School Commercialism: From Democratic Ideal to Market Commodity
ISBN: 9780415951326 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The leading US writer on the growth of commercialism in schools here provides an historical overview of how commercial activity in educational settings has grown into a massive global force. He traces the development of the situation today in which children and teenagers are bombarded daily with often inappropriate marketing messages, while profit-making or corporate forces operate behind the scenes in all areas of education. Both the marketer's and the educationalist's perspectives are offered for evaluation, while Molnar steers a critical course between the two, to provide broader insight...
The leading US writer on the growth of commercialism in schools here provides an historical overview of how commercial activity in educational setting...
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194,08 zł |
Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope
ISBN: 9780415968171 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ten years ago, bell hooks astonished readers with Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. Now comes Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope - a powerful, visionary work that will enrich our teaching and our lives. Combining critical thinking about education with autobiographical narratives, hooks invites readers to extend the discourse of race, gender, class and nationality beyond the classroom into everyday situations of learning. bell hooks writes candidly about her own experiences. Teaching, she explains, can happen anywhere, any time -... Ten years ago, bell hooks astonished readers with Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. Now comes Tea... |
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708,33 zł |
The Tao of Teaching: The Ageless Wisdom of Taoism and the Art of Teaching
ISBN: 9780452280953 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Tao of Teaching is for teachers, parents, and any others who are looking for a book of wisdom on how to deal with people, especially children, in a learning environment. The Tao of Teaching is written in the same style as the Tao Te Ching, and gives examples from the classrooms of three present-day teachers whom the author feels embody Taoist wisdom and "student-centered" educational methods. The Tao of Teaching is a labor of love, containing many important insights by a talented and respected professional whose emphasis is on the students' contribution in a learning...
The Tao of Teaching is for teachers, parents, and any others who are looking for a book of wisdom on how to deal with people, especially childr...
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104,83 zł |
The Classroom Crucible: What Really Works, What Doesn't, and Why
ISBN: 9780465011513 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. According to Edward Pauly, education reformers have looked everywhere except the classroom, where education really takes place. Drawing on in-depth interviews, this brilliant book shows that, more than anything else, it is the give-and-take between students and teachers that determines what is actually taught and learned.
According to Edward Pauly, education reformers have looked everywhere except the classroom, where education really takes place. Drawing on in-depth... |
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110,02 zł |
Classroom Discipline and Management
ISBN: 9780470087572 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With this respected resource as a guide, teachers will be able to explore different approaches to classroom discipline and integrate them with their personal philosophies. Throughout the pages, emphasis is placed on informed decision making where the teacher must have an understanding of the assumptions behind a disciplinary approach as well as the theory and practical applications of that approach. The Fifth Edition also offers the latest research into multicultural education and conflict resolution.
With this respected resource as a guide, teachers will be able to explore different approaches to classroom discipline and integrate them with their p...
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729,04 zł |
Strategies for Teaching Assistant and International Teaching Assistant Development: Beyond Micro Teaching
ISBN: 9780470180822 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written for anyone who works with graduate students to support their teaching efforts in American research universities, this book draws on the extensive experience of professional educators who represent a variety of programs throughout the United States. They understand the common constraints of many TA development classes, workshops, and programs, as well as the need for motivating and sophisticated techniques that are, at the same time, practical and focused. Their contributions to this book have proven to be effective in developing the sophisticated communication skills required by TAs...
Written for anyone who works with graduate students to support their teaching efforts in American research universities, this book draws on the extens...
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187,73 zł |
Teaching the Large College Class: A Guidebook for Instructors with Multitudes
ISBN: 9780470180846 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Teaching large classes is a fact of life for professors at many institutions. In addition to pedagogy, instructors of these courses must also be concerned with legal, ethical, financial, technological, personnel, and management issues. Virtually all introductory courses are large ones, as are the popular intermediate courses at large institutions. Typically, little or no training or instruction is provided to new professors about how to manage large classes successfully. This book is a valuable resource for any college teacher, adjunct or full-time, facing a large class. It will also be...
Teaching large classes is a fact of life for professors at many institutions. In addition to pedagogy, instructors of these courses must also be conce...
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176,68 zł |
To Improve the Academy: Resources for Faculty, Instructional, and Organizational Development
ISBN: 9780470180884 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An annual publication of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD), To Improve the Academy offers a resource for improvement in higher education to faculty and instructional development staff, department chairs, faculty, deans, student services staff, chief academic officers, and educational consultants.
An annual publication of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD), To Improve the Academy offers a res...
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171,16 zł |
Discipline Without Tears : How to Reduce Conflict and Establish Cooperation in the Classroom
ISBN: 9780470835081 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. DISCIPLINE WITHOUT TEARS: How To Reduce Conflict and Establish Cooperation in the Classroom
Discipline without Tears is a modern classic within the teaching profession. The original edition was written by Pearl Cassel and Rudolf Dreikurs. First published in 1971 by arrangement with the Alfred Adler Institute, it has been a teacher's best friend and became an international bestseller with translations into French, Italian, Greek, German, Dutch, Japanese and Chinese. The focus of the book is to show the elementary school teacher how to manage a classroom of children... DISCIPLINE WITHOUT TEARS: How To Reduce Conflict and Establish Cooperation in the Classroom
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66,22 zł |
Ready, Set, Cooperate
ISBN: 9780471102755 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Start together on a lifetime of learning-- the greatest gift you can give your child
A special greeting for a guest...a new way of looking at a familiar fairy tale...a day of exploration around your town. These simple experiences and activities help your child understand how to get along with family, friends, and neighbors--from around the block to around the world. Early childhood education specialist Marlene Barron shows you how to stimulate your child's natural desire to relate to others with 60 imaginative and entertaining activities. Each one is: *... Start together on a lifetime of learning-- the greatest gift you can give your child
A special greeting for a guest...a new way of lookin... |
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71,75 zł |
Teaching and Learning Mathematics: Pre-Kindergarten Through Middle School
ISBN: 9780471151609 / Angielski / Miękka / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Help students make sense of mathematics
Rather than merely discussing how to improve students' ability to do mathematics, this fifth edition focuses on helping them make sense of mathematics. Based on research on the functioning of the mind as it engages in learning, the text supports teachers as they promote mathematical understanding, strengthen students' abilities to think, and help students to attain computational fluency. Features
Help students make sense of mathematics
Rather than merely discussing how to improve students' ability to do mathematics, this fifth edition... |
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Nature for the Very Young: A Handbook of Indoor and Outdoor Activities for Preschoolers
ISBN: 9780471620846 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Unique Book on Outdoor Education for Young Children . Nature for the Very Young Nature For the Very Young At school or at home, this lively handbook of inventive and entertaining activities will delight, and educate, children from preschool age to second grade. Nature for the Very Young offers a unique combination of preschool readiness material and learning activities that use nature explorations as a springboard for learning and growing. The lessons are built around background information for the adults and proven learning activities for the children. The teaching aids are presented full...
A Unique Book on Outdoor Education for Young Children . Nature for the Very Young Nature For the Very Young At school or at home, this lively handbook...
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104,88 zł |
Controlling Your Class: A Teacher's Guide to Managing Classroom Behavior
ISBN: 9780471965688 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is about the management of pupils behaviour in the classroom. The author provides a short, readable set of ideas and guidelines that a busy student or teacher can relate to her or his own experience, and put into practice. The author combines control theories and his own teaching experiences into a new approach: the Behavioural, Reflective, Relationship approach. This approach reconciles and combines behavioural and combines behavioral and cognitive ideas on classroom control in a practical way for teachers. The author is directive and down-to-earth in his advice throughout the...
This book is about the management of pupils behaviour in the classroom. The author provides a short, readable set of ideas and guidelines that a busy ...
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270,35 zł |
Teach English Teacher's Workbook: A Training Course for Teachers
ISBN: 9780521348638 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Developed from a set of materials produced as part of a British Council teaching training project, this book examines practical skills in teaching EFL, as well as developing teachers' own self-awareness.
Developed from a set of materials produced as part of a British Council teaching training project, this book examines practical skills in teaching EFL...
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269,72 zł |
Second Language Teacher Education
ISBN: 9780521387798 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text provides a detailed account of current approaches to the education of teachers of second languages. The paperback edition provides a detailed account of current approaches to the education of teachers of second languages. It offers valuable ideas on the observation and supervision of classrooms, on self-evaluation by teachers, and on teaching itself. Its emphasis reflects the shift in orientation from teacher training to teacher education, in which teachers are involved in developing their own theories of teaching, understanding the nature of teacher decision making, and developing...
This text provides a detailed account of current approaches to the education of teachers of second languages. The paperback edition provides a detaile...
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281,74 zł |
Rousing Minds to Life: Teaching, Learning, and Schooling in Social Context
ISBN: 9780521406031 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rousing Minds to Life is the education textbook for the '90s: A powerful synthesis of the theoretical advances in Vygotskian theory as applied to every aspect of teaching, learning, and schooling. Drawing on studies from preschool and elementary school through the university seminar, and on their own successful experience with thousands of students over two decades, this text integrates all recent work in the Vygotskian tradition with basic concepts in American and British behaviorism, cognitive science, anthropology, and sociolinguistics. Distinguished by a literate style and an...
Rousing Minds to Life is the education textbook for the '90s: A powerful synthesis of the theoretical advances in Vygotskian theory as applied to ever...
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224,96 zł |
Popular Mobilization in Mexico: The Teachers' Movement 1977-87
ISBN: 9780521441476 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the process of popular mobilization in contemporary Mexico through the experience of the country's most important organization--the teachers' movement. It creates a distinctive perspective on Mexican politics and makes an original contribution to the study of popular, or "social" movements, providing a richly detailed account of its organization, leadership, strategic choices, and factional divisions. But it also links the trajectory of the movement to the shifting legal and institutional terrain that composes its political environment, so revealing how it is shaped by, and...
This book explores the process of popular mobilization in contemporary Mexico through the experience of the country's most important organization--the...
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453,66 zł |
Reflective Teaching in Second Language Classrooms
ISBN: 9780521458030 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text introduces techniques for teachers to explore their classroom experiences and for critical reflection on teaching practices. This book introduces teachers to techniques for exploring their own classroom experiences. Numerous books deal with classroom observation and research, but this is the first to offer a carefully structured approach to self-observation and self-evaluation. Richards and Lockhart aim to develop a reflective approach to teaching, one in which teachers collect data about their own teaching; examine their attitudes, beliefs, and assumptions; and use the information...
This text introduces techniques for teachers to explore their classroom experiences and for critical reflection on teaching practices. This book intro...
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277,37 zł |
Functional English Grammar: An Introduction for Second Language Teachers
ISBN: 9780521459228 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text explores ways in which English grammar enables speakers and writers to represent the world, to interact with one another, and to create coherent messages. This book provides second language teachers with a functional description of English grammar, in which grammar is viewed as a communicative resource. Each chapter includes a focus on areas of difficulty for second language learners, numerous authentic examples, tasks that allow the reader to apply the concepts introduced, and discussion questions. A final chapter covers issues in the learning and teaching of grammar, and reviews...
This text explores ways in which English grammar enables speakers and writers to represent the world, to interact with one another, and to create cohe...
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269,72 zł |
Language Test Construction and Evaluation
ISBN: 9780521478298 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Language Test Construction and Evaluation describes the process of language test construction clearly and comprehensively. Each chapter deals with one stage of the test construction process; from drafting initial test specifications, to reporting test scores, test validation and washback. In addition, current practice in the examining of English as a Foreign Language by different examining boards is reviewed in order to compare testing principles with present test practice. The focus is on the practical: it does not assume a statistical background but explains and demystifies the procedures...
Language Test Construction and Evaluation describes the process of language test construction clearly and comprehensively. Each chapter deals with one...
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281,74 zł |