this must-have book shows you how!

Primary Teaching Today takes the reader 'behind the scenes' and alerts them to the fundamental attitudes and practices that every new primary teacher must acquire to make a success of their work and, crucially, to get maximum enjoyment while doing so.

This volume features current, innovative, and effective ways of developing instructional materials for diverse English Language Teaching (ELT) contexts.

Since its emergence over two decades ago, the construct of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) has significantly impacted preservice and inservice teacher education, educational policy, and educational research.

This 3rd edition of Learning to Teach Music in the Secondary School has been thoroughly revised to take account of the latest initiatives, research and scholarship in the field of music education, and the most recent changes to the curriculum.

Written in clear, straight-forward language, Examining Doctoral Work considers how the practice of doctoral examination can be improved to ensure that both examiners and students can make the most of the assessment process.

This book reveals how early childhood leaders and practitioners can lead and enhance children's play, learning and experiences outdoors.

First published in 1993.

Recent efforts emphasize the roles that privilege and elite education play in shaping affluent youths' identities.

What is most remarkable about the assortment of discipline programs on the market today is the number of fundamental assumptions they seem to share.

This book demonstrates why and how it is necessary to redesign Islamic Education curriculum in the K-12 sector globally.

With its focus on the work and identity of teacher educators, this book addresses an essential but under-researched area in teacher education.

The stress involved in a career in teaching has increased considerably in recent years.

Middle leading refers to those teachers that both teach and have leadership roles, and thus can bridge the gap between the practices of learning and the managemant of schooling.

Descriptosaurus Story Writing provides a resource for younger pupils that will not only expand their descriptive vocabulary but also provide them with models that demonstrate 'language in action,' in a genre that is popular and familiar to children aged 5-9.

Essential reading for all Reception and Year One teachers, presenting a clear and practical map for effective transition to support children's emotional, social and academic development.

Challenges arise when teachers seek to enact socially just instruction while navigating social, classroom, and school dynamics.

The personal and professional are woven together in this collection of scholarly narratives by teacher educators who share their early critical experiences and model teaching practices to support continued resistance and possibilities in teacher education.

This book explores pedagogical change and innovation in US colleges and universities, and how faculty are prepared to adapt to such changes.

What do we mean by reflective practice?

What is meant by outstanding teaching?

How do you become an effective primary school teacher?

Published for the American Educational Research Association by RoutledgeThis landmark volume presents the work of the American Educational Research Association's Panel on Research and Teacher Education.

The Practical Guidance in the Early Years Foundation Stage series will assist practitioners in the smooth and successful implementation of the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Opening the CAGE invites you to embark on a transformative journey within the world of education, unveiling a powerful framework to nurture the wellbeing of staff that will not only retain valuable educators but create positive learning environments, ensure academic success and address student needs.

The purpose of this book is to re-orient the current agenda in education towards learning.

The sixth volume in the Global Research on Teaching and Learning English series offers up-to-date research on the rapidly changing field of language assessment.

This volume proposes that the work of community colleges has expanded beyond equity into providing a true barrier-free learning environment for students, one that is attuned to justice.

In the groundbreaking and best-selling Teaching WalkThrus Volume 1, Tom Sherrington and Oliver Caviglioli produced a brilliantly concise and accessible repository to 50 essential teaching techniques.

 This edited book seeks to address the impoverished culture of emotional discourse in the teaching profession and teacher education.

Practice Methodologies in Education Research offers a fresh approach to researching practice in education.

Drama Sessions for Primary Schools and Drama Clubs is an indispensable guide designed to help you run effective and enjoyable drama sessions in your primary school for a whole academic year.