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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781425816315Author Shell EducationFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Shell Educational PublishingPublisher Shell Educational PublishingWeight(grams)...

Corporate to Classroom is designed to help new teachers, especially those entering education from the corporate arena, embrace the paradigm shift that is going to take place in their first few years of teaching. Out there in the vast community of new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645041894Author Edward PodsiadlikFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Dio Press IncPublisher Dio Press IncWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm...

The Entitled Generation: Helping Teachers Teach and Reach the Minds and Hearts of Generation Z brings teachers into the twenty-first century world of 24-7 technologically-wired up and social media-driven students. This book asks teachers to consider...

Traditional, teacher-centered classrooms are not serving the needs of our students. Their futures will increasingly demand skill sets in the areas of communication, collaboration, and critical thinking; worksheets, videos, and lectures will not prepare...

Critical Thinking for Better Learning shifts the focus from teaching to learning and from presenting information to creating challenges that teach students how to think in your discipline. The shift derives from three new insights from cognitive science:...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645041900Author Edward PodsiadlikFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Dio Press IncPublisher Dio Press IncWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm...

Answering the Call to Teach: A Novel Approach to Effective Classroom Instruction makes the case that effective teaching begins with people who have a sincere calling to teach. The book discusses how children respond more creatively to teachers who have a...

It has become a clichZ to say that these are precarious times for public schools. It is also a reality. On the one hand, improving schools is the public's top priority. On the other, significant numbers of Americans are giving up on public schools...

The ultimate guide for using graphic novels in any middle school or high school classroom, this book considers how the graphic novel format can support critical thinking and help reach disciplinary goals in history, English language arts, science, math,...

While the Common Core has made informational text a focal point in English/language arts classrooms around the country, it has also made literacy a key concern in other subjects. Teaching literacy in the disciplines and navigating informational texts...

"Teaching" and "learning" are two interrelated terms used to express our thinking about a major aspect of human development. However, didactics developed into an art, the "art" of teaching, while the processes of learning...

The stories, anecdotes, humor, and insights found in this book capture what it means to be a teacher. The book begins with common encounters that are the hallmark of the new-teacher experience, but continues into equally entertaining tales that come with...

While the Common Core has made informational text a focal point in English/language arts classrooms around the country, it has also made literacy a key concern in other subjects. Teaching literacy in the disciplines and navigating informational texts are...

Imperfect Heroes is intended to help teachers flourish during challenging times. The book is written for all educators, but especially those who seek renewal in their ability to help students learn and grow. Included are the inspiring and motivational...

As accountability in education has become an increasingly prominent topic, teacher preparation programs are being asked to provide credible evidence that their teacher candidates can impact student learning. Teacher Work Samples, first developed 30...

The Myth of Education in America contends that formal education should be "how you learn" not only "what you learn". It emphasizes that utilization of critical thinking and analysis is a life-long journey, and everyone should be involved in the process...

The Whole Person: Embodying Teaching and Learning through Lectio and Visio Divina offers readers a rich collection of voices from diverse settings that illustrates the ways in which lectio divina as a contemplative practice can transform teaching and...

Imperfect Heroes is intended to help teachers flourish during challenging times. The book is written for all educators, but especially those who seek renewal in their ability to help students learn and grow. Included are the inspiring and motivational...

Answering the Call to Teach: A Novel Approach to Effective Classroom Instruction makes the case that effective teaching begins with people who have a sincere calling to teach. The book discusses how children respond more creatively to teachers who have a...

A glance at successful people reveals a simple truth: successful people employ successful habits. Yet in schools, amongst all of the information and all of the skills that are taught, few concern how to employ and internalize these key habits of success...

The literature on preparing and sustaining quality teachers has suggested that to be successful, teacher preparation and development require a mutual collaboration and a synergy of effort among partners, most typically a school district and a university...

By integrating the best of current research and practice in curriculum planning this book presents that comprehensive topic in a manageable form. Examples throughout are representative of different grade levels and subjects areas. It should be understood...

Navigating the initial years of teaching can be daunting yet exhilarating. While all new teachers want to do their best to help their students succeed, they also need to learn how to navigate the often bumpy road of education. This book contains...

In a no-holds-barred, candid delivery, Straight Talk to Teachers: Twenty Insane Ideas for a Better Classroom drives directly to the core of what makes an extraordinary teacher, and presents an honest appraisal of why some teachers fail. Bruce J...

This book is the peer teacher everyone wishes they had been assigned when they entered the profession and the refresher veteran teachers might be searching for later in their career. But, teachers are busy. Really busy. Exhaustingly busy- we don't want...

Today's curricula can (and should) incorporate critical thinking methods because they are the means by which people best understand, learn, and retain higher level concepts. Contrary to what many professional trainers assume, teaching critical thinking...

Why Kids Can't Spell is a resource reference book for parents and educators who have an interest in and a concern for children's spelling ability. The purpose of this book is to encourage and foster good spelling practices in the home and at school to...

Understanding the Whole Student presents a holistic approach to multicultural educational issues by viewing them in terms of the student as a physical, psychosocial, cognitive, ethical, and spiritual being. Conversely, these levels of a student's being...

Teaching history should not simply be an endless recitation of irrelevant facts, entombed between the covers of a textbook. Instead, Breaking Away from the Textbook offers a fascinating journey through world history. Not a comprehensive, theory-heavy...

A Creative Approach to the Common Core Standards: The Da Vinci Curriculum challenges educators to design programs that boldly embrace the Common Core State Standards by imaginatively drawing from the genius of great men and women such as Leonardo da...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639894062Author Ava BradburyFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint States Academic PressPublisher States Academic PressWeight(grams) 807gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781486313082Author Chris DeslandesFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint CSIRO PublishingPublisher CSIRO PublishingWeight(grams) 1100gDimensions(mm) 297mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789354425615Author Azra RazzackFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Orient Blackswan Pvt LtdPublisher Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd

Thinking in English represents Dr. Muciaccia's unique method of teaching English to non-native English speakers. Unlike any other English as a Second Language (ESL) book, Muciaccia's book features the "cultural immersion" approach that he has developed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945349010Author Tom SchimmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Solution TreePublisher Solution TreeWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 251mm * 175mm *...

This book is vital for new teachers! Most of the tips in this book are not taught in education classes in college, but are learned through trial and error and only after years of experience. This book will help the new teacher learn the inter-workings...

Making Math Learning Fun for Inner City School Students is an effective tool for educators and a textbook for professors of higher education. The concepts discussed in the book provide a body of knowledge that will enable leaders to understand the...

The Myth of Education in America contends that formal education should be "how you learn" not only "what you learn". It emphasizes that utilization of critical thinking and analysis is a life-long journey, and everyone should be involved in the process...

Action Research, the definitive destination. These are the activities of Beyond Implementation: A Planning Guide and Grade Book. Its purpose, to learn from student outcomes, to predict what happens if you change one aspect of an activity, to test that...