This companion guide is intended to be used in conjunction with the Socio-Emotional Learning (SEL) Integration Approach School Leader and Educator Self-Reflection Tools. This companion guide focuses on the following area of reflection: Cultivate a learning environment in which all community members are valued, can enact their agency, build…

Grounded in research-based practice, this book will help all teachers make classroom learning more interactive and conversation-based. Drawing on their work with more than 800 teachers and administrators from 29 districts and 2 countries, the authors present a pedagogical model that challenges teachers to promote emotionally safe classroom…

This enlightening handbook offers current, international perspectives on the conditions in communities, contemporary practices in schooling, relevant research on teaching and learning, and implications for the future of education. It contains diverse conceptual frameworks for analyzing existing issues in education, including but not limited to…

This is the third edition of the ECERS-E, formerly called "Assessing Quality in the Early Years: Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS-E)." The ECERS-E is an instrument for measuring quality in literacy, numeracy, science and diversity as observable in pre-school in relation to child cognitive and social/behavioural…

Responding to current debates on the place of play in schools, the authors have extensively revised their groundbreaking book. They explain how and why play is a critical part of children's development, as well as the central role adults have to promote it. This classic textbook and popular practitioner resource offers systematic descriptions and…

Nearly every reform effort espouses the importance of "parent involvement." This research-based guide is essential reading for teachers and administrators who want to make welcoming classrooms a reality. With a focus on literacy instruction, it showcases stories of "what works" when teachers in elementary school classrooms throughout the country…

Discusses how educators must begin to appreciate home culture as a key factor in school success. Reflects on the author's own personal experiences and struggles in his first experiences learning to read. Presents instructional approaches for working with culturally diverse learners. Considers the social context of learning to read. (SG)

The paper reviews cultural experiences that create home-school discrepancies in Puerto Rican adolescents, some of whom have remigrated from the mainland to the island, and considers factors leading to a diagnosis of social maladjustment or emotional disturbance. The effects of cultural experience, the parents' expectations, and the family's…

This publication presents reasons why attention to culture and learning is important in schools. It examines the relationship between culture and learning, and discusses how conflicts between the culture of the home and that of the typical classroom hinder the educational process for many children. It reviews examples of culturally sensitive…

Noting that the feminization of the typical public relations classroom has increased interest in how educators can meet the needs of their female and minority students, this paper discusses an approach to teaching that integrates concerns for diversity in what is taught, how it is taught, and who is being taught. The paper begins with an…

As a guide to learning about other cultures, the first edition of this book used 100 critical incidents spread across 18 themes of human interaction. This edition has the same goal as the first edition, to improve formal efforts to prepare people for interaction with cultures other than their own, but it introduces a number of new incidents and…

Intended for novice trainers, this primer contains basic information about workshops and the tasks and skills necessary for effective leadership of workshops. Likening the tasks of a workshop leader to those of the classroom teacher, the first chapter deals with the workshop as an educational event and the management of the workshop. The following…

Outlines the challenges families new to America will face and suggests preventative tips and resources for helping them cope. (EV)

This guide is designed for student advisors in the United States who are counseling students preparing for a period of study in a fully integrated higher education program in the Federal Republic of Germany. Topics covered include: (1) an overview of the higher educational system in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG); (2) organization of FRG…

Emphasizing that the topic of culture in the classroom is always present, this chapter from a book on the teaching of adults, explores the meanings and relevance of both concepts of "culture" and "ethnicity" especially as they have significance for the learning situation. It is noted that a sensitive awareness of cultural differences should be…