Teacher training Books
Taylor & Francis Ltd Activating the Untapped Potential of Neurodiverse
Book SynopsisAll students deserve access to a rich and meaningful math curriculum. This book guides middle and high school teachers toward providing all learners including neurodiverse students with the support necessary to engage in rewarding math content. Students who receive special education services often experience a limited curriculum through practices that create long-term disadvantages and increase gaps in learning. The tools and strategies in this book help teachers better understand their students to move them closer to their potential. Chapters include differentiation, assessment, classroom structure, and learning targets. Both general education math teachers who have not been trained in special education support and special education teachers with a limited background in standards-based math pedagogy will learn new skills to improve their teaching from this practical resource.Table of ContentsPart I Introduction 1. What We Believe about Teaching Math to Neurodiverse Students Part II: Before the Instruction Begins 2. Student Strengths, Needs, and Goals 3. Student Readiness 4. Crafting Learning Targets 5. Planning Differentiation Part III: During Instruction 6. Classroom Structures 7. Accommodations and Modifications 8. Graphic Organizers 9. Memory and Retention 10. Questioning 11. Manipulatives Part IV: After the Instruction 12. Assessment 13. Testing Accommodations 14. Data Analysis 15. Intervention
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Taylor & Francis Active Learning in Higher Education
Book SynopsisThis insightful new book explores perspectives on active learning as creative discovery, conceptualisations of active learning spaces and transitions from theoretical approaches to active learning practice. It draws on the experiences of academics, learning technologists and clinical practitioners, and invites the reader to think about our conceptualisations of active learning and to move beyond mere demonstrations of its effectiveness.With contributions from academics and NHS practitioners, this publication will make a unique contribution to the literature that increasingly points to the value, impact and reach of active learning pedagogy. It importantly addresses the need for active learning, highlighting some of the many theoretical issues that active learning raises through three broad lenses: The idea of active learning as creative play The use of theoretical models in designing active learning The transition from active learning theory to prac
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Successfully Launching into Young Adulthood with
Book SynopsisThis new edition of Successfully Launching into Young Adulthood with ADHD provides firsthand guidance for both parents and professionals to help teens prepare for a bright future after high school.Trade Review"This superb guidebook deals with the largely unaddressed topic of helping parents assist their emerging adults into independence. All the issues a parent and their teen/young adults will confront in this transition are here, are well covered, and loaded with sound advice on how to address them. The authors have decades of experience in helping families, teens, and young adults with ADHD through this phase of life and, fortunately they have chosen to share all their wisdom with you here. There is no better book on this topic."Russell A. Barkley, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical School, USA"The topics presented Successfully Launching into Young Adulthood are so on target for teens and adults as they enter the real world, which may not always be understanding of their needs. With excellent guidance and practical strategies to help parents support their adolescence as they navigate to transition, this book describes a multitude of postsecondary options and an accurate assessment of the tools a student needs to be successful. I found the honest experience of two parents who have been there, done that, to be exhilarating, encouraging, and most helpful." Beverly H. Johns, Learning and Behavior Consultant, Former Public School Administrator, Retired Professional Fellow, McMurray College, USA"Finally, a book for parents who need help guiding our kids as they navigate the transition into adulthood and independence. The authors provide excellent information on next steps after high school graduation, including challenges, solutions, and resources. As mothers of sons with ADHD, Dendy and Hughes speak from their rich personal and professional experiences. The authors give us hope for the future of our kids, and assurances that we can survive the struggle. I highly recommend this book."Belynda Gauthier, Past President CHADD National Board of Directors, Louisiana Capital Area CHADD Coordinator, and parent of two young adults with ADHD, USATable of Contents1. A Message of Hope 2. Bumps and Challenges That Lie Ahead 3. Ensure Success at School 4. Nurturing Self-Esteem and Natural Talents 5. Getting Along with Others 6. Managing Anxiety and Depression 7. Navigating the Middle and High School Years 8. Exploring Careers through Firsthand Experiences 9. Helping Teens and Young Adults Find Their Passion 10. Decisions, Decisions: Options after High School Graduation 11. Is College the Right Option for Your Teen (Now)? 12. Creating Your Own Personalized Gap Year Plan 13. What’s the Best College Option for Your Teen? 14. Community College: two-year professional and technical programs 15. Selecting and Applying to a College 16. Helping Your Teen Succeed in College 17. Helping Your Son or Daughter Launch a Career 18. Signs That Trouble May Be Brewing at Work 19. Hitting the Speed Bumps of Life 20. Our Photo Gallery of Hope Appendix Resources
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Underachievement in Gifted Education
Book SynopsisThis book provides an opportunity for researchers, professionals, and practitioners working directly with gifted individuals to engage with and examine the concept of underachievement of highly capable and talented individuals from different perspectives.Chapters written by experts in gifted education from diverse backgrounds explore underachievement in principle, illuminate underachievement as a response to written and unwritten policy and practice, showcase ranges of intellectual capability outside of traditional academic subjects, shift deficit views of not meeting rigid expectations to honoring interests and cultural values of the individual, and provide suggested and proven practices and services as solutions to bridge the gaps in achievement and performance for gifted and talented students.Expertly blending theory with practice, Underachievement in Gifted Education is a must read for all practitioners, educators of gifted individuals, and researchers seeTable of ContentsAbout the EditorsAbout the ContributorsForewordColin SealeIntroductionKristina Henry Collins, Javetta Jones Roberson, and Fernanda Hellen Ribeiro PiskeSection 1: Perspective 1. Underachieving Gifted Children and Adolescents: What Teachers, Parents, and Researchers Must KnowDenise L. Winsor and Christian E. Mueller2. Underachievement of Gifted Learners in SchoolKeri M. Guilbault and Kimberly M. McCormick3. Underachievement in the Online Environment: Using Research-based Interventions for Underachieving Gifted StudentsKenneth J. Wright and Sally M. Reis4. The Phenomenon of Unsuccessful Gifted in Gifted Psychology ResearchLjiljana Krneta Section 2: Practice5. The Challenge and Promise of Creative UnderachieversJennifer L. Groman6. The Impactful Reality Of Underachievement Of Gifted Students: Scars For Their Entire LivesFernanda Hellen Ribeiro Piske and Kristina Henry Collins7. Addressing Underachievement Connected to Home-School Cultural Discontinuity: Extending Practices of Parent Engagement that Fosters STEM Talent Development Among Gifted Black StudentsKristina Henry Collins and Cheryl Fields-Smith8. Reversing Gifted Underachievement in Kazakhstan: Teachers’ Perception, Experiences, and Practices Zauresh Manabayeva and Daniel Hernández-Torrano9. Understanding and Utilizing Learner Profiles to Combat Apathy and Incurious Behaviors in The ClassroomVanessa Velasquez and Kristina Henry CollinsSection 3: Possibilities10. Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Equitable Leadership Practices to Help Alleviate Gifted UnderachievementJavetta Jones Roberson 11. Program Evaluation as a Capacity Building Tool in Gifted Education: A Call to Action to Maximize University-School PartnershipsAraceli Martinez Ortiz, Andrea Dennison, and Kristina Henry Collins 12. Identifying and Serving Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Gifted UnderachieversRachel U. Mun, Grizelle Larriviel, Robin Johnson, and Andrea Stewart 13. Translating Athletic Talent for Gifted Identification and Academic Talent Development: Expanding Frasier's New Window for Looking at Gifted ChildrenTony D. D. Collins II and Kristina Henry Collins14. Transitioning from Highly Talent Student to Highly Capable Adult: The Intersection of Life-wide LearningJoslyn Johnson
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Little Computer Scientists
Book SynopsisTeach your child or student basic computer science concepts and vocabulary and leave them clamoring for more!Beautifully illustrated and engagingly written, Little Computer Scientists is a whimsical exploration of computer science concepts for kids! Join a group of amateur coders as they work in binary, debug code, use HTML to build a website, and even create a LAN to game together. Using a captivating story and a diverse cast of characters, this picture book will introduce children to pertinent vocabulary and essential concepts needed to inspire an interest in computer science.Consider the companion guidebook Supporting the Development of Computer Science Concepts in Early Childhood to help dig even deeper, engender excitement, and provide a solid understanding of computer science that sets your learner up for future success!For effective use, this book should be purchased alongside the guidebook. The guidebook, Little Computer Scientists
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Taylor & Francis Ltd What Do Great Teachers Say
Book SynopsisDo you remember a time when you used the right words at the right moment, and they made all the difference? With the aim of helping you repeat that experience every day, this book provides hundreds of examples of what we call Great Teacher Language, a technique designed to help all teachers use words to transform student behavior and parent relationships. In their years of working at the K-12 levels, educators Hal Holloman and Peggy H. Yates have identified the exact phrases and key words you can use in your classroom to address inappropriate outbursts, a lack of respect and cooperation, student conflict, and more. Great Teacher Language will enable you to transform student behavior, parent relationships, and your classroom culture.This book features 11 Great Teacher Language Word Categories, which you''ll learn how to use in terms of self-talk, student talk, and parent talk: Words of Accountability, Words of Encouragement, Words of Grace, Words of Guidance, Words of High ExpTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Great Teacher Language: The Right Words at the Right Time. 2. The 11 Great Teacher Language Word Categories and Frameworks for Transforming Student Behavior and Parent Relationships in the Classroom and Beyond. 3. What Do Great Teachers Say on the First Day of School and the Days that Follow? 4. What Do Great Teachers Say when a Student is Passively Disengaged? 5. What Do Great Teachers Say when a Student is an Attention Seeker? 6. What Do Great Teachers Say when a Student Outburst Happens? 7. What Do Great Teachers Say when a Student Does Not Show Respect for Themselves or Others. 8. What Do Great Students Say when a Student Refuses to Cooperate or Challenges Them? 9. What Do Great Teachers Say when a Student Conflict Occurs? 10. Transforming your Classroom Culture into a Great Classroom Culture. Index of GTL Student Behavior Scenarios.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Becoming a Successful Community College Professor
Book SynopsisDesigned to mentor aspiring and current faculty, Becoming a Successful Community College Professor analyzes the ways in which the current institution of community colleges affects both staff and students, and presents strategies for effectively navigating the community college professor role from the point of job search to tenure status. With emphasis on key elements such as getting hired, class preparation, student needs, college policies and culture, and an abundance more, this book focuses on training professors to successfully overcome the challenges that the current academic climate presents. Through the inclusion of interview vignettes with faculty across the United States, this book represents a wide range of disciplines and closely examines socioeconomic classes, racial and ethnic identities, gender and sexuality, and the varying faculty positions within the community college. Coverage also consists of syllabi creation, assessment and grading, faculty ment
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Taylor & Francis Mindsets in the Classroom
Book SynopsisThe latest edition of Mindsets in the Classroom provides educators with ideas and strategies to build a growth mindset school culture, wherein students are challenged to change their thinking about their abilities and potential through resilience, perseverance, and a variety of strategies.This updated edition contains content from the first and second edition, eliminates content that is no longer relevant, and adds a layer of learning that has occurred since the original publication: lessons learned through more recent brain research, implementation of the concept by educators across the world, as well as the authorâs own observations and reflections after working in schools, coaching educators, and talking with teachers, administrators, parents, and students about their own mindsets.With this bookâs easy-to-follow advice, tasks, and strategies, teachers can grow a love of learning while facilitating the development of resilient, successful students.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Understanding the World Through Narrative
Book SynopsisWhile many educational books focus on creative and critical thinking skills, this ground-breaking work is the first to deal specifically with the ability to understand, question and evaluate information presented, broadly speaking, in story form. Story or narrative is central to our understanding of and interaction with the world around us. We only have to think of the mini stories' encapsulated in many advertisements; the way that topics in science the story of human evolution for example, in history and other subjects present themselves; the power of myths and legends to act as guides to moral behaviour; and the pervasive way that gossip, rumour and superstition can spread to recognise the benefits of heightening such awareness in young learners. Understanding the World Through Narrative explores the narrative structure of fiction, but uses this as a template to show how the story form appears in mythology and modern urban folklore, science, history, the media Table of Contents0.Introduction. 1.Narrative Fiction. 2.Myths, Legends, Fairy Tales and Folklore. 3.Scientific Narratives. 4.Historical Narratives. 5.Narratives in the Media. 6.Therapeutic Stories. 7.Stories for Learning.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Finding Your Path as a Woman in School Leadership
Book SynopsisFeaturing the experiences of over 70 successful female leaders in international, public, and private schools around the world, Finding Your Path as a Woman in School Leadership brings together interconnected stories about the realities of being a woman in K12 school leadership today. Women face distinct and unique challenges in pursuing a leadership pathway in schools; unfortunately, most of the obstacles facing women are hidden and only become visible when encountered on the journey to leadership. This book uncovers these invisible obstacles and shares the personal journeys of real women who have overcome them. Chapters feature powerful stories woven together to provide takeaway strategies and address common themes for women in leadership, including unconscious bias and daily microaggressions; physical, linguistic, and cultural expectations of leaders; perception (or reality) of lack of opportunities for women; impostor syndrome and double standards; and availability of mentTrade Review"Not only do the authors share stories and insights from female leaders around the world, but they turn these into actionable "how-tos" that every one of us can take and make our own. This book reminds educators that every one of them belongs in the leadership arena and that their ideas, their voice and their experiences matter. You will finish the book feeling inspired not only to lead, but to empower those around you to do the same." Dr. Rania Saeb, West Coast University & California State University, USA."In this insightful and honest gathering of voices, experiences, and tribulations, the authors suggest specific reflective practices to support and guide future women into leadership pathways. As a reflective experience the strategies can help women seeking leadership positions in moving forward; as a gathering space it can connect those who were interviewed to current and future leaders as a means of mentoring for success. If you are interested in these pathways, this is a book to read!"Dr. Beverly Shaklee, George Mason University, USA."What I appreciate about this book is that it acknowledges the systemic and cultural realities women face. This serves as a powerful tool in empowering women and redirecting the focus towards transforming the system, rather than placing the burden solely on women to adapt and change. By addressing these realities, the book provides a refreshing, much-needed perspective. The authors skillfully weave together the voices of inspiring leaders and the latest research, creating an inspiring and authentic connection with the reader."Ms. Kawai Lai, August Public, USA."Insightful and practical, this book engages with something for the head—a chance to reflect on evidence-based research and reframe one’s current thinking; for the heart—a focus on unique stories that will resonate and connect to a leader’s moral purpose; and for the hands—a call to action to make a positive difference in one’s self and in the lives of others. Centered on inclusive leadership, this transformational book will serve to inspire positive changes in aspiring and established school leaders alike."Ms. Sarah Plews, Sarah Plews Consultancy, USA. "With this book, Kim and Christina have created a juggernaut of a resource. Not only do these interviews validate the experiences of women everywhere aspiring to be leaders in education, but they also leverage those experiences by including relevant research to explain them. Moreover, each chapter includes pointed, sometimes provocative, prompts for even the most established leader to reflect on. This book is a call to action which will ideally result in a new generation of diverse, equitable school leadership."Ms. Adrienne Michetti, Ample Means Learning & Coaching, Canada."By allowing women leaders in education to share personal narratives in their own words, and by showcasing the experiences of women from various backgrounds, cultures, and contexts, this book establishes a sense of connection and relatability. It serves as a valuable resource for all leaders who aim to support and mentor emerging talent within their school communities, and as a roadmap for overcoming the obstacles that hinder women's progress, paving the way for a more inclusive and equitable educational landscape."Ms. Nancy Lhoest-Squicciarini, Educational Collaborative for International Schools, Luxembourg.Table of ContentsForeword Meet the Authors Acknowledgements Preface Part I: Seeing Yourself as a Leader Chapter 1: The Path to Leadership Chapter 2: Recognizing Your Potential to Lead Chapter 3; Uncovering Essential Skills for Female Leaders Chapter 4: Facing Imposter Syndrome: It Happens to Successful Leaders Too! Chapter 5: The Power of Mentorship for Women in Leadership Positions Part II: Facing the Realities of Leadership for Women Chapter 6: Double Standards for Women Leaders Chapter 7: The Old Boys' Club in School Leadership: The Elephant in the Room Chapter 8: Exploring Intersectionality for Women in Leadership Positions Chapter 9: Clarifying the Lack of Opportunity for Women in Leadership Part III: Strategies and Skills for Success Chapter 10: Seeing the Big Picture Chapter 11: Lessons Learned from Head-of-School Interviews Chapter 12: Strategies and Skills for Handling Difficult Conversations Chapter 13: How Busy Leaders Prioritize and Find Focus Chapter 14: Finding a Space of Well-Being in a Busy Leadership Role Chapter 15: Shaping a Culture of Well-Being and Leading By Example Chapter 16: Next Steps: Moving Toward Whole-School Change Appendix A Appendix B
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Social Justice through Pedagogies of
Book SynopsisSocial Justice through Pedagogies of Multiliteracies explores the ways in which pedagogies of multiliteracies can be used to promote and achieve situated forms of social justice, especially for minoritized L2 learners.This edited collection focuses on pedagogies of multiliteracies that seek to develop and strengthen L2 learner identity and agency within and outside formal educational contexts in bilingual, multilingual, multimodal, community, language, and teacher education. The volume contextualizes agency and identity around questions, ideologies, and issues related to language, gender, sex, sexuality, body, race, and ethnicity. Contributions illustrate the design and implementation of pedagogies of multiliteracies through a diverse range of modalities and settings: linguistic landscapes, graphic novels, picturebooks, photovoice, text, and imagery through instructor- and student-developed materials. The volume acknowledges, enacts, and builds upon the responsibility
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Socratic Oath for Teachers
Book SynopsisWhat makes a good teacher? In 1991, Hartmut von Hentig attempted to answer this when he first formulated a ''Socratic oath'' for the profession, and it is a question which remains relevant today. In The Socratic Oath for Teachers, Klaus Zierer revisits and reframes the concept of a teacher's oath while also addressing challenges currently facing our societal developments in recent didactic-methodological research and fresh perspectives on the goals of the teaching profession. Referencing Socrates throughout, this short think piece proposes a professional oath for teachers that at its core is fully committed to the successful education and well-being of students.Drawing upon key research and his own experiences within education, Zierer answers the following questions, establishing how a professional oath may support teachers: What is a professional oath, and what can it do? What characterises teacher professionalism? What canTable of Contents1. Why this book?; 2. What is a professional oath, and what can it do?; 3. What characterises teacher professionalism?; 4. What can be understood by 'attitudes', and why are they crucial for a professional oath?; 5. Why is Socrates suitable as a guarantor for a professional oath of teachers?; 6. Why is a renewal of the Socratic Oath necessary?; 7. To whom is a commitment necessary and what must it contain?; 8. What happens next?
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Models of Teaching
Book SynopsisThis fully updated edition of a classic text explores established approaches to teaching that are grounded in research and experience to ensure high levels of learning.Models of Teaching combines rationale and research with real-life examples and applications in the classroom, showing how teachers, professional learning communities, and school faculties can improve student attainment. The volume contains the major psychological and philosophical approaches to teaching and schooling, including thoroughly documented research on the models of teaching and their effects on student success, and offers teachers the tools to accelerate student learning. Features include: three completely new chapters covering the origins of models in teaching, explicit strategy instruction and metacognition for teaching reading comprehension, and best practices for teachers coaching other teachers, expanding instruction, and supporting school renewal; scenarios for e
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Redesigning Special Education Systems through
Book SynopsisSpecial education is facing a period of increasing conflict, which is leading to untenable jobs and an exodus from the field. This important and innovative book offers a framework that can begin to resolve many of the consequential challenges special educators, schools, and students are dealing with.Through a framing of effective leadership built through authentic collaboration, this book outlines how we might stop viewing the issues in special education as insurmountable problems, and instead see them as informative starting points from which to communicate, brainstorm, and organize operative partnerships to find solutions, change practices, and create better outcomes at the level of entire districts as well as individual schools.Redesigning Special Education Systems Through Collaborative Problem Solving is key reading for school and district leaders and administrators, special education teachers, and preservice teachers interested in becoming more productively
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Becoming a More Assertive Teacher
Book SynopsisBeing cooperative, empathetic, and accommodating are great qualities for teachers but can also lead to higher rates of frustration and eventually burnout. In this empowering new book from Brad Johnson and Jeremy Johnson, find out how becoming more assertive can help highly agreeable teachers thrive. First, take personality quizzes to find out how agreeable or assertive you are! Then the authors delve into why that matters. You'll find out how assertiveness differs from aggression and passivity and why it is a valuable tool for teachers, so you can stand up for your own needs and rights while respecting the needs and rights of others. Chapters cover establishing healthy boundaries, learning when to say no, dealing with conflicts, becoming more self-aware, leveraging your strengths, finding your voice, and more! Each chapter is filled with practical strategies and examples and ends with a toolbox feature to help you build your skills. As you learn to become more assertivTrade Review"This book is an absolute game changer for teachers. Harnessing the power of self-reflection provides teachers with a roadmap to foster an environment where students thrive. Johnson and Johnson's expert guidance empowers educators to confidently navigate the challenges of the modern teacher, making this a must-read for anyone looking to enhance their teaching skills and make a lasting impact on students' lives."—Jennifer Black, Elementary School Principal, Nevada"For teachers who want to enhance their careers, Becoming a More Assertive Teacher is a highly beneficial resource. This book offers practical guidance, tactics, and perspectives that can assist teachers in setting limits, optimizing their abilities, and increasing their influence. I strongly suggest this book to all teachers, regardless of their professional advancement."—Donna Wright, Bach.Ed, Grad.Dip Student Welfare, M. Ed, Llb,Grad.DipPLT, DFIFIP, Australian Principal of the Year 2020 "Dr. Brad Johnson and Jeremy Johnson guide teachers on a journey of how to be more assertive teachers through the power of speaking and listening. As with all great journeys, this book motivates teachers to focus on their strengths, voice, and purpose. Most importantly, it inspires teachers to believe in who they are and what they do, so they can create the most positive and successful learning spaces for students."—Colleen Duggan, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction, NY"Culture starts with communication. Communication builds trust. Conflict in a district with a healthy culture of respect is not only natural, but essential for growth. So how do teachers do that? This book is THAT communication toolkit! It supports our collective mission as educators and the challenges we face daily in our respective roles. Becoming a More Assertive Teacher is all about leaning into tough conversations, who we are, how we do it, and how we can be better. This book is a true blend of insights, stories, and actionable strategies. In an era where communication is central to fostering harmonious relationships with students, players, parents, administration, and colleagues, Johnson and Johnson masterfully present a roadmap that any professional, regardless of their vocation, can benefit from. Confidence in your capabilities to be assertive with your gifts is one short read away. If you are a teacher, you are a leader. Lead Strong! As a superintendent, this book will be in my teachers' hands because I believe in empowering them to live and lead their best life."—Jeni Neatherlin, Superintendent, Granger ISD “In a time when educators and the education profession is in crisis and in some cases under attack, it is imperative that educators engage in reflection and self-talk to assist them in finding the strength to help their students, help each other, and above all, help themselves excel in providing an exceptional education for our students. In Johnson and Johnson's Becoming a More Assertive Teacher, educators receive valuable insight on how to identify their internal response to situations and how to analyze and coach themselves to become firm in their actions with more evident self-confidence.”—Dr. Marta Carmona. Educator with an over 30-year career serving in varying roles as a Teacher, Assistant Principal, Principal, Curriculum and Instruction Auditor, Interim Superintendent, and Deputy Superintendent in small rural, mid-size, and large urban school districts in the beautiful city of El Paso, Texas."The willingness to take on our education system and its fundamental players is complex and requires courage to identify truths rarely spoken of publicly. Johnson and Johnson finally say what every teacher and administrator has known for decades. Teachers need the power and willingness to assert control over personal and classroom conditions to provide the world class education they know students need and deserve."—Paul A. Froese, B.Ed, Bsc Eng, ASET, District Rep Alberta Teachers AssociationTable of ContentsIntroduction; Personality Reflection Quizzes; Chapter 1 Understanding the Benefits and Pitfalls of High Agreeableness; Chapter 2: From Passive to Powerful: Unleashing the Potential of Assertive Teaching; Chapter 3: Finding the Strength Within: Empowering Teachers through Self-Awareness and Confidence; Chapter 4: Navigating Conflict with Confidence: Building Relationships and Resolving Issues with Assertiveness; Chapter 5: Sharing Your Voice: The Power of Assertive Communication in Education; Chapter 6: Establishing Boundaries: It’s Okay to Say No!; Chapter 7: Fostering Positively Assertive Relationships with Colleagues and Administrators; Chapter 8: Nurturing Assertiveness and Leveraging Strengths: Strategies for Working with Low Agreeableness Students; Chapter 9: Prioritizing Self Care for Lasting Success; Epilogue: Unleashing Your Greatness to Be Unstoppable
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Teaching and Time Poverty
Book SynopsisAs teacher shortages reach a global crisis point, this book explores how time poverty has become a critical factor in the working lives of teachers and school leaders. Arguing that we need to move away from framing the problem of teachers' work as simply workload, this book suggests that understanding time poverty is the first step in moving toward more manageable working lives.The book brings together international perspectives on teacher time poverty, drawing on theoretical and empirical work to underscore the growing complexity of teachers' work and how this impacts job satisfaction, stress and feeling that there is never enough time to accomplish all that needs to be done. Many policy solutions misdiagnose the problems of teachers' work, simply suggesting it is an issue of workload. The chapters investigate issues of work intensification, finding that teachers are not only working longer, but also working harder as they manage more complex classrooms and policy mandates.<
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Taylor & Francis Supporting Childrenâs Mental Health and Wellbeing
Book SynopsisThis key text recognises the importance of upskilling students and practitioners to understand childrenâs holistic needs and to develop new ways of working therapeutically that support their wellbeing and resilience.The book outlines why therapeutic approaches are necessary, considers the range of approaches that are available and the evidence behind them, and shows how these can be used to support children and families in an increasingly challenging practice landscape. Placing an emphasis on self-care, it celebrates the role of the practitioner as an inspirer of hope and architect of resilience and self-efficacy. Chapters: Provide an overview of adversity, trauma and holistic wellbeing. Include helpful case studies and practical examples, alongside reflective questions that can be used as discussion points in seminars. Take a multidisciplinary approach with contributions from specialists working directly with children and families across a range
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Taylor & Francis Social Class Status and Teacher Trade Unionism
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1988, Social Class, Status and Teacher Trade Unionism examines some of the causes underlying the growing resentment of public sector professionals, focusing on the teachers in the polytechnics and colleges of further and higher education and on their union, once the Association of Teachers in Technical Institutions. It looks in depth at the relationship between professional commitment and trade union activism, and at the limits employee status, within a bureaucratic control structure, can impose on professional self-management and control. The book provides both an important social history of the teachers and teaching in this sector and an incisive analysis of the nature and development of âprofessional trade unionsâ. This book will be of interest to students of education, sociology and history.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Storytelling and Improvisation as AntiRacist
Book SynopsisThis book theorizes and describes the concept of transformative critical whiteness pedagogies that are rooted in theories and practices of improvisation. It shows how these pedagogies invite people, especially white people, into the urgent work of resisting the ongoing production and affirmation of white supremacy.Using the frameworks of storytelling and story analysis, this book uses narrative to invite the reader into ongoing work to design and make sense of teaching and learning about whiteness that would meaningfully account for a grapple with white supremacy. Chapter 1 offers the conceptual framework rooted in theories and practices of improvisation that allow for new ways to think about engaging whiteness in anti-racist pedagogies, which the authors name transformative critical whiteness pedagogies. Chapters 24 tell and analyze the stories that emerged out of this work to design and facilitate transformative critical whiteness pedagogies with white elementary students,
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Taylor & Francis Teaching Middle School Physical Education
Book SynopsisThis resource supports Middle School Physical Education teachers in promoting healthy activity levels among their students, both in and outside the PE facilities. Its comprehensive curricular approach addresses National Physical Education standards but, unlike traditional curricula, encourages teaching sports and fitness as connected components instead of separate. This book is rooted in the progressive Sport Education model, which facilitates studentsâ personal growth with the learning of individual and team sports. Fitness programming and cooperative activities are key aspects of this program. Unique to this book is a section detailing what to do if students have not yet learned movement concepts and skills at the elementary level. Each chapter includes a list of key concepts and review questions. A rationale for the Sport Education model, lesson plans, sample assessments, and safety considerations are provided. Sample forms and documents round out the book for a seamless transition from elementary PE to the middle level. Middle School Physical Education teachers and PE administrators will find this classroom-tested curricular approach accessible and easy to implement. As your students undergo psychomotor, cognitive, and affective change throughout the middle-grade years, this book lays out a PE program that not only acknowledges, but celebrates, their development, and improves physical skills while working past any fitness weaknesses.
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Taylor & Francis Fundamentals of Early Childhood Assessment
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive, research-based textbook equips teachers with the tools they need to comprehend and document the learning progression and academic growth of young learners. An ideal text to enhance teacher preparatory standards for trainees, the book explains the teacher's role in assessment; outlines the differences between and purposes for informal and formal assessment strategies; and demonstrates how to select appropriate assessment tools aligned with the intended purpose. Designed to serve as a core text for early childhood assessment courses, with suggested instructor and class activities included at the end of each chapter, the book presents relevant research and anecdotal accounts of how effective teachers can ethically administer assessments to young children and plan learning progressions for students that enhance and promote continued learning. Moreover, the text suggests strategies to communicate the score results to colleagues, parents, and student
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Taylor & Francis Reinventing STEM in Early Childhood Education
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Taylor & Francis Exploring your Further Education Teacher Identity
Book SynopsisOffering a new approach for Further Education and vocational educators, this practical guide provides the tools and techniques necessary to trace and map professional identities, consider how these evolve and recognise continuing professional development needs.Exploring the theoretical grounding and key tools in the form of Likert scales and networks of enterprises, this practical guide is packed full of useful tips and case studies that illustrate the practical applications of the tools and the benefits of using them. With key examples drawn from FE and vocational teachers working across the sector, this book is designed to provide insight and CPD guidance for anyone grappling with two or more professional identities. In a changing professional landscape where teachers are expected to fulfill multiple roles simultaneously, this book has the power to reshape how teachers reflect on their dual or multifaceted identities.Exploring your Further Education Teacher Identity is essential reading for vocational FE teachers and their managers, trainee teachers and teacher educators who want to better understand their professional identities and feel more in control of where they position themselves.
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Taylor & Francis TechnologyEnabled Learning and Design
Book SynopsisTechnology-Enabled Learning and Design Methodologies offers a comprehensive and example-rich guide to the latest technological and methodological advancements in education. This book systematically organizes a rich variety of educational innovations into four distinct groups of teaching-learning methodologies, each with its own focus and disruptive potential: Creative methodologies, centered on student protagonism and creativity, which shift the traditional roles in the teaching-learning process, empowering students to take an active, leading role in their education and encouraging creative thinking and expression. Agile methodologies, focused on time management and adaptability, which optimize studentsâ time and attention through microlearning and other bite-sized content, activities, and assessments. Immersive methodologies, driven by simulated real-world scenarios, which blur the boundaries between
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Taylor & Francis Classroom Behavior Management for General and
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Taylor & Francis How to Teach Poetry Writing Workshops for Ages
Book SynopsisThis fully revised and extended third edition of How to Teach Poetry Writing: Workshops for Ages 8â13 is a practical and activity-based resource of writing workshops to help you teach poetry. Designed to build writing, reading, speaking and listening skills, this new edition contains a widened selection of workshops exemplifying a variety of poetry styles, both classic and contemporary.Highlighting how the unique features of poetry can be used to teach literary skills, this book: includes new workshops which introduce, or consolidate, spelling, punctuation and grammar skills; encourages debate, discussion, performance and empathy; offers a new focus on confidence building and creativity using performance, rhythm, rhyme and rap; explores the use of poetry for vocabulary enhancement; encourages reading for pleasure; provides an A to Z guide to poetry and poetry terminology plus a very extensive bibliography enabling you to keep up to date with poetry and poetry resources; represents diverse cultures; highlights cross-curricular links. Promoting creativity, achievement, mastery and enjoyment, How to Teach Poetry Writing: Workshops for Ages 8â13 provides teachers with a wealth of material and the inspiration to create a class of enthusiastic and skilled readers, writers, listeners and performers. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; A Note from the Author; Introduction: Writers’ Workshop; A to Z of Poetry; Workshop 1: - Licensed to Thrill; Workshop 2: - Monday’s Child; Workshop 3: - The Day the Zoo Escaped; Workshop 4: - Every Word Counts; Workshop 5: Fin Flapper; Workshop 6: - Waves; Workshop 7: - Further On; Workshop 8: - Space Rap; Workshop 9: - The Robin; Workshop 10: - The Poem Hunt; Workshop 11: - I am a Baggy T-Shirt; Workshop 12: - The Sound Collector; Workshop 13: - Nocturnophobia; Workshop 14: - Three; Workshop 15: - December; Workshop 16 - Hubble Bubble; Workshop 17: - The Charge of the Light Brigade; Workshop 18: - My First Day at School; Workshop 19: - Spag Alert!; Workshop 20: - Spelling It Out!; Workshop 21: - Hauntingly; Workshop 22: – Framed!; Bibliography; A to Z of Poets
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Creating Citizens
Book SynopsisEngage students in meaningful civic learning and encourage them to become active and informed citizens. With this essential book, co-published by Routledge and MiddleWeb, you will gain a variety of practical strategies for teaching civics and current events to your middle school students. Author and expert teacher Sarah Cooper takes you into her school and shares her classroom-tested methods and tools.Topics include: Fitting current events into an already-packed history curriculum Staying nonpartisan and fostering balanced discussions Helping students find their stake in the news Teaching civic literacy through primary sources, then and now Encouraging students to invest in analytical writing Fostering student ownership of our classrooms through discussion and debate Cultivating citizenship through empathy and community engagement Throughout the book, you'll find student examples, handouts, and rubrics, soTrade Review"Cooper’s insightful tour of her social studies classroom is eye-opening and reflective. I am positive that when teachers read this book, it will change the way they look at teaching social studies. They will be guiding their students in the development of a deep desire to think, challenge, seek answers, and make a difference in the world."—Linda Biondi, MiddleWeb"Sarah Cooper has narrowed the focus of her extensive understanding of social studies pedagogy to the realm of civics and current events—addressing the challenges and opportunities of social studies teachers in seamlessly weaving the present into the history curriculum. She provides practical examples and gives teachers a glimpse into her classroom, into the minds of her students and a window into her own expertise. It is an important moment in history to be a history teacher, and Cooper provides a map to guide students and teachers through this complex and fraught path, bringing forth the imperatives of action and civic duty through engagement of the mind." – Jody Passanisi, Director of Middle School, Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School, Palo Alto, CA, and Author of History Class Revisited: Tools and Projects to Engage Middle School Students in Social StudiesTable of ContentsContentsMeet the AuthorAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Why Civics, and What Does Civics Education Mean Today?Chapter 1: Fitting Current Events into an Already-Packed History CurriculumChapter 2: Staying Nonpartisan and Fostering Balanced DiscussionsChapter 3: Helping Students Find Their Stake in the NewsChapter 4: Teaching Civic Literacy Through Primary Sources, Then and NowChapter 5: Encouraging Students to Invest in Analytical WritingChapter 6: Fostering Student Ownership of Our Classrooms Through Discussion and DebateChapter 7: Cultivating Citizenship Through Empathy and Community EngagementEpilogue
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Taylor & Francis The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Language
Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of Chinese Language Teaching defines Chinese language teaching in a pedagogical, historical, and contemporary context. Throughout the volume, teaching methods are discussed, including the traditional China-based approach, and Western methods such as communicative teaching and the immersion program.The Handbook also presents a pedagogical model covering pronunciation, tones, characters, vocabulary, grammar, and the teaching of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The remaining chapters explore topics of language assessment, technology enhanced instruction, teaching materials and resources, Chinese for specific purposes, classroom implementation, social contexts of language teaching and language teaching policies, and pragmatics and culture.Ideal for scholars and researchers of Chinese language teaching, the Handbook will benefit educators and teacher training programs. This is the first comprehensive volume exploring tTable of Contents I. Overview Teaching Chinese as a first language in China: review and comparison Weixiao Wei From ‘Chinese to Foreigners’ to ‘Chinese International Education’: China’s efforts in promoting its language worldwide Chris Shei The Beginning of Chinese Professorship and Chinese Language Instruction in the United States: History and Implications Der-lin Chao Teaching Chinese as a heritage language Chang Pu II. Chinese language pedagogy Methods of teaching Chinese: evolution and emerging trends Haidan Wang Teaching Content, Developing Language in CLIL Chinese Jane Orton Creating a Task-Based Language Course in Mandarin Chinese Miao-fen Tseng Developing communicative competence in adult beginner learners of Chinese Clare Wright III. Teaching Chinese pronunciation and characters Some explicit linguistic knowledge for Chinese pronunciation teaching Bei Yang Teaching Chinese tones Hang Zhang Teaching Chinese intonation and rhythm Chunsheng Yang Teaching Chinese pronunciation: explanation, expectation, and implementation Jiang Liu Recognition of two forms of characters and teaching literary Chinese Joseph R. Allen Teaching Chinese characters: what we know and what we can do Bo Hu An analysis on models of teaching spoken Chinese as a foreign language Meiru Liu IV. Teaching Chinese words and grammar A usage-based approach to L2 grammar instruction delivered through the PACE model Hong Li and Jing Z. Paul Methods of lexical semantic inquiry in teaching advanced level vocabulary Shiao-Wei Tham Teaching Chinese adverbs Yan Li From cognitive linguistics to pedagogical grammar: On teaching the Chinese sentence-final le Liancheng Chief V. Materials and curricula Considerations in preparing pedagogical materials for adult native English-speaking learners of Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language Cornelius Kubler Intercultural Communicative Competence in CFL Language Curricula Madeline K. Spring Teaching Chinese through Authentic Audio-visual Media Materials Liling Huang and Amber Navarre Understanding tertiary Chinese language learners’ needs: A cross-curricular perspective Hui Huang Emotion, attitude and value in primary school Chinese textbooks Bo Wang, Yuanyi Ma & Isaac N. Mwinlaaru The Assessment of Chinese L2 Proficiency Paula Winke and Wenyue Melody Ma VI. Instructional media and resources Using social media to teach Chinese more effectively Ke Peng Teaching Chinese Through Film: Rationale, Practice, and Future Directions Yanhong Zhu Literature in Chinese Language Teaching Don Starr and Yunhan Hu Multimodal Pedagogy and Chinese Visual Arts in TCFL Classrooms Rugang Lu The Current Status of CALL for Chinese in the United States Zheng-Sheng Zhang Using technology to learn to speak Chinese Lijing Shi and Ursula Stickler Towards Automatic Identification of Chinese Collocation Errors Zhao-Ming Gao Business Chinese Instruction: Past, Present, and Future Fangyuan Yuan VII. Teaching context and policy Chinese Language Learning and Teaching in the UK George X Zhang and Linda M Li The Impact of Australian language policies on Chinese language teaching Shen Chen and Helena Sit Bi/Multilingual Education, Translation, and Social Mobility in Xinjiang, China Saihong Li Understanding how Chinese language education is used to promote citizenship education in China and Hong Kong TAM, Angela Choi-fung Teachers’ Bicultural Awareness in Chinese Culture Instruction Guangyan Chen and Ken Springer Crossing the river while feeling for stones: the education of a Chinese language teacher Julian K. Wheatley
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Speaking Frames How to Teach Talk for Writing
Book SynopsisNow in a new format Speaking Frames: How to Teaching Talk for Writing: Ages 8-10 brings together material from Sue Palmer's popular Speaking Frames books for years 3 and 4. Providing an innovative and effective answer to the problem of teaching speaking and listening, this book offers a range of speaking frames for children to orally fill in' developing their language patterns and creativity, and boosting their confidence in talk for learning and talk for writing. Fully updated, this book offers: material for individual, paired and group presentations links to cross-curricular Skeletons' support notes for teachers and assessment guidance advice on flexible progression and working to a child's ability suggestions for developing individual pupils'' spoken language skills. With a wealth of photocopiable sheets and creative ideas for speaking and listening, Speaking Frames: How to Teaching Talk fTable of ContentsIntroducing Speaking Frames Paired Presentations Individual Presentations Group Presentations Signpost Smorgasbord Appendix: Learning, language and literacy across the curriculum
£114.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd Relearning to Teach
Book SynopsisRelearning to Teach challenges the seemingly complex teaching profession and the various initiatives, strategies and ideas that are regularly suggested. It explores how teaching methods are used without a clear understanding of why, which leads to ineffective teaching that is believed to work but ultimately doesn't. Cutting through the clutter of conventional teacher guidance, David Fawcett tackles myths head on, sharing the latest research and explaining how this will look translated to a classroom environment.The book breaks down the complexities of teaching into manageable chunks and offers practical advice on how to take charge of your own CPD to become a more reflective and successful practitioner. Focusing on what's most relevant and helpful to build effective teaching practice and self-improvement it raises key questions such as: Is lesson planning just a box ticking exercise? Why do students remember in lessons, but forget in tests?Trade Review"Relearning to Teach is not so much a call to arms as an invitation to pull up a chair, get comfortable and have a good old natter about all things teaching and learning... If you’re looking to choose one book from the plethora of those currently being plugged in EduTwitter circles then, for its pure integrity, honesty, authenticity, wisdom and accessible style, you won’t go far wrong with this one." Rachel Rossiter, Schools WeekTable of ContentsForeword PrefaceAcknowledmgents IntroductionChapter 1: Isn’t lesson planning just a box ticking exercise?Chapter 2: Why do they seem to remember in lessons, but then forget it in the test?Chapter 3: Asking more questions is better. Isn’t it?Chapter 4: For all the time and effort, is feedback actually worth it?Chapter 5: Differentiation: Isn’t that just making 30 worksheets for my 30 students?Chapter 6: Isn’t teaching English just for English teachers?Chapter 7: Are we just doing data because we’ve been told to do data?Getting a little better at getting a little better by Chris MoyseReferencesIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Policy Entrepreneurship in Education
Book SynopsisPolicy Entrepreneurship in Education aims to build the confidence and skills of education academics in securing higher impact for their work. It offers guidance and identifies methods of capturing and measuring impact, as well as practical advice in helping academics engage policy makers and influence society with their research. Written specifically for the field of education, the book utilises domestic and international examples to illustrate those policy entrepreneurship activities which advance impact and appeal to international audiences, who are increasingly concerned with how higher education studies in education can make a difference on the ground. Combining theory and practice, the book employs a practical approach to doing policy entrepreneurship. It is a unique offering that will appeal to all who have an academic or practical interest in policy change and how to affect this. Trade Review‘This excellent book is not about entrepreneurship in the narrow sense it has been accorded in critiques of the neoliberal university. James Arthur adopts an inclusive definition of policy entrepreneurship and provides us with a wide-ranging exploration of the possibilities and problems of developing a close relationship between research and policy in education. Unlike so much fashionable rhetoric about the advent of ‘evidence-based policy’, his book recognises just how complex and complicated that relationship actually is and helps us to understand why that is the case. Yet it also offers some helpful guidance to academics who seek to be more entrepreneurial and includes some useful case studies of more and less successful attempts to link research and policy in the field of education. The book ends with a fascinating account of the author’s own attempts to negotiate that terrain.’ - Professor Geoff Whitty, Director Emeritus, UCL Institute of Education ‘I thoroughly recommend this excellent book, which not only clarifies the nature of policy entrepreneurship but offers practical lessons to others who would seek to emulate the impact created by Professor Arthur and the Jubilee Centre.’ - Lord James O’Shaughnessy, Former Director of Policy, 10 Downing Street. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Introduction 1. The Influence and Impact of Academics 2. Policy Entrepreneurship 3. What do Policy Entrepreneurs Do? 4. Case Studies of Entrepreneurship in Education 5. Bridging Research and Policy: The Case Study of the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues Conclusion References
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Policy Entrepreneurship in Education
Book SynopsisPolicy Entrepreneurship in Education aims to build the confidence and skills of education academics in securing higher impact for their work. It offers guidance and identifies methods of capturing and measuring impact, as well as practical advice in helping academics engage policy makers and influence society with their research. Written specifically for the field of education, the book utilises domestic and international examples to illustrate those policy entrepreneurship activities which advance impact and appeal to international audiences, who are increasingly concerned with how higher education studies in education can make a difference on the ground. Combining theory and practice, the book employs a practical approach to doing policy entrepreneurship. It is a unique offering that will appeal to all who have an academic or practical interest in policy change and how to affect this. Trade Review‘This excellent book is not about entrepreneurship in the narrow sense it has been accorded in critiques of the neoliberal university. James Arthur adopts an inclusive definition of policy entrepreneurship and provides us with a wide-ranging exploration of the possibilities and problems of developing a close relationship between research and policy in education. Unlike so much fashionable rhetoric about the advent of ‘evidence-based policy’, his book recognises just how complex and complicated that relationship actually is and helps us to understand why that is the case. Yet it also offers some helpful guidance to academics who seek to be more entrepreneurial and includes some useful case studies of more and less successful attempts to link research and policy in the field of education. The book ends with a fascinating account of the author’s own attempts to negotiate that terrain.’ - Professor Geoff Whitty, Director Emeritus, UCL Institute of Education ‘I thoroughly recommend this excellent book, which not only clarifies the nature of policy entrepreneurship but offers practical lessons to others who would seek to emulate the impact created by Professor Arthur and the Jubilee Centre.’ - Lord James O’Shaughnessy, Former Director of Policy, 10 Downing Street. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Introduction 1. The Influence and Impact of Academics 2. Policy Entrepreneurship 3. What do Policy Entrepreneurs Do? 4. Case Studies of Entrepreneurship in Education 5. Bridging Research and Policy: The Case Study of the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues Conclusion References
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Science Fiction Science Fact Ages 57
Book SynopsisScience Fiction, Science Fact! Ages 57 is a book for story-loving primary teachers who want to find a creative way to teach science. Contextualising science in a story that pupils know and love, the book contains a wide range of activities and investigations to help Key Stage 1 pupils engage in science learning, while also extending aspects of the English national curriculum.The book offers valuable support to busy teachers and, by ensuring science lessons are enjoyable and accessible for pupils, helps children get involved in investigations in a way that is memorable for them. Using coloured illustrations and diagrams throughout, the book contains: the relevant scientific context alongside a link to one of nine exciting children's stories; clever and unique suggestions to ''storify the science''; instructions for teachers to give to their pupils; tips on how to deliver the lesTrade ReviewIf you want to deliver superlative primary science lessons this is, without doubt, the book for you. Follow its example and you will teach children how to think. A totally spellbinding fusion of story telling and science. George McGavin, Honorary Research Associate, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, and Senior Principal Research Fellow, Imperial College, UK Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: How to Teach a Great Science Lesson Chapter 2: Dinosaur Road (carnivores, herbivores and senses) Chapter 3: Peace at Last (sound and hearing) Chapter 4: Traction Man is Here (properties of materials) Chapter 5: The Storm Whale in Winter (ice – melting and freezing) Chapter 6: The Tiny Seed (growing plants) Chapter 7: Goldilocks (healthy diet and exercise) Chapter 8: The Odd Egg (animal life cycles) Chapter 9: Pirates Love Underpants (science skills)
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Storytelling for Social Justice
Book SynopsisThrough accessible language and candid discussions, Storytelling for Social Justice explores the stories we tell ourselves and each other about race and racism in our society. Making sense of the racial constructions expressed through the language and images we encounter every day, this book provides strategies for developing a more critical understanding of how racism operates culturally and institutionally in our society. Using the arts in general, and storytelling in particular, the book examines ways to teach and learn about race by creating counter-storytelling communities that can promote more critical and thoughtful dialogue about racism and the remedies necessary to dismantle it in our institutions and interactions. Illustrated throughout with examples drawn from contemporary movements for change, high school and college classrooms, community building and professional development programs, the book provides tools for examining racism as well as other issues of social Trade ReviewPraise for the First Edition:"Due to its accessibility and adaptability, Storytelling for Social Justice has the potential to alter educational practice and research. In their efforts to create equitable classrooms and curricula, pre- and in-service teachers may reflect upon Bell’s discussions of counter-stories to understand how stories uphold or challenge power relations in their lives and the lives of their students. Newcomers to CRT and social justice would applaud Bell’s ability to make the theories more accessible."--Teachers College Record"Storytelling for Social Justice is a gift to educators, activists, writers and those of us caught in the muck of a profoundly racist society that preaches color-blindness. A wise and experienced storyteller, Lee Anne Bell invites us to speak, write and act with courage, offering stories of hope and a pedagogy for justice."--Michelle Fine, Distinguished Professor of Social Psychology, Women’s Studies, and Urban Education, The Graduate Center, CUNY"This important book provides a theoretical framework and a practical guide for unmasking contentious and uncomfortable discussions of race and class privilege. Using brilliant analysis of storytelling, Lee Anne Bell helps us understand the complex interactions of students’ ethnicity and culture and teachers’ beliefs and attitudes. This is a must read for teachers, teacher educators, and policy makers interested in equity and school reform."--Jacqueline Jordan Irvine, Candler Professor Emerita, Emory UniversityPraise for the First Edition:"Due to its accessibility and adaptability, Storytelling for Social Justice has the potential to alter educational practice and research. In their efforts to create equitable classrooms and curricula, pre-and in-service teachers may reflect upon Bell’s discussions of counter-stories to understand how stories uphold or challenge power relations in their lives and the lives of their students. Newcomers to CRT and social justice would applaud Bell’s ability to make the theories more accessible."--Teachers College Record"Storytelling for Social Justice is a gift to educators, activists, writers and those of us caught in the muck of a profoundly racist society that preaches color-blindness. A wise and experienced storyteller, Lee Anne Bell invites us to speak, write and act with courage, offering stories of hope and a pedagogy for justice."--Michelle Fine, Distinguished Professor of Social Psychology, Women’s Studies, and Urban Education, The Graduate Center, CUNY"This important book provides a theoretical framework and a practical guide for unmasking contentious and uncomfortable discussions of race and class privilege. Using brilliant analysis of storytelling, Lee Anne Bell helps us understand the complex interactions of students’ ethnicity and culture and teachers’ beliefs and attitudes. This is a must read for teachers, teacher educators, and policy makers interested in equity and school reform."--Jacqueline Jordan Irvine, Candler Professor Emerita, Emory UniversityTable of Contents1. Critical Teaching/Learning About Racism Through Story and the Arts: Introducing the Storytelling; 2. Stock Stories: Reproducing Racism and White Advantage; Essay #1: "Resisting Stock Stories and Learning to Teach Courageously", Lauren Anderson; 3. Concealed Stories: Reclaiming Subjugated Memory and Knowledge; Essay #2: "Unpacking History Through Place Based Learning: Concealed Stories of Asian American Resistance" , Kayhan Irani; Essay #3: "Toward Love, Liberation and Abolishing the Single Story", Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz; 4. Resistance Stories: Drawing on Antiracism Legacies to Map the Future; Essay #4: "Community Storytelling for Racial Reconciliation: Telling the Hard Stories That Can Lead to Change" , Susan M. Glisson; 5. Emerging/Transforming Stories: Challenging Racism in Everyday Life; Essay #5: "Reading the World in and Beyond the Classroom" , Vanessa D’Egidio; Essay #6: "Critical Literacy: Imagining Other Ways of Being", Maria Rivera Maulucci; 6. Cultivating a Counter-Storytelling Community: The Storytelling Model in Action; Essay #7: "The Classroom is N: A Structured Approach for Cultivating a Counter-Storytelling Community", John Madura; Essay #8: "Storytelling Gives the School Soul: Creating Counter-Storytelling Community"
£35.14
Taylor & Francis Ltd The Big Book of Primary Club Resources Creative
Book SynopsisThese days, running a club is an accepted part of the teacher''s remit, adding additional pressure to an already substantial workload. The Big Book of Primary Club Resources: Creative Arts aims to ease that burden, providing a simple and clear week-by-week plan for creative arts focused clubs.Each chapter aims to explore the creative arts in a context that complements classroom practice without specifically following the National Curriculum. Containing two years'' worth of club sessions, this book is a quick, accessible and easy-to-use guide which provides clear and creative ideas, all of which are easy to resource, set up and run. A myriad of art forms is covered, including: Textiles Collage Photography Artist and illustration study Sculpture Abstract and 3D art All activities are adapted for three age groups (47 years; 79 years and 911 years) and achieve highly satisfying outcomes for puTable of Contents Illustration 2. Collage 3. Recycled Arts 4. Abstract Art 5. Art 6. Textiles 7. Artist Study 8. Printing 9. Photography 10. Self Portraits 11. Sculpture 12. Nature Art
£24.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd Professional Education 1983
Book SynopsisPublished in 1983. The concept of education has generally been assumed to relate to childhood and it is only with more recent developments in the field of adult learning that it has been recognised that education can take place at any stage in life.One of the main intentions of this book is to examine the concept of education from the perspective of the education of people in a wide variety of professions. It is suggested that education be defined as any planned series of incidents, having a humanistic basis directed towards the participants' learning and understanding. The aims, curricula and methods of appraisal of professional education in the light of this definition are then considered. Although dealing with professional forms of learning for the most part, this book should be of interest to all educators, trainers and administrators responsible for the implementation of educational policies and programmes in higher, further and continuing education.Table of Contents1. The Changing Concept of Education: Theory and Practice. 2. The Professions. 3. The Aims of Professional Education. 4. Criteria for the Selection of Curriculum Content in Professional Education. 5. Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes. 6. Educational Processes. 7. Appraisal in Professional Education. 8. Teachers and Teaching in the Education of Professionals. 9. Confronting some Ethical Issues.
£29.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd Getting Ready to Learn
Book SynopsisGetting Ready to Learn describes how educational media have and are continuing to play a role in meeting the learning needs of children, parents, and teachers. Based on years of meaningful data from the CPB-PBS Ready To Learn Initiative, chapters explore how to develop engaging, playful, and developmentally appropriate content. From Emmy-Award-winning series to randomized controlled trials, this book covers the media production, scholarly research and technological advances surrounding some of the country's most beloved programming.Trade ReviewFeaturing a Foreword by Dr. Alice Wilder and Sir Ken Robinson"Combining in-depth research analysis and practical case analysis, the collected authors in Shelley Pasnik’s book present a hopeful vision of how technology and media can support children’s learning. It models a kind of intentional, thoughtful, and creative approach that gives positive meaning to media and technology much needed in the often noisy world of mindless consumption."—Junlei Li, Fred Rogers Center/Zaentz Early Childhood, Harvard University, USA"At last! A comprehensive and highly readable account of the CPB/PBS Ready to Learn initiative, which has fundamentally transformed children’s television programming. This is the first and only volume that puts all the accumulated research together, and will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in educational media. It will prove once and for all that high quality programming can be a valuable resource for children’s social-emotional learning and cognitive development."—Susan B. Neuman, Professor of Childhood and Literacy Education, New York University, USA"In this well-researched collection, Pasnik and her colleagues distinguish what makes the Ready To Learn initiative so unique, how it’s made a positive difference in the lives of many families, and why it is an excellent public investment. Getting Ready to Learn makes an extremely strong case for why and how thoughtful, intentionally produced media can make a big difference in the lives of young children, especially children who are most in need of additional support and resources."—Michael Robb, Senior Director of Research, Common Sense Media, USA"This book brings together scholarly articles from a wide range of contributors who each bring their own expertise to bear, bringing us a truly authoritative book. Educational media has a significant and seemingly ever-increasing role to play in meeting the learning needs of children, parents, and teachers. This book draws on years of meaningful data from the CPB-PBS Ready To Learn Initiative, with chapters exploring how to develop engaging, playful, and developmentally appropriate content. From Emmy-Award-winning series to randomised controlled trials, this book covers the media production, scholarly research and technological advances surrounding some of the US's most beloved programming."— Sarah Brew, Parents in TouchTable of ContentsForeword by Dr. Alice Wilder and Sir Ken Robinson 1. Ready To Learn and Public Media: Improving Early Learning Outcomes for America’s Children David Lowenstein, Pamela Johnson, and Michael Fragale 2. From Mission to Screens: The PBS KIDS Approach to Content Sara DeWitt and Linda Simensky 3. Using Media to Foster Parent Engagement Megan Silander and Elisa Garcia 4. Building Learning Pathways and Community for Early Childhood Educators Lori Brittain, Jean Crawford, Sara Shapiro, Jeanne R. Paratore, Alejandra Salinas, Lisa O’Brien, and Sarah Blodgett 5. When Creativity + Collaboration = Success: The Making of "Peg + Cat" Kim Berglund 6. Children’s Mathematical Thinking and Learning: The Importance of Study Design and Aligned Assessments in Promoting and Capturing Learning Deborah Rosenfeld and Daisy Rutstein 7. What Early Childhood Educators Need in Order To Use Digital Media Effectively Phil Vahey, Regan Vidiksis, and Jaime Gutierrez 8. Curation and Mediation: Essential Ingredients When Supporting Children’s Learning Savitha Moorthy and Ximena Domiìnguez 9. Preschoolers Learn To Think and Act Like Scientists with "The Cat in the Hat" Sara S. Sweetman, Lawrence S. Mirkin, Anne E. Lund, and Shannon K. Bishop 10. Science Takes Center Stage: Design Principles To Support Young Children’s Science Learning with Media Marion Goldstein, Claire Christensen, Sarah Gerard, and Megan Silander 11. Permission to Speak: How Educational Media Can Start and Extend Dialogue for Kids and Adults Naomi Hupert and Alexandra Adair 12. Informational Text Adventures with "Molly of Denali" Nell K. Duke, Carol Greenwald, and Anne E. Lund 13. Building Community Partnerships to Support Family Learning Aaron Morris, Devon Steven, and Kea Anderson 14. How Ready To Learn Is Bringing Inclusive Design to PBS KIDS Jennifer Rodriguez and Michael Conn-Powers 15. Adaptive and Personalized Educational Games for Young Children: A Case Study Jennifer Rodriguez, Dylan Arena, and Jeremy D. Roberts 16. Innovations in Evidence and Analysis: The PBS KIDS Learning Analytics Platform and the Research It Supports Jeremy D. Roberts, Charles B. Parks, Gregory K. W. K. Chung, Elizabeth J. K. H. Redman, Katerina Schenke, and Cosimo Felline
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Moral Thought in Educational Practice
Book SynopsisThis book demonstrates how pervasive moral thought can be in educational thought and practice. By analyzing research on the moral and intellectual qualities in curriculum, as well as the integration of personhood and citizenship development in classroom work, this book demonstrates the primacy of the moral in various educational settings. With an additional emphasis on morality as it pertains to teaching as a vocation, Moral Thought in Educational Practice examines the objectives of teacher education and offers an account of moral purposes within the knowledge base for teaching. Table of ContentsPart I: The Moral Framework of Educational Thought and Practice 1. The Primacy of Moral Thought in Educational Practice. 2. Public Knowledge and its Virtues. 3. Personal Knowledge and Its Virtues. Part II: Teaching and Educational Purposes 4. Educational Purpose and Models of Teaching. 5. Dispositions and Character: The Model of the Teacher as Moral Professional. 6. Freedom and Authority in Teaching. Part III: Moral Matters in Education Policy: Parents and Bringing Up Children 7. Parents and Choice of School. 8. Partnerships and Institutions 9. How Should We Bring up our Children?
£128.25
Taylor & Francis Ltd Debates in English Teaching
Book SynopsisDebates in English Teaching explores the major issues all English teachers encounter daily in their professional lives. Written by leading experts in the field, the chapters bring together theoretical knowledge and contemporary perspectives to offer fresh insight into the most salient debates in the field of English teaching.The book supports critical reflection and will help both novice and experienced teachers to reach informed judgements and argue their point of view with deeper theoretical knowledge and understanding. This second edition has been fully updated throughout and features four new chapters. Key debates covered include: Literacy and social class English and difference Digital literacy English and mental wellbeing Reading for pleasure The literary canon The importance of the media and new technologies Trade Review"It brings critical light to bear on the current state of play in the subject...The challenge for the next phase of English as a national and international subject is to continue to argue for its place, not only in the curriculum but in its relevance to everyday life, sensibility and culture. This book does so, with commitment, clarity and power." –Richard Andrews, Professor of Education, University of Edinburgh and Visiting Professor in English Education, University of East AngliaTable of ContentsList of illustrationsNotes on contributorsAcknowledgementsForewordRichard AndrewsPrefaceGabrielle Cliff-HodgesIntroductionJon Davison and Caroline Davy1. Literacy and Social ClassJon Davison2. English and DifferenceJohn Yandell3. Unable to Go it Alone: re-stating the case for a strengthened English/Media relationshipAndrew Burn and Steve Connolly4. Reading and Writing Media Texts: critical digital literacy in the makingJohn Potter 5. Literacy and Mental WellbeingAnne Teravainen-Goff and Christina Clark 6. Creativity in English Learning and Teaching Sue Dymoke7. Reading for Pleasure: challenges and opportunitiesTeresa Cremin8. Wheeling out the Big Guns: the literary canon in the English classroomJane Coles9. Living Language, Live Debates: grammar and standard EnglishDebra Myhill10. Embedding a Dialogic Pedagogy in the Teaching of EnglishFrank Hardman11. Teacher Research in English Classrooms: questions that are worth asking?Caroline Daly and Lisa TaylorBibliographyIndex
£28.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd The Student Motivation Handbook
Book SynopsisEven with the highest-quality content, students who don't have an intrinsic motivation to learn may never perform to their full potential. So how can we create the classroom conditions where that motivation can flourish? Renowned educator Larry Ferlazzo has the answers in this comprehensive new resource.Designed as a practical handbook you can easily refer to again and again for ideas, the book offers 50 teaching practices divided into four main sections: autonomy, competency, relatedness, and relevance. Throughout, there are tip boxes with links to resources for additional support, as well as lists of questions you can ask yourself to ensure you're implementing the strategies in a culturally responsive way.With this book as your compass, you'll be able to create the conditions for students to find their inner motivation, be their true selves, and thrive in school and beyond.Table of ContentsQuick Guide to the 50 Strategies. Support Material. Meet the Author. Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Motivation in the Classroom 2. What is "Autonomy" And Why Is It Important? 3. What is "Competence" And Why Is It Important? 4. What is "Relatedness" And Why Is It Important? 5. What is "Relevance" And Why Is It Important? Afterword
£24.51
Taylor & Francis Ltd Thriving as a Professional Teacher
Book SynopsisThriving as a Professional Teacher explores the tensions and balance between developing the classroom you know will be best for the children you teach, and facing external pressures such as Ofsted, performance management, Teacher Standards and the need to prepare children for SATs and other tests. The book locates the professional in the political context before outlining the key challenges faced and experienced, and laying the foundations necessary for the professional to thrive. An expert team of contributors analyses the differences between professionalism and ''professionalisation'', and emphasises the importance of promoting a collaborative, sharing culture to give you the knowledge needed to challenge and contest competing agendas. Topics covered include: understanding the impact of policy upon teachers and the teaching profession; developing a professional identity as a teacher; building resilience and a sense of wellbeing as a teTable of ContentsIntroduction Ian Luke, Jan Gourd Section 1: Locating the Professional in the Political Context Chapter 1. Policy, Professionals and Professionalism Ian Luke, Tanya Ovenden-Hope, Alison Milner Chapter 2. Principled Professionalism Suzanne Hope Chapter 3. Developing a Professional Identity as a Teacher Sally Eales, Anne Bradley Section 2: Challenges Facing the Professional Chapter 4. The Global Professional - Educational Futures in the Making? Sue Wayman Chapter 5. Hidden childhoods: the unseen challenges facing professionals in schools today Sean McBlain Chapter 6. Creativity and purpose in the curriculum Gill Golder Section 3: Laying the Foundations for the Thriving Professional Chapter 7. Resilience and wellbeing in childhood; education and therapy Hazel Bending Chapter 8: Safeguarding: Rights and Relationships Chris Simpson Chapter 9: Using Critical Reflective Practice to develope and thrive as a teacher Jan Gourd, Mark Andrew Dearden
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Teachers Leading Educational Reform
Teachers Leading Educational Reform explores the ways in which teachers across the world are currently working together in professional learning communities (PLCs) to generate meaningful change and innovation in order to transform pedagogy and practice. By discussing how teachers can work collectively and collaboratively on the issues of learning and teaching that matter to them, it argues that through collective action and collaborative agency, teachers are leading educational reform.By offering contemporary examples and perspectives on the practice, impact and sustainability of PLCs, this book takes a global, comparative view showing categorically that those educational systems that are performing well, and seek to perform well, are using PLCs as the infrastructure to support teacher-led improvement.Split into three sections that look at the macro, meso and micro aspects of how far professional collaboration is building the capacity and
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Developing Feedback for Pupil Learning
Book SynopsisFeedback is often considered to be one of the pivotal enablers of formative assessment. This key topic has received considerable attention within research literature and has been studied by a number of leading experts in the field. This book is positioned at the heart of these debates and offers a specific contribution to exploring' and exploiting' the learning gap which feedback seeks to shift.Developing Feedback for Pupil Learning seeks to synthesise what we know about feedback and learning into more in-depth understandings of what influences both the structure of and changes to the learning gap. This research-informed but accessibly written enquiry is at the very heart of teaching, learning and assessment. It offers a timely contribution to understanding what works (and what doesn't) for whom and why. Split into three main parts, it covers: Feedback for learning in theory, policy and practice; Conceptualising the learning gap'; Table of Contents Introduction Part 1: Feedback for learning in theory, policy and practice 1. Framing learning in national and international assessment policy contexts 2. The relationship between teaching, learning and assessment 3.What do we know about feedback? Part 2: Conceptualising the ‘learning gap’ 4. Conceptualising the Learning gap: a deterministic approach 5. Conceptualising the learning gap: a relational approach 6. Conceptualising the learning gap – an individualistic approach 7. Revealing pupils’ learning gap in numeracy and literacy with pupils who struggle to succeed: a case study Part 3: New futures for feedback 8. New ways forwards in conceptually shaping feedback for learning 9. Conclusions Bibliography Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Elephant in the Staffroom
Book SynopsisThe Elephant in the Staffroom is the survival guide that every busy teacher needs for practical advice on teacher wellbeing. Written in an informal, conversational style, the book is divided into 40 bite-size chunks, covering a range of essential topics from understanding and avoiding burnout, to successful working patterns, and even surviving the school holidays! Complemented by a host of top tips, the book focuses on five key themes: the psychology of the teacher teacher identity emotional and physical energy keeping focused and investing in yourself colleagues, students and inspection Chapters are designed to be easily dipped in and out of, with each exploring the unique nature of the teaching profession and how to cope with, and conquer, a variety of stress triggers and psychological aspects of teaching elephants' in the staffroom to survive and succeedTrade Review"The book is not a manual full of silver-bullet lesson plans and teaching tips promising professional nirvana. Instead, it is a sensible and sane book that reaches out to the person behind the professional persona and, I suspect, is all the more useful for it." - Alan Thomson, inTuitionTable of Contents1. 3 things to remember when you forget everything else 2. You are not alone – some statistics and context 3. Workload and Stress Part 1: The mind of the teacher 4. Psychology of teachers – knowing the traps 5. Guilt 6. Anxiety & Fear 7. Anger and Frustration 8. Depression and hitting rock bottom Part 2: Identity 9. Teacher as persons – the philosophical bit 10. Teacher as persons – the practical bit 11. Understanding your purpose 12. Vision and Values 13. Identity Theft – I am not just a teacher 14. Boundaries – Knowing your limits 15. The Myth of Work-Life balance 16. Professionalism, Perfectionism and Presenteeism 17. Confidence Part 3: Energy 18. Energy: the magic ingredient 19. Energy: Emotional Intelligence and Burnout 20. Positive 21. Shabbat – the importance of rest 22. Let’s do lunch 23. Surviving holidays – withdrawal symptoms 24. Tides, treasure and nudity – managing change 25. Just say ‘No’ 26. Voice – looking after your no 1 tool Part 4: Focus 27. Distractions – keeping the main thing the main thing 28. Eyes on the ball not on the scoreboard 29. Mindset - compliance vs engagement 30. Keeping Growing – Invest in Yourself 31. Teaching as a Long game 32. Surviving the Year 33. Surviving the week 34. Surviving the day Part 5: The others 35. Meet the team – your students 36. Meet the Crew – a beginner’s guide to the staffroom 37. Meet the Bosses – how to manage upwards 38. Meet the Experts – handling the critics with care 39. An inspector calls – Ofsted and observation 40. And Finally: Top Ten tips
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Grammar to Get Things Done
Book SynopsisCO-PUBLISHED BY ROUTLEDGE AND THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISHGrammar to Get Things Done offers a fresh lens on grammar and grammar instruction, designed for middle and secondary pre-service and in-service English teachers. It shows how form, function, and use can help teachers move away from decontextualized grammar instruction (such as worksheets and exercises emphasizing rule-following and memorizing conventional definitions) and begin considering grammar in applied contexts of everyday use. Modules (organized by units) succinctly explain common grammatical concepts. These modules help English teachers gain confidence in their own understanding while positioning grammar instruction as an opportunity to discuss, analyze, and produce language for real purposes in the world. An important feature of the text is attention to both the history of and current attitudes about grammar through a sociocultural lenTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter One: IntroductionDefining GrammarGrammarUsageMechanicsA Very Short History of Grammar and Usage in the English LanguageA Very Short History of Modern Grammar InstructionApproaches to Grammar: Prescriptive, Descriptive, and RhetoricalPrescriptive and Descriptive GrammarsRhetorical GrammarHow We Address Grammar(s) in This BookWhy Definitions?Form, Function, and UseParts of Speech or Lexical Categories?The Goal For All: Metalinguistic AwarenessReferencesChapter Two: Grammar and PowerWhat is Standard English?Moralizing LanguageGrammar(s) and Power, Society, and IdentityPowerSocietyIdentityCritical Awareness and Grammar InstructionFurther ReadingReferencesChapter Three: Teaching Grammar IntentionallyGrammar as an Integrated Element of Broader DesignAuthority, Control, and Punishment (Sample Integrated Unit #1)Specific Grammar Concepts for This UnitPassive (and Active) VoiceSentence Modifiers: Absolute PhrasesWhat Counts as Intelligence (Sample Integrated Unit #2)Specific Grammar Concepts for This Unit"To Be" Verbs and Sentence FormsComplex Sentence StructuresHow to Plan for Specific Grammar IntegrationCorrection and Grammar Instruction: Using Student Work DiagnosticallyGeneral Issues and What They MeanPassage- and Paragraph-Level Patterns and What They MeanChoppyAwkward or DisorganizedVague or UnderdevelopedContext UnclearRedundantWordySentence-Level Patterns and What They MeanRun-Ons, Splices, and FragmentsAgreement IssuesWord ChoicePunctuation IssuesConclusionReferencesChapter Four: Grammatical ConceptsIntroduction: What It Is, and What It Ain'tStructure of Chapter FourLimitations of Chapter FourUnit One: Sentences and Sentence TypesThe SentenceOverviewForm and FunctionTypical Form ExercisesFocusing on Use: How Sentences are Useful in Actual CommunicationExperimenting with the SentenceScenario 1: Food FightScenario 2: Gotta Get That MoneyScenario 3: Different Kinds of BossesNon-Sentences and Their UsesOverviewFormFragments and FunctionSingle WordsPhrases and Other PhenomenaClausesFragments in UseRun-ons and FunctionRun-ons in UseTypical Form ExercisesFocusing on Use: How Non-Sentences are Useful in Actual CommunicationExperimenting with Fragments and Run-OnsScenario 1: Ghost StoriesScenario 2: Thirty Seconds of Face TimeScenario 3: Advertising Your TownScenario 4: Remixing the Mocking Run-OnSimple SentencesOverviewFormFunctionTypical Form ExercisesFocusing on Use: How Simple Sentences are Useful in Actual CommunicationExperimenting with Simple SentencesScenario 1: TestifyScenario 2: Honest and DirectScenario 3: A Real ApologyScenario 4: Ending a RelationshipCompound Sentences and ConjunctionsOverviewFormFunctionYet, For, and NorTypical Form ExercisesFocusing on Use: How Compound Sentences are Useful in Actual CommunicationExperimenting with Compound SentencesScenario 1: Justice For AllScenario 2: Science Fiction Point-CounterpointScenario 3: Making a DealScenario 4: The Ironic "Yet"Scenario 5: The Memorable Well-Balanced LineScenario 6: The Dramatic Reason or ConsequenceComplex SentencesOverviewFormFunctionTypical Form ExercisesFocusing on Use: How Complex Sentences are Useful in Actual CommunicationExperimenting with Complex SentencesScenario 1: Friday Night PlansScenario 2: Carlee’s ConcoctionsScenario 3: Spirit FridayScenario 4a: Storybook SummarizerScenario 4b: Album BlurbsCompound-Complex SentencesOverviewFormFunctionTypical Form ExercisesFocusing on Use: How Compound-Complex Sentences are Useful in Actual CommunicationExperimenting with Compound-Complex SentencesScenario 1: Junk Food in SchoolScenario 2: Whiffleball GuidelinesScenario 3: Youth Court JudgeScenario 4: Who’s the WinnerActive and Passive VoiceOverviewFormVerb FormFunctionTypical Form ExercisesFocusing on Use: How Active Voice is Useful in Actual CommunicationFocusing on Use: How Passive Voice is Useful in Actual CommunicationAvoiding blame or guiltEmphasizing a different subject for a particular reasonNews reportingDistancing the doer intentionally for political reasonsExperimenting with Passive VoiceScenario 1: Grandpa’s (Formerly) Fine RideScenario 2: Party Post-MortemScenario 3: Fixing HeadlinesScenario 4: Apology or Non-Apology?Unit Two: ClausesDependent ClausesOverviewFormFunctionAdverbial ClausesDependent Clause RelationshipsPunctuating Adverbial ClausesAdjectival ClausesPunctuating Adjectival ClausesNominal ClausesSubjectsObjects of the Preposition**A Quick Refresher: Definitions of Direct Objects and Subject Complements**Subject ComplementsDirect ObjectsTypical Form ExercisesFocusing on Use: How Dependent Clauses are Useful in Actual CommunicationExperimenting with Dependent ClausesSpecific Function: ConcessionScenario 1a: Lucas Needs HelpScenario 1b: Pleading For LeniencySpecific Function: ContrastScenario 2a: You’re Wearing That?!Scenario 2b: Adopting a RoleSpecific Function: ReasonScenario 3: Let’s Make a DealSpecific Function: ConditionScenario 4: No More BankrollingUnit Three: PhrasesAppositive PhrasesOverviewForm and FunctionPunctuation and AppositivesTypical Form ExercisesFocusing on Use: How Appositive Phrases are Useful in Actual CommunicationExperimenting with Appositive PhrasesScenario 1: Exposing the TruthScenario 2: Condensing the DetailsScenario 3: Piling on the DescriptionParticipial PhrasesOverviewFormFunctionPunctuation and Participial PhrasesTypical Form ExercisesFocusing on Use: How Participials are Useful in Actual CommunicationImplicationSpecificityCausationExperimenting with Participial PhrasesScenario 1: Game DesignerScenario 2: Stage DirectorScenario 3: The Impact of ExperienceScenario 4a: Helping People Make the Connection, Part 1Scenario 4b: Helping People Make the Connection, Part 2Absolute PhrasesOverviewFormWhat to RememberFunctionExplaining a Cause or ConditionAdding Detail or a Focal PointTypical Form ExercisesFocusing on Use: How Absolute Phrases are Useful in Actual CommunicationExperimenting with Absolute PhrasesScenario 1: Game DesignerScenario 2: Encounter with Fame (A Celebrity, Politician, or Athlete)Scenario 3: Moment of GrowthGerundsOverviewFormFunctionTypical Form ExercisesFocusing on Use: How Gerunds are Useful in Actual CommunicationExperimenting with GerundsScenario 1: Xtreme AdventuresScenario 2: Viral Meme CreationScenario 3: Helping the NoobsInfinitivesOverviewFormDangling InfinitivesFunctionInfinitives as AdjectivesInfinitives as AdverbsInfinitives as NounsTypical Form ExercisesFocusing on Use: How Infinitives are Useful in Actual CommunicationExperimenting with InfinitivesScenario 1: Sometimes Tentative is GoodScenario 2: The Villain’s SpeechScenario 3: The Artist InsidePrepositionsOverviewFormThe Prepositional PhraseCommon PrepositionsFunctionAdverbially and AdjectivallyPrepositions or Subordinating Conjunctions?Never End a Sentence With a Preposition…Typical Form ExercisesFocusing on Use: How Prepositions are Useful in Actual CommunicationExperimenting with PrepositionsScenario 1a: The Secret PartyScenario 1b: The Virtual Reality ChallengeScenario 2: How to Respond?Scenario 3: The Suggestive TitleUnit Four: Lexical CategoriesNounsOverviewFormFunctionSubjectsObjects of the PrepositionDirect ObjectsIndirect ObjectsObject ComplementsSubject ComplementsTypical Form ExercisesFocusing on Use: How Nouns are Useful in Actual CommunicationNominalizationNoun VersatilityAdjectives Acting as NounsVerbs Acting as NounsExperimenting with NounsScenario 1: Titles That PopScenario 2: The Power of SummaryScenario 3: A Primer for BeginnersAction VerbsOverviewForm and FunctionTypical Form ExercisesFocusing on Use: How Action Verbs are Useful in Actual CommunicationVerbs for Precision and ConnotationAtypical Verbs and Their PossibilitiesProper Nouns Used as VerbsExperimenting with Action VerbsScenario 1: Communicating the IntangiblesScenario 2: Degrees of Exaggeration and UnderstatementScenario 3: Meme HuntingScenario 4: Energetic Film TitlesScenario 5a: Sports WritingScenario 5b: Reporting on a Sporting EventScenario 5c: Researching Sports Reporting LanguageOther VerbsOverviewFormActive Verbs: Transitive and IntransitiveTransitive Verbs and Direct ObjectsTransitive Verbs and Indirect ObjectsIntransitive VerbsLinking VerbsModals (one type of Helping Verb)FunctionTypical Form ExercisesFocusing on Use: How Verbs are Useful in Actual CommunicationExperimenting with Other VerbsScenario 1: Remixing SlogansScenario 2: Careful with AdviceScenario 3: Softening the CriticismAdjectivesOverviewFormComparative and Superlative Forms of Adjectives (Gradable Adjectives)Funner, or More Fun?FunctionSubject ComplementsObject ComplementsTypical Form ExercisesFocusing on Use: How Adjectives are Useful in Actual CommunicationMoving from Adjectives to Participles (Academic Language)Converting Adjectives to Action VerbsGetting More PreciseProper Nouns as AdjectivesExperimenting with AdjectivesScenario 1: Wild WaterScenario 2: Family StyleScenario 3: Saucy BusinessAdverbsOverviewForm and FunctionAdverbs of MannerAdverbs of PlaceAdverbs of FrequencyAdverbs of TimeAdverbs of PurposeAdverbs of ConditionModifying More Than VerbsTypical Form ExercisesFocusing on Use: How Adverbs are Useful in Actual CommunicationExperimenting with AdverbsScenario 1: Science Lab with ChetScenario 2: Refining Your Career InterestsScenario 3: Kebe is So MysteriousScenario 4: It’s OverPronounsOverviewFormPersonal PronounsIts and It’s, Me and IDemonstrative PronounsReciprocal PronounsInterrogative PronounsIndefinite PronounsReflexive PronounsRelative PronounsThe Trouble with WhomFunctionTypical Form ExercisesFocusing on Use: How Pronouns are Useful in Actual CommunicationRepetition, Tone, and VoiceDeterminersExperimenting with PronounsScenario 1: Bringing the People TogetherScenario 2: Updating the CreedScenario 3: Shaping the SceneUnit Five: PunctuationColonsOverviewForm and FunctionColon Function #1Colon Function #2Typical Form ExercisesFocusing on Use: How Colons are Useful in Actual CommunicationExperimenting with ColonsScenario 1: The Power of ListsScenario 2: Defining a TermScenario 3: The Final ReasonSemicolonsOverviewForm and FunctionSemicolon Function #1Semicolon Function #2Semicolon Function #3Typical Form ExercisesFocusing on Use: How Semicolons are Useful in Actual CommunicationExperimenting with SemicolonsScenario 1: Deep Dive Into DetailScenario 2: Defending Your HonorScenario 3: Elaborating on an IdeaScenario 4: Analyzing Political PosturingDashesOverviewFormDashes and ParenthesesDashes and DialogueDashes vs HyphensFunctionTypical Form ExercisesFocusing on Use: How Dashes are Useful in Actual CommunicationExperimenting with DashesScenario 1: Recreating the MomentScenario 2: It’s All in the DetailsScenario 3: Defending DonnieHyphensOverviewFormFunctionModifying NounsConnecting NumbersDescribing AgeJoining Words to Create a New ConceptAdding AffixesHyphen CaveatsTypical Form ExercisesFocusing on Use: How Hyphens are Useful in Actual CommunicationExperimenting with HyphensScenario 1: Harry Hates HyphensScenario 2: Destroying Some StereotypesScenario 3: Gaming LingoCommasOverviewForm and FunctionSpecific Comma FunctionsReferencesAppendixInnate UnderstandingsSuffixesGrammar RantsLanguage and PowerLanguage and Society/Language and IdentityGrammar(s) of Their WorldsOpen and Closed Word ClassesAnalyzing Grammar in ChunksPunctuationMore Thematic UnitsReferences
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Nurturing Young Thinkers Across the Standards
Book SynopsisNurturing Young Thinkers Across the Standards: K2 provides multiple practical resources to assist teachers in working with standards across subject areas in ways that bring critical thinking into the everyday process of learning content and skills. The authors provide suggestions for engaging and sustaining children's interest and illustrate the use of teaching language that actively nurtures the habits of lifelong learning. The book is rich with opportunities for developing tools for design, implementation, and assessment of vibrant integrated curricula for K2 students that support the development of cognitive skills and increase confidence in their abilities to think and learn.Table of ContentsChapter 1: The Standards: A Vehicle to Actively Engage Young LearnersChapter 2: Key Learning Processes Standards and How we TeachChapter 3: Nurturing Learning Through Authentic InteractionsChapter 4: AssessmentChapter 5: Embedding Process into Instructional Plan Targeting Content: Grade PreK-KChapter 6: Embedding Process into Instructional Plan Targeting Content: Grade 1-2Chapter 7: The Challenges Ahead
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Taylor & Francis Ltd History 511
Book SynopsisNow in its third edition, History 5-11 aims to make teaching about the past exciting and stimulating for both teachers and children. Focusing on the English National Curriculum for History (2013), and with an emphasis on the importance of learning about the past through the processes of historical enquiry, History 5-11 contains case studies, lesson planning guidance and methods to develop pupils historical understanding. It offers creative and innovative ways to teach the subject of history, refreshing teachers confidence in teaching the 2013 curriculum, and is illustrated by new case studies and research.This fully updated third edition includes: References to the 2013 National Curriculum, its aims and purposes, and its content and processes for Key Stages 1 & 2 Guidance on making local, national and global connections between societies over time Planning for assessment and progressTrade Review"This is the third edition of an invaluable guide for all primary school teachers - practical and comprehensive, it's an excellent resource... a valuable resource for both trainee and practising primary teachers, giving a comprehensive overview that covers everything needed to study history in the primary phase. Importantly, the ideas make history lively and enjoyable, increasing children's enthusiasm for the subject."—Parents in Touch Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Teachers’ Pedagogical Knowledge: Understanding the Processes of Historical Enquiry Chapter 1: Changes in the Teaching and Learning of History Chapter 2: Historical Sources Chapter 3: Interpretations and Accounts Chapter 4: Chronology, Time Concepts and Other Concepts Part 2: Connecting with the Past Chapter 5: What Makes History Enjoyable Chapter 6: Connections Between Historical Enquiry and Creativity Chapter 7: Connections Between History and Other Subjects Chapter 8: Local, National and Global Connections Over Time Part 3: Planning Assessment and Recording Chapter 9: Whole School Planning Chapter 10: Medium Term Planning Chapter 11: Assessment, Monitoring and Recording Pupil’s progress Part 4: Practitioner Research Chapter 12: Doing Research into the Teaching and Learning of History
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Character Conundrum
Book SynopsisThe Character Conundrum is a practical guide for developing confidence, independence and resilience in primary and secondary classrooms. Tackling the hotly-contested question of what role schools can play in developing character'', the book untangles the big debates in this area and outlines how teachers can support their pupils to develop the skills and mindsets that will help them to thrive academically.Based on a combination of ground-level investigations and academic research, the book offers a simple, evidence-based approach that can be implemented at every level of school life. The key to this approach is being deliberate and consistent: knowing which mindsets, skills and habits you're trying to develop, and planning the details of your classroom culture, relationships, routines and instruction so that they align and combine to address your aims. When you do this, the author contends, seemingly minor changes to your practice can have a major effect on pupils. TTrade Review"Confidence, independence and resilience are among the core dispositions that students not only bring into the classroom but, as this book demonstrates, can be taught. Here’s how." John Hattie, Professor and Director of the Melbourne Education Research Institute, University of Melbourne, Australia"Character education has proved a very tricky issue for schools. It’s hard to define and even harder to turn into something of value in the classroom; even the terminology is unhelpful. In this incredibly valuable book Matt Lloyd-Rose manages to provide a clear and readable synthesis of the current state of research and a set of practical recommendations that teachers can use day to day. A must read for anyone working in schools." Sam Freedman, Executive Director for Participant Impact and Delivery at TeachFirst"Matt is an insightful thinker and he has produced an insightful book. He has been working on character since before it was fashionable and there is much to take from the book for teachers and school leaders." Ed Vainker, Principal Reach Academy Feltham"Matt Lloyd-Rose has written a compelling and accessible book about the importance of creating an ambitious, nurturing classroom culture. He provides detailed insight into the strategies taken by a range of teachers determined to build their pupils' positive energy for learning. This book will inspire teachers and give practical advice about how to create a culture of opportunity for every pupil, where learning has no limits." Dame Alison Peacock, Chartered College of Teaching"[The approaches described] successfully illuminate ways to create a classroom environment in which children believe in themselves, aren’t afraid to take risks and understand what they need to do in order to help themselves learn... Matt Lloyd-Rose is direct in his presentation of the case studies and doesn’t bog the reader down with over-complicated language or over-elaborate explanations... I’m eager to recommend the text to teachers and trainees for this reason, and I truly believe that it will be influential." Paul Watts, Jubilee CentreTable of ContentsIntroduction This book in a page 1. Our aims for pupils 2. Developing confidence, independence and resilience in the classroom 3. Case Study: Year 2 4. Case Study: Year 9 French 5. Knowing where you’re going 6. Creating the right conditions 7. Building new habits 8. Learning from other phases 9. Exploring the evidence Conclusion
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