Kategoria BISAC: Education >> Classroom Management

Can whites teach African-American literature effectively and legitimately? What is at issue when a man teaches a women's studies course? How effectively can a straight woman educate students about gay and lesbian history? What are the political implications of the study of the colonizers by the colonized? More generally, how does the identity of an educator affect his or her credibility with students and with other educators?

In incident after well-publicized incident, these abstract questions have turned up in America's classrooms and in national media, often trivialized as the...

This book provides a highly practical and accessible guide to teaching English as a second language. It is a comprehensive guide to lesson planning and testing, covering all four modes of language (reading, listening, talking, and writing) and the teaching of grammar and vocabulary. With a particular emphasis on the challenge of teaching large classes, the authors provide advice on methods and resources that will make classes both more enjoyable and more effective for teachers and students alike.

Drama teachers often thrive on shared experience and the imaginative exchange of ideas and perspectives. Yet books that provide such access are, strangely, hard to find. Teaching Drama 11-18 is an inspiring, comprehensive, and vibrant guide to effective and liberating practice in this subject.

It has been speculated that all learners are capable of sophisticated mathematical thought if given supportive environments and challenging stimuli. Inclusive Mathematics 11-18 provides a timely guide for teachers wishing to eradicate underachievement and to ensure that all students, whatever their learning styles, backgrounds or abilities, benefit as fully as possible from their teaching.

- Why do some students achieve more than others?
- Do we have to wait until pupils are "ready"?
- Can children discover math for themselves?
- Does language interfere with the learning of math?

This classic text, written from the viewpoint of the math teacher, provides answers to these and many more questions. Each chapter explores a particular issue that illustrates the interaction between theory and practice. New chapters have been included on cognition, pattern, and ICT.

- Why do some students achieve more than others?
- Do we have to wait until pupils are "ready"?
- Can children discover math for themselves?
- Does language interfere with the learning of math?

This classic text, written from the viewpoint of the math teacher, provides answers to these and many more questions. Each chapter explores a particular issue that illustrates the interaction between theory and practice. New chapters have been included on cognition, pattern, and ICT.

Teaching Creative Writing is a collection of twelve essays written by international experts in the field, with a critical introduction by Graeme Harper to the teaching and learning of the subject. The book includes:

- Responding positively to genre-specific challenges
- Considering learning styles and teaching techniques
- Actively approaching creative writing in universities and colleges
- Assessing the creative writing workshop and individual learning
- Relating practice and criticism: new work in the field
- Recommendations by authors of notable books/resources....

This title takes a skills-based approach, with each section suggesting general ideas to use in everyday classroom teaching, including specific examples of how these can be used with a variety of modules from elementary school through to high school.

Offers more than one hunred brain-compatible teaching strategies, including playing music in class, having students stretch and exercise, using colors to increase memory, and planning lessons in twenty-two- or forty-four-minute blocks.

Bring favorite authors and children together in your classroom with these three acclaimed books. Each book includes biographical information, a photo page, booklists, and numerous activities designed to build reading skills by stimulating reading fun.