This book contains thought-provoking essays on teaching and learning: . Who is in charge of lesson plans and of organizing classroom activities? . Who places students in classes? . Who selects the books and the tests? . How are students evaluated, and who determines this? . What weight does teacher opinion have in decisions about student progress in school? Teachers should have the final say in all of these cases, and their opinion should weigh heavily in all of them, yet this is not the reality for today s teachers. Current educational practices driven by a...
This book contains thought-provoking essays on teaching and learning: . Who is in charge of lesson plans and of organizing classroom activities?
Mark A. Clarke Sandra Silberstein Barbara K. Dobson
Using the popular format of Reader's Choice, Choice Readings introduces intermediate students to the skills and strategies of independent and efficient reading. Choice Readings provides a wide range of authentic reading experiences. Essays and editorials sharpen critical reading skills. Students read and discuss the roles of family members in different cultures, the dynamics of power in international political relations, and many other thought-provoking topics. The needs of today's international language learners are reflected in the science and business features as well...
Using the popular format of Reader's Choice, Choice Readings introduces intermediate students to the skills and strategies of independen...
Sandra Silberstein Mark A. Clarke Barbara K. Dobson
The two volumes of Reader's Choice 4, Split Editions, contain all the high-quality reading skills and strategies in the fourth edition of Reader's Choice. Reader's Choice is based on the theory that proficient reading requires the coordination of a number of skills, but most important, the reader's ability to select the proper skills or strategies to solve each reading problem. The exercises and readings in the new split editions of Reader's Choice will help students become independent, efficient readers. Each carefully selected reading is accompanied by a wide variety of exercises, including...
The two volumes of Reader's Choice 4, Split Editions, contain all the high-quality reading skills and strategies in the fourth edition of Reader's Cho...
A Place to Stand is for pragmatic idealists--people who can imagine a better world and are committed toward working toward it; individuals who are dissatisfied with the status quo and discouraged at the pace of change; people who are passionate about making the world a better place but realistic about what it takes to accomplish it. This book of essays, wonderfully introduced by Mary Catherine Bateson, offers hope in the maelstrom of change that surrounds educators today. Collectively, the essays provide a coherent approach to identifying problems and formulating strategies for...
A Place to Stand is for pragmatic idealists--people who can imagine a better world and are committed toward working toward it; individuals who ...
Mark A. Clarke Sandra Silberstein Barbara K. Dobson
The two volumes of Choice Readings, International Edition, contain all the high-quality reading skills and strategies in the highly acclaimed first ed-ition of Choice Readings. These separate and self-contained reading texts provide flexibility for classroom use while focusing on the skills intermediate-level ESL/EFL students of English need to develop and practice their reading skills: stems and affixes sentence study paragraph reading restatement and inference dictionary use contextual cues composition The International Editions of Choice...
The two volumes of Choice Readings, International Edition, contain all the high-quality reading skills and strategies in the highly acclaimed f...