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Costa, Arthur L., Ed.; Liebmann, Rosemarie M., Ed. – 1997
This book addresses the revision of the curriculum to meet the needs of the 21st century. After a foreword by Peter M. Senge and prefaces by the editors, the following chapters are included: (1) Process as Content in Education of Exceptional Children (Reuven Feuerstein, Rafi Feuerstein, and Yaron Schur); (2) Generative Topics for Process…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Matiella, Ana Consuelo, Ed. – 1994
This collection offers strategies for making health education culturally relevant. The volume is organized into five sections. The first section, "Foundations for Multicultural Health Education," includes chapters: (1) "Who Are the Children and How Is Their Health?" (Iris M. Tropp, Marie J. Montrose); (2) "The…
Descriptors: Child Health, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Dembo, Myron H. – 1991
This book offers an instructional model demonstrating how teachers can apply educational psychology in the classroom, with emphasis on the teacher as decision maker. The book is divided into four parts, and covers the following major topics and issues: Part 1 contains four chapters dealing with development and individual differences and discusses…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Decision Making, Developmental Stages, Educational Psychology
Penner, Jon G. – 1984
Ways to prepare and present lectures that hold college students' attention and involve them in the teaching-learning process are discussed. Attention is focused on linguistic, rhetorical, and psychological aspects of classroom communication; common communication problems in the classroom; and how to overcome and avoid communication problems.…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, College Faculty, College Instruction, Communication Problems
MENC: The National Association for Music Education, 2004
The latest title in the popular Spotlight series, this timely book focuses on issues involving recruitment and retention of music teachers, a crucial issue in these days of budget constraints. Arranged chronologically, it features a collection of articles from state journals focusing on issues such as mentoring, teacher shortages, burnout, and…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Music Teachers, Teacher Salaries, Teacher Recruitment
Sailor, Wayne, Ed. – 2002
This collection of papers examines inclusive education practices in public schools. There are 14 papers in 4 parts. Part 1, "Inclusive Education in a Context of Emerging Partnerships," includes: (1) "Devolution, School/Community/Family Partnerships, and Inclusive Education" (Wayne Sailor); (2) "The Implications of Goals 2000 for Inclusive…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Henley, Martin; Ramsey, Roberta S.; Algozzine, Robert F. – 2002
This text is intended to introduce undergraduate or graduate general or special education majors to student characteristics and teaching strategies with students who have mild disabilities (mild mental retardation, behavior disorders, and learning disabilities). Part 1 addresses the characteristics of students with mild disabilities. Chapter 1…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Classroom Techniques, Disabilities, Educational Principles
Goor, Mark B.; Santos, Karen E. – 2002
This book is intended to facilitate the development of reflective problem solving in preservice and novice special educators through the presentation of cases illustrating issues commonly experienced in student teaching and beginning employment experiences in special education settings. Each of the eight chapters begins with a brief introduction…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Disabilities
Sears, James T., Ed. – 1992
This book of essays explores the explicit and hidden curriculum of sexuality from kindergarten through college. The 15 interrelated essays challenge conventional assumptions regarding sexuality and the curriculum by applying non-traditional perspectives to traditionally unresolved problems while proposing specific curricular strategies and…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction, Higher Education
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1994
This book reports on an international study of quality in teaching in elementary and secondary schools and on policies to promote quality teaching in 11 countries. The study on which the book is based called on case studies by experts from 11 countries on policies to improve the quality of teaching, seminars for teachers to discuss the definition…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Education, Educational Quality, Elementary School Teachers
Mullen, Carol A., Ed.; Lick, Dale W., Ed. – 1999
This book offers narrative accounts of action research carried out by teachers, administrators, and professors operating a school-university collaboration. Following a preface, "Navigating a New Mentoring Pathway: The Search Begins" (Carol A. Mullen), there are 18 chapters in 3 parts. Part 1, "Mentoring a New Culture,"…
Descriptors: Action Research, Administrators, College School Cooperation, Collegiality
Campoy, Renee W. – 2000
This book describes complex issues involved in an elementary Professional Development School (PDS) partnership. Section one presents contextual information on the nature of the PDS phenomenon. It includes three chapters: (1) "Introduction and PDS as a Reform Initiative"; (2) "Methodology of the Case Study"; and (3)…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Elementary Education
Wehmeyer, Michael L. – 2002
This book is intended as a text or resource for preservice or inservice training of general and special education teachers, and has an orientation for the education of the mentally retarded that is values-based, issues-oriented, and practice-oriented. The 17 chapters are organized into four sections. The first two chapters are introductory and…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Curriculum Design, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Osborn, Terry A., Ed. – 2002
This collection of papers examines how the changing social and academic context of language education in the United States impact the future of the discipline. After "Introduction" (Terry A. Osborn), the 10 papers include the following: (1) "'Our Patriotic Duty': Insights from Professional History, 1890-1920" (Deborah M. Herman); (2) "The…
Descriptors: Action Research, Cultural Pluralism, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2007
Learning mathematics is the central goal of mathematics education, yet it is the least frequently addressed of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' (NCTM's) Principles and Standards. With an increasing population of English language learners and the inclusion of students with learning disabilities into the regular mathematics…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Education, Inclusive Schools
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