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Wade, Suzanne E., Ed. – 2000
This book is designed to accompany the book, "Inclusive Education: A Casebook and Readings for Prospective and Practicing Teachers." It introduces case pedagogies and describes curricula that teacher educators have developed using cases designed to prepare preservice teachers for inclusive education. Part 1, "Curricula for Preparing Teachers for…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Cultural Awareness, Diversity (Student)
McIntyre, D. John, Ed.; Byrd, David M., Ed. – 2000
This yearbook addresses the nation's need to train and retain good teachers, exploring exemplary practices in teacher education. There are four sections divided into 12 chapters. The book begins with a forward, "Research on Effective Models for Teacher Education: Powerful Teacher Education Programs" (E.M. Guyton). Section 1, "Models for Enhancing…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teacher Induction, Educational Change, Educational Quality
Danziger, Sheldon H., Ed. – 1999
This book contains 10 papers on three key questions regarding the effects of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), which ended the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program: why welfare caseloads are falling; how welfare recipients are faring; and how the states are responding to changing…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Economic Climate, Employed Women
Williams, Delmus E., Ed.; Garten, Edward D., Ed. – 1999
This book presents the following papers on library organizational and management issues: (1) "Knowledge Management: An Essential Framework for Corporate Library Leadership" (Deanna J. Streng); (2) "Critical Factors for Collaboration in an Academic Library Setting" (Charlotte M. Knoche); (3) "Salaries of Academic Librarians…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cooperative Programs, Corporate Libraries, Corporations
Jonassen, David H., Ed.; Land, Susan M., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 1999
"Theoretical Foundations of Learning Environments" describes the most contemporary psychological and pedagogical theories that are foundations for the conception and design of open-ended learning environments and new applications of educational technologies. In the past decade, the cognitive revolution of the 60s and 70s has been…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Constructivism (Learning), Instructional Design, Mathematics Education
Crandall, JoAnn, Ed.; Kaufman, Dorit, Ed. – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), 2002
Content-based instruction (CBI) challenges ESOL teachers to teach language through specialist content in institutional settings. This volume addresses CBI negotiation between ESOL teachers and subject specialists in higher education. Writers document and evaluate courses that support the subject discipline and meet the language needs of EFL and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Course Content
Lambert, Richard, Ed.; McCarthy, Christopher, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2006
School districts today face increasing calls for accountability during a time when budgets are stretched and students' needs have become increasingly complex. The teacher's responsibility is to educate younger people, but now more than ever, teachers face demands on a variety of fronts. In addition to teaching academic content, schools are…
Descriptors: Professional Recognition, Teacher Burnout, Learning Disabilities, Testing
Au, Wayne, Ed.; Bigelow, Bill, Ed.; Karp, Stan, Ed. – Rethinking Schools, Ltd, 2007
Since the first edition was published in 1994, Rethinking Our Classrooms has sold over 180,000 copies. This revised and expanded edition includes new essays on: (1) science and environmental education; (2) immigration and language; (3) military recruitment; (4) teaching about the world through mathematics; and (5) gay and lesbian issues. Creative…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Social Justice, Standard Spoken Usage, Childrens Literature
Finn, Chester E., Jr, Ed.; Ravitch, Diane, Ed. – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2007
Citing Aristotle, Franklin and Einstein as proponents of a broad, liberal-arts education, Finn and Ravitch promote the need for liberal learning as preparatory to the civic life needed for a well-functioning democracy. Drawing together the work of a number of educators, the editors have organized this volume in two sections. Part I, Liberal…
Descriptors: General Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Democracy, Accountability
Patton, James R., Ed.; Polloway, Edward A., Ed. – 1996
This collection of 13 essays focuses on the many challenges that adults with learning disabilities face in educational, work, and social settings. The essays are: (1) "Adults with Learning Disabilities: An Emerging Area of Professional Interest and Public Attention" (James R. Patton and Edward A. Polloway); (2) "Adult Development Theories: An…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Adult Development, Adults
Fleer, Marilyn, Ed. – 1996
Recognizing the perceived conflict between a belief in the value of play to early childhood development and a commitment to an early childhood pedagogical framework, this book attempts to validate play as a fundamental component of learning and an avenue through which learning outcomes can be identified and confirmed. The book is designed to…
Descriptors: Art Education, Curriculum Development, Dramatic Play, Early Childhood Education
Murray, Frank B., Ed. – 1996
In this book, leading scholars address a range of issues, ideas, and research findings in the field of teacher education, examining specific disciplines, social foundations, and program structures, as well as school reform and diversity. Part One: The Need for a Knowledge Base contains five chapters: "Beyond Natural Teaching: The Case for…
Descriptors: Art Education, Educational Change, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
de Silva, K. M., Ed.; Peiris, G. H., Ed. – 1995
This book reviews the history of university education in Sri Lanka, paying special attention to the University of Peradeniya, originally the University of Ceylon. The book focuses on how an institution of higher learning, modeled initially on the older universities of Britain, has been influenced by the challenges and constraints of continuing…
Descriptors: Agriculture, College Role, Dental Schools, Developing Nations
Vold, Edwina Battle, Ed. – 1992
This monograph is intended to provide a rationale for multicultural education and to serve as a manual for teachers. It includes activities and strategies for teaching preschool and primary-age children from a multicultural perspective. The document is organized into six chapters, four of which include sample lessons. Chapter 1 provides the basis…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development
Choate, Joyce S., Ed. – 1993
This book of 16 chapters by various contributors is intended to assist teachers to translate theory into practical classroom strategies for mainstreaming children with disabilities. It includes guidelines for the detection of 101 special needs and more than 1000 corrective strategies. Chapters have the following titles and authors: "Teaching All…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Classroom Techniques, Diagnostic Teaching, Disabilities
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