Learn how to design history lessons that foster students' knowledge, skills, and dispositions for civic engagement. Each section of this practical resource introduces a key element of civic engagement, such as defending the rights of others, advocating for change, taking action when problems are observed, compromising to promote reform, and…

The major purpose of this book is to introduce teachers (and by that the author means all types of teachers-classroom teachers, administrators, teacher aids, parents and coaches) to various individual and group thinking strategies related to specific questions and activities. This guide is a personal interpretation and critique of those strategies…

This book provides preservice elementary school teachers with comprehensive coverage of the major themes, issues, concepts, and skill areas involved in planning, implementing, and evaluating instruction. The volume begins with a model for reflective decision making. Then, the process of analyzing and selecting content, outcomes, and assessments…