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Chelda Smith Kondo – Myers Education Press, 2024
The purpose of "Pedagogy of Humanization: Preparing Teachers for Culturally Sustaining Classrooms" is to build a critical mass of educators who know how to employ the principles of critical pedagogy in elementary classrooms. This includes attention to the various knowledge, skills, and dispositions required of critical pedagogues in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Culturally Relevant Education, Critical Race Theory, Critical Theory
Fleer, Marilyn – Cambridge University Press, 2018
Child Development in Educational Settings provides a comprehensive introduction to traditional and contemporary theories of development and learning in the contexts of early childhood and primary education. Drawing upon the experiences and perspectives of children, families, educators and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander scholars, Marilyn…
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Student Diversity
Ortlieb, Evan, Ed.; Kane, Britnie Delinger, Ed.; Cheek, Earl H., Jr., Ed. – Guilford Press, 2023
Educators increasingly recognize the importance of disciplinary literacy for student success, beginning as early as the primary grades. This cutting-edge volume examines ways to help K-12 students develop the literacy skills and inquiry practices needed for high-level work in different academic domains. Chapters interweave research, theory, and…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Culturally Relevant Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Teaching Methods
Byrnes, James P. – Guilford Press, 2021
This integrative text spotlights what educators need to know about children's cognitive development across grade levels (PreK-12) and content areas. The book provides a concise introduction to developmental neuroscience and theories of learning. Chapters on general cognitive abilities probe such crucial questions as what children are capable of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Academic Achievement, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education
Niles, Spencer G.; Harris-Bowlsbey, JoAnn E. – Pearson, 2017
This comprehensive, top-selling text presents theories, assessments, planning tools, resources, and technologies relevant to modern career development in a practical approach that shows theory and research in action. With four chapters devoted to career development in educational settings, it analyzes the various aspects of career development…
Descriptors: Career Development, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, High Schools
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Wellner, Laurie, Ed.; Pierce-Friedman, Kathleen, Ed. – IGI Global, 2021
Teachers in their first few years of their teaching career require high quality, structured support to begin the journey towards becoming experts. Establishing research-based best practices and working habits set up early career teachers for a fulfilling and successful career. The requirements of teachers are constantly changing, and teachers need…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Evidence Based Practice, Faculty Development, Best Practices
Fellowes, Janet; Oakley, Grace – Oxford University Press, 2011
"Language, Literacy and Early Childhood Education" is a comprehensive textbook for all students studying literacy and language subjects in early childhood education and primary degrees. Covering an age range from 0 to 8 years the book encompasses the four main early childhood contexts of: the family and community; childcare; the pre-school years,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Textbooks, Literacy
Rubin, Beth C., Ed.; Giarelli, James M., Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2007
This book explores four interrelated themes: rethinking civic education in light of the diversity of U.S. society; re-examining these notions in an increasingly interconnected global context; re-considering the ways that civic education is researched and practiced; and taking stock of where we are currently through use of an historical…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Democracy, Civics, Citizenship
Block, Cathy Collins, Ed.; Parris, Sheri R., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2008
Now in a substantially revised and updated second edition, this comprehensive professional resource and text is based on cutting-edge research. In each chapter, leading scholars provide an overview of a particular aspect of comprehension, offer best-practice instructional guidelines and policy recommendations, present key research questions still…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Global Approach
Nemirovsky, Ricardo, Ed.; Rosebery, Ann S., Ed.; Solomon, Jesse, Ed.; Warren, Beth, Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2005
This book re-examines the dichotomy between the everyday and the disciplinary in mathematics and science education, and explores alternatives to this opposition from points of view grounded in the close examination of complex classroom events. It makes the case that students' everyday experience and knowledge in their entire manifold forms matter…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Science Education, Theory Practice Relationship, Instructional Design
Stahl, Katherine A. Dougherty, Ed.; McKenna, Michael C., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2006
This book presents state-of-the-science research on the components of successful literacy learning and how to target them in contemporary classrooms. The volume builds on and extends the work of Steven Stahl, whose pioneering contributions encompassed the key areas of phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, and assessment.…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Educational Research, Educational Trends, Teaching Methods
Evertson, Carolyn M., Ed.; Weinstein, Carol S., Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2006
Classroom management is a topic of enduring concern for teachers, administrators, and the public. It consistently ranks as the first or second most serious educational problem in the eyes of the general public, and beginning teachers consistently rank it as their most pressing concern during their early teaching years. Management problems continue…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Research, Classroom Communication, Critical Theory