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This book brings together a group of educators who approach progressive education from a historical and practical standpoint. The contributors address the reality of class values and the daily struggle confronting progressively oriented teachers as they create classrooms that support their values. The authors focus on how children think and learn, and how teachers, parents, and administrators can function as supportive facilitators, rather than as authority figures. They also believe that good e...

Das Ziel der Arbeit besteht darin, Erkenntnisse zum Verhaltnis von mathematischen Fahigkeiten, begabungsstutzenden Personlichkeitseigenschaften sowie Umfeldbedingungen von Schulern im mittleren Schulalter aufzudecken und ein padagogisches Empfehlungsmaterial zur Forderung von Begabungen zu erarbeiten. Ein naturliches padagogisches Experiment prufte die Wirksamkeit eines solchen Materials durch den Einsatz eines Fragebogens in drei Abschnitten. Besonders befahigte Schuler konnten mit Hilfe eines...

In 1913 four Australian teachers attended inspirational educator Dr Maria Montessori's first international training course in Rome. That same year Blackfriars School in Sydney was one of the first schools in the world to adopt the Montessori approach. A century later, Montessori continues to be at the forefront of innovative education in this country, with 200 schools and centres, including Indigenous learning programs, and a recognised curriculum of its own.

Philosophy and Education: Engaging Pathways to Meaningful Learning represents a philosophical approach to learning. It encourages students to think critically and form well-reflected opinions around relevant concepts in the English language, literature and society, such as inequality and duty. Philosophy and Education embodies a more engaging style (than is traditionally common) with the text - instead of reading long texts and answering questions about that text, it motivates learners to relate...

Brain-Based Learning With Gifted Students combines relevant research in neuroscience with engaging activities for gifted elementary students in grades 3-6. This book:Teaches how development and learning processes happen in the brain.Helps students and teachers explore specific brain-based concepts together.Includes a concise research overview on why each concept works and matters.Offers extension ideas to deepen the activities and strategies for applying each concept to other content areas.Align...

In unserer Kultur wird die Geltungsfrage hinsichtlich eines beliebigen Sachverhalts oder einer Norm regelmassig durch Argumentieren behandelt. Eine zentrale Rolle dabei nehmen Analogieargumente ein. Auf dem Hintergrund einer argumentationstheoretischen Grundlegung, die den argumentativen Geltungserweis auch in seinen dynamischen und kreativen Aspekten erfasst, wird gezeigt, dass und inwiefern Analogieargumente "Argumente par excellence" sind."

Written during a time characterized by catalyzing Indigenous environmental movements such as Idle No More, political upheaval, and the final years of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Protest as Pedagogy: Teaching, Learning, and Indigenous Environmental Movements was motivated by Gregory Lowan-Trudeau’s personal experiences as an activist, educator, and researcher. Insights from interviews with activists and educators in a variety of school, community, and post-secondary contexts are...

If you are interested in creating an integrated learning environment in which students become deeply engaged in reading, writing, and inquiry while they explore the ethical dimensions of the curriculum, then this highly accessible book will be invaluable to you. In Imagining to Learn, Jeffrey Wilhelm and Brian Edmiston demonstrate how drama taps into the imagination to create powerful learning contexts. Imagining to Learn moves drama into the mainstream of elementary and middle school teaching,...

A clear and magical account of how David and Ellen helped their daughters find new ways to take charge of their education...A treat you should not miss.?John Taylor Gatto, 1991 New York Teacher of the Year and author of Dumbing Us Down Progressive-minded parents considering homeschooling their children but turned off by fundamentalist or unschooling approaches will be inspired by this engaging account of home-directed community-based education. Acting on their conviction that to educate a child...

Studies of effective teaching practices have continued to validate the need for explicit and systematic instruction in basic reading skills, and Bill Honig uses this research to shed new light on an old problem how to help all students become fluent readers. Teaching Our Children to Read grows out of the experiences of scores of dedicated teachers and their success in the classroom. This book explores current research from the leading experts in the field, and presents new instructional strat...