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Du Plessis, Anna Elizabeth – Teacher Education, Learning Innovation and Accountability, 2019
This book investigates the professional learning needs of teachers beyond initial teacher education, focusing on teachers in complex teaching positions, such as out-of-field teaching practices. The information presented here will help to improve professional learning strategies, while also offering an in-depth understanding of teachers' needs,…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Placement
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Conley, Cynthia L.; Deck, Stacy M.; Miller, J. Jay; Borders, Kevin – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2017
This article describes the development and utilization of an instructional activity created by the authors for the purposes of preparing social work students for culturally competent practice with members of historically oppressed populations. Experiential activities in the classroom provide an alternative approach to traditional pedagogical…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Social Work, Counselor Training, Disadvantaged
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Boske, Christa; Elue, Chinasa – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2017
This case outlines a dilemma encountered by faculty in a K-12 educational administration graduate program on the east coast. The case offers a detailed illustration of tensions arising when faculty discuss their graduate admissions process, their role as gatekeepers, understandings of merit, and the need for student diversity. Disrupting…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Admission Criteria, Educational Administration, Student Diversity
Tokosh, Joe – Geography Teacher, 2017
Teaching approaches in economic geography traditionally cover the effects of deindustrialization on the landscape but offer less insight into the development of services as a prominent sector, because of the longer histories of manufacturing and industrial economies (Moore and Hunt 2016). Incorporating services into economic geography curricula…
Descriptors: Geography, Geography Instruction, Lesson Plans, Class Activities
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Jolivette, Kristine; Parks Ennis, Robin; Swoszowski, Nicole Cain – Beyond Behavior, 2017
Educators who work with students with emotional and behavioral disorders may seek instructional strategies that are effective yet practical in the classroom. These strategies need a research base to support them and minimal time and/or effort to prepare or implement. One research-based option for educators across a variety of contexts is…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Classroom Techniques, Behavior Disorders, Affective Behavior
Ormiston, Meg; Slanker, Lauren; Lehotsky, Jennifer; Flaherty, Megan K.; Conboy, Janice; Cavanagh, Whitney – Solution Tree, 2017
Developed specifically for grades 6-8, this resource presents classroom-ready lessons that support the ISTE Standards for Students. Use the lessons, which focus on four essential skills--communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity--to take instruction and learning to the next level through the use of technology. Each chapter…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Electronic Learning, Communication Skills, Cooperative Learning
Puerling, Brian – Redleaf Press, 2018
Technology is moving faster than teachers and children can keep up with. "Teaching in the Digital Age" guides teachers of preschool and kindergarten aged children toward integrating technology across the curriculum so it can have an authentic, meaningful, and developmentally appropriate impact on children's exploration and learning. Full…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Young Children, Kindergarten
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Robinson, Amanda – Science Teacher, 2015
This article outlines an issue-based lesson for a physical science course in which students investigate potential alternative energy sources for Alternatown, a fictitious city. Students are randomly selected to serve as town council members or as representatives of different alternative energy source options put before the council. The…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physical Sciences, Energy, Experiential Learning
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Reavis, David – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2019
When an organization's need for technology changes, users expect solutions to provide sophisticated and complex functionality regardless of the size of the organization's budget or available resources. In exploring candidates for filling software needs for nonprofit organizations, one of the best tools is the request for proposal (RFP). This case…
Descriptors: Proposal Writing, Nonprofit Organizations, Decision Making, Web Sites
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Filderman, Marissa J.; Toste, Jessica R. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2018
Reading proficiency is fundamental to school success. However, up to 50% of students with reading disabilities are not making adequate progress. Students who demonstrate persistent and severe reading difficulties require increasingly intensive instruction individualized to meet their instructional needs Individualizing instruction with…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Skills, Individualized Instruction, Decision Making
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Fender, C. Melissa; Stickney, Lisa T. – Management Teaching Review, 2017
Group and team class decision-making activities often focus on demonstrating that "two heads are better than one." Typically, students solve a problem or complete an assessment individually, then in a group. Generally, the group does better and that is what the students learn. However, if that is all such an activity conveys, then a…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Group Dynamics, Cooperative Learning, Participative Decision Making
Wolsey, Thomas DeVere; Lenski, Susan; Grisham, Dana L. – Guilford Press, 2020
This clear, no-nonsense book guides current and future teachers through the concepts, tools, methods, and goals of classroom literacy assessment. The expert authors examine the roles of formative, summative, and benchmark assessments; demystify state and national tests and standards; and show how assessment can seamlessly inform instruction.…
Descriptors: Teaching Guides, Literacy, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
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Ciotto, Carol M.; Gagnon, Amy G. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2018
A positive social and emotional climate in the classroom allows for students to communicate and interact in beneficial ways. Positive peer interactions are necessary for academic and career success, as well as for success in physical education. This article provides physical educators with principles and guidelines for developing, implementing and…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Physical Education, Peer Relationship
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Nageotte, Nichole; Buck, Gayle; Kirk, Holly – Science Teacher, 2018
Imagine saving just one of the 23,000 species threatened with extinction. Students studying endangered species in a general life science course faced the decision of which species to save as a summative assignment in a unit on scientific explanation and argumentation. They used the claim, evidence, and reasoning (CER) framework in which students…
Descriptors: Wildlife, Conservation (Environment), Death, Biological Sciences
Ormiston, Meg; Hatlen, Beth; Hopkins, Kristy; McGinnis, Kirstin; Blake, Lissa; Ring, Nicole – Solution Tree, 2017
Developed specifically for grades K-2, this resource presents classroom-ready lessons that support the ISTE Standards for Students. Use the lessons, which focus on four essential skills--communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity--to take instruction and learning to the next level through the use of technology. Each chapter…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Primary Education, Electronic Learning, Communication Skills
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