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Learning in Small Moments: Life in an Urban Classroom
ISBN: 9780807736265 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A chronicle of the ups-and-downs of two young first-grade teachers in an urban public school. Through their recollections, memories and excerpts from journals and student work, they show that the heart of teaching and learning is tied to the overall quality of human interaction in the classroom.
A chronicle of the ups-and-downs of two young first-grade teachers in an urban public school. Through their recollections, memories and excerpts from ...
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Teacher to Teacher: Learner from Each Other
ISBN: 9780807736524 / Angielski / Miękka / 163 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is an account of a year-long project between the author and 13 teachers in which they learned from each other to become better teachers. They dealt with issues concerning the day-to-day life of teaching, including coping with difficult pupils and various success stories.
This is an account of a year-long project between the author and 13 teachers in which they learned from each other to become better teachers. They dea...
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Teaching as a Performing Art
ISBN: 9780807738900 / Angielski / Miękka / 171 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work probes the topic of teaching as a performing art, focusing on the role of teachers in galvanizing an audience - their students. It argues that teachers will better engage learners if they are prepared in the artistry of doing so. The author sees teachers as actors and thus uses the traditions of stage performance to inspire ways to foster connections between teachers and students. Sarason elucidates how the rehearsal processes actors undergo and the direction they receive, for example, would be similarly beneficial for educators. Recognizing that implementing his ideas would require...
This work probes the topic of teaching as a performing art, focusing on the role of teachers in galvanizing an audience - their students. It argues th...
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97,90 |
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Exploring the Moral Heart of Teaching: Toward a Teacher's Creed
ISBN: 9780807740934 / Angielski / Miękka / 221 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this new work, David Hansen extends and deepens a line of inquiry he set forth in his popular book, The Call to Teach. Hansen examines why the most important factor in the practice of teaching is the person who occupies the role of teacher. Drawing on classroom research, teachers' testimony, and a rich, historical tradition of philosophical reflection, Hansen crafts an original, highly accessible account that takes us to the moral heart of teaching. His is a straightforward, compelling vision of why teaching is essential in human life and why its rewards are special and distinctive. In an...
In this new work, David Hansen extends and deepens a line of inquiry he set forth in his popular book, The Call to Teach. Hansen examines why the most...
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93,01 |
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Educating Moral People: A Caring Alternative to Character Education
ISBN: 9780807741689 / Angielski / Miękka / 171 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this collection of essential essays, Nel Noddings examines alternatives to prevailing models of character education - a sympathetic approach based on an ethic of care. Covering both stories in the classroom and controversial issues in education, Noddings describes the similarities and differences between character education and care ethics...examines how moral education might be infused throughout the curriculum...and calls for greater cooperation across fields and more attention to the practical problems of everyday teaching.
In this collection of essential essays, Nel Noddings examines alternatives to prevailing models of character education - a sympathetic approach based ...
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Community, Diversity, and Conflict Among Schoolteachers: The Ties That Blind
ISBN: 9780807741740 / Angielski / Miękka / 179 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Using richly textured case studies of two very different schools, Betty Achinstein shows when teachers enact reforms in the name of community, what often emerges is conflict. Whether dealing with issues of teacher collaboration or how to meet the needs of a diverse student population, conflicts within professional communities reflect important differences of beliefs and practices. This book reframes conflict as constructive in building educational communities that learn and promote democratic values in schools.
Using richly textured case studies of two very different schools, Betty Achinstein shows when teachers enact reforms in the name of community, what of...
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School's Out! Bridging Out-Of-School Literacies with Classroom Practice
ISBN: 9780807741894 / Angielski / Miękka / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This timely book uses research on literacy outside of school to challenge how we think about literacy inside of school. Bringing together highly respected literacy researchers, this volume bridges the divide in the literature between formal education and the many informal settings - homes, community organisations, after-school programs, etc. - in which literacy learning flourishes. To help link research findings with teaching practices, each chapter includes a response from classroom teachers (K-12) and literacy educators. This book's unique blending of perspectives will have a profound...
This timely book uses research on literacy outside of school to challenge how we think about literacy inside of school. Bringing together highly respe...
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Real World Ethics: Frameworks for Educators and Human Science Professionals
ISBN: 9780807742563 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now more than ever, with the explosion of new technologies and human service delivery systems, innovative teaching methodologies and assessment instruments, classic ethical questions and problems still remain. The Second Edition of Robert Nash's bestseller expands on his earlier work with the addition of an extensive question-and-answer epilogue where Nash responds to questions about the first edition. This new chapter incorporates the latest research in applied ethics teaching and in resolving ethical dilemmas in the professions. The only applied ethics book written for both educators and...
Now more than ever, with the explosion of new technologies and human service delivery systems, innovative teaching methodologies and assessment instru...
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What Keeps Teachers Going?
ISBN: 9780807743119 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What helps great public school teachers persevere - in spite of everything? Sonia Nieto, a teacher educator, takes a close look at what can be learned from veteran teachers who not only continue to teach but also manage to remain enthusiastic about it.
What helps great public school teachers persevere - in spite of everything? Sonia Nieto, a teacher educator, takes a close look at what can be learned...
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At the Heart of Teaching : A Guide to Reflective Practice
ISBN: 9780807743485 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Featuring engaging narratives, this how-to book delves into reflection as a concept and provides specific, replicable tools for professional practice. Each chapter draws on a particular school situation demonstrating the value of teacher reflection and describing the nuts and bolts of the process, including protocols for handling many different circumstances.
Featuring engaging narratives, this how-to book delves into reflection as a concept and provides specific, replicable tools for professional practice....
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Teaching in the Knowledge Society: Education in the Age of Insecurity
ISBN: 9780807743591 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. We are living in a defining moment, when the world in which teachers do their work is changing profoundly. In his latest book, Hargreaves proposes that we have a one-time chance to reshape the future of teaching and schooling and that we should seize this historic opportunity. Hargreaves sets out what it means to teach in the new knowledge society - to prepare young people for a world of creativity and flexibility and to protect them against the threats of mounting insecurity. He provides inspiring examples of schools that operate as creative and caring learning communities and shows how...
We are living in a defining moment, when the world in which teachers do their work is changing profoundly. In his latest book, Hargreaves proposes tha...
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Learning Together, Leading Together: Changing Schools Through Professional Learning Communities
ISBN: 9780807744116 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work offers practical advice gathered from 22 schools (elementary, middle, and high schools) that have successfully modelled or are creating professional learning communities.
This work offers practical advice gathered from 22 schools (elementary, middle, and high schools) that have successfully modelled or are creating prof...
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The Facilitator's Book of Questions: Tools for Looking Together at Student and Teacher Work
ISBN: 9780807744680 / Angielski / Miękka / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book of protocols is an essential tool for facilitators of groups working together to examine student and teacher work. A follow-up to Looking Together at Student Work and Assessing Student Learning, this resource considers the purposes for engaging in collaborative review and provides some of the most effective strategies for successful collaboration.
This book of protocols is an essential tool for facilitators of groups working together to examine student and teacher work. A follow-up to Looking To...
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Talk, Talk, Talk: Discussion-Based Classrooms
ISBN: 9780807745632 / Angielski / Miękka / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These field-tested resources from Consortium Schools in NYC-small schools with a big presence among educators nationwide-have been widely used in professional development sessions with both new and experienced teachers. This engaging approach focuses on making teaching and learning more inquiry-based and student-centered, while also developing the students' skills in reading, critical analysis, writing, speaking, and listening that are necessary for achievement. This classroom-based resource explores how both teachers and students learn the skills of discussion in content areas across the...
These field-tested resources from Consortium Schools in NYC-small schools with a big presence among educators nationwide-have been widely used in prof...
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Beyond the Big House: African American Educators on Teacher Education
ISBN: 9780807745816 / Angielski / Miękka / 155 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gloria Ladson-Billings, acclaimed African American scholar and teacher educator, examines the field of teacher education through the accomplishments and contributions of well-known African American teacher educators - Lisa Delpit, Carl Grant, Jacqueline Jordan Irvine, Geneva Gay, Cherry McGee Banks, William Tate, and Joyce King.
Gloria Ladson-Billings, acclaimed African American scholar and teacher educator, examines the field of teacher education through the accomplishments a...
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Why We Teach
ISBN: 9780807745939 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why teach? Listen to the voices of both veteran and new teachers as they share their most heartfelt and thoughtful replies to this simple but important question. Sonia Nieto, a distinguished teacher and bestselling author, has gathered the insights and inspirations of K-12 classroom teachers as they examine how and why they find purpose and value in the work they do. The teachers in this book, like so many across the country, do the kind of work that may not grab headlines but is far more important than even the highest test score: These teachers listen closely to their students. They share...
Why teach? Listen to the voices of both veteran and new teachers as they share their most heartfelt and thoughtful replies to this simple but importan...
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School-Family Partnerships for Children's Success
ISBN: 9780807746004 / Angielski / Miękka / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Influential leaders in the field provide information to better understand and improve the nature and quality of school-family partnerships for the benefit of the children. This book examines the various aspects and effects of parental involvement not only on children's academic achievement, but also on their social and emotional development.
Influential leaders in the field provide information to better understand and improve the nature and quality of school-family partnerships for the ben...
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The Having of Wonderful Ideas and Other Essays on Teaching and Learning
ISBN: 9780807747308 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Provides an introduction to the author's writings and includes a chapter on critical exploration in the classroom. Touching on many subjects, the essays in this work support the author's belief that the having of wonderful ideas is the essence of intellectual development, and that the focus of education should be on the learner's point of view.
Provides an introduction to the author's writings and includes a chapter on critical exploration in the classroom. Touching on many subjects, the essa...
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Reading the Media: Media Literacy in High School English
ISBN: 9780807747384 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This pioneering book, by one of the founders of the media literacy field, provides the first empirical evidence of the impact of media literacy on the academic achievement of adolescents. It chronicles the practice of high school teachers who prepared their students to critically analyze all aspects of contemporary media culture. To do so, they developed an innovative curriculum that incorporates popular media, television, journalism, film, and new media into the required English curriculum. This book examines the processes they used to design and implement the new curriculum as well as the...
This pioneering book, by one of the founders of the media literacy field, provides the first empirical evidence of the impact of media literacy on the...
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After-School Success: Academic Enrichment Strategies with Urban Youth
ISBN: 9780807747452 / Angielski / Miękka / 203 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this inspiring book, Anne Bouie details her work with underachieving urban youth and their families at Project Interface, a math and science enrichment program, where she developed a unique approach to raising achievement. Bouie argues that rather than identifying deficits and dysfunctions in the family, a more effective method focuses on the strengths and builds on the inherent resilience of the community. She describes the design and implementation of a collaboratively organized, community-based after-school enrichment program that worked.
In this inspiring book, Anne Bouie details her work with underachieving urban youth and their families at Project Interface, a math and science enrich...
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151,83 |