In Teaching Critical Thinking, renowned cultural critic and progressive educator bell hooks addresses some of the most compelling issues facing teachers in and out of the classroom today.
This book introduces three new subjects to the context of literacy research-play, the imaginary, and improvisation-and proposes how to incorporate these important concepts into the field as research methods in order to engage people, materials, spaces, and imaginaries that are inherent in every research encounter.
Alex Kelly's internationally renowned TALKABOUT books are a series of practical workbooks designed to develop the self-awareness, self-esteem, and social skills of people with special needs.
Als konkrete Maßnahme zur Wissensvernetzung im Sachunterricht wird die Unterstützung bei der Reorganisation des Wissenssystems mit Hilfe einer Concept Map exemplarisch auf ihre Wirksamkeit getestet.
This book-co-authored by a teacher educator, a diverse group of five pre-service student teachers, and their student teaching supervisor-takes a unique, illuminating look at the experience of student teaching from the perspective of student teachers.
Most of our students neither know how learning works nor what they have to do to ensure it, to the detriment both of their studies and their development as lifelong learners.
By providing a contemporary understanding of theories on classroom dialogue through a sociocultural lens, Sybing offers innovative ways to observe and foster more engaged interaction between teacher and student, particularly in language learning contexts.
In diesem Herausgeberband wird die Diskussion um die Bedeutung der Wiederentdeckung der ästhetischen und kontemplativen Dimension von Bildung, die im angelsächsischen Raum bereits seit einiger Zeit theorie- und forschungsbasiert geführt wird, für die pädagogische Diskussion im deutschsprachigen Raum aufgegriffen und fruchtbar gemacht.
This volume collects essential writings in the field of writing center studies as it has blossomed and developed since the 1995 publication of Landmark Essays on Writing Centers.
This book explores learning in the arts and highlights ways in which art and creativity can ignite learning in schools, informal learning spaces, and higher education.
Differentiation is a key part of effective teaching; structuring learning experiences to suit the needs of the individual child plays a major part in the quality of the education that child receives.
The goal of teaching online is fundamentally the same as teaching face-to-face: facilitating the learning of all students to the greatest extent possible.
Digitale Räume versprechen ein Mehr an Teilhabemöglichkeiten: Optimistisch könnte man konstatieren, dass sie zu einer Demokratisierung des Diskurses beitragen.
Published in 1986 this book considers how relationships within the education system are growing more complicated as staff, pupils and parents are increasingly aware of their legal rights and willing to assert them.
Focusing on student analysis of primary sources, this book explores several proven analysis strategies to use with students, including methods from the Library of Congress, the Stanford History Education Group, and Harvard's Project Zero.
First Published in 1991, Action Research for Change and Development presents a collection of papers evolved from an international symposium on Action Research in Higher Education, Government and Industry held in Brisbane in 1989.
Im Einklang mit aktuellen wissenschaftlichen Ergebnissen belegt diese qualitative Studie, dass Englischlernende der Grundschule im Bereich der Lesekompetenz bislang unterschätzt werden.
Author Kendrick Sterling describes six practical, innovative, and powerful methods to enliven and ignite a passion for learning in each and every child.
At a moment when the ePortfolio has been recognized as a high impact practice - as a unique site for hosting student integrative learning and as a powerful genre for assessment - this book provides faculty, staff, and administrators with a set of frameworks and models useful for guiding students in designing and creating ePortfolios that clearly communicate their purpose and effectively use the affordances of the medium.
In Forty Pence Each or Two for a Pound: Making Maths Memorable, Accessible and Relevant, Danielle Bartram shares a wealth of practical resources and ideas to help teachers develop a whole-school commitment to, and enthusiasm for, improving numeracy.
Children and young people from diverse populations are statistically more at risk of exclusion, however education providers can make a difference to all children and young persons' learning outcomes no matter what their personal circumstances.
This concise and accessible resource offers new college students, especially those in science degree programs, guidance on engaging successfully with the classroom experience and skillfully tackling technical or scientific questions.
Teaching Electromagnetics: Innovative Approaches and Pedagogical Strategies is a guide for educators addressing course content and pedagogical methods primarily at the undergraduate level in electromagnetic theory and its applications.
Communication in Instruction: Beyond Traditional Classroom Settings explores the various challenges we face when trying to teach others in various contexts beyond traditional classroom settings, as well as the possible strategies for overcoming them.
The Teacher's Guide to Scratch - Beginner is a practical guide for educators preparing beginners-level coding lessons and assignments in their K-12 classrooms.
A beautiful full-colour book by Forest School expert and teacher Sara Knight that inspires and encourages individuals of all ages to take an innovative approach to outdoor play and learning.
The perception of a permanent enrollment crisis in US postsecondary foreign language education has shaped our profession's image for an entire generation of educators.
This new edition of A Handbook for Classroom Instruction That Works will help you explore and refine your use of the teaching strategies from the 2nd edition of Classroom Instruction That Works.