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An essential companion for university faculty interested in conducting scholarly inquiry into their classroom teaching, this practical guide presents a formal model for making visible the careful, difficult, and intentional scholarly work entailed in...

An annual publication of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education, this 25th anniversary edition of To Improve the Academy focuses on contributing to and expanding the scholarship of educational development. Each...

This book is a guide for the development and implementation of problem-based learning (PBL) in college-level courses. It provides practical advice from real professors, includes examples of PBL in action through every stage from problem development to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909280670Author Judith HarriesFormat PaperbackPage Count 26Imprint Practical Pre-School BooksPublisher Practical Pre-School BooksWeight(grams) 104g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909280779Author Hui-Yun SungFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Practical Pre-School BooksPublisher Practical Pre-School Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909280526Author Rachel Sparks-LinfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 26Imprint Practical Pre-School BooksPublisher Practical Pre-School BooksWeight(grams)...

With higher education's refocus over the last three decades on bringing greater recognition and reward to good teaching, the idea of peer review has gained popularity. One tool for documenting and reflecting on the quality of teaching and student...

This guide to helping faculty prepare for professional review, whether an annual event or at a key moment in their career, will help make this often stressful and confusing experience less challenging and provide faculty a sense of mastery over the...

An annual publication of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education, volume 22 of To Improve the Academy is a collection of articles that focus on the role of faculty, instructional, and organizational development...

This is a concise, easy-to-use guide for committee members involved in the review of faculty for tenure, post-tenure, promotion, or contract renewal. While the focus of these committees is somewhat different across institutions, the questions asked, the...

This innovative handbook provides a range of models for undergraduate student-assisted teaching partnerships to help faculty, faculty developers, and administrators make learning more student-centered, more effective, and more productive. Each of the 31...

Display has long been seen as a tool for learning in primary schools but this practical and timely book shows its value in whole school improvement for secondary and post-16. Walking through an entrance hall speaks volumes about the ethos of a school...

Teaching Research Methods in Political Science brings together experienced instructors to offer a range of perspectives on how to teach courses in political science. It focuses on numerous topics, including identifying good research questions, measuring...

This volume examines the agency of second/foreign language teachers in diverse geographical contexts and in both K-12 and adult education. It offers new understandings and conceptualizations of second/foreign language teacher agency through a variety of...

Most teachers enter the field of education to make a difference in children's lives. But many end up, as author Dr. Lisa Lucas puts it, tired, wired, and running in circles. This leads to many new teachers abandoning the profession or to burnout among...

Conferring with students about reading allows for clearer access to one-on-one, in-the-moment teaching and learning, yet it can feel intimidating or overwhelming. Kari Yates and Christina Nosek want to help. Here they have provided practical, reflective,...

Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) is a pedagogy that is based on research on how people learn and has been shown to lead to better student outcomes in many contexts and in a variety of academic disciplines. Beyond facilitating students'...

With classroom response systems (or CRSs, also known as Student Response Systems, Individual Response Systems, or, informally, "clickers") in use in higher education for some 20 years, there is now both ample research and a wealth of examples...

This is a book for all faculty who are concerned with promoting the persistence of all students whom they teach. Most recognize that faculty play a major role in student retention and success because they typically have more direct contact with students...

Schoolyard-Enhanced Learning shows how the school grounds-regardless of whether your school is in an urban, suburban, or rural setting-can become an enriching extension of the classroom. In this comprehensive handbook, Herb Broda blends theory and...

In 2006 three middle school teachers from Louisiana became the first team to win the national "Teacher of the Year" prize at the annual Disney Teacher Awards. Now, through their new book, Monique Wild, Amanda Mayeaux, and Kathryn Edmonds are...

This edited collection of presentations by major speakers at AAHE's 1999 and 2000 Assessment Conferences offers cutting-edge ideas from: Jorge Klor de Alva; Noel Entwistle; James Anderson; Victor Borden; Jean MacGregor, Vincent Tinto, Jerri Holland...

"Addressing parents and teachers, this straightforward explorationof motivation for learning as a lifelong trait is a significantcontribution to the understanding of a complex process."--Publishers Weekly "A succinct and thought-provoking book for...

This remarkable book explores the essential steps for planning lessons that grab the attention of students and make them care about their learning. The steps address the key areas that are most important for meaningful learning: content, pedagogy, and...

This practical book shows you how to get to know the needs and abilities of your students so you can help them make sense of math concepts. You will discover how to structure learning experiences around key number concepts: quantity, counting, relating,...

What do you need for a well-run classroom full of engaged students? Kathy Lundy takes you step-by-step through the nitty-gritty details of creating a classroom that works for you and your students. Based on extensive classroom experience, strategies...

Committed to the power of oral language, Literacy Out Loud recognizes the important role "talk" plays in developing the reading and writing abilities that students need in school and beyond. The book offers strategies where oral language takes...

How can teachers make their literacy classrooms a place of joy? Fun, caring, and passion are the key to a shame-free, healthy classroom that nurtures students in mind, body, and spirit. Full of simple strategies and activities for building community,...

Discover key strategies for making words the core of classroom instruction and engagement. Literacy guru Larry Swartz offers novel ways to expand students' interest in and facility with words and word power - day by day, word by word. This practical...

Our youngest learners thrive when their learning environment is one that celebrates curiosity, exploration, and imagination. This comprehensive resource sets the stage for play-based learning that will help children build a strong literacy foundation,...

This practical book is designed to assist teachers in structuring their learning practice. The framework of four basic and proven steps - Preparation, Learning Sequence, Authentic Application, and New Thinking - can be used at any level, for any subject,...

The education community has recognized the issue of student disengagement and brought it into the collective consciousness with terms like closing "the achievement gap," conquering "the fourth-grade slump," and reaching "students...

Forest School continues to grow and develop, both in the UK and internationally. Literature and research in the field tend to document this growth, while this book takes a novel approach to the Forest school conversation, taking a critical look at the...

Promoting interactional language awareness and developing active listening skills for intermediate-advanced learners Part 1 of a 2 volume set Uses corpus data to promote natural language use Each unit includes a vocabulary list, tasks and activities,...

How will a teacher plan his/her instructional delivery and deliver their plan? How will he/she know if the assessments they used were effective and what will they do with that information? What is Consolidation for Closure? What role is reflection in...

Inquiry is becoming more and more an area of interest in education. This book attempts to explain why music inquiry makes sense, what pieces are required to do music inquiry effectively (the knowledge, skills and dispositions) and then provides how to...

Learner-Centered Instruction: Building Relationships for Student Success is a supplementary text that provides a practical yet comprehensive explanation of learner-centered instruction, the empirically supported methods associated with strong...

`A delicious and nutritious alphabet soup for brain aficionados. How to Explain a Brain serves a generous portion of savory topics for the hearty neural appetite. From amygdala to emotion; from hippocampus to memory; from neurotransmitter to serotonin,...

Headlines: War and Conflict is one of a series of books and accompanying CD-ROMs which offer primary school teachers much-needed support for teaching controversial issues. Published in association with the Citizenship Foundation, the Headlines titles...

Philosophy of Early Childhood Education: Transforming Narratives provides an insightful reflection on some contemporary issues and theories underpinning early childhood education. The essays in this volume penned by an international group of educators...