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Nonverbal signals are less easily controlled that words and thus, potentially, offer reliable information to both teachers and children on each other's true intentions. But such signals are also more ambiguous than words, and this makes them valuable...

Teaching has been described as a hazardous profession and teacher educators are faced with a challenging task in preparing teachers for the future. Human rights are high on the international agenda but also have direct implications for teachers and...

Thanks to learning science and to the creativity of teaching and learning professionals, we know much more about the ways students learn experientially and collaboratively. For our courses, teaching scholars have identified practices and pedagogies that...

The Children We Teach places children at the center of music learning and teaching. What we understand about children determines how we teach them: the music learning environments we provide and decisions we make about music content and skills...

Tools for Teaching Health presents classroom-tested, ready to use activities and lessons developed and written by highly acclaimed health educators. This much-needed resource provides any health educator who works with various populations with the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902239194Author Eileen JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 55Imprint HopscotchPublisher Hopscotch

This collection brings together researchers and scholars from across the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences who are actively exploring the many different ways in which time might be understood, imagined and used in qualitative research. Taken together,...

This book demonstrates how student-centered learning activities can help your middle and high school students meet curriculum standards. Its vivid and authentic examples will appeal to you if you embrace active learning and want to apply constructivist...

This unique program helps counselors teach students how to make and keep friends as they learn about themselves, others, and the nature of friendships. Organized into nine sections, from (1) Understanding Friendships and (2) Becoming Friends to (9)...

This practical resource gives busy teachers and counselors of at risk students a proven, preplanned curriculum for promoting students' self-esteem from lessons exploring what makes each child unique as a member of his/her family, school, and community to...

This remarkable book shows you how to connect with students, get to know what makes them tick, and what makes them behave and learn the way they do (or don't). The conversational style is supported by well-researched information on students with...

Learn how to keep the rigor and motivation alive in a remote learning or hybrid K–12 classroom. In this essential book, bestselling author Barbara R. Blackburn shares frameworks and tools to help you move online without compromising the rigor of your...

This book shows you how to teach K-12 students to work in pairs and groups more effectively, so that true collaboration can happen in the classroom. Coming from their experience in social work and classroom teaching, Christina M. Krantz and Laura...

Perfect for new PYP schools and for developing existing resourcesBook InformationISBN 9780435994983Author Lesley SnowballImprint HeinemannPublisher Pearson Education LimitedWeight(grams) 1330g

This volume contains an Open Access Chapter Research on teacher education and classroom teaching has evolved significantly in recent decades, with more research taking an international or intersectional lens. The International Study Association on...

Take Me to Your Readers is rooted in the belief that teachers can lead their students to develop their reading tastes and grow in their love of reading at the same time as supporting and stretching students in their meaning-making experiences. This...

Why do we teach EU politics? What should EU politics students learn? What are the practical approaches and techniques to teaching EU politics? In response to these questions, Teaching European Union Politics analyses the interdisciplinary nature of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780170132633Author Julie HaydonFormat PaperbackPage Count 1Imprint Cengage Learning AustraliaPublisher Cengage Learning AustraliaWeight(grams) 50g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780170132602Author Heather HammondsFormat PaperbackPage Count 1Imprint Cengage Learning AustraliaPublisher Cengage Learning AustraliaWeight(grams) 50g

This edited volume explores, investigates and analyses Free Learning - an innovative approach to student-directed learning which seeks to challenge educational norms from within. The volume is framed by a recognition of the urgent need for transformation...

This book details the development and impacts of anti-sexism professional development (PD) workshops for preservice teachers.Designed to help teacher candidates recognize gender inequity and think more deeply about their role as anti-sexist educators,...

Describes strategies through which faculty can document and "go public" with their teaching—be it for purposes of improvement or evaluation. Each of nine chapters features a different strategy—from the fairly simple, low-risk "teaching circle," to...

Role-play simulations are a popular method for active learning in business education. Instructors in a variety of business disciplines use role-plays to facilitate student engagement and promote more dynamic class environments. In this book, the authors...

Updates existing prompts and introduces 50 new ones;Features prompts that are designed to be impersonal and avoid requiring students to express personal viewpoints or feelings on specific issues;Suited for seventh grade to adulthood.Book InformationISBN...

A practical approach to shared inquiry and exploration in K-12 classrooms We are in a period of unknowns unlike any in a generation or more. As educators, we need new pathways and ideas that can help us educate children for the world to come...

Students tend to dread research projects-with their limited choice of topics, required formats, and minimal opportunity for original thought. Who can blame them? Cathy Fraser believes that school research projects should be less like busywork and more...

Student disengagement from school is a trending concern, and many schools have turned their attention to independent study programs as a way to nurture student motivation and creativity. But where to begin? Geraldine Woods offers a practical,...

This new edition has been thoroughly revised to take account of recent changes to the curriculum. With a focus on evidence-based practice, this book aims to develop open and reflective practitioners who will critically examine their own and others' ideas...

How do you help students uncover and hone their innate talents to create works that are uniquely their own, works worthy of their signatures? This unique new book guides teachers with practical, research-based strategies that can be used to make...

The Domestication of Humans explains the alternative to the African Eve model by attributing human modernity, not to a speciation event in Africa but the unintended self-domestication of humans. This book is suitable for anyone interested in how and why...

The higher education sector is dynamic and needs constant adaptation to meet the requirements of students and industry. This book provides insights from experienced academicians on the digitalization of education and its appropriateness for enhancing the...

This book details the development and impacts of anti-sexist professional development (PD) workshops for preservice teachers. Designed to help teacher candidates recognize gendered approaches and reconsider their role as anti-sexist educators,...

This timely book shows teachers how to bring students on board with the "writingest" generation in history. The minilessons in this practical book go beyond grammar, spelling, and conventions to focus on comprehensive written communication as one of the...

How can you ensure students are engaged and learning at deeper levels? This book from bestselling author Barbara R. Blackburn is a treasure chest of more than 250 practical and effective tools that can be used across grade levels and subject areas to...

Research on teacher education and classroom teaching has evolved significantly in recent decades, with more research taking an international or intersectional lens. The International Study Association on Teachers and Teaching (ISATT) has moved with the...

Research on teacher education and classroom teaching has evolved significantly in recent decades, with more research taking an international or intersectional lens. The International Study Association on Teachers and Teaching (ISATT) has moved with the...

This volume offers a cross-national analysis of teacher education programs designed to prepare teachers for work in middle level schools. The book showcases fifteen detailed case studies of courses at institutions across North America, Europe, Asia, and...

Imagine you're in a room, looking at a colourful grid of many different shapes spread out on a wall. There's something intriguing about it - something almost magical. There are triangles, circles, squares, stars. Each has something on it - a word or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839107504Author Marijke BreuningFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing LtdPublisher Edward Elgar Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 138g

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...