Offering a description and analysis of exemplary teaching in the primary grades, this title examines how a teacher can establish a classroom collaborative learning community. It also helps to plan curriculum and instruction that features ideas and applications to life outside of…
This richly detailed description and analysis of exemplary teaching in the primary grades looks at how a teacher establishes her classroom as a collaborative learning community, how she plans curriculum and instruction that feature powerful ideas and applications to life outside…
The language across the curriculum approach explored in this book implies the restructuring of curricula away from so-called "coverage" of content and toward creation of opportunities for learning in discussions, games, and in-class writing projects. Following an introduction an…
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. Gardner identified eight different types of intelligence: lingu…
"A practical guide to understanding how Howard Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI) can be used in the classroom. The book describes the characteristics of each type of intelligence then provides ready-to-use lesson plans that teachers can use right away to incorporat…
"A practical guide to understanding how Howard Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI) can be used in the classroom. The book describes the characteristics of each type of intelligence then provides ready-to-use lesson plans that teachers can use right away to incorporat…
"A practical guide to understanding how Howard Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI) can be used in the classroom. The book describes the characteristics of each type of intelligence then provides ready-to-use lesson plans that teachers can use right away to incorporat…
Brain-based strategies to reach every learner
Presents surveys, questionnaires, and checklists designed to help teachers identify their students' strengths and includes activities to help build left-brain, right-brain, and middle-brain thinking skills.
This text is specially designed to support student teachers in the school-based element of their course. It provides accessible guidance, backed by numerous classroom examples, on the essential knowledge and skills needed to teach effectively. The chapters cover: classroom organ…
With advice on building positive attitudes, developing specific teaching strategies and adapting a personalised teaching approach, this book helps teachers to build upon their earlier training in both practical and reflective ways.
Educational assessment and, more broadly, educational research in the United States have entered into an era characterized by a dramatic increase in the prevalence and importance of test score use in accountability systems. This volume covers a selection of contemporary issues a…
The landscape of music education in the uk is constantly shifting and developing. This book provides a timely and unique overview of this restless sector by considering the achievements of music education, analysing its current performance and setting out aspirations for the fut…
<P>Integrating Virtual and Traditional Learning in 6-12 Classrooms introduces a model of ""layered literacies"" as a framework for describing and illustrating how students' digital experiences can inform educational methods. Through the lens of layered literacies, educators can …
Integrating Virtual and Traditional Learning in 6-12 Classrooms introduces a model of ""layered literacies"" as a framework for describing and illustrating how students' digital experiences can inform educational methods. Through the lens of layered literacies, educators can env…