Teaching skills and techniques

It is clear that service-learning has the potential to yield tremendous benefits to students, communities, and institutions of higher education.

The Self-Directed Learning Handbook offers teachers and principals an innovative program for customizing schooling to the learning needs of individual students-- and for motivating them to take increasing responsibility for deciding what and how they should learn.

In this much needed resource, Maryellen Weimer-one of the nation's most highly regarded authorities on effective college teaching-offers a comprehensive work on the topic of learner-centered teaching in the college and university classroom.

"e;Gloria Ladson-Billings provides a perceptive and interestingaccount of what is needed to prepare novice teachers to besuccessful with all students in our multicultural society.

In this updated version of her landmark book Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach, celebrated adult educator Jane Vella revisits her twelve principles of dialogue education with a new theoretical perspective gleaned from the discipline of quantum physics.

Scientific Challenges to Evolutionary Theory: How These Challenges Affect Religion addresses all aspects of the giant battle between two major belief systemsthose that believe in a ';naturalistic worldview' and evolution, and those that believe in a miracle-performing God and the Creation of all things.

Do you know a Teacher who you'd like to encourage?

La noción de relación con el saber comienza a expandirse en el campo de las ciencias humanas.

El principal objetivo de este libro es analizar la evaluación como un proceso fundamental para asegurar una formación de calidad basada en competencias.

First published in 1984, this best-selling classic is Theodore Sizer's eloquent call to arms for school reform.

Este libro de ningún modo puede entenderse como la recopilación de escuelas universales de pensamiento o como la descripción de las escuelas de pensamiento propias de la Universidad de La Salle, pero sí se configura como una muestra de las múltiples entradas a la compleja oportunidad de transitar por los distintos niveles y posibilidades del pensar deliberado, del pensar que al construirse genera aprendizajes significativos que, a su vez, desestructuran estos pensamientos y los interpelan para que sean mejor pensados al ser repensados.

Con motivo de la celebración de los cincuenta años de la Universidad de La Salle y de los 125 años de presencia lasallista en Colombia, el grupo de profesores de la Maestría en Docencia de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, bajo la coordinación del maestro Fernando Vásquez Rodríguez, decidió llevar a cabo su ya consolidado y reconocido seminario, esta vez alrededor de una lectura contemporánea y en clave de educación superior de la Guia de las Escuelas Cristianas.

A thoroughly revised edition of the classic resource for understanding gender differences in the classroom In this profoundly significant book, author Michael Gurian has revised and updated his groundbreaking book that clearly demonstrated how the distinction in hard-wiring and socialized gender differences affects how boys and girls learn.

A thoroughly revised edition of the classic resource for understanding gender differences in the classroom In this profoundly significant book, author Michael Gurian has revised and updated his groundbreaking book that clearly demonstrated how the distinction in hard-wiring and socialized gender differences affects how boys and girls learn.

An essential reference for all elementary teachers This comprehensive resource contains useful lists on all the subjects elementary teachers need, from core content to tips on classroom management to advice for students on study skills.

An essential reference for all elementary teachers This comprehensive resource contains useful lists on all the subjects elementary teachers need, from core content to tips on classroom management to advice for students on study skills.

Creating a Sense of Presence in Online Teaching This important new resource shows how a strong sense of online presence contributes to greater student satisfaction and retention.

Creating a Sense of Presence in Online Teaching This important new resource shows how a strong sense of online presence contributes to greater student satisfaction and retention.

Ideas for creating an orderly classroom where learning can thrive This unique, hands-on book is packed with tested ideas and strategies to help you create a classroom environment where good conduct and high achievement are the norm and where students become self- motivated and take responsibility for their actions.

Ideas for creating an orderly classroom where learning can thrive This unique, hands-on book is packed with tested ideas and strategies to help you create a classroom environment where good conduct and high achievement are the norm and where students become self- motivated and take responsibility for their actions.

Engaging Hard to Reach Parents This is a readable yet academically rigorous book that draws together findings from contemporary theory, research and practice.

Howard Gardner's groundbreaking theory applied for classroom use This important book offers a practical guide to understanding how Howard Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI) can be used in the classroom.

Howard Gardner's groundbreaking theory applied for classroom use This important book offers a practical guide to understanding how Howard Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI) can be used in the classroom.

Praise for The Teaching Portfolio "e;This new edition of a classic text has added invaluable, immediately useful material.

Praise for The Teaching Portfolio "e;This new edition of a classic text has added invaluable, immediately useful material.

In this comprehensive resource, Raymond J.

In this comprehensive resource, Raymond J.

The Challenges and Joys of Juggling There has been growing demand for workshops and materials to help those in higher education conduct and use the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Tap into the power of graphic organizers for classroom success Veteran educator and NCTE trainer Katherine McKnight shows how students can use graphic organizers as an important tool to organize new information.

Tap into the power of graphic organizers for classroom success Veteran educator and NCTE trainer Katherine McKnight shows how students can use graphic organizers as an important tool to organize new information.

This book shows college instructors how to communicate their course organization to students in a graphic syllabus a one-page diagram, flowchart, or concept map of the topical organization and an outcomes map a one-page flowchart of the sequence of student learning objectives and outcomes from the foundational through the mediating to the ultimate.

A powerful instructional method for "e;hooking"e; students on academic learning Drawing from a teaching model designed to banish boredom and student apathy, this book explains how dramatic practices can serve as powerful tools for enlivening lessons and captivating students, even the most resistant learners.

A powerful instructional method for "e;hooking"e; students on academic learning Drawing from a teaching model designed to banish boredom and student apathy, this book explains how dramatic practices can serve as powerful tools for enlivening lessons and captivating students, even the most resistant learners.

This book shows how schools can--and must--develop expertise in "e;learning variation"e; (understanding how different kinds of minds learn) and apply this knowledge to classroom instruction in order to address the chronic learning challenges and achievement gap faced by millions of students.

This book shows how schools can--and must--develop expertise in "e;learning variation"e; (understanding how different kinds of minds learn) and apply this knowledge to classroom instruction in order to address the chronic learning challenges and achievement gap faced by millions of students.

Finding Mrs.

Finding Mrs.

Building Online Learning Communities: Effective Strategies for the Virtual Classroom, 2nd Edition Building Online Learning Communities further explores the development of virtual classroom environments that foster a sense of community and empower students to take charge of their learning to successfully achieve learning outcomes.

When imagination becomes habit, it can transform your work and your life The best corporations know that innovative thinking is the only competitive advantage that cannot be outsourced.

When imagination becomes habit, it can transform your work and your life The best corporations know that innovative thinking is the only competitive advantage that cannot be outsourced.

There is a need in the higher education arena for a book that responds to the need for using technology in a classroom of tech-savvy students.

There is a need in the higher education arena for a book that responds to the need for using technology in a classroom of tech-savvy students.

A road map for teachers who strive to be highly effective leaders in our nation's classrooms Teach For America has fought the daunting battle of educational equity for the last twenty years.

A road map for teachers who strive to be highly effective leaders in our nation's classrooms Teach For America has fought the daunting battle of educational equity for the last twenty years.

Practical ideas for teaching students the skills they need to really learn This vital teachers' resource answers such questions as "e;Can intelligence be developed?

Practical ideas for teaching students the skills they need to really learn This vital teachers' resource answers such questions as "e;Can intelligence be developed?

Transformative Classroom Management The natural condition of any classroom is harmonious, satisfying, and productive, so why do so many teachers struggle with problems of apathy, hostility, anxiety, inefficiency, and resistance?

Transformative Classroom Management The natural condition of any classroom is harmonious, satisfying, and productive, so why do so many teachers struggle with problems of apathy, hostility, anxiety, inefficiency, and resistance?

A beautiful gift book that offers encouragement, comfort, and inspiration for new (and veteran) teachers This beautifully designed book is a celebration of the joys and challenges of the teaching life.

A beautiful gift book that offers encouragement, comfort, and inspiration for new (and veteran) teachers This beautifully designed book is a celebration of the joys and challenges of the teaching life.