Primary and middle schools

Imagine a place where passion for learning, authentic connection with colleagues and community, and strengths-based middle grades education thrive.

First published in 1992, Purposeful Restructuring (now with a new preface by the author) explores the continuous pursuit of improvement in American public education.

Research on middle level education indicates that student learning at the middle level has a deep and abiding influence on post-secondary opportunities and career paths.

The book compares the standardized test scores of both elementary and high schools charter schools with the scores for regular public schools located nearby.

This edited collection provides middle and high school classroom teachers of English language arts, social studies, and other disciplines the inspiration and insight necessary to utilize an arts integration approach in their teaching.

This new volume of The Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) Professional Book Series is a critical and timely resource that paves the way and guides the future of mathematics teacher education.

Curriculum can be defined in a variety of ways.

This guidebook is designed to be the middle-level teacher's friend in addressing a wide variety of questions regarding the use of educational and instructional technologies.

The lives of middle school students are dynamic, and their needs and desires are always evolving.

In 2015-16, the Middle Level Education Research Special Interest Group (MLER SIG), an affiliate of the American Educational Research Association, undertook a collaborative project-the development of a new middle grades education research agenda.

(Orginally published in 2005)This monograph represents the work of many mathematics teacher educators explored the content knowledge and pedagogical knowledge that make up the middle grades learning experience.

The twin objectives of the series Psychological Perspectives on Contemporary Educational Issues are: (1) to identify issues in education that are relevant to professional educators and researchers; and (2) to address those issues from research and theory in educational psychology, psychology, and related disciplines.

This volume is directed toward research to practice issues related to partnering with families of children birth through age 5.

Extant literature on evidence-based instructional strategies mediated by elementary and secondary school leaders is surprisingly scant.

As social studies standards shift to place a higher emphasis on critical thinking, inquiry, interaction, and expression, many teachers are scrambling to figure out how to appropriately shift their instruction accordingly.

Structured Discovery Cane Travel (SDCT) is an Orientation and Mobility (O&M) curriculum which focuses on the foundational techniques necessary to develop future independence for students who are blind or visually impaired.

This guidebook is designed to be the elementary school teacher's friend in addressing a wide variety of questions regarding the use of educational and instructional technologies.

Over the last decade, significant changes have occurred in how schools are organized, how educators are prepared and certified, how accreditation policies have shifted both curriculum and content, as well as changes to the demographics of middle school classrooms.

This book is an edited volume addressing specific issues of significance for individuals involved with the undergraduate mathematics content preparation of prospective elementary teachers (PSTs).

Never Give Up is an amazing true story.

The current thrust in the field of education is to improve teachers' understanding of how research on best practices can improve student learning.

This book explores the many ways and opportunities in which men and women might work together to highlight creative ways as well as examine the role of men in schools, families, and community engagement.

This book explores the negotiation of the ways that teachers are involved in the process of changing curriculum and pedagogies and also the realities of implimenting those changes in the classroom.

This volume provides a comprehensive critical analysis of the research in mathematics education for young children.

Current international development wisdom promotes the inclusion of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in national-level policy making, in the interest of strengthening state-civil society relationships; supporting locally driven, culturally-sensitive development; and contributing to program and policy innovation.

While developmental responsiveness is a deservingly key emphasis of middle grades education, this emphasis has often been to the detriment of focusing on the cultural needs of young adolescents.

Teacher-pupil planning means teachers and students working in a partnership to articulate a problem/concern, develop objectives, locate materials/resources, and evaluate progress.

Structured Discovery Cane Travel (SDCT) is an Orientation and Mobility (O&M) curriculum which focuses on the foundational techniques necessary to develop future independence for students who are blind or visually impaired.

Teacher-pupil planning means teachers and students working in a partnership to articulate a problem/concern, develop objectives, locate materials/resources, and evaluate progress.

Chapters discuss issues impacting the education of African American girls and many of challenges that they encounter during their schooling experiences.

Structured Discovery Cane Travel (SDCT) is an Orientation and Mobility (O&M) curriculum which focuses on the foundational techniques necessary to develop future independence for students who are blind or visually impaired.

Children begin their literacy journeys from the moment of their birth as they begin to read the world around them.

This book is grounded in the author's experiences of teaching mathematics for prospective elementary school teachers and conducting research on their understanding of mathematical concepts.

The past two decades have seen an increased interest in education, especially in core areas such as mathematics, language and science.

For thousands of years, religion has been a key element of human societies.

This handbook explores the curriculum, instruction and assessment used in middle schools.

This text looks at how the study of play has gained attention and concerns about play in young children have emerged.

Imagine a place where passion for learning, authentic connection with colleagues and community, and strengths-based middle grades education thrive.

Visual Data in Science Education builds upon previous work done by the editors to bring some definition to the meaning of visual data as it relates to education, and highlighted the breadth of types and uses of visual data across the major academic disciplines.

For religious and non-religious alike, the Bible constitutes an important source of cultural heritage, fundamental values, and basic codes of social conduct.

This handbook explores the curriculum, instruction and assessment used in middle schools.

Through the chapters in this volume we learn about the questions that capture the attention of teachers, the methodologies they use to gather data, and the ways in which they make sense of what they find.

This handbook covers such research issues in middle level education as advisory programmes, teaming, effective teachers, staffing, and teacher preparation programmes.

This volume is directed toward research to practice issues related to partnering with families of children birth through age 5.

Early childhood education has always been an enterprising one.

Volume V of The Handbook of Research in Middle Level Education highlights action research in middle grades education.

The world of middle level education is rapidly evolving.

For thousands of years, religion has been a key element of human societies.

This is the second (revised) edition of the book published in 2010 under the same title.

The book compares the standardized test scores of both elementary and high schools charter schools with the scores for regular public schools located nearby.