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Schmit, Colleen – Eye on Education, 2020
Become a better advocate--for your students, for your coworkers, and for yourself--with the valuable strategies in this accessible guidebook. Written with a candid and humorous style, this tool kit reinforces why effective early childhood education matters and the positive impact an effective advocate can have on a child's classroom experience.…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Early Childhood Teachers, Communication Strategies, School Effectiveness
O'Toole, Barbara, Ed.; Joseph, Ebun, Ed.; Nyaluke, David, Ed. – Routledge Research in Education, 2019
This book challenges educational discourse in relation to teaching about Africa at all levels of the education system in the Global North, with a specific case study focusing on the Republic of Ireland. The book provides an interrogation of the proliferation of negative imagery of and messages about African people and African countries and the…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Case Studies, African Culture, Teaching Methods
Yu, Xia – Peter Lang Bern, 2012
In China, a widespread learning practice for foreign languages are reading, reciting and memorising texts. This book investigates this practice against a background of Confucian heritage learning and western attitudes towards memorising, particularly audio-lingual approaches to language teaching and later largely negative attitudes. The author…
Descriptors: Negative Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction
Cleveland, Kathleen – ASCD, 2011
Rather than sounding false alarms about a genderwide crisis in boys' academic achievement, here's a book that cuts through the confusion to explain why "some" boys struggle in school and how you can effectively intervene without jeopardizing the achievements of other, more successful, learners (boys and girls). Drawing from large-scale studies,…
Descriptors: Negative Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Males, Underachievement
Reiss, Karla – Corwin, 2012
"Be a CHANGEMASTER" is a practical guide for school and district leaders that provides 12 strategies for overcoming resistance to change. Unlike more theoretical books, this text shows how to adopt a coaching style of leadership as a systemic change strategy. Numerous examples demonstrate how the strategies used in this book have led to…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Leadership Styles, Educational Change, Coaching (Performance)
West, Cathie E. – Eye on Education, 2011
In this book, award-winning educator Cathie West teaches readers how to confidently prepare for and respond to the challenges that come with being a school leader. Derived from professional experience and extensive research, the strategies can be put to work exactly as described or adapted to fit the unique situations that educators face in their…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Teacher Leadership, Principals, Leadership Effectiveness
Hersh, Reuben; John-Steiner, Vera – Princeton University Press, 2010
Mathematics is often thought of as the coldest expression of pure reason. But few subjects provoke hotter emotions--and inspire more love and hatred--than mathematics. And although math is frequently idealized as floating above the messiness of human life, its story is nothing if not human; often, it is all too human. "Loving and Hating…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Misconceptions, Negative Attitudes, Positive Attitudes
Yi, Lin – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
Ethnic minorities form a very substantial proportion of the population of China, with over 100 million people in 55 formally designated minority groups inhabiting over 60% of the country's land area. Poverty and economic inequality of minority groups are widely-recognised problems. However, as this book, based on extensive original research,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Education, Ethnic Groups, Socioeconomic Status
Farenga, Stephen; Ness, Daniel; Johnson, Dale D.; Johnson, Bonnie – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2010
This book calls attention to the policies and practices that discriminate against the silent majority of students in the American educational system. Arguments presented emphasize the collateral damage caused to average students by legislative mandates, administrative policies, teaching practices, parenting beliefs, and adherence to strict…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Academic Achievement, Administrative Policy, Teaching Methods
Beachum, Floyd D.; McCray, Carlos R. – Peter Lang New York, 2011
"Cultural Collision and Collusion" addresses the complexity of problems that surround youth culture and school culture. By broadening the scholarly dialogue and examining and disseminating relevant research to practitioners, the book seeks to provide insight into youth culture and some manifestations of popular culture (e.g., hip-hop). In…
Descriptors: Music, School Culture, Popular Culture, Educational Psychology
Willis, Judy – ASCD, 2010
Has it ever seemed to you that some students are hardwired to dislike math? If so, then here's a book that explains how negative attitudes toward math get established in the brain and what you can do to turn those attitudes around. Math teacher and neurologist Judy Willis gives you over 50 strategies you can use right away in any grade level to:…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Negative Attitudes, Mathematics Anxiety
Graff, Gerald – 2003
This book discusses the cluelessness (bafflement, usually accompanied by shame and resentment) felt by students, the general public, and even many academics in the face of the impenetrability of the academic world. The book examines some ways in which schools and colleges reinforce this cluelessness and perpetuate the misconception that the life…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Educational Environment, Higher Education, Negative Attitudes
Frey, Diane; Carlock, C. Jesse – 1989
This book takes the theory of self-esteem and translates that theory into practice. It presents a systematic approach to enhancing self-esteem, suggesting a specific sequence and phase-wise progression of enhancing self-esteem. Cognitive, emotional, and behavioral aspects of individuals are all incorporated into the theory and practice outlined in…
Descriptors: Body Image, Children, Counseling Techniques, Evaluation Methods
Kosmoski, Georgia J.; Pollack, Dennis R. – Corwin Press, 2005
The second edition of this best-selling resource provides new and updated content influenced by the feedback of over 250 school administrators. "Managing Difficult, Frustrating, and Hostile Conversations" uncovers safe and effective strategies for dispelling common sensitive situations such as handling legitimate complaints, controlling those…
Descriptors: Confidentiality, Ethics, Conflict Resolution, Crisis Management
Malouff, John; Schutte, Nicola S. – 1998
By using a game-centered approach, mental health professionals can help teach social and emotional skills to their clients. The 66 games described in this book are presented using a standard format that includes suggestions for how to help players use their skills in daily life. The games were field tested using an evaluation strategy that focused…
Descriptors: Coping, Counseling Techniques, Emotional Problems, Games
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