"As a folklorist, writer, and teacher of writing, I know firsthand how interactive author Web sites make it possible for students to talk, meet, and exchange ideas with extraordinary writers. Reissman and Gura have devised a brilliant strategy for utilizing the World Wide Web in the service of literacy. This book offers a wide range of opportunities for teachers and students to use these free r…
Teaching Music through Composition offers a practical, fully multimedia curriculum designed to teach basic musical concepts through the creative process of music composition. Author and award-winning music educator Barbara Freedman presents classroom-tested ways of teaching composition with technology as a tool with which students can create, edit, save, and reproduce music. As Freedman demonst…
Nationally known science educator Page Keeley―principal author of the hugely popular, four-volume NSTA Press series Uncovering Students Ideas in Science―has teamed up with physicist and science educator Rand Harrington to write this first volume in their new series on physical science. They begin with one of the most challenging topics in physical science: force and motion. The 45 assessmen…
The book A unique methodology book, Essential Teacher Knowledge is the core foundation-level guide for teachers of general English, young learners and CLIL. Units on essential theory, practical teaching advice and classroom ideas are presented across two pages, in full colour. Written in accessible English, Essential Teacher Knowledge is ideal preparation for TKT and other entry-level tea…
An informative, accessible, and interesting introduction to the ongoing story of special education. Special education is an ongoing story of people―of exceptional children, of the families of children with special needs, and of the teachers who work with them. Exceptional Children: An Introduction to Special Education focuses on 15 experienced teachers to give readers first-person insight …
Enhance your Science content instruction with the SIOP Model and transform the academic English and science skills of your English learners. Based on the best-selling resource, Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model by acclaimed authors Jana Echevarria, MaryEllen Vogt, and Deborah Short; teachers, coaches, and intervention teachers have access to research-based, S…
Melalui buku ini penulis menyampaikan kiat pengasuhan anak dalam bentuk seni, keterampilan dan kaidah-kaidah pendidikan anak yang sesuai dengan konsep pendidikan Islam seperti yang diarahkan oleh Rasulullah yang telah dijalankan oleh para salafush-shalih dalam mendidik anak-anak mereka.
"It′s time to build a bridge between early childhood programs and the K–3 system to ensure continued success for all children. This is the ultimate how-to manual for administrators and teachers who wish to maintain and maximize the gains children make in preschool." ―Sally Wingle, Preschool Teacher Chelsea Community Preschool, MI "A great guide pointing in the right direction for sta…
An essential component of good practice in physical education is ensuring inclusivity for all pupils, regardless of need, ability or background. Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, Equity and Inclusion in Physical Education fully explores the theoretical and practical issues faced by physical education teachers today. The book amalgamates areas of critical debate within the world…
This book defines literacy broadly as it explores concepts within core subjects and shows how to make standards-based literacy the goal and outcome of school reform. It imagines a future digital medium where educational technology is worthy of the spirit our children bring to it. Classrooms and schools centered on learners and learning can be intellectually exciting places. This book attends t…
eaching IS rocket science—and you are the pilot! Teach Reading, Not Testingreinforces what teachers already know—test preparation worksheets and drill-and-kill activities do not make children into lifelong readers. The authors′ conscientious approach to reading instruction combines an insider perspective on the development of high-stakes tests with classroom experience in achieving suc…
Using humor and a contemporary voice, HUMAN SEXUALITY: FROM CELLS TO SOCIETY, International Edition engages readers to acquire a greater knowledge of their bodies, their values, and their relationships with others. This concise, comprehensive, and up-to-date book emphasizes critical thinking―in both human sexuality research as well as readers' own sexual lives―and is geared to help readers …