Transformative Talk assists an aspirant Coach in building their personal capabilities. It draws upon each of the insights and experiences of Cognitive Coaching Training Associates and Agency Trainers who are making it work. Each chapter at varying degrees reflects personal journeys shared with the explicit intention to assist you, the reader, in making connections to your own work and your growth as a coach. The material has been strategically selected to support educators who fulfill a variet...
Gelebte Raeume: Erfahrungsraeume Und Zeitraeume (Europaeische Hochschulschriften / European University Studie, #745)
by Cornelia Rehle
Wie beeinflussen Raume unser Verhalten, wie steuern sie Lern- und Erfahrungsprozesse? Und was lasst sich an gestalteten Raumen ablesen uber die Erbauer und Nutzer dieser Raume? Was ist grundsatzlich auszusagen uber das Verhaltnis von Mensch und Raum, und welche Rolle spielt die Erfahrung der Zeit hierbei? Diesen Fragen aus der padagogischen Anthropologie geht die Autorin unter Einbeziehung philosophischer Betrachtungen nach. Anhand von vier Raumbeispielen, die als Erfahrungsfelder verstanden wer...
Educational Psychology in the U. S. S. R.
Handlungsorientierter Unterricht Im Berufsfeld Elektrotechnik (European University Studies. Series XXIII, #16)
by Karl Gloggler
Bei der empirischen Untersuchung wird der Verlauf einer dreiwochigen Unterrichtseinheit detailliert dargestellt und hinsichtlich der Einlosung von Kennzeichen eines handlungsorientierten Unterrichts beurteilt sowie die durch den Unterricht bewirkte Veranderung des Handlungswissens der Berufsschuler erhoben. Hierzu dienen aus teilnehmenden Beobachtungen gewonnene Protokolle und Videoaufzeichnungen sowie in einem Vor- und Nachtest erhobene Wissenseinheiten, die uber eine inhaltsanalytische Auswert...
Measurement and Assessment in Teaching, Student Value Edition
by M Miller, Robert Linn, and Norman Gronlund
Adaptive Learning and the Human Condition presents the basic principles of classical (Pavlovian) and instrumental (Skinnerian) conditioning in a more coherent and expansive manner than is the case in other textbooks. Learning is defined as an adaptive process through which individuals acquire the ability to predict, and where possible, control the environment. This overarching definition enables integration of traditional Pavlovian and Skinnerian principles and terminology and makes explicit why...
Bullying and Racist Bullying in Schools, What ARE We Missing?
by Sairah Qureshi
Acknowledging and understanding spiritual formation is vital in contemporary education. This book explores the dynamic relationship between education and wellbeing. It examines the theory underpinning the practice of education in different societies where spirituality and care are believed to be at the heart of all educational experiences. The book recognizes that, regardless of the context or type of educational experience, education is a caring activity in which the development of the whole pe...
The International Book of Dyslexia: A Guide to Practice and Resources
by Ian Smythe, John Everatt, and Robin Salter
LOST Opportunities (Explorations of Educational Purpose, #23)
Learning in informal settings is attracting growing attention from policymakers and researchers, yet there remains, at the moment, a dearth of literature on the topic. Thus this volume, which examines how science and mathematics are experienced in everyday and out-of-school-time (OST) settings, makes an important contribution to the field of the learning sciences. Conducting research on OST learning requires us to broaden and deepen our conceptions of learning as well as to better identify the u...
Promoting Self-Determination in Students with Developmental Disabilities. What Works for Special Needs Learners.
by Michael L. Wehmeyer
The Uses of Psychoanalysis in Working with Children's Emotional Lives (New Imago)
This volume offers very specific illustrations of psychoanalytic ways of thinking and working in both clinical and pedagogical contexts with children. It is designed for professionals who work with infants, children, and adolescents, and who are seeking modes of working that respects emotions, that embrace context, and that privilege imagination and possibility. For professionals who already practice in ways that are sympathetic to these modes of working, the scholarly underpinning of this work...
Intelligent Leadership (Studies in Educational Leadership, #6)
by John Burger, Charles F Webber, and Patricia Klinck
This book offers cutting edge thinking on effective leadership processes. It pulls together the thinking of 16 educators with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all of whom hold keen interests in harnessing the forces that can improve educational opportunity for students. The book is intended to stimulate the thinking of every educator who aspires to influence decision-making and to provide direction to their school, district or institution.
Countless books and articles have offered remedies for the poor learning outcomes of American schoolchildren. Virtually all of these publications share one thing in common: They propose improvements in the policies and practices controlled by adult educators. Grove believes that our children's poor learning cannot be totally the fault of educators. Our children are active participants in classrooms, so if there's a problem with how well our children are learning, then we as parents might be at f...
"Guide to Effective Grant Writing: How to Write a Successful NIH Grant Application" is written to help the 100,000+ post-graduate students and professionals who need to write effective proposals for grants. There is little or no formal teaching about the process of writing grants for NIH, and many grant applications are rejected due to poor writing and weak formulation of ideas. Procuring grant funding is the central key to survival for any academic researcher in the biological sciences; thus, b...