Teacher training

This book provides actionable insights and strategies to help address the student retention problem that has plagued higher education.

Consider that many of the people who are alive today will be working at jobs that do not currently exist and that the explosion of information means that today's knowledge will quickly become outdated.

All of us ponder the big and enduring human questions-Who am I?

Classroom management can make or break your teaching.

Written for busy teachers, this practical manual defines terms, shares examples and provides evidence-based information and strategies to support the teaching of twice-exceptional students.

While there are many areas of focus in mathematics education, there are many good reasons for offering applicable mathematics education in schools.

This collection traces the development and findings of curriculum studies of environmental education since the mid-1970s.

This book argues that supporting a child's learning in primary school is more about nurturing their dispositions than continually assessing their performance.

With the Common Core State Standards emphasizing listening and speaking across the curriculum, these long-neglected language arts are regaining a place in schools.

Dowdall's book offers sample documents for candidates as well as for the search committees, and includes a substantive bibliography.

In this innovative series Education Write Now, ten of education's most inspiring thought-leaders meet for a three-day retreat to think and write collaboratively, and then bring you the top takeaways you need right now to improve your school or classroom.

Published in 1994, this book provides both information and guidance for teachers and students looking to advance their careers in primary education.

Offers research-based practical advice and examples regarding important aspects of feedback in language classrooms.

The climate of Higher Education is changing rapidly.

Continuing its calling to define the field and where it is going, the Second Edition of this landmark handbook brings up to date its comprehensive reportage of scholarly developments and school curriculum initiatives worldwide, providing a panoramic view of the state of curriculum studies globally.

There ARE jobs for teachers, and this step-by-step guide will help college students and career changers find those jobs and get them.

This multidisciplinary book focuses on best practices in sustainability research in the Asia-Pacific Region.

This work illustrates how risk management can be applied to educational systems in general, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education in particular.

Many teachers have adopted the daily proofreading exercises published by large companies as a way to help students practice finding and correcting errors.

Often new leaders commit a series of missteps that create dissention and dissatisfaction, ultimately alienating staff.

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.

This collection focuses on the ways in which policy relating to professional development and professional learning in teacher education is changing across Europe.

Featuring helpful checklists, models of good practice, templates and photocopiable resources that can be used in development work, this highly practical book will be an invaluable resource for anyone involved with implementing Every Child Matters in extended schools and children's centres.

Multicultural Education of Children and Adolescents explores the foundations of diversity through cultural portraits of young people from a variety of backgrounds, and provides practical strategies for shaping and implementing a multicultural curriculum.

In Search of a Pedagogy for Conflict and Dialogue for Mathematics Education is of interest to mathematics educators, researchers in mathematics education, gender, social justice, equity and democracy in education; and practitioners/teachers interested in the use of project work in mathematics teaching and learning.

Mentoring Teachers provides practical guidance for teacher mentors, directly addressing common queries and concerns they may have while acting as a mentor within a diverse range of educational contexts.

All too often a culture of silence permeates academia, where faculty and administrators ignore or misunderstand difficult situations.

First published in 1998.

This book is about values education in early years settings and discusses theory and concepts, as well as methodological and empirical perspectives.

Schools That Succeed, Students Who Achieve compares the academic achievements of students in the United States to those of students in other countries.

The International Handbook on Self-study of Teaching and Teacher Education Practices is of interest to teacher educators, teacher researchers and practitioner researchers.

This book discusses emerging issues related to teaching-learning  in Indian higher education and the integration of technology.

This book examines some of the most pressing challenges facing care, equity, and inclusion in education in the age of globalising neoliberal capitalism.

Through its impact on students in their lives in and beyond college, and recognizing the porous boundary between the classroom and the "e;real world,"e; SoTL can offer insights into broader societal issues, offer evidence of activities that facilitate everyday learning, promote intrinsic motivation, better support people from underrepresented communities, or uncover the ripple effects of changing educational environments.

The challenge this book addresses is to demonstrate how, in teaching content knowledge, the development of intellectual and moral dispositions as virtues is not merely a good idea, or peripheral to that content, but deeply embedded in the logic of searching for knowledge and truth.

The field of reading is a compelling one, characterised by many debates and discussions.

School superintendents, business managers, central office leaders, elected officials, industry leaders, educators, and aspiring practitioners in the field of education will find this book a useful resource in understanding innovative ways to stretch limited school resources or to improve the scope and quality of services and programs offered to deserving students.

Planning to become a secondary English teacher?

Teachers spend a great amount of time grading free text answer type questions.

You will find this an indispensable resource if you are involved with children or young people with special educational needs or disability.

How do educators engage students in community action projects without telling them what to think, how to think, or what to do?

This book provides a holistic picture of how Chinese turnaround schools have been remarkably improved over the years and to arouse further discussion in this regard.

This book helps you deal with the conflicts and confrontations which occur in your school--between you and your teachers and between teachers themselves.

Implementing 'Restorative Practice' in schools can offer powerful and effective methods of promoting harmonious relationships and resolving conflict.

Now in a fully updated second edition, Unlocking Mathematics Teaching is a comprehensive guide to teaching mathematics in the primary school.

First published in 1992.

Children are born with an ability to make sense of the world through play and storytelling.

To develop a mode of educational research which speaks both of and to the teacher we require more study of the lives of teachers.