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Casey, Theresa – Paul Chapman Publishing, 2005
Inclusive play embraces dimensions of richness, diversity, appreciation of difference and is both simple and complex too. By aiming for inclusive play educators are simply aiming for the best play experiences to all children. Play opportunities ought to be full of possibilities with which the children can engage and questions that they can pose…
Descriptors: Play, Disabilities, Action Research, Inclusive Schools
Opitz, Michael F.; Ford, Michael P. – 2001
This book offers a second-generation model of guided reading--one that presents alternative practices and urges teachers to expand their vision. The goal of the book is to make guided reading a more effective and efficient instructional technique. The book originates from the idea that there are at least five considerations that need to be thought…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Evaluation Methods, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Instructional Innovation
Fletcher, Ralph; Portalupi, JoAnn – 2001
The writing workshop has endured and even flourished in thousands of schools across the country because no other approach or program matches the writing workshop when it comes to growing strong writers. This guide introduces and explains the writing workshop and reveals how it can be a potent tool for empowering young writers. The guide aims to be…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Group Instruction, Teacher Role
Sunal, Cynthia Szymanski; Haas, Mary Elizabeth – 2002
Meaningful learning of social studies content, skills, and values through a constructivist approach is this textbook's approach. The textbook is designed to help teachers facilitate students' development into problem-solvers and decision-makers who take an active role as citizens of their world. It is designed to illustrate the following: the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Education
Simpson, Douglas J.; Jackson, Michael J. B.; Aycock, Judy C. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2004
"John Dewey and the Art of Teaching: Toward Reflective and Imaginative Practice" is an engaging and accessible introduction to the art of teaching as seen through the eyes of John Dewey. Authors Douglas J. Simpson, Michael J. B. Jackson, and Judy C. Aycock provide a lucid interpretation of the complexities and art of teaching in contemporary…
Descriptors: Reflective Teaching, Classroom Environment, Teacher Education, Teacher Educators
Geekie, Peter; Cambourne, Brian; Fitzsimmons, Phil – 1999
This book presents an account of literacy learning based on what effective teachers and learners actually do. It demonstrates how literacy develops in social and communicative exchanges. It contends that learning to be literate--like all learning--involves negotiating meanings with others, through whom learners clarify, confirm, and expand their…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Foreign Countries
Doll, Beth, Ed.; Pfohl, William, Ed.; Yoon, Jina S., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2010
The "Handbook of Youth Prevention Science" describes current research and practice in mental health preventive interventions for youth. Traditional prevention research focused on preventing specific disorders, e.g. substance abuse, conduct disorders, or criminality. This produced "silos" of isolated knowledge about the…
Descriptors: Prevention, Health Promotion, Mental Health, Intervention
Wiseman, Dennis G.; Hunt, Gilbert H.; Zhukov, Vassiliy I.; Mardahaev, Lev V. – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2007
Interest in what constitutes effective teaching in Pre-K-12 and higher education is nearly universal. This important text explores this interest at the college and university level from a unique, international perspective. "Teaching at the University Level: Cross-Cultural Perspectives from the United States and Russia" brings to one…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Role of Education, Educational Philosophy, Cultural Background
Mamary, Albert – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2007
This book is the only comprehensive guide available that provides all the tools necessary to create an ideal school. There are many education books out there but most are specific to one aspect of school improvement and do not provide a systemic framework or a total approach. This book does, and it is based on expertise that was developed and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, School Districts, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Wilson, Ruth – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2007
From adding richness and variety to learning, to redesigning a playground, this highly accessible text will provide early years practitioners with a wealth of ideas on how to foster creative play and learning in the outdoor environment with a focus on interacting with the natural world. "Nature and Young Children" contains many simple ideas on the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Safety, Active Learning, Recreational Activities
Berlin, Donna F., Ed.; White, Arthur L., Ed. – International Consortium for Research in Science and Mathematics Education (NJ3), 2011
The chapters in this book reflect the work of science and mathematics educators who have worked for many years at the international level. As members of the International Consortium for Research in Science and Mathematics Education, their work provides readers with issues, models, practices, and research results that have applicability and…
Descriptors: Science Education, Mathematics Education, STEM Education, Educational Innovation
Johnson, David W.; And Others – 1994
This book provides specific strategies for the classroom teacher beginning to use cooperative learning or improving the use of cooprative learning. It explains conceptually what cooperative learning is and what makes it work. Cooperative learning is presented as a technique that helps raise the achievement of all students; helps build positive…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Wolfelt, Alan – 1983
This book is written for parents, teachers, and counselors who have both a desire and a commitment to help children who experience a death. The first chapter provides an introduction and discusses when death education should occur. The second chapter emphasizes the importance of creating a caring relationship with children when death is…
Descriptors: Children, Community Education, Counseling, Counseling Techniques
Bizzaro, Patrick – 1993
Urging teachers of poetry writing to better understand themselves as writers and readers, this book "interrogates" a strategy teachers might employ in reading and evaluating student poems. A thoughtful study of a teacher is presented while in the process of evaluating student poetry through the lenses of four different contemporary…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Poetry, Reader Response
Lambert, Beverley, Ed. – 1992
This collection of 14 essays addresses the changes and challenges that the early childhood education profession in Australia has faced in recent years, and covers a wide range of important issues of particular relevance to the preparation of early childhood professionals. The essays are: (1) "The Changing Ecology of Australian Childhood"…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education
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