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A public librarian introducing young readers to stories from around the world. A social studies teacher wanting to offer students extra credit on a unit about ancient Greece. A Spanish teacher who needs to generate some excitement and interest about Hispanic culture. All of these educators can achieve their goals by utilizing the internationally themed booktalk suggestions in this text--"Booktalking Around the World: Great Global Reads for Ages 9-14."

This collection of booktalks and book lists is designed to be an invaluable resource for teachers as well as school and public librarians...

Librarians and teachers know how important graphic novels can be in engaging young readers and even getting reluctant readers interested in books. "Graphic Novels for Young Readers: A Genre Guide for Ages 4-14" identifies and describes the growing number of graphic novels that are suitable for and popular with readers ages 6-14.

Taking a genre approach, the book organizes approximately 400 titles, most of them published in the last five years, according to genre, subgenre, and theme. It describes series and lists bibliographic information for each title. Also included are subjects and...

Empathy in Education discusses the role of empathy in learning throughout all levels of education and its crucial relationship to motivation, values development and achievement, impacting from the micro to the macro levels of society. Using initial research involving interviews with teachers and student teachers in many different contexts, from nursery to sixth form lessons along side neuroscience, psychology and educational research, the author considers the intrinsic nature of affect and empathic human relationships in learning.

At a time when politicians are calling for...

• Written in accessible style from an experienced practitioner's point of...

In order for today's children to succeed as adults, they need a solid foundation of life skills inculcated at a young age. Social studies is key to building this critical knowledge, yet less attention is being paid to social studies in elementary schools as this subject becomes more essential. The authors of this text have a solution: use picture books as dual-purpose texts that fulfill more than just language arts needs, and take the time dedicated to those lessons to simultaneously teach social studies.

Each chapter of this text is organized around one of the National Council for the...

Like the three earlier editions, "Multimedia Projects in Education: Designing, Producing, and Assessing, Fourth Edition" addresses the need to help students use their knowledge to analyze, create, solve problems, communicate, collaborate, and innovate. With 40 percent new materials and updates to everything else, it offers the perfect, hands-on approach to using multimedia in everyday practice.

The book is centered around the easy-to-use DDD-E model--Decide, Design, Develop, and Evaluate--coupled with practical advice on how to effectively integrate the development of multimedia...