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Even if math teachers had degrees in mathematics and more physics teachers majored or minored in physics, how would that address behavioral problems, emotionally disturbed children, apathetic parents, and decaying school buildings? How would requiring teachers to have degrees in their content areas attract better-qualified teachers? In what ways would such degrees make teachers better qualified and suited for classrooms?

In this volume, education professor Dave Pushkin, a former high school and community college chemistry and physics teacher, probes beneath the surface of easy answers...

When it comes to a masters or PhD program, most graduate students don't deliberately set out to fail. Yet, of the nearly 500,000 people who start a graduate program each year, up to half will never complete their degree. Books abound on acing the admissions process, but there is little on what to do once the acceptance letter arrives. Veteran graduate directors Kevin D. Haggerty and Aaron...

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quick tests to check understanding
end-of-topic practice questions
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Includes:
quick tests to check understanding
end-of-topic practice questions
topic review questions...

Create a classroom environment where students trust their teacher and one another In the second edition of this bestseller, co-published by Routledge and Franklin Covey, you ll learn how to establish the 25 qualities of the high-trust classroom. All change begins with self-awareness, and this book will help you identify the things that you can do personally and professionally to build trust and engage the learner. You ll learn how to:

• Manage your emotions to promote a calm, safe, and welcoming classroom environment;
• Plan effective lessons by setting measurable...

All of us ponder the big and enduring human questions-Who am I? Am I free? What should I do? What is good? Is there justice? Is life meaningful?-but this kind of philosophical interrogation is rarely carefully explored or even taken seriously in most primary and secondary school settings. However, introducing philosophy to young people well before they get to college can help to develop and deepen critical and creative thinking, foster social and behavioral skills, and increase philosophical awareness.

Philosophy in Schools: An Introduction Philosophers and...

Create a classroom environment where students trust their teacher and one another In the second edition of this bestseller, co-published by Routledge and Franklin Covey, you ll learn how to establish the 25 qualities of the high-trust classroom. All change begins with self-awareness, and this book will help you identify the things that you can do personally and professionally to build trust and engage the learner. You ll learn how to:

• Manage your emotions to promote a calm, safe, and welcoming classroom environment;
• Plan effective lessons by setting measurable...