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1997
This book provides guidelines and suggested activities for collaborative learning for elementary grade students with a variety of abilities and disabilities. It is based on experiences at the Developmental Studies Center (Oakland, California). Activities are presented as blueprint formats that provide a comprehensive set of structures which can be…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Creativity
Collerson, John, Ed. – 1988
A publication of the Primary English Teaching Association of Australia, this book argues that children should be taught how to write in the various genres or kinds of writing that are needed for different purposes. The contributors draw on their own experiences to show how teachers can develop their teaching of writing to realize the full…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Student Writing Models, Teacher Role
Tuchscherer, Pamela – 1988
This book, which provides information parents can use to counter violent television programing, alerts parents to the fact that television programing in the United States is pushing violent entertainment to its technological limits and allowing children to interact with the programing through their toys. The nine chapters in Part I discuss the way…
Descriptors: Aggression, Community Action, Intervention, Parent Role
Seidel, Robert N. – 1975
This essay discusses one mentor's approach to teaching history in an individualized instruction/self-study environment. The first part of the paper discusses student-mentor relations, emphasizing that the role of the mentor is to act as a mediator in a special way between the student and the abstract world of scholarship. For example, mentors need…
Descriptors: Higher Education, History Instruction, Humanities Instruction, Independent Study
Bean, Rita M.; Wilson, Robert M. – 1981
Intended for reading specialists who wish to become expert resource persons, this book provides a number of suggestions on how to bring about change in the attitudes of other educators concerning the place of the reading specialist in regular classroom settings. The nine chapters of the book provide the following information: (1) an overview of…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Program Development, Reading Consultants
Ward, Douglas – 1974
This booklet explores the purpose and function of teacher organizations. It discusses teacher organizations as advocates functioning not only to support and protect teacher interests but also to actively seek attainment of improved curriculum and more adequate instructional materials. The booklet documents the thinking of teacher organization…
Descriptors: Coordination, Educational Cooperation, Management Development, Noninstructional Responsibility
Good, Thomas L,; And Others – 1975
This 10-chapter book discusses the research process and how it can be used to improve educational practice. The assumption is made that schools can and do make a difference in the educational progress of students, and that research data can be used to improve educational practice. Important current educational topics are also presented. These…
Descriptors: Accountability, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Practices, Educational Research
Ishler, Richard E., Ed.; Ishler, Margaret F., Ed. – 1974
This how-to-do-it book, divided into 11 chapters, provides specific help for teachers converting to the open classroom approach. Chapter 1 provides background information, defines an open classroom, and discusses some assumptions about the ways children learn and the establishment of learning centers. Chapter 2 contains a discussion on the role of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Development, Intermediate Grades, Kindergarten
Deiro, Judith A. – Corwin Press, 2004
Closing the achievement gap and creating high-performing schools depends not on what we teach but how we teach. The most powerful and effective way teachers can help students overcome negative influences in their environment as well as succeed in becoming their best selves is by developing close and caring connections with them. Developing quality…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Teaching Guides, Teacher Student Relationship, Interpersonal Relationship
Long, Rob – David Fulton Publishers, 2005
Many children have all sorts of difficulties in their lives, which set up barriers to learning. This book demonstrates how teachers can help them face personal challenges. It contains: ideas for stress proofing children; guidance on teaching problem-solving skills; and explanations of cognitive behaviour therapy.
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Discipline, Classroom Techniques, Behavior Modification
Harris, Edward L. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2005
In recent years, school improvement initiatives have been the focus of political agendas, professional conferences, and publication topics. While a plethora of school improvement resources and techniques exist, most explanations regarding how to employ school improvement strategies in differing contexts is extremely vague at best, and non-existent…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Social Environment, Educational Change, Teacher Leadership
Baker, Linda, Ed.; Dreher, Mariam Jean, Ed.; Guthrie, John T., Ed. – 2000
Blending research evidence with practical recommendations, this book demonstrates how promoting children's engagement with reading can greatly enhance reading achievement. A collection of articles from leading literacy researchers and educators, the book illuminates what a child needs to become an engaged reader and presents a set of instructional…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Effectiveness
Routman, Regie – 2003
Currently, there is much controversy and confusion over "best practice" issues in teaching reading. This book, written by a "lifelong teacher/learner," is based on the premise that good teaching does not have to mean lots of hours spent planning but instead requires lots of thinking--thinking about what matters to children, what children need to…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Instructional Effectiveness, Libraries, Models
Bohlin, Karen E.; Farmer, Deborah; Ryan, Kevin – 2001
This resource guide provides a theoretical and practical text for teaching character education. It allows educators to do their own in-depth teacher education and implementation of virtue-centered character education. With this information, teachers can move character education from theory to practice. Chapter 1 begins with a definition of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Humanistic Education, Parent Role
Pinnell, Gay Su; Fountas, Irene C. – 2002
This guidebook builds on a previous work, extending leveled books up through the elementary grades and covering all the different genres that are important to students. More than 6000 leveled titles for Grades 2-6 are featured in this guide, including both fiction and nonfiction--as well as popular series books and short story collections--and…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Fiction