Curricula

Integrating theory with practice, this core textbook provides a structured and sequential introduction to motor learning and motor control. Part 1 begins by introducing what motor learning is and how movement is controlled, before exploring how a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780871208552Author Jay McTigheFormat PaperbackPage Count 295Imprint ASCDPublisher ASCD

Compelling and highly engaging, this text shows teachers at all levels how to do critical literacy in the classroom and provides models for practice that can be adapted to any context. Integrating social theory and classroom practice, it brings critical...

`A definite must-have for all teachers of English confronted with early multilingualism' - Times Educational Supplement The activities and guidance in this book will help teachers to develop the confidence and meet the individual needs of young...

The book argues that academics, academic developers and academic leaders need to undertake curriculum work in their institutions that has the potential to disrupt common sense notions about curriculum and create spaces for engagement with scholarly...

When Andrew Hacker published an op-ed in the New York Times questioning the requirement of advanced mathematics in schools, it instantly became one of the paper's most widely circulated articles. Why, he wondered, do we inflict algebra, geometry,...

This is the long-awaited update on the bestselling book that offers a practical, accessible reference manual for faculty in any discipline. This new edition contains up-to-date information on technology as well as expanding on the ideas and strategies...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781863733625Author Murray PrintFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Allen & UnwinPublisher Taylor & FrancisWeight(grams) 460g

We know that curriculum is the core of the classroom experience, but what makes a quality curriculum? How can educators be sure that what they teach is strongly aligned to the specific standards that their district or school has adopted? What kinds of...

This book offers a positive approach to thematic cross-curricular teaching. Within a clear focus on humanitarian and inclusive values, it offers guidance on robust learning in the subject disciplines within a set of highly involving themes. Its...

Reconceptualizing Curriculum Development provides accessible, clear guidance on curriculum problem solving and educational leadership through the practice of a synoptic curriculum study. This practice integrates three influential interpretations of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262542661Author Nettrice R. GaskinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

For the first time, this volume provides a definitive collection of Gloria Ladson-Billings' groundbreaking concept of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (CRP). After repeatedly confronting deficit perspectives that asked, "What's wrong with 'those' kids?",...

The Understanding by Design Guide to Creating High-Quality Units offers instructional modules on the basic concepts and elements of Understanding by Design (UbD), the ""backward design"" approach used by thousands of educators to create curriculum units...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692851104Author Milo WinterFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Classical Charlotte MasonPublisher Classical Charlotte MasonWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553392401Author E.D. HirschFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 1508gDimensions(mm)...

A Teacher's Guide to Curriculum Design for Gifted and Advanced Learners provides educators with models and strategies they can easily use to create appropriately complex differentiated lessons, questions, tasks, and projects. This must-have resource for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781975504595Author Anthony Afful-BroniFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Myers Education PressPublisher Myers Education PressWeight(grams)...

The Collins Cambridge Primary Global Perspectives series offers a skills-building approach to the Cambridge Primary Global Perspectives curriculum framework (0838) from 2022. We are working with Cambridge Assessment International Education...

A clear and concise course design is integral to effective student learning in units of study; however, unit design can be a daunting task for academics. Effective Unit Design for Higher Education Courses is a practical resource based on theoretical...

Course Design for TESOL offers a unique approach of integrating curriculum with teaching activities to allow language educators to utilize the text in a variety of courses in a TESOL program. Although the authors assume readers have a basic knowledge of...

`Each chapter in the book is firmly rooted in research and is well referenced as one would expect of such a book. It will be of particular use to people with an academic interest in this aspect of school management but will also be thought-provoking for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991626472Author Spramani ElaunFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Nature of Art(r)Publisher Nature of Art(r)Weight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

How is compelling, exemplary curriculum created in schools in spite of the pressures to implement a standardized curriculum? In this book, teachers and principals share their experiences with emergent curriculum, the creative practices they've developed...

This is a critical examination of learning and teaching theories together with debate on the sociological construct of the curriculum. The authors encourage critical engagement with the practice and research behind the growing number of teaching and...

Curriculum design experts Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins have reviewed thousands of curriculum documents and unit plans across a range of subjects and grades. In this book, they identify and describe the 25 most common problems in unit design and...

Building on his seminal methodological contribution to the field - currere - here William F. Pinar posits a praxis of presence as a unique form of individual engagement against current cultural crises in education.Bringing together a series of updated...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944435066Author Christina J MugglinFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Blue Sky DaisiesPublisher Blue Sky DaisiesWeight(grams) 485gDimensions(mm) 280mm...

'I recommend John Darling's book to everyone interested in education today' - Times Educational Supplement, Scotland 'It represents an important contribution to the study of curriculum at a time when that study is being seriously eroded, and is...

Emergent curriculum encourages you to use creativity and flexibility as you respond to classroom challenges and children's interests. Filled with case studies and stories from toddler and preschool teachers about their experiences responding to events in...

Engaging Minds: Evolving Learning and Teaching explores the diverse beliefs and practices that define the current landscape of formal education. The revised, updated, and expanded fourth edition of this groundbreaking introduction to current...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780002008952Author J L GranatsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint HarperCollins Publishers LtdPublisher HarperCollins PublishersWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780941008556Author Peg MarsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Tops Learning SystemsPublisher Tops Learning SystemsWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm) 279mm...

The conditions for thinking about Latin America as a regional unit in transnational academic discourse have shifted over the past decades. In The Exhaustion of Difference Alberto Moreiras ponders the ramifications of this shift and draws on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647434052Author Peter HollinsFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Pkcs Media, Inc.Publisher Pkcs Media, Inc.Weight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

This practical book outlines how you can challenge students to grapple with complex problems and engage more meaningfully with information across the content areas, rather than rely solely on rote memorization and standardized testing to measure academic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989151177Author Alice BaggettFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Constructing Modern Knowledge PressPublisher Constructing Modern Knowledge...

This primer for prospective and practicing teachers asks students to question the historical present and their relation to it, and in so doing, reflect on their own understandings of what it means to teach, to study, to educate, and to become educated in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692848609Author Classical Charlotte MasonFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Classical Charlotte MasonPublisher Classical Charlotte MasonWeight(grams)...

A step-bystep guide for teaching your students to think critically and solve complex problems!In a world with increasingly global economies and competition, students need to learn how to think critically and analytically, and to apply their imaginations...