Schooling Multicultural Teachers (Emerald Points)
by Manya Whitaker and Kristina Valtierra
The cultural identities of teachers inevitably influence the interactions they have with their students. These relationships, in turn, impact teaching and learning processes. Many low-income, racial, ethnic, and linguistic minority students are failing to receive the same quality of education as their more privileged counterparts.Supported by over 20 years of research, this book offers guidance for enhancing teachers' inclusive instructional practices by using the Dispositions for Culturally Re...
Outlining quick, easy-to-use strategies for effective classroom management, Larry Koenig presents the basic principles of student discipline including how to foster respect, build self-esteem, avoid the 'power struggle' trap and stay calm and in charge. A chapter dealing with special strategies for students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is also included. Featuring methods which are varied and adaptable, this book is an essential resource for both new and experienced teachers.
More Everything for Early Learning (Everything for Early Learning, #2)
Once Upon a Fact (Language and Literacy)
by Carol Brennan Jenkins and Alice Altfillisch Earle
This timely book explores the debate about how best to engage children in the writing of nonfiction and suggests many instructional strategies for K-6 classrooms. Using transcripts and descriptions of children's actual writing practices, the authors show that children willingly embrace nonfiction writing when the genre is given an important place in the classroom. Drawn from the authors' classroom-based research study with third graders, this groundbreaking volume: explores in detail the interte...
It Takes A Big Heart To Shape Little Minds
by Teaching Planners LC Publishing
Science Teachers Book of Lists
by Frances B Barhydt and Fran Barhydt
My Students Are On Point 2019-2020 Academic Planner Weekly And Monthly Aug-Jul
by Printed Bliss Planners
4th Graders Are Always On Point 2019-2020 Academic Planner Weekly And Monthly Aug-Jul
by Printed Bliss Planners
Prereading Activities for Content Area Reading & Learning (Reading AIDS)
by David W Moore
This work is designed to assist new teachers in their first years in urban classrooms. The author provides insider recommendations for coping with school realities ranging from overcrowded classes and a lack of appropriate materials, to cultural diversity, bureaucracy and school violence.
In the spirit of encouraging international dialogue between researchers and practitioners, often working within isolated traditions, this book discusses perspectives on science education for the gifted informed by up-to-date research findings from a number of related fields. The book reviews philosophy, culture and programmes in science education for the gifted in diverse national contexts, and includes scholarly reviews of significant perspectives and up-to-date research methods and findings. T...
Every day, teachers face the challenge of motivating struggling learners. In this must-have book, Barbara R. Blackburn, author of the bestseller Rigor Is Not a Four-Letter Word, shares how you can finally solve this problem and make your classroom a rigorous place where all students want to succeed. You’ll learn practical strategies for... understanding extrinsic and intrinsic motivation; building a trusting relationship with students; using praise and positive feedback effectively; empowe...
The Complete Book of Activities, Games, Stories, Props, Recipes, and Dances
by Pamela Byrne Schiller and Jackie Silberg
Closing the Learning Gap is about eliminating the discrepancy between what we know constitutes effective learning and what we know goes on in classrooms. If attainment is to rise, this Learning Gap has to close. This book provides a structured approach to improvement by setting out the steps needed to identify the gap and to implement strategies to close it. What the book covers Helps teachers, departments and schools to identify and close the Learning Gap between what we know about effective le...