Teaching skills and techniques

The purpose of this book is to guide teachers to understand theory related to teaching multilingual students and put it into practice in their classrooms.

The purpose of this book is to guide teachers to understand theory related to teaching multilingual students and put it into practice in their classrooms.

Education and the politics of time: temporal governance in teaching and learning explores how time—its organization, regulation, and lived experience—structures education across diverse contexts.

Storied Lives: Emancipatory Educational Inquiry-Experience, Narrative, & Pedagogy in the International Landscape of Diversity contains exemplary research practices, strategies, and findings gleaned from the contributions to the 15 issues of the Journal of Critical Inquiry Into Curriculum and Instruction (JCI~>CI).

This book provides an intuitive and accessible introduction to item response theory (IRT), making complex psychometric concepts easier to grasp through graphical displays and familiar analogies.

(Orginally published in 2010)The seventh monograph of AMTE highlights examples of important scholarship of and for the mathematics teacher education community.

(Orginally published in 2008)The goal of AMTE Monograph 4, "e;Cases in Mathematics Teacher Education: Tools for Developing Knowledge Needed for Teaching"e;, is to provide detailed accounts of case use that will inform the mathematics teacher education community on the range of ways in which cases can be used to foster teacher learning and the capacity to reflect on and learn from teaching.

(Orginally published in 2005)A major focus of teacher education is the development of preservice teachers.

(Orginally published in 2008)The 14 chapters in this monograph provide support for mathematics teacher educators in both their Practical Knowledge and their Professional Knowledge.

(Orginally published in 2009)The sixth monograph of AMTE highlights examples of the important scholarship of the mathematics teacher education community.

(Orginally published in 2004)A major focus of teacher education is the development of preservice teachers.

Co-published with TESOL PressThere is a growing need for knowledge and practical ideas about the preparation of teachers for English language learners (ELLs), a growing segment of the K-12 population in the United States.

School leadership instability is particularly problematic for scholars and practitioners concerned with PK-12 school improvement, as second only to teachers, campus leadership has been identified as a primary factor in students' academic success (Young et al.

This edited volume brings together conceptual and empirical work from various professional fields to inform a perspective on mentoring that goes beyond what is needed for today and orients toward what is needed for the future in order to promote healthy and productive organizations.

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

Teacher induction is becoming increasingly important focus of education policy developed to help beginning teachers develop professionally and stay in teaching work force as a way to meet the needs of global economy and social transformation for teaching quality and student learning in many countries.

This edited volume is part of the Information Age Publishing (IAP) Series on Family, School and Community Partnerships.

Across settings, teacher education programs utilize innovative practices to prepare teacher candidates, yet rarely is this work shared in a way that is accessible to stakeholders.

The stance of this book is not about showcasing our "e;expertise"e; on all we know about teaching.

Teaching and Learning at a Distance is written for introductory distance education courses for preservice or in-service teachers, and for training programs that discuss teaching distant learners or managing distance education systems.

Teaching and learning through Hollywood, or commercial, film and television productions is anything but a new approach and has been something of a mainstay in the classroom for nearly a century.

This edited volume is part of the Information Age Publishing (IAP) Series on Family, School and Community Partnerships.

It is not difficult to argue that the social sciences are in a period of transition.

Too often teachers and students doubt their own abilities to forge collective work and dynamic critical learning in the midst of education reform practices that limit their opportunities to do so.

This new text provides the most current coverage of measurement and psychometrics in a single volume.

Service-learning is entering a post-initiatory phase.

In an increasingly global learning environment, teachers are challenged to meet a myriad of student needs-provide basic literacy and mathematics skills, improve scientific and technological thinking, increase bilingual and multi-lingual competencies.

Moments that Matter in the Learning and Development of Children: Reflections from Educators explores the significant moments that unfold for young people in their schooling from the perspectives of teachers and school staff.

With the national push towards inclusion, more students with disabilities are being placed in general education settings.

Although cultural issues have a powerful influence on the failure and success of mentoring programs and relationships, there is scant research on this area and little in the way of guidelines that practitioners can use to help assure mentoring success.

This volume begins by locating critical inquiry within the epistemological and methodological history of second language study.

Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue is the journal of the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum (AATC).

(Orginally published in 2010)The seventh monograph of AMTE highlights examples of important scholarship of and for the mathematics teacher education community.

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Play therapy interventions are critical elements of providing responsive services within the context of comprehensive school counseling programs.

This RISE volume examines various approaches researchers have used to induct new teachers and mitigate the high turnover rates.

The significant change in public schools over the last two decades warrants a response in how we prepare teachers.

Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue (CTD) is a publication of the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum (AATC), a national learned society for the scholarly field of teaching and curriculum.

This edited book is the first full-length volume exclusively devoted to new research on the challenges and practices of teaching global issues.

(Sponsored by SIG-Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans of the American Educational Research Association and National Association for Asian and Pacific American Education)This research anthology is the fifth volume in a series sponsored by the Special Interest Group - Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans (SIG - REAPA) of the American Educational Research Association and National Association for Asian and Pacific American Education.

It is not difficult to argue that the social sciences are in a period of transition.

(Orginally published in 2005)A major focus of teacher education is the development of preservice teachers.

Liminal Spaces and Call for Praxis(ing) follows the theme of the Curriculum & Pedagogy conference that highlighted issues of power, privilege, and supremacy across timelines and borders.

Motivation to engage in reading is a consistent problem for students in general and boys in particular.

(This is a condensed version of Inspiring Student Writers: Strategies and Examples for Teachers.

The power of teacher inquiry is revealed when educators examine their practices with the purpose of making necessary changes to improve the learning opportunities of their multilingual students, and working conditions in schools.

Transforming Teacher Education through Service-Learning provides a fresh look at educational reform through the lens of teacher preparation.

A Critical Examination of Language and Community is the sixth volume of the Readings in Language Studies series published by the International Society for Language Studies, Inc.

The book is unique in that it mixes theory and practical applications in rethinking traditional social studies education.

Mobile learning is a primary learning format in the education of young children from birth through 6th grade.