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West Virginia University Press Teaching Matters: A Guide for Graduate Students
Book SynopsisA practical and evidence-based teaching guide for graduate students across all fields.In a book written directly for graduate students that includes graduate student voices and experiences, Aeron Haynie and Stephanie Spong establish why good teaching matters and offer a guide to helping instructors-in-training create inclusive and welcoming classrooms.Teaching Matters is informed by recent research while being grounded in the personal perspectives of current and past graduate students in many disciplines. Graduate students can use this book independently to prepare to teach their courses, or it can be used as a guide for a teaching practicum. With a just-in-time checklist for graduate students who are assigned to teach courses right before the semester starts, step-by-step directions for writing a compelling teaching philosophy, and an emphasis on teaching well regardless of modality, Teaching Matters will remain relevant for graduate students throughout their careers.Table of Contents Acknowledgments 1. Why Teaching Matters 2. How Do You Design a Course? 3. How Can You Create a Welcoming Classroom Community? 4. How Do You Develop a Classroom Practice? 5. Navigating Classroom Challenges 6. Creating Assignments and Responding to Student Work 7. What Are Other Graduate Students Experiencing? 8. Cultivating Well-Being Appendix 1: Help! What If My Course Starts Next Week? Appendix 2: How Can My Teaching Experience Help Me Get a Job? Appendix 3: Resources Notes References Index
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Myers Education Press Qualitative Research in the Time of COVID:
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Myers Education Press Teaching Critical Inquiry and Applied Research:
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Myers Education Press Innovation and Impact
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG An Introduction to Medical Teaching: The
Book SynopsisThis is an introductory text designed to provide medical teachers with a comprehensive introduction to the core concepts of effective teaching practice. It contains introductory-level information about innovations for curriculum design, delivery, and assessment, all in a singular text. The work offers brief, focused chapters with content that can be easily assimilated by the reader. The topics are relevant to basic science and clinical teachers, and the work does not presume readers possess prerequisite knowledge of education theory or instructional design.The book builds upon and extends the content of the second edition by incorporating additional content to reflect advances in cognitive science and by updating existing chapters to keep pace with modern educational trends and technologies. Table of Contents1. The Science of Learning.- 2. The Science of Instruction.- 3. Lectures.- 4. Flipped Classrooms.- 5. Team-Based Learning.- 6. Practicals and Labs.- 7. Case-Based Learning.- 8. Problem-Based Learning.- 9. Self-Regulated Learning.- 10. Asynchronous e-Learning.- 11. Teaching in a Clinical Setting.- 12. Teaching with Simulation.- 13. Assessment of Knowledge.- 14. Assessment of Skills.- 15. Assessment of Attitudes and Behaviors.- 16. Course Design.- 17. Distance Learning.- 18. Interprofessional Education (IPE).- 19. Teaching to Develop Scientific Engagement.- 20. Advancing the Field: The Scholarship of Medical Education.- 21. Documenting Educator Work: The Educator Portfolio.
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Springer International Publishing AG Written Assessment in Medical Education
Book SynopsisThis book is an indispensable yet simple reference for the daily use of a medical teacher. It addresses the needs of medical teachers interested in providing instruction and assessment in writing and written language, offering detailed guidance in simple and straightforward language. The book goes beyond mere description; it provides many practical examples, valuable materials that can be utilized in training workshops and medical educator professional development courses. The book will be of interest to novice and experienced teachers in medical schools, in addition to university teachers in other health professions, such as dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, medical laboratory, physiotherapy, biomedical engineering and veterinary medicine. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Basic concepts.- Chapter 2. Assessment of learning outcomes.- Chapter 3. Blueprint in Assessment.- Chapter 4. Types of Written.- Chapter 5. open-response questions.- Chapter 6. MCQs (A-Type).- Chapter 7. MCQs (R-type).- Chapter 8. Standard Setting.- Chapter 9. Online Assessment.
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Springer International Publishing AG Photographic Elicitation and Narration in
Book SynopsisThis open access book discusses the functionality of the use of the language of photography in teachers' initial and ongoing training. It analyzes the nature of photography as a representation system, facilitating inquiry and reflection on its practice for teachers and evocating on theories and beliefs that may guide their work in classrooms. Photography is used to represent symbolically and affectively possible contradictions in teaching activities or the inconsistencies between planned teaching tasks and the educational purposes pursued. Resolving these conflicts is one of the ways to promote professional development. This book also describes photo-elicitation and photographic storytelling as work procedures. By analyzing the contributions of these techniques, the development of teachers is improved.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Photography in the media literacy of teachers: What impression do we give?.- Chapter 2. Photography in the media literacy of teachers: What impression do we give?.- Chapter 3. Photography as a system for representing the teacher’s theories and beliefs.- Chapter 4. Photography in the formative dimension of the practicum.- Chapter 5. Photovoice and photo-elicitation: similarities, differences, incorporation and role in in-service teacher training.- Chapter 6. Structures of the photo-elicitation process and emergence of contradictions in training teachers.- Chapter 7. The use of photo-elicitation situations in the practicum.- Chapter 8. Photo-elicitation in virtual environments as a tool for teachers’ inservice training.- Chapter 9. A brief story about stories.- Chapter 10. Multimodal photo-narration in initial teacher training.- Chapter 11. Modes of photo-narration by teachers and their effect on inquiry into teaching practice.- Chapter 12. The artist’s book as a form of autoethnography for the teaching profession.- Chapter 13. Training Sahrawi teachers using photo-narration in school.
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Springer International Publishing AG Enhancing Professionality Through Reflectivity in
Book SynopsisThis book discusses complex motivational conditions and strategies on macro, meso, and micro levels promoting reflectivity in interpersonal professional practice. The increasing demands made on practitioners in social and health services, as illustrated by the COVID-19 pandemic, can lead to great uncertainty over how to find "the right response" to complex expressions of need and how to account for ethical professional decisions in view of prevailing strategies of 'risk reduction' and managerial accounting. Reflectivity has been recognised as being of central importance for guiding practitioners towards situationally differentiated and accountable practice. However, it is a complex process made up not only of different psychological components and their interplay with educational and organisational contexts, but also of multilevel interactions and purely situational conditions that can have positive or negative effects. The individual and team reflectivity can be learned and supported through various educational and managerial opportunities, sensitively guided personal and professional experiences and specific patterns of interaction which are reviewed in the book. Reflective supervision in the workplace plays a pivotal role in enabling individual and team reflective processes. However, there are also social and organisational factors that can hinder the development of individual and team reflectivity. The particular value of this publication is that the authors focus on complex research findings from several consecutive studies and critically review and discuss the conditions for reflectivity from various perspectives and with the background of rich academic literature and research. Their research-derived empirical and analytical insights were submitted to managers and educators, and effective and realistic strategies and methods to enhance different levels of reflectivity in students and practitioners were discussed and are summarised in this volume. Among the topics covered: The significance of reflectivity in professional social and health care in relation to changing socio-political contexts Gender aspects of reflectivity in the social and healthcare field Operationalisation of reflectivity for research by personal, team and organisational scales Cultural and communicational patterns of interaction enabling professional reflective processes Enhancing Professionality Through Reflectivity in Social and Health Care is pertinent reading for professors of professional academic training programmes for social workers, nurses, supervisors, trainers in non-formal learning settings, students, and managers of social and health services with an interest in enhancing organisational cultures.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Reflectivity in philosophical, sociological, psychological and pedagogical contexts Zuzana Havrdová and Walter Lorenz2. The significance of reflectivity in professional social and health care in relation to changing socio-political contexts Walter Lorenz 3. Promoting reflective learning styles among social work and nursing students – a review Monika Čajko Eibicht and Walter Lorenz 4. Supervision at the workplace as a unique space for reflection Martin Hajný and Zuzana Havrdová5. Gender aspects of reflectivity in the social and healthcare field: forms of feminization of the caring profession as frames for reflexivity Monika Bosá 6. Reflective approaches to professionalisation through legislation, structures and cultures: Example from Czech social and health services Matěj Lejsal and Jiří Krejčí 7. Researching reflectivity by scales Iva Šolcová, Filip Děchtěrenko and Zuzana Havrdová 8. The interaction between institutional cultures and individual dispositions to self-reflection – a hierarchical analysis Zuzana Havrdová 9. Levels of reflectivity – conditions and strategies for supporting reflectivity in health and social care services: Qualitative research Zuzana Havrdová and Walter Lorenz 10. Towards an integrated approach to fostering reflectivity in social and health professions Walter Lorenz
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Springer International Publishing AG Best Practices for Acknowledging and Addressing
Book SynopsisThis manual is an instructional guide to provide healthcare educators with best practices for acknowledging and addressing racial and ethnic health disparities (REHD) in medical education. As a collaborative effort written by both medical students and educators, this manual examines the impact of race, racism, and ethnic biases on medical care and health outcomes. This book enables readers to understand and apply key terms encompassing health disparities, bias, and cultural humility as an approach to demystify stereotypes, social assumptions and long-held misperceptions that influence the misuse of race in medical teachings. By examining the construct of race, differences between race-based and race-conscious medicine are distinguished. As such, medical educators will be guided to consider the effects of socioeconomic differences, environmental factors, and institutional racism between population categories with regard to healthcare compliance and outcomes. Supported by evidence-based recommendations, this manual provides medical educators, curriculum managers, and institutions with strategies and checklists to improve their medical curricula to ensure a well-defined understanding of race and ethnicity in medicine. This book serves as a resource for medical educators and students as they aspire to become more culturally competent, equity-minded, and inclusive healthcare professionals. Table of ContentsChapter 1. An Introductory Framework for Acknowledging and Addressing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in Medical Education.- Chapter 2. What are Health Disparities?.- Chapter 3. The State of Current Integration of Race and Ethnicity in Medical Education.- Chapter 4. Cultural Humility: An Approach to Mitigate the Challenges of Teaching About Race and Racism.- Chapter 5. Best Practices and Strategies for Medical Educators to Acknowledge and Address REHD in Educational Materials.- Chapter 6. Acknowledging and Addressing REHD in Medical Education: Best Practices and Strategies for Curriculum Managers and Institutions.- Chapter 7. Charting the Path Toward Health Equity by Acknowledging and Addressing REHD in Medical Education.- Index.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Lernräume: Gestaltung von Lernumgebungen für
Book SynopsisDer vorliegende Band beantwortet die zentrale Frage nach der Nutzung des Potenzials von Lernräumen, in denen die wichtige Individualisierung von Lernprozessen ermöglicht wird. Dabei werden Raumkonzepte unterschiedlicher Disziplinen zusammengeführt. Die herausgearbeiteten Funktionen von Raum als „materieller Raum“, „sozialer Erfahrungsraum“, „Kooperationsraum“ sowie als „virtueller“ Raum ermöglichen neue interdisziplinäre Sichtweisen auf Lernen und Lehren in der Weiterbildung. Jede dieser Funktionen wird aus wissenschaftlicher Perspektive analysiert bzw. reflektiert und mit Praxisbeispielen aus unterschiedlichen Handlungsfeldern der Weiterbildung konkretisiert. Die Beiträge wollen Anregungen geben, zur Weitung der Sichtweise von „Raum“ in Wissenschaft und Praxis sowie zur innovativen Gestaltung von pädagogischen Raumszenarien in der Weiterbildung.Table of ContentsRaum als materieller Raum.- Raum als sozialer (Erfahrungs-)Raum.- Raum als Kooperationsraum.- Raum als virtueller Raum.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Entwicklung von Professionalität pädagogischen
Book SynopsisDer Forschungsschwerpunkt „Entwicklung von Professionalität des pädagogischen Personals in Bildungseinrichtungen“, gefördert durch das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), wird in diesem Band in Einzelbeiträgen vorgestellt. Die Beiträge enthalten empirische Erkenntnisse, die im Forschungsschwerpunkt erarbeitet wurden, sowie Einordnungen in den Gesamtkontext der Lehrerprofessionalisierung. In interdisziplinärer Weise integriert der Überblick Erziehungswissenschaft, Psychologie, Wirtschaftsdidaktik, Soziologie und Fachdidaktiken. Table of ContentsErfassung, Modellierung und Verlauf von Kompetenzen in der Ausbildung pädagogischen Personals.- Lehrerfortbildungen erfolgreich gestalten.- Interventionsstudien, insbesondere zu Lernstrategien und Selbstregulationsstrategien von Schülerinnen und Schülern.- Lehrerkompetenzen und Auswirkungen auf den Unterricht (Videoanalysen).
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Digital Publishing: E-Book – CMS – Apps
Book SynopsisVon dem Konzept des Buchs "DigitalPublishing" profitieren Praktiker aus dem Bereich der Digital- und Printmedien und freiberufliche Herausgeber oder Gestalter. Sie können sich mit diesem Werk im Selbststudium weiterbilden. Darüber hinaus erfüllt dieser Band der "Bibliothek der Mediengestaltung" die Prüfungsanforderungen von Studenten und Auszubildenden in der Mediengestaltungsbranche und eignet sich bestens zur Klausurvorbereitung.Table of ContentsE-Book - CMS - Apps
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Datenmanagement: Daten – Datenbanken –
Book SynopsisIm einführenden Kapitel dieses Datenmanagementbuchs geht es zunächst um die Frage, wie im Zuge der Digitalisierung die Umwandlung von analogen Daten in binäre Zahlen abläuft und welche Auswirkungen dies auf die computergesteuerte Verarbeitung von Texten, Bildern, Farben sowie Musik hat. Des Weiteren betrachten die Verfasser folgende Gesichtspunkte: Grundlagen von DatenbankenDatenbankentwürfeMalwareMögliche DatenschutzmaßnahmenTable of ContentsDigitale Daten - Dateien - Datenbanken - Datenschutz – Datensicherheit
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Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo Vocational Interests of Youth in Ecuador –
Book SynopsisThis methodologically sound psychometric tool has been handed to Ecuadorian psychologists and teachers as a guide in the career counselling field. The tool will have a significant impact on the democratization of youth, assisting them to make well-targeted choices when planning their education and career. The authors’ study may be viewed as pioneering work, due to its consideration of the significant cultural and geographic regional differentiation among graduates from the Pacific coast, the Andes, the Amazon rainforest and the Galapagos Islands. Reaching to the classics of literature on the subject, the authors have performed a momentous work, which is the construction of a psychometric tool that will be helpful in diagnosing career interests in the entire population of Ecuadorian youth. Worth additional acknowledgement are the high reliability indicators of the career interests questionnaire conducted on a representative and large study group, as well as the defined psychometric accuracy of the scale. This publication makes a civilizational quantum leap in the education of Ecuadorian youth, guaranteeing them a career choice that corresponds to their interests and ambitions. This pioneering publication on the Polish and world markets confirms the fact that Polish psychologists have the capability to “export” the psychometric school of thought to the Latin American region, with all of the scientific, social and humanitarian consequences involved.Trade ReviewThe proposals formulated by the authors both regarding the results of empirical research on the occupational preferences of Ecuadorian youth and the stages of the research tool construction and standards, especially its psychometric values (reliability, validity) are not only based on reasonable theoretical and methodological premises, but can also be the basis of the counseling practice of youth in all provinces of Ecuador. -- Adam Biela, Catholic University of Lublin
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Teaching Performance Assessments as a Cultural
Book SynopsisThis book explores how well teachers are prepared for professional practice. It is an outcome of a large-scale research and development program that has collected extensive data on the impact of the Graduate Teacher Performance Assessment on Initial Teacher Education programs and preservice teachers’ engagement with the assessment. It contributes to international debates in teacher education by examining an Australian experience of teacher performance assessments as a catalyst for cultural change and practice reform in teacher education. The respective chapters describe and critique this unique, multi-institutional investigation into the quality of teacher education and present substantial evidence, drawing on a variety of conceptual, empirical and methodological entry points. Further, they address the intellectual, experiential and personal resources and related expertise that teacher educators and preservice teachers bring to their practice. Taken together, they offer readers clearly conceptualised and evidence-rich accounts of site-specific and cross-site investigations into cultural, pedagogical and assessment change in Initial Teacher Education. Table of ContentsPart I. Situating Teaching Performance Assessments.- Chapter 1. Professional standards, evidence and collaboration: Cultural disruption in teacher education.- Chapter 2. The conceptualisation of teaching performance assessment: Designing for evidence of graduate competence.- Chapter 3. Introducing a new model for online cross-institutional moderation.- Chapter 4. Teacher education reform and preservice teacher assessment: Representations of teachers and initial teacher education in new media.- Part II. Giving an Account of Teaching Performance Assessments In situ.- Chapter 5. Opportunities and tensions in the experiences of collaborative professionalism during the enactment of the GTPA.- Chapter 6. Collaboration in a context of accountability: Cultural change in teacher educator practice across university.- Chapter 7. Redefining boundaries in initial teacher education: Creating a collective vision and approach to preparing high-quality graduate teachers.- Chapter 8. GTPA as enabler: Review, renewal and evidence of preservice teachers’ assessment. Chapter 9. The GTPA as a collaborative project in Australian initial teacher education: A cultural-historical activity theory perspective.- Part III. A Suite of Provocations.- Chapter 10. Provocation 1: Toward more radical assessment systems.- Chapter 11. Provocation 2 : The impact of digital upon assessment: Innovation is necessary but not easy .- Chapter 12. Provocation 3: Language in the school room.- Chapter 13. Provocation 4: Educating for the future – reflections from COVID-19 lockdown.- Chapter 14. Provocation 5: COVID triggered disruption in teacher education and resultant action.- Chapter 15. Commentary: We have to get TPAs right.- Part IV. Future Directions.- Chapter 16. Innovation in methodology: Longitudinal analysis of progression in teacher preparation.- Chapter 17. Disrupting teacher education for sustainable change.- Glossary.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Graduate Employability and Workplace-Based
Book SynopsisThis book presents a comprehensive discussion of sociocultural perspectives on graduate employability and workplace-based learning development. It draws on Vygotsky’s theories such as situated learning and sociocultural perspectives, as well as the constructivist learning theory. This book showcases theoretical and empirical analyses that show how institutions, decision-makers or academics can work together to enhance job employability in this age of uncertainty. It discusses issues such as the development of emerging and employability skills, examines research in higher education and workplace-based learning development, and proposes directions for the changing nature in real-world settings. This book details empirical research in the field using quantitative, qualitative and mixed method approaches, and summarizes the key conclusions pertaining to graduate employability skills as well as workplace learning culture and technology-mediated environment. It includes contributions from experienced international scholars, and offers detailed insights for readers who want a timely understanding of research trends in graduate employability and workplace-based learning development.Table of ContentsAn Overview of Sociocultural Perspectives on Graduate Employability and Workplace-based Learning Development.- Promoting Graduate Employability: Key Goals, and Curriculum and Pedagogic Practices for Higher Education.- Connecting Graduate Employability and Workplace: A Sociocultural Perspective.- Sustaining the Employability of Working Age Adults: A Singapore Case study.- Determinants of Communication Competencies of International Graduates: An Exploration Using the Sociocultural Perspective.- Challenges Associated with Employability Capitals Facing Chinese International Graduates in Australia.- A Social-Cultural Lens on the Journey of Technology-Mediated Learning: Educational Change and its Complexities from a System-and-Local Perspective.- Problem-based Learning and Technology: Impact on Preservice Teachers’ Motivational Orientations.- Opportunities in a Crisis: Boundary Objects for Making the Best of Learning at Work.- Job Crafting and Learning of Restaurant Cooks.- Moving Towards a More Inclusive Collaboration Culture that promotes Lifelong Learning to Build a Resilient Workforce.- Future Directions for Research in Graduate Employability and Workplace-based Learning Development.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore A Pioneer of Management Research and Education in
Book SynopsisThe purpose of this book is to clarify the mission and history of Kobe University Business School (KUBS), not only for the development of management education but also for the familiarization of industry in Japan with the ideas of modern management. Kobe University was the first in Japan to establish a faculty of business administration and has continued to conduct research and education in the field to this day. Under the influence of Germany and the USA, the academic area of management in Japan has achieved unique development not witnessed in other countries. Since 1902, when its predecessor, Kobe Higher Commercial School, was established, KUBS has been a pioneer of research and education in management studies in Japan by overcoming many obstacles and difficulties.Even now in the age of globalization, the spirit of innovation and liberal academic style, from the time of its establishment, are inherent in KUBS, and the faculty members have made great efforts to be innovative in management studies. This book aims to explore the mission and history of KUBS and to elucidate the development process of Japanese-style management research and education by introducing the diverse areas of management studies and the profiles of researchers. Table of ContentsThe Development of KUBS and the History of Business Administration in Japan.- History of Modern Business Education in Japan.- A Captain Pioneering New Academic Field of Business Administration in Japan: Yasutaro Hirai.- The Road to KUBS: The Ages of Kobe University of Commerce.- Establishing the Kobe-style of Management Studies: Three Big Captains.- Establishing the MBA Program: From the Night Course to the Business School.- To Be a Global Player of Management Studies and Education: The Power of the Accumulation of Management Knowledge in KUBS.- The Impact and Contribution of KUBS on Japanese Industry.- Division of Management.- Division of Accounting.- Division of Commerce.- KUBS Mission for the Future.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Return on Investment in Training and Performance Improvement Programs
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Cambridge University Press Acquiring Skills
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Cambridge University Press Acquiring Skills
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Cambridge University Press How Institutions Evolve
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Cambridge University Press Productivity Education and Training Facts and Policies in International Perspective 48 National Institute of Economic and Social Research Occasional Papers Series Number 48
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Cambridge University Press Mentor Courses A Resource Book for TrainerTrainers Cambridge Teacher Training and Development
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Cambridge University Press Teaching Management A Field Guide for Professors Consultants and Corporate Trainers
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Chutzpah
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Arieli’s volume is a valuable and informative addition to the analysis of Israel’s unique qualities that have helped it grow so dramatically, and should be on the shelf of serious scholars and those who are curious as to how Israel became the powerhouse it is on the world economic scene.” — Saint Louis Light “At the heart of Inbal Arieli’s eye-opening deconstruction of Israeli entrepreneurial DNA is the question ‘How can we help our kids (and ourselves) learn and grow from failure?’ A fascinating read.” — Meir Brand, vice president of EMEA Emerging Markets, Google Inc. “Imagine learning how to empower your children to become leaders, how to instill in entrepreneurial wannabes the traits that breed start-up success, and how to catalyze an innovation ecosystem in your nation. Entertaining the reader with compelling personal stories, Arieli systematically decodes the secrets of success of the world’s most successful innovation nation.” — Ellis Rubinstein, president and CEO of the New York Academy of Sciences “In a masterful portrayal of Israeli entrepreneurialism, Arieli makes the counterintuitive and eminently logical point: ‘Junkyard’ training is a treasure. Controlled chaos breeds mental agility and improvisation . . . and serves as a backdrop for the uniquely Israeli response: optimism, resilience, and breakthrough innovation.” — Robin Weiss, investor “An exceptionally entertaining and informative book. . . . A must-read for those interested in decoding what makes the Israeli innovation machine the most effective on the planet.” — Scott Dulchavsky, CEO of the Henry Ford Innovation Institute “If you want to understand what makes Israel, pound for pound, the single most dynamic nexus in the global entrepreneurial ecosystem, read this book right now. Arieli has given us a blueprint for the culture that has turned Israel into a powerhouse over the past two decades. Her account is entertaining, personal, and accurate.” — Michael Fertik, Founder and Managing Director, Heroic Ventures “On my first-ever trip to Israel, Inbal Arieli showed me the remarkable ecosystem of entrepreneurship that exists in the country. You do not truly appreciate how remarkable this society is until you see it firsthand, and before you go, Chutzpah should be on the required reading list.” — Matthew Swift, chairman and CEO of Concordia
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Developmental Programming for Infants and Young
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Research & Education Association EMT Emergency Medical Technician Crash Course
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Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S. Teaching Reading PreK to Grade 3
Book SynopsisAims to provide teachers with research-based, practical teaching and assessment strategies to support the reading development of all children in their classrooms. This work gives assistance in working with young learners whose first language is not English.Table of ContentsChapter 1 - Attitudes, Interests, and Oral Language 1 Overview 1 1.1: Desire to Read 3 Teaching Strategy 1: Morning Message 3 Teaching Strategy 2: Shared Reading 4 Teaching Strategy 3: Favorite Book Show and Tell 5 Ideas and Activities 8 Home-School Connections 11 Selected Resources 12 1.2: Background Knowledge 13 Teaching Strategy 1: Object Exploration 13 Teaching Strategy 2: Book Boxes 14 Teaching Strategy 3: Knowledge Chart 15 Teaching Strategy 4: Brainstorming 16 Teaching Strategy 5: Predicting with Pictures 17 Ideas and Activities 18 Home-School Connections 21 Selected Resources 22 1.3: Oral Language 23 Teaching Strategy 1: Show and Tell-Question-Connection 23 Teaching Strategy 2: Expand-a- Sentence 24 Teaching Strategy 3: Progressive Storytelling 25 Ideas and Activities 26 Home-School Connections 27 Selected Resources 28 1.4: Assessments of Interests and Attitudes Toward Reading 29 Assessment Strategy 1: Interviews about Reading 30 Assessment Strategy 2: News about Me 35 Assessment Strategy 3: Elementary Reading Attitude Survey 38 Chapter 2 - Literacy Knowledge 49 Overview 49 2.1: Print Concepts 52 Teaching Strategy 1: Shared Reading 52 Teaching Strategy 2: Language Experience Approach (LEA) 54 Teaching Strategy 3: Learning about Print through Writing 55 Teaching Strategy 4: What Can You Show Us? 56 Ideas and Activities 57 Home-School Connections 59 Selected Resources 60 2.2: Sense of Story 61 Teaching Strategy 1: Simple Story Elements 61 Teaching Strategy 2: Plot Relationships Chart 62 Teaching Strategy 3: Story Star 65 Teaching Strategy 4: Story Faces 67 Ideas and Activities 70 Home-School Connections 71 Selected Resources 72 2.3: Informational Text Structures 73 Teaching Strategy 1: Graphic Organizers 73 Teaching Strategy 2: Expository Frames 77 Teaching Strategy 3: Scrambled Text 78 Teaching Strategy 4: Expository Writing 79 Ideas and Activities 82 Home-School Connections 83 Selected Resources 84 2.4: Assessments of Literacy Knowledge 85 Assessment Strategy 1: Print Concepts 86 Assessment Strategy 2: Retelling a Story 119 Assessment Strategy 3: Informational Text Retelling 121 Chapter 3 - Letters and Sounds 125 Overview 125 3.1: Alphabet Knowledge 128 Teaching Strategy 1: Alphabet Song 128 Teaching Strategy 2: Using Alphabet Books 129 Teaching Strategy 3: Letter Actions 130 Teaching Strategy 4: Identifying Letters 131 Ideas and Activities 132 Home-School Connections 133 Selected Resources 134 3.2: Phonemic Awareness 136 Teaching Strategy 1: I Spy Rhymes 137 Teaching Strategy 2: First Sounds 137 Teaching Strategy 3: Sound Boxes 142 Teaching Strategy 4: Put It Together 143 Teaching Strategy 5: Break and Make 146 Ideas and Activities 147 Home-School Connections 151 Selected Resources 152 3.3: Phonics 154 Teaching Strategy 1: Explicit Phonics 155 Teaching Strategy 2: Making Words 157 Teaching Strategy 3: Whole-Part-Whole Phonics 158 Teaching Strategy 4: Phonics in Context 159 Ideas and Activities 160 Home-School Connections 164 Selected Resources 165 3.4: Assessments of Alphabet Knowledge, Phonemic Awareness, and Phonics 167 Assessment Strategy 1: Alphabet Knowledge 168 Assessment Strategy 2: Rhyme Detection 174 Assessment Strategy 3: Phoneme Segmentation 177 Assessment Strategy 4: Phoneme Deletion and Substitution 180 Assessment Strategy 5: Auditory Discrimination 184 Assessment Strategy 6: Phonics: Consonants 187 Assessment Strategy 7: Decoding 199 Chapter 4 - Fluency and Automaticity 207 Overview 207 4.1: Sight Words 209 Teaching Strategy 1: Explicit Instruction 210 Teaching Strategy 2: Pattern Books 213 Teaching Strategy 3: Associative Learning 214 Teaching Strategy 4: Word Wall 215 Ideas and Activities 216 Home-School Connections 218 Selected Resources 221 4.2: Fluency 222 Teaching Strategy 1: Teacher-Assisted Reading 222 Teaching Strategy 2: Structured Repeated Readings 223 Teaching Strategy 3: Choral Reading 227 Teaching Strategy 4: Radio Reading 228 Teaching Strategy 5: Multipaired Simultaneous Oral Reading 228 Ideas and Activities 230 Home-School Connections 232 Selected Resources 233 4.3: Cross-Checking 234 Teaching Strategy 1: Making Sense 235 Teaching Strategy 2: Predict-Sample-Confirm 236 Teaching Strategy 3: Word Detective 237 Teaching Strategy 4: Cue Questioning 239 Ideas and Activities 241 Home-School Connections 242 Selected Resources 243 4.4: Assessments of Sight Words, Fluency, and Cross-Checking 245 Assessment Strategy 1: Basic Sight Vocabulary 246 Assessment Strategy 2: Common Nouns 252 Assessment Strategy 3: Words Per Minute 258 Assessment Strategy 4: Fluency Scale Checklist 262 Assessment Strategy 5: Oral Reading Miscue Analysis 266 Chapter 5 - Vocabulary and Comprehension 269 Overview 269 5.1: Meaning Vocabulary 271 Teaching Strategy 1: Preview in Context 271 Teaching Strategy 2: Vocabulary Connections 272 Teaching Strategy 3: Word Frames 273 Teaching Strategy 4: Four-Square Vocabulary Grids 274 Ideas and Activities 277 Home-School Connections 278 Selected Resources 279 5.2: Reading Comprehension 280 Teaching Strategy 1: Think Aloud 281 Teaching Strategy 2: Directed ReadingETHThinking Activity (DR-TA) 283 Teaching Strategy 3: Story Frame 284 Teaching Strategy 4: Idea-Mapping 286 Teaching Strategy 5: Making Text Connections 288 Ideas and Activities 291 Home-School Connections 296 Selected Resources 297 5.3: Monitoring Reading 298 Teaching Strategy 1: Critter 298 Teaching Strategy 2: Monitoring Think-Along 300 Teaching Strategy 3: Pause- Think-Retell 301 Teaching Strategy 4: Monitoring Logs 302 Ideas and Activities 304 Home-School Connections 306 Selected Resources 308 5.4: Assessments of Reading Comprehension and Monitoring Reading 309 Assessment Strategy 1: Caption Reading 310 Assessment Strategy 2: Passage Reading 317 Assessment Strategy 3: Retelling 336 Assessment Strategy 4: Monitoring Strategies Checklist 339 Chapter 6 - Writing and Spelling 341 Overview 341 6.1: Responding to Literature 344 Teaching Strategy 1: Language Charts 344 Teaching Strategy 2: Getting the Feeling 345 Teaching Strategy 3: Responding to Plot 348 Teaching Strategy 4: Discovering the Message 350 Ideas and Activities 351 Home-School Connections 352 Selected Resources 353 6.2: Writing 354 Teaching Strategy 1: Shared Writing 354 Teaching Strategy 2: Text Tapping 355 Teaching Strategy 3: Writing from Songs 356 Teaching Strategy 4: Parent-Recommended Topics 357 Teaching Strategy 5: Let Me Tell You About ... 359 Ideas and Activities 361 Home-School Connections 364 Selected Resources 365 6.3: Spelling 366 Teaching Strategy 1: Have-a-Go 366 Teaching Strategy 2: Directed Spelling Thinking Activity (DSTA) 369 Teaching Strategy 3: Spelling Workshop 370 Teaching Strategy 4: That Reminds Me ... 370 Ideas and Activities 372 Home-School Connections 374 Selected Resources 375 6.4: Assessments of Writing and Spelling 377 Assessment Strategy 1: Writing 379 Assessment Strategy 2: Writing Rubrics 381 Assessment Strategy 3: Writing Observational Checklist 387 Assessment Strategy 4: Developmental Spelling 389 Appendices 393 Appendix A: Professional Organizations and Agencies 394 Appendix B: Word Families 395 References 405 Index 411
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Louisiana State University Press University Builder Edgar Odell Lovett and the
Book SynopsisRice University, one of America’s preeminent institutions of higher education, grew out of the vision, direction, and leadership of one man: Edgar Odell Lovett (1871-1957). University Builder is the fascinating story of this extraordinary educator and the unique school he created.
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Choice with Equity
Book SynopsisThis review of the furious debate in America over school choice examines the benefits of choice for children, families, and schools - and shows how properly designed choice programs can prevent the harmful outcomes opponents fear.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Wilderness Survival Leaders Manual
Book SynopsisThis activity poses twelve situations that someone lost in a wilderness might encounter----snakes, bears, an early snow, and other potentially life--threatening scenarios. Your team members make individual, then group decisions about how to survive each situation. These decisions are then compared with those provided by expert naturalists.Table of ContentsWhen to Use Wilderness Survival. Administration of Wilderness Survival. Answers and Rationale. Material for Discussion.
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LUP - University of Michigan Press A Practical Guide for Teachers of Elementary
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Japanese Educational Productivity
Book SynopsisThis second and final volume of the US Study of Education in Japan provides ten articles on a wide variety of topics.
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Cengage Learning, Inc Integrating the Arts Across the Elementary School
Book SynopsisThis book is designed to assist pre-service and in-service classroom teachers in weaving music, visual arts, drama, and movement into the elementary school curriculum--thereby stimulating the learning process, enriching other subject areas, and providing opportunities for creative expression and self-fulfillment. Featuring content informed by the National Standards for the Arts, the book provides the basic tools and activities that teachers need to gain confidence in using the arts in their elementary classrooms.Table of ContentsPart I: THE POWER OF THE ARTS. 1. Arts in Education. 2. Exploring Creativity. Part II: THE ART FORMS. 3. Art. 4. Music. 5. Drama. 6. Dance. Part III: INTEGRATING THE ARTS. 7. Making Connections. Appendix A: Multiple Intelligences Survey. Appendix B: Summary of Musical Symbols.
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Cengage Learning, Inc Elementary Science Methods
Book SynopsisIn this pioneering text, a constructivist approach guides users in learning how to teach in a constructivist manner. The book is based on the belief that it's more important for children to learn how to do science than it is for them to learn about science, and that teachers of elementary science do not need to know a great deal of science to teach it effectively, but rather need to be co-inquirers with their students. More than 170 process-oriented activities, organized by grade level, help practicing teachers encourage children to develop and perform their own investigations.Table of ContentsPart I: CONSTRUCTING THE ELEMENTARY SCIENCE PROGRAM. 1. The Science Education Imperative. 2. Science Education Today. 3. The Process of Science. 4. Constructivism in Elementary Science Education. 5. Inquiry. 6: Science Education for Students with Diverse Perspectives. 7: Science Education for Students with Learning Differences. 8. Assessment. 9. The Elementary Science Classroom. Part II: BEYOND THE SCIENCE CLASSROOM. 10. Reading, Writing, and Interdisciplinary Approaches. 11. Technology in Elementary Science Education. 12. Concept Mapping in Elementary Science. 13. The Elementary Science Education Professional.
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Cengage Learning, Inc Science Stories
Book SynopsisSCIENCE STORIES helps you get in touch with your "scientific self" and become empowered to teach science in your own classrooms. This book's unique approach uses stories of science in real-world classrooms to demonstrate important science content and strategies in action. Following each story, you'll have the opportunity to reflect on the connections to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and to the teaching and disciplinary ideas behind the story. This approach makes the stories' instructional value explicit. Author Janice Koch helps you feel comfortable with the prospect of teaching science and encourages you in the discovery and exploration of life, physical, and earth and space sciences. Through a warm and inviting narrative style, the author also fosters an appreciation for engineering design and for science and engineering practices.Table of Contents1. Science Teaching and You: Locating Your Scientific Self. 2. Teachers and Students as Science Learners. 3. Engaging Students in Scientific and Engineering Practices. 4. Scientific Explorations Inside and Outside the Classroom. 5. Exploring Matter: Scientific Observations of Everyday Materials. 6. Plants and Animals and Extended Investigations. 7. Physical Science Explorations: Density and Its Implications. 8. Using Models and Engineering Design for Teaching and Learning Science. 9. Beyond the Science Kit". 10. Content and Curriculum: Science Concepts and Your Scientific Self. 11. Surrounded by Science: Science Connections Across Disciplines. 12. Creating the Science Experience in Your Classroom: Planning and Letting Go. 13. What's the Big Idea? Matching Assessment to Instruction. 14. Pulling It All Together."
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Cengage Learning, Inc Teaching Strategies
Book SynopsisTEACHING STRATEGIES: A GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION, now in its eleventh edition, gives you practical, applied help with commonly used classroom teaching strategies and tactics. Ideal if you are studying education or involved in a site-based teacher education program, the book focuses on topics such as lesson planning, questioning, and small-group and cooperative-learning strategies. The new edition maintains the book's solid coverage, while incorporating new and expanded material on technology integration planning, English Language Learner instruction, and proactive classroom management, as well as an up-to-date discussion of teaching students with disabilities and differentiated instruction. The text is available with the digital learning solution MindTap, which features an integrated e-portfolio, videos of classroom teaching situations, quizzes, professional resources, scenario activities, and other tools to help you succeed in the course and beyond.Table of ContentsPart I: FOUNDATIONS OF INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN. 1. Frames of Reference for Teaching. 2. The Big Picture in Your Classroom: Focusing the Instruction Kaleidoscope. 3. Teaching Diverse Learners in Inclusive Classrooms. Part II: FUNDAMENTAL TOOLS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING. 4. Objectives, Taxonomies, and Standards for Instruction. 5. Mastering Instructional Planning. 6. Sequencing and Organizing Instruction. Part III: INSTRUCTION AS A DYNAMIC PROCESS IN CLASSROOMS. 7. Classroom Assessment. 8. The Process of Classroom Questioning. 9. Small-Group Discussions and Cooperative Learning. 10. Inquiry Teaching and Higher-Level Learning. 11. Managing the Classroom. Glossary. Index.
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Zephyr Press Team Challenges: 170+ Group Activities to Build
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Temple University Press,U.S. Workforce Development Politics: Civic Capacity
Book SynopsisIf 88 percent of Americans believe that education and training resources should be available to the jobless and more than two-thirds of employers have identified workforce and skills shortages as top priorities, why aren't we, as a society, able to provide that training in such a way that it leads to long-term economic security? This book looks at the politics of local and regional workforce development: the ways politicians and others concerned with the workforce systems have helped or hindered that process.The contributors examine the current systems that are in place in these cities and the potential for systemic reform through case studies of Denver, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Seattle. This book is published in association with the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Author note: Robert P. Giloth, Ph.D. is Director of the Family Economic Success area of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation in December 1994, he managed community development corporations in Baltimore and Chicago and was Deputy Commissioner of Economic Development under Mayor Harold Washington.Trade Review"Why can't a local coalition of civic leaders be assembled to transform lackluster second chance workforce programs into high performing workforce development investments, just as they mobilized, time and again, to build a new sports stadium, or make a bid to host the Olympics? The payoffs for creating a competitive workforce seem obvious: competitive firms, productive workers, a higher tax base, and more attractive and competitive regions." --from the Introduction "Bob Giloth and his colleagues demonstrate a clear understanding of the importance of investing in human capital. What makes Giloth's reflections particularly useful are the connections he draws between the development of an active civic culture, grassroots leadership, and the long-term success of job training initiatives such as Project QUEST in San Antonio." --Ernesto Cortes, Jr., Industrial Areas Foundation "Workforce Development Politics offers a penetrating view of community struggles to eradicate entrenched poverty and to enhance the pool of skilled labor. Searching for the magical elixir that makes local coalitions of diverse interests succeed, this masterful work would fascinate Tocqueville and will inspire those searching for win-win solutions to the problems of the American political economy." --Cathie Jo Martin, Professor of Political Science, Boston University "This is an exciting project, and a welcome departure from the current state of workforce development research. It sets as its focus the 'urban workforce system,' a concept that resonates strongly with currents within workforce development policy and practice that emphasize regional economies, intersecting patterns of labor market segmentation, the role of diverse labor market intermediaries, and issues of system governance. The group of contributors is top-notch, and the cases are of wide interest." --Nik Theodore, Director, Center for Urban Economic Development, University of Illinois at ChicagoTable of Contents1. The "Local" in Workforce Development Politics: An Introduction Robert P. Giloth 2. The Politics of Workforce Development: Constructing a Performance Regime in Denver Susan E. Clarke 3. Ecologies of Workforce Development in Milwaukee Archon Fung and Scott Zdrazil 4. Workforce Systems Change in a Politically Fragmented Environment David W. Bartelt 5. Workforce Systems Change in Seattle Steven Rathgeb Smith and Susan Davis 6. Workforce Development Policy in the St. Louis Metropolitan Region: A Critical Overview and Assessment Scott Cummings, Robert Flack, and Allan Tomey 7. Comparative Local Workforce Politics in Six Cities: Theory and Action Robert P. Giloth 8. Poverty and the Workforce Challenge Clarence Stone and Donn Worgs
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Temple University Press,U.S. Workforce Development Politics: Civic Capacity
Book SynopsisIf 88% of Americans believe that education and training resources should be available to the jobless and more than two-thirds of employers have identified workforce and skills shortages as top priorities, why aren't we, as a society, able to provide that training in such a way that it leads to long-term economic security? This book looks at the politics of local and regional workforce development: the ways politicians and others concerned with the workforce systems have helped or hindered that process. Contributors examine the current systems that are in place in these cities and the potential for systemic reform through case studies of Denver, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Seattle. Published in association with the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Author note: Robert P. Giloth, Ph.D. is Director of the Family Economic Success area of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation in December 1994, he managed community development corporations in Baltimore and Chicago and was Deputy Commissioner of Economic Development under Mayor Harold Washington.Trade Review"Why can't a local coalition of civic leaders be assembled to transform lackluster second chance workforce programs into high performing workforce development investments, just as they mobilized, time and again, to build a new sports stadium, or make a bid to host the Olympics? The payoffs for creating a competitive workforce seem obvious: competitive firms, productive workers, a higher tax base, and more attractive and competitive regions." --from the Introduction "Bob Giloth and his colleagues demonstrate a clear understanding of the importance of investing in human capital. What makes Giloth's reflections particularly useful are the connections he draws between the development of an active civic culture, grassroots leadership, and the long-term success of job training initiatives such as Project QUEST in San Antonio." --Ernesto Cortes, Jr., Industrial Areas Foundation "Workforce Development Politics offers a penetrating view of community struggles to eradicate entrenched poverty and to enhance the pool of skilled labor. Searching for the magical elixir that makes local coalitions of diverse interests succeed, this masterful work would fascinate Tocqueville and will inspire those searching for win-win solutions to the problems of the American political economy." --Cathie Jo Martin, Professor of Political Science, Boston University "This is an exciting project, and a welcome departure from the current state of workforce development research. It sets as its focus the 'urban workforce system,' a concept that resonates strongly with currents within workforce development policy and practice that emphasize regional economies, intersecting patterns of labor market segmentation, the role of diverse labor market intermediaries, and issues of system governance. The group of contributors is top-notch, and the cases are of wide interest." --Nik Theodore, Director, Center for Urban Economic Development, University of Illinois at ChicagoTable of Contents1. The "Local" in Workforce Development Politics: An Introduction Robert P. Giloth 2. The Politics of Workforce Development: Constructing a Performance Regime in Denver Susan E. Clarke 3. Ecologies of Workforce Development in Milwaukee Archon Fung and Scott Zdrazil 4. Workforce Systems Change in a Politically Fragmented Environment David W. Bartelt 5. Workforce Systems Change in Seattle Steven Rathgeb Smith and Susan Davis 6. Workforce Development Policy in the St. Louis Metropolitan Region: A Critical Overview and Assessment Scott Cummings, Robert Flack, and Allan Tomey 7. Comparative Local Workforce Politics in Six Cities: Theory and Action Robert P. Giloth 8. Poverty and the Workforce Challenge Clarence Stone and Donn Worgs
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Harvard Educational Publishing Group Core Practices for Project-Based Learning: A Guide for Teachers and Leaders
Book SynopsisCore Practices for Project-Based Learning offers a framework and essential set of strategies for successfully implementing project-based learning (PBL) in the classroom. Centering on teaching practice, this work moves beyond project planning to focus on the complex instructional demands of the student-centered PBL approach. Pam Grossman and her colleagues draw on their research with teachers, educational leaders, and curriculum designers to identify the instructional goals, practices, and mindsets that enable educators to effectively facilitate deep learning in PBL environments. The authors first define the four primary teaching goals of the PBL model: supporting subject-area learning, engaging students in authentic work, encouraging student collaboration and agency, and building an iterative culture where students are always prototyping, reflecting, and trying again. They then equip educators with ten key practices that serve these goals. These practices include methods to elicit higher-order thinking, engage students in disciplinary and interdisciplinary practice, and mentor student decision making. The authors guide educators from a clear starting place through a series of concrete, manageable steps that apply whether they are initiating PBL or working to improve the quality of existing PBL implementation. Extended case studies illustrate the use of the core practices in real-world situations.Core Practices for Project-Based Learning is an invaluable resource to help educators realize their instructional vision and create meaningful student experiences.
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