Teacher training

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The extent to which teachers should make use of theoretical and expert knowledge as opposed to tacit experiential knowledge, and how these might be combined, is a perennial issue in discussions on pedagogy.

This book is written to help readers with humanities backgrounds improve their academic research, tertiary-level teaching, professional service, and career trajectory.

This book brings together a collection of inquiries into the connections between educational leadership, understood as an activity that can be performed by both educators and students, and professional learning, understood as an activity undertaken by educators to improve teaching and learning within educational settings.

This introductory book shows the relevance of philosophical thinking to the practice of education.

Stop spending hours searching for, adapting and improving model texts for use in your classroom teaching.

The Gingerbread Man was rather a handful, but wait until you meet the Ninjabread Girl!

In this powerful manifesto, the bestselling author of WHY KNOWLEDGE MATTERS addresses the failures of America's early education system and its impact on our current national malaise, advocating for a shared knowledge curriculum students everywhere can be taught-an educational foundation that can help improve and strengthen America's unity, identity, and democracy.

Critical Reflections on Teacher Education argues that educational philosophy can improve the quality of teacher education programs in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

This book addresses a wide range of issues and obstacles that teachers in native and non-native English-speaking countries face in teaching English language learners of all ages, at all levels of proficiency, and in a variety of program settings.

Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Leadership in Higher Education has been designed to bring together case studies to facilitate the development of effective and well-equipped leaders within the higher education sector.

How to achieve school reform and organisational change has been a subject of much inquiry and interest by educators, education systems and academics.

Racial Battle Fatigue in Faculty examines the challenges faced by diverse faculty members in colleges and universities.

Teaching Secondary and Middle School Mathematics combines the latest developments in research, technology, and standards with a vibrant writing style to help teachers prepare for the excitement and challenges of teaching secondary and middle school mathematics.

Based on the acclaimed series 'The Issue' in the Times Educational Supplement, this book brings together Steven Hastings' vast experience and offers a comprehensive overview of the challenges and concerns facing modern schools.

According to author Mike Schmoker, there is a yawning gap between the most well-known essential practices and the reality of most classrooms.

Embracing a sociocultural perspective on human cognition and employing an array of methodological tools for data collection and analysis, this volume documents the complexities of second language teachers' professional development in diverse L2 teacher education programs around the world, including Asia, South America, Europe, and North America, and traces that development both over time and within the broader cultural, historical and institutional settings and circumstances of teachers' work.

The Developing Professional Practice series provides a thoroughly comprehensive and cutting edge guide to developing the necessary knowledge, skills and understanding for teaching within the 0-7, 7-14 or 14-19 age ranges.

This book outlines a landscape of diversity education in the MENA region and its repercussions on learners' abilities, outcomes, and prospects.

What are the magic ingredients to a dream classroom and how can you create one for your own students?

The Artisan Teaching Model merges the idea of teamwork with the concept of an artisan-apprentice relationship.

This volume is important because despite various external representations, such as analogies, metaphors, and visualizations being commonly used by physics teachers, educators and researchers, the notion of using the pedagogical functions of multiple representations to support teaching and learning is still a gap in physics education.

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Educational books can help teachers engage in quality CPD (Continuing/Continuous Professional Development), but how do we find the time to read the latest literature?

Der Sammelband nähert sich dem Thema auf interdisziplinärer Ebene und vereint aktuelle deutschdidaktische wie erziehungswissenschaftliche Beiträge zu Vermittlungs- und Aneignungsprozessen von Genderkonzeptionen.

Promoting Diversity and Social Justice provides theories, perspectives, and strategies that are useful for working with adults from privileged groups-those who are in a more powerful position in any given type of oppression.

Italy's residents are a migratory people.

This volume discusses 14 different types of disasters and their implications on the social, emotional and academic development of young children, from birth through age eight.

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.

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.

The National Literacy Strategy is at the heart of the government drive to raise the standards in literacy in schools.

A growing number of people completing or holding graduate degrees now seek non-faculty positions-also called alternative academic, or "e;alt-ac"e; positions-at different stages in their careers.

Focusing on creating learning environments, this book explores what it means to be an innovative leader of learning and teaching in higher education.

This volume shows music educators how music teaching and learning can help address humanity's greatest challenge-the ecological crisis.

This book uses social support as a central theme to provide a sound underpinning for guiding teachers to play more supportive roles in schools.

This book presents different approaches for answering the question: How do we assess computational thinking?

Part of a vital Springer series on self-study practices in teaching and teacher education, this collection offers a range of contributions to the topic that embody the reflections of science teacher educators who have applied self-study methodology to their own professional development.

With the focus on enhancing the ICT competence of the pupils whom you support, this book: shows how you can support students within the ICT programme of study - even if you're not a confident ICT user yourself tackles tricky issues such as assessment and progression suggests activities for developing skills, familiarity and understanding provides ideas and advice for effective use of ICT in other subjects shows how ICT can be a really effective tool for inclusion.

This book examines the nuanced and situated experiences of self-study researchers.

This timely book explores current trends and future possibilities for undergraduate career education, the nature of the changing workplace, and its impact on students in colleges and universities.

This book systematically approaches the topic of the relatively new field of digital pedagogy and provides valuable insights for teachers and students, education policymakers, leaders in education, and others whose professional engagement is related to education in modern society.

The Charter School Experience: Voices from the Field is a unique book that presents readers with balanced perspectives from teachers, students, parents, and school leaders at charter schools across the United States.

The A-Z of International School Leadership is a stimulating collection of sharp insights and creative perspectives drawing on the author's global experiences, organised around the 26 letters of the English alphabet.

This book deconstructs and analyzes the impact of education-based trauma.

This book is a critical appreciation of the work of sixteen leading curriculum theorists, taking account of the writings of a balance of established thinkers and curriculum analysts from the fields of education, philosophy, sociology and psychology.

Through conversations in honor of Dale D.

Internal and external pressure continues to mount for college professionals to provide evidence of successful activities, programs, and services, which means that, going forward, nearly every campus professional will need to approach their work with a data-informed perspective.

This book contributes to the field of mathematical problem solving by exploring current themes, trends and research perspectives.