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101 Games for Better Behaviour
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This book is full of engaging games and activities that will help children to develop the skills and attributes needed for positive behaviours and effective learning. Part of the popular 101 series, this practical resource includes a wide range of games that will help children to explore the five key areas: self-awareness, managing feelings, motivation, empathy and social skills. Designed with busy teachers in mind, all activities are adaptable, easy to implement and require little to no additional materials, with resources available to download. 101 Games for Better Behaviour helps children to learn that an effective community is built on cooperation, tolerance and enjoyment. This revised edition features a new introduction mapping games onto the current curriculum, making it the perfect resource for any primary classroom or early years setting.
Beyond a Growth Mindset School
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Beyond a Growth Mindset School revisits Chris Hildrew's bestselling book examining the central tenets of mindset theory in light of new research - and how they apply to schools today. It explores the theories which underpin a growth mindset ethos and offers step-by-step guidance for school leaders to build an approach to teaching and learning that will encourage children to embrace challenges, persist in the face of setback and see effort as the path to mastery. The book isn't about quick fixes or miracle cures but an evidence-based transformation of the way we think and talk about teaching, leading and learning. Drawing upon his own extensive experience and underpinned by the groundbreaking scholarship of Carol Dweck, Angela Duckworth and others, this fully updated new edition navigates the difficulties, practicalities and opportunities presented by implementing a growth mindset as follows: Forming a growth mindset curriculum Launching a growth mindset with staff Marking, assessing and giving feedback with a growth mindset Growth mindset misconceptions and potential mistakes Family involvement with a growth mindset The impact of technology on attitudes and approaches to learning Keeping a growth mindset when the system is fixed Innovative and accessibly written, this thoroughly researched guide shows how a growth mindset ethos benefits the whole school community, from its students and teachers to parents and governors, and is a valuable resource for all educational leaders and practitioners.
Community Engaged Learning in Higher Education
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This accessible resource provides comparative insights on experiential and exploratory learning in community-based settings in Higher Education. Eight cutting-edge case studies of novel pedagogic approaches in India and the UK show how learners have stepped out of the shadows of the institution to engage with stakeholders beyond the campus as part of their formal studies. The case studies present approaches that emphasise situated experiential learning which enables undergraduate or postgraduate students to develop positive, mutually beneficial relationships with local communities and organisations as well as develop nuanced sensitivity to context. Issues including scale, assessment, partnership building, colonialism, sustainability, and social justice are discussed, alongside identifying the critical components of successful community engaged pedagogies. This text will be ideal reading for those in leadership positions; those with learning and teaching responsibilities for departments, schools, and colleges; and for individual academics seeking pedagogical approaches which reflect their own values and the institutions that they represent.
Generative Ai-Assisted Agile Course, Project-Based Teaching and Learning
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This title represents an essential resource for understanding the evolving landscape of AI-augmented pedagogy, examining the transformative effects of generative AI (GenAI) on education through the lens of agile course design and project-based learning. Through a detailed analysis of diverse empirical case studies from eight countries between 2015 and 2024, the authors effectively illustrate the dual impact of GenAI on education, academic integrity and teacher autonomy. They demonstrate how GenAI can enhance personalized STEM education and STREAM (Science, Technology, Reading and Writing, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) instruction, as well as project-based learning, while simultaneously presenting significant challenges. They provide a nuanced assessment of the opportunities and disruptions introduced by GenAI and offer concrete pedagogical strategies for teaching practitioners. This book serves as a vital reference for scholars in GenAI, educational technology and curriculum and instruction. It also provides practical, ready-to-implement pedagogical approaches for pre-service teachers in higher education and primary and secondary schools.
Generative AI for Personalized Learning
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The rapid evolution of generative AI (GenAI) is reshaping education, making personalized learning more adaptive, accessible, and effective than ever before. This book explores the profound ways in which GenAI-driven tools--such as GPT-4, transformers, and GANs--are transforming traditional teaching and learning paradigms. From real-time curriculum adaptation to AI-powered tutors, GenAI is not just enhancing education--it is redefining it. Through in-depth analysis and real-world case studies from Finland, Singapore, Japan, and the United States, this book examines how AI-driven learning environments foster student engagement and improve outcomes. It highlights the shift from one-size-fits-all education to truly individualized learning paths, where AI dynamically adjusts content, pacing, and feedback to each learner's needs. Teachers, rather than being replaced, are empowered with intelligent tools that enhance their instructional strategies. The rise of AI in education also brings critical challenges. This book does not shy away from discussing ethical concerns, data privacy issues, and the risks of bias in AI-driven education. It provides a balanced perspective, offering strategies to ensure that GenAI serves all students equitably, promoting fairness and inclusivity in the classroom. Whether you are an educator, researcher, policymaker, or technology leader, Generative AI for Personalized Learning offers valuable insights into the future of education. It presents a forward-thinking vision--ne where AI and human expertise work in harmony to create a more responsive, scalable, and learner-centric educational experience. The future of learning is not coming--t is already here. This book is your essential guide to understanding and navigating this transformation.
Learning English As a Foreign Language for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Learners
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This important volume represents one of the first book-length publications to explore the styles and strategies that can be used by deaf and hard-of-hearing learners when learning English as a foreign language, highlighting unique pedagogical approaches, learning styles, and strategic interventions. Delving into specific challenges that deaf and hard-of-hearing students encounter in language acquisition, including difficulties with reading, writing, speaking, and auditory processing, the book presents key findings which underscore the necessity of specialized tools and strategies, helping educators design more inclusive and effective instructional approaches. By presenting diagnostic insights and practical recommendations around the use of sign language, novel questionnaires, and learning preferences, the book provides a comprehensive framework for understanding and supporting deaf and hard-of-hearing students' foreign language learning journey, ultimately promoting greater educational equity and linguistic accessibility. Supporting educators in tackling not only linguistic challenges but also motivational and communication barriers facing deaf and hard-of-hearing students, this book will be a vital resource for scholars, educators, and professionals working with deaf and hard-of-hearing learners, as well as those studying inclusion and special educational needs.
Making the Classroom Work for Every Child
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Offering actionable guidance and strategies, the book sets out the practical ways teachers can create a classroom environment where all students can thrive. As such, it is essential reading for all teachers and school leaders who want to give every child an equitable chance of success at school and in later life.
Perspectives on Childhood
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This comprehensive text offers an accessible introduction to the field of childhood studies. Written by a team of higher education teacher-scholars from diverse fields in the behavioral sciences, health sciences, social sciences, and the humanities, this is the first book of its kind to take a current and interdisciplinary approach to childhood studies starting from a framework of United States systems and standards. Designed to serve as a core/required text, Perspectives on Childhood: An Interdisciplinary Approach features a myriad of helpful pedagogical features including Learning Objectives, Case Studies, Chapter Summaries, "Challenging Assumptions," Reflective Thinking Questions, and a Glossary. It also highlights young people's expressions and concerns in their own words, featuring children's poetry, writing, and artwork relevant to the topics presented throughout the text. Wide ranging yet in-depth, this book is an indispensable reference for all who are interested in the vibrant interdisciplinary field of childhood studies and its related professional paths in the areas of education, social work, and child psychology.
Philosophy of Education
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This textbook provides an up to date, accessible introduction to the philosophy of education with a focus on the conceptual and normative questions raised by educational policy and practice. The key concepts explored include learning, teaching, indoctrination, knowledge, equality, intelligence, virtue, and rights. Clarifying the meanings of these terms is vital for educators to be able to explain what they do and why. Such conceptual analysis helps us to address normative questions about what should or should not be done, educationally speaking. Each chapter firstly examines one key concept which is then connected to a theorised aim of education. The aims considered are rationality (i.e. critical thinking), knowledge, social justice, vocational preparation, flourishing, and political participation (citizenship). These aims of education are all hotly debated, so their strengths and weaknesses are considered. Each chapter concludes with a third section connecting the key concept and aim of education under discussion to an applied example. The applied examples include religious schools, attainment gaps in education, the educational impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the curriculum, teaching ethics in schools as a form of moral education, and citizenship education. These applied examples are drawn from vital social and political issues within education. By critically engaging with and then building upon extant literature, this book demonstrates how conceptual and normative issues within education have real world implications. At the end of each chapter, there are pedagogical resources designed to support teachers and students. These include a chapter summary, a list of recommended and further readings and online resources, as well as a list of study and research questions. This book is essential reading for all undergraduate and postgraduate students of the philosophy of education. It is also ideal for use on education theory courses and will be of interest to those studying philosophy or education.
Play and Adolescence
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Play provides us with the autonomy to test out our ideas, experience appropriate risks, and build relationships. In Play and Adolescence, Fey Cole explores how those working with teenagers can meaningfully incorporate play into the learning environment, demonstrating its critical contribution to cognitive development, emotional resilience, and social connection in this pivotal life stage. Drawing on interdisciplinary research and international practice, this accessible and insightful book examines play across diverse settings--from formal classrooms to community spaces and digital environments. Through real-life experiences and case studies from across the globe, readers discover how playful learning fosters teenagers' sense of belonging while enhancing critical thinking and creativity. The book addresses cultural, structural, and policy-related barriers to play while offering actionable strategies for implementation. This resource will particularly benefit those working in education, youth services, and community development. It serves as both a resource tool and source of evidence-based effective practice for anyone committed to creating more dynamic, inclusive learning environments that prepare adolescents for future success through purposeful play.
Student Belonging in Action
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Higher Education institutions are under growing pressure to attract and retain their students and give them the best chance of success. Research consistently demonstrates that a strong sense of belonging is closely linked to various aspects of student success, including academic achievement, engagement, mental health and wellbeing, and student retention. Taking a practical focus and bringing in the expertise of practitioners across academic and professional staff through a series of case studies, this book explores what works when taking practical steps towards enhancing students' sense of belonging. Chapters cover taking a whole institution approach to belonging, efforts at different stages of the student journey, how to develop approaches that support specific student groups, and plenty of examples of working in partnership with students. Each chapter also presents a reflective example, with lessons learned and recommendations for future practitioners. Everyone working in Higher Education can make a positive difference to students' sense of belonging whilst at university. This book provides accessible, practical examples of how to take the first steps towards developing a sense of belonging with your students. It is essential reading for staff working across both academic and professional service roles in the areas of student retention, access, experience, engagement, and support.
Supporting Bereaved Children in the Primary Classroom
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Children experience a range of emotions during their time in primary school; however, bereavement is both unique and challenging. This book seeks to enable adults working with children to be prepared for this part of life's journey and ready to support the child affected by the death of their loved one. This accessible book explores topics that may have not been fully explored during teacher training, including defining loss, grief and bereavement, looking at different models of grief, identifying how grief affects children and investigating how the differing needs of minority groups can be met. Focussed on delivering practical and hands-on guidance, readers are presented with expert advice and case studies from the classroom to understand how to create an effective childhood bereavement policy. Whilst supporting a bereaved child is crucial, the emotional toll on the adult should not be underestimated and this book offers applied self-care strategies tailored for educators. A resource bank with contact details for specialist childhood bereavement organisations is also included for quick reference in a crisis. The authors also make suggestions for play-based activities and guided tasks using high-quality texts for school adults to use in small groups or with the whole class. This is a much-needed resource for every classroom to best support young people experiencing anxiety, depression, and mental health issues after facing a death. This book gives primary teachers, school leaders and staff the confidence to build learning environments that nurture and support students through this difficult time.
Supporting Children's Speech, Language and Communication Needs
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This book is the definitive text on understanding and supporting children's speech, language and communication needs (SLCN). Written by experts, it presents evidence-based approaches in a highly accessible format. Wide-ranging in scope, Supporting Children's Speech, Language and Communication Needs covers best practice for many groups of children, including those with speech sound disorders, Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) and neurodevelopmental differences discusses specialist populations, including acquired brain injury and cleft lip and palate, as well as childhood onset eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties features chapters on inclusive communication environments, Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC), communication partners, the whole systems approach and evidencing impact, exploring cross-cutting themes. Case studies are included throughout to bring learning to life, and recommended online sources of further information are included. Comprehensive, authoritative and up to date, this book will prove indispensable for students and practitioners in speech and language therapy.
Teaching, Learning, and Caring in Higher Education
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This practical resource illustrates how to establish and nurture relationships with intention, paving the way for meaningful student, instructor, and content engagement. Torres expertly peels back the layers of disengagement prevalent in today's college classroom and demonstrates how in-person and online courses can form ecologies that empower students and teachers rather than exhaust them. Informed by a rich blend of pedagogical research, case studies, and social interdependent learning theory, this book features plentiful activities, suggestions, and templates for cultivating and connecting care throughout learning environments. A worthwhile read for any faculty member regardless of level or discipline, this book is especially relevant for those who are new to teaching, concerned with student engagement, or interested in redesigning their courses.
Trauma-Informed Practice in Education
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Trauma-Informed Practice in Education enables educators to create safe, nurturing environments in the classroom for children and young people facing difficult circumstances. The book accessibly outlines the principles of TIP before examining what trauma looks like in the classroom, focusing on learning, behaviour and concentration. Each chapter introduces a step in the journey to becoming a trauma-aware educator and explores key topics, from balancing curricular demands and vicarious trauma to the importance of boundaries and self-care. Top tips and easy-to-use activities that respect the voices of children and young people are included, and interviews with professionals and engaging vignettes further bring theory to life. With approaches drawing directly from the author's frontline work and first-hand experience in diverse areas and settings, this book is essential reading for practising and student teachers, family support workers and youth workers.
Advocacy in Translanguaging Education
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Vigorously advocates for realising translanguaging's transformative potential in education. This book examines diverse aspects of advocacy for translanguaging as a legitimate educational practice. It advances a practical theory of the translanguaging of education that is informed by deliberative advocacy and based in evidence. Combinations of quantitative and qualitative research from preschool to higher and adult education in different parts of the world give insight into current translanguaging strategies and pedagogies. From translanguaging and transsemiotising in subject lessons such as Mathematics and Geography, to transdisciplinary engagement with poetry and music beyond the classroom, the findings contribute to the development of a practical theory of translanguaging in education, and demonstrate how translanguaging plays a part in everyday language learning and language use. This book is open access under a CC BY ND licence.
Critical AI in K-12 Classrooms
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A practical guide for teachers and students navigating the complicated intersection of artificial intelligence, education, and justice Artificial intelligence is rapidly integrating into today's classrooms, but unlike other new technologies, AI has the potential to harm, making it difficult to take advantage of its benefits. In Critical AI in K-12 Classrooms, Stephanie Smith Budhai and Marie K. Heath draw attention to the biases embedded within AI algorithms, such as those powering OpenAI's ChatGPT and DALL-E, to guide students and teachers in developing strategies to best incorporate AI--or not--into equitable learning. AI's reliance on existing data and knowledge systems means Black, queer, those with disabilities, and other marginalized students are at greater risk of being harmed by built-in limitations and bias. Budhai and Heath show how to circumvent if not actively resist such harms as machine learning, NLPs, LLMS, and GenAI enter the classroom, with practical examples rooted in culturally sustaining, abolitionist, and fugitive pedagogies across disciplines. Their practical guide creatively answers the concerns of educators committed to forward-thinking yet fair instruction and the needs of students eager to use AI for just ends. Critical AI in K-12 Classrooms meets the challenges of a key STEM technology with an eye toward cultivating a more just world. Balancing responsible learning with the joy of discovery, Budhai and Heath build a framework for AI instruction that all educators can confidently use.
Disciplinary Literacies in English-Medium Higher Education
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This collection offers a holistic overview of disciplinary literacies (DLs) in English-medium higher education (EME), with chapters employing a wide range of methodological approaches and data sources to illustrate the importance of a focus on DLs in facilitating positive outcomes for student learning.
The Fostering Resilience Workbook
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Bring out the best in your students--and yourself. In The Fostering Resilience Workbook, Elementary Edition, Kristin Van Marter Souers, Keith Orchard, and Pete Hall--a mental-health clinician, social worker, and veteran principal, respectively--draw on research and their extensive experience to help elementary-level educators create supportive, trauma-invested environments in which every student can succeed. Aligned with the bestselling Fostering Resilient Learners, this deeply practical workbook is organized into two parts. Part 1 consists of proactive structures and practices that benefit all students. You'll learn how to * Determine your personal mission and maintain your own self-regulation. * Build a culture of safety. * Nurture positive relationships. * Recognize the effects of trauma and stress on the brain. * Identify and meet fundamental student needs. * Provide discipline and accountability with kindness and empathy. Part 2 consists of responsive strategies and plans, organized into a proven problem-solving framework that will help you * Identify the skills and dispositions students need to succeed. * Recognize obstacles that interfere with student learning. * Explore your connection with students. * Pinpoint student skills in need of development. * Plan and track your intervention efforts. * Respond effectively when students aren't meeting expectations. * Access other professionals when you need extra support. Throughout this book, the authors provide prompts for reflection, practical tools and templates, and effective ways to apply what you've learned to your setting. Many of these are collected in a downloadable, shareable resource. Emphasizing kindness, belonging, and trauma-invested practice, this invaluable resource will inspire and guide you to be a more responsive teacher and help your students become more resilient, better adjusted, and more successful--in school, at home, and in life.
Growing up Green (Grades 3-5)
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Growing Up Green allows learners in grades 3-5 to build critical and creative thinking skills while also improving skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Featuring ten problem-based investigations related to sustainability and environmental concerns, this book will give you everything you need to encourage your gifted learners to identify problems, develop research questions, gather and analyze data, develop possible solutions, and disseminate this information to others. Each investigation includes comprehensive teacher instructions, ideas for differentiation, cross-curricular connections, hands-on student activities, reproducible student resources, reflection opportunities, and assessment options. Perfect for general education classrooms, single- or multi-grade gifted classrooms, or pull-out programs, this book is a must read for any educator seeking to delight and challenge their students with projects that touch on issues facing their real world communities today.
Learning Development in Higher Education
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This book examines the experiences of Learning Development as a pedagogic practice in higher education. Taking a philosophical approach, the book uses the perspective of a fictionalised Learning Developer to investigate the nature of power relations within the university, and how and why they lead to an ongoing sense of 'crisis' in higher education teaching practice. Although Learning Developers and other teachers in higher education are subject to the constraints of power relations within the academy, they are not powerless. By comprehending the nature of these relations and their consequences, the practitioner can begin to formulate new responses and forge new relations. The book provides a theoretical contribution to the emergent profession of Learning Development, and insights into the pedagogic practices of related professional disciplines, including librarians and academic developers. The book will benefit educational researchers and anyone engaged directly in teaching and learning in a university setting. It is also beneficial to those that work alongside them, including senior managers and administrators. The way the philosophical ideas in the book are developed and applied will also be of interest to scholars of Deleuze and philosophers of education.
The Making Academic
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By showcasing the experiences of making academics, this book advocates for higher education professionals to integrate creative practices into their lives, recognising the potential to facilitate personal growth, self-discovery, and alternative ways of knowing. Higher education contexts can be demanding, challenging, and rewarding and this book shares the practices of scholars who intertwine their intellectual pursuits with hands-on creative activities to support both their scholarly work and their wellbeing. Presenting visual narratives and describing their experiences, the authors inspire readers to consider how creative expression can support fulfilment, meaning, purpose, and wellbeing in academic work and life. The chapters focus on the arts, making, creating, and creativity, highlighting the crucial role these making practices play in the embodiment of knowing and exploring the self. Ultimately, this book contributes to a broader conversation about the importance of valuing and nurturing various forms of creativity within the higher education sector, as a means of promoting wellbeing, self-care, and a more holistic approach to scholarship. This is an essential read for individuals working in higher education at various career stages, as well as higher degree research students.
Preparing Teachers for Social Change
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This book critically evaluates the dynamic landscape of teacher education on a global scale, delving into its recent advancements, innovations and emerging paradigms. This book is an essential read for anyone committed to fostering social justice and inclusive education and seeking to equip educators for the challenges of today's world.
Supporting Working-Class Students in Higher Education
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Placing a spotlight on the classism inherent in higher education, this book highlights the realities that working-class students face when navigating elite higher education spaces and the rewards and challenges of supporting these students in such spaces. Drawing on the life experiences of academics of working-class heritage and a Student Advisory Board, each chapter is positioned around a "myth" which is debunked with examples, practice, student perspectives, and research. Alongside this, the book serves as a support mechanism for practitioners to learn from working-class experiences in order to improve their own practice and be able to support their working-class students through the exploration of an intersectional, class-conscious pedagogy. It argues that classism should be a central item on the agenda of all those working in higher education if they are truly committed to making institutions spaces where all students feel they belong and have a voice. This ground-breaking book will support and enhance the practice of anyone with a role that engages with or impacts upon the lives and experiences of historically excluded students, whether directly through teaching, pastoral and administrative support, or indirectly through leadership, governance, and policy-making. 'Insider Guides to Success in Academia' offers support and practical advice to doctoral students and early-career researchers. Covering the topics that really matter, but which often get overlooked, this indispensable series provides practical and realistic guidance to address many of the needs and challenges of trying to operate, and remain, in academia. These neat pocket guides fill specific and significant gaps in current literature. Each book offers insider perspectives on the often-implicit rules of the game - the things you need to know but usually aren't told by institutional postgraduate support, researcher development units, or supervisors - and will address a practical topic that is key to career progression. They are essential reading for doctoral students, early-career researchers, supervisors, mentors, or anyone looking to launch or maintain their career in academia.
Teaching the Anti-Essay
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Teaching the Anti-Essay helps secondary school English Language Arts (ELA) teachers introduce literary nonfiction and creative nonfiction essay writing to their students, demonstrating how writing is a fun and engaging activity where students can see tremendous value in "thinking on paper." Meaningful essays are also, by default, analytical. This book offers English teachers and their students 18 different essay prompts that challenge student writers to take calculated risks on paper, leading to essays that students can write and want to write, allowing them to add something new to the conversation in the process. Each chapter explores a unique essay prompt, along with rationale, the targeted skills, teacher models, student models, and reflections. The book is intended to be a tool for change in the English classroom at large by motivating students through tried and tested prompts, demonstrating that anyone can write like a journalist, a professional blogger, a creative nonfiction essayist, becoming an author with one's own voice and style. This is a great resource for in-service middle school and high school ELA teachers, and beyond.
Unlocking Oracy
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Oracy plays a pivotal role in education, both as a goal in and of itself and through the role it can play in securing learning. This exciting new book explores how Oracy can support academic success and develop confident communicators who can effectively engage with the world around them and are ready for life beyond school. The book first draws on cognitive science to show how Oracy can be used in the classroom to secure attention and engagement, enhance meaning-making, and for effective retrieval. It then offers strategies for embedding Oracy throughout the school to support debating and communication skills, respectful conversations around emotive and challenging subjects, and students' wellbeing and confidence. Each chapter features practical classroom examples, research evidence, pitfalls to avoid, and case studies to help teachers apply the ideas to their own context. Part of the Teacher CPD Academy series from InnerDrive, this is essential reading for all teachers and school leaders looking to holistically develop their Oracy provision.
Using AI to Power Primary Literacy
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the world around us and education is no exception. This practical guide demystifies AI for teachers, offering clear, accessible and practical strategies to enhance literacy teaching in a way that is both effective and engaging.
Weaving Stories of Language Education with Narratives of Teachers and Learners
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This edited volume presents a collection of diverse narrative inquiries into the lived experiences of individuals engaged in English language teaching and learning. By foregrounding personal stories, the book sheds light on how educators and learners construct meaning, navigate challenges, and develop identities within the context of language education. Organised into three thematic sections--(1) narrative inquiry of language teachers, (2) narrative inquiry of language learners, and (3) self-authored narratives by language teachers--the volume showcases a range of narrative forms, from research-based analyses to introspective personal accounts. This multiplicity of perspectives offers readers a comprehensive understanding of the human dimensions of language education. Set against the backdrop of English language education in Japan, the book provides valuable insights into the cultural and institutional contexts that shape teaching and learning experiences. It serves as a resource for scholars, educators, and students interested in narrative inquiry, language teacher development, and sociocultural aspects of language learning. By bringing together these varied narratives, the volume invites readers to reflect on the complexities of language education and the transformative power of storytelling in understanding educational practices.
Wicked Problems in PreK-12 Science Education
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This resource offers science teachers and science teacher educators strategies for tackling "wicked problems" in their classrooms. Contributors from across diverse PreK-12 educational contexts share how they confront and address these complex scientific or social problems. Chapters are organized into four sections: PreK-12 students, teacher candidates, in-service teachers, and teacher educators. Within each, science educators discuss how they have dealt with both systemic and non-straightforward wicked problems, such as climate change, social justice, ecojustice/climate justice, white privilege, political attacks on education, economic disparity, and other socioscientific issues. Chapters also include case studies that demonstrate how teachers broach wicked problems with their students. Ideal for science educators at all levels, this book can be a great supplement to any methods course covering science topics, or useful for professional development for in-service teachers who desire to learn more about how to attend to, maneuver, and grapple with teaching controversial or complex science topics. The Editors and Contributors cultivate and encourage important conversation around complex scientific problems that will inspire educators to address and navigate the complexities of wicked problems in their teaching practices.
186 Days in Teaching
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186 Days in Teaching provides a month-by-month roadmap for the school year, helping secondary teachers quickly adapt to new environments, accomplish the many tasks expected of them and excel in roles that might be unfamiliar or outside their initial training. The book covers all aspects of teaching and learning as well non-teaching responsibilities, ensuring you know exactly what is coming up and how to prepare for it successfully. By offering practical advice, research-based strategies and evidence-informed approaches, this guide helps teachers navigate the annual cycle of school life while building the necessary skills and knowledge to remain adaptable and accelerate their careers. Key topics include retaining autonomy, curriculum design, pastoral care and effective communication. Drawing on well-known theories of community practice, it empowers teachers to become active agents in shaping their school's ethos and teaching practices. With a focus throughout on your well-being and job satisfaction, this is essential reading for all secondary teachers, especially those new to the profession, aiming to build a fulfilling, sustainable career in a diverse education landscape.
The a-To-Z Teaching Toolkit for Early Childhood and Elementary Educators
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The A-to-Z Teaching Toolkit for Early Childhood and Elementary Educators is your one-stop shop for the contemporary early childhood and early elementary classroom, offering an A-to-Z collection of invaluable resources, strategies, and systems to use in your teaching. If you're looking for... a) Research-backed ideas and strategies to recalibrate your classroom practices b) Creative anchor charts, sentence starters, and examples of classroom visuals c) Step-by-step, comprehensive action plans and lists d) Tried-and-true tools and materials to add to your classroom e) Niche picture book suggestions that support the A through Z concepts f) Approaches for consistency and open communication between home and school environments ...then you've found the right book! The A-to-Z Teaching Toolkit for Early Childhood and Elementary Educators is key reading for educators, caregivers, future teachers, and families. Join author Alicia Meyers as she opens the door to her classroom to journey through the ABCs of teaching.
Behind the Bricks
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From the outside, the Mohawk Institute looks like a large and welcoming school building. When one looks behind the bricks of the school, however, a much different story becomes apparent. Conceived and overseen by Six Nations community member Richard W. Hill Sr., Behind the Bricks is an important work that provides deep insight into the Mohawk Institute, Canada's first, and longest-running, residential school, operating from 1828 to 1970 in Brantford, Ontario. Many see the Mohawk Institute as a model for the residential school system. Behind the Bricks brings together Indigenous and non-Indigenous experts. The book begins with an overview that traces the history and context of the school, and the remainder of Behind the Bricks touches on a broad array of topics from the experiences of students, to archaeology and architecture, to the role of religion, and beyond, drawing on a wide variety of sources including government documents, church records, and oral history. Behind the Bricks examines the policies and motivations that shaped the experiences of all three parties involved with the school?the government, the church, and the students and their communities. A thorough and thoughtful history that provides deep insight into over a century of institutional operation, Behind the Bricks is an essential work that tells us not only about the Mohawk Institute, but the entire residential school system, providing a window into the past with the goal of working towards a future of truth and reconciliation.
Brotherhood and Small Groups
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Brotherhood and Small Groups: A Culturally Responsive Curriculum for Boys is a transformative step-by-step guide for school counselors designed to empower young boys, particularly those from marginalized communities, with essential social, emotional, and leadership skills. By offering an engaging, experiential curriculum, this program creates a safe space where boys can explore their identities, set meaningful goals, and overcome societal barriers. Unlike traditional resources, this book uniquely integrates culturally relevant practices and emphasizes community, accountability, and empathy. Group facilitators will be equipped with lesson plans, assessments to help monitor the effectiveness of their group and the impact it has on school, community and family. Brotherhood equips educators and counselors with ready-to-use tools to nurture the next generation of leaders while fostering confidence, resilience, and a sense of belonging in every participant.
Critical Visual Methods to Advance Racial Justice in Educational Research
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Critical Visual Methods to Advance Racial Justice in Educational Research advances critical research methodologies for analyzing visual and multimodal data, with particular attention to racial justice and minoritized communities.
Diversity in STEM
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Diversity in STEM: Analyzing Inequities and Improving Opportunities in Education and the Workplace offers a survey of diversity in the broad field of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and provides potential solutions to improve outcomes in education, industry, and society. Offering a U.S.-based point of view, but with globally applicable concepts around race, gender, culture, politics, and socioeconomics, the book identifies where issues around diversity in STEM exist, how they were created, and how these issues are being addressed in STEM education and the STEM workforce. Features: Identifies conditions and causes of inequities from a societal perspective Offers guidelines and solutions to identify and address cultural gaps in STEM Covers STEM initiatives implemented at the K-12, college, and vocational levels and how they are beginning to alter the STEM landscape Illustrates the benefits of fostering and maintaining a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce Explores best practices used by companies and organizations to recruit, support, and develop diverse talent and strategies to continually evolve Guides and empowers STEM professionals to seek out organizations whose values are aligned with their own Providing an analytical and constructively practical viewpoint, the authors offer readers across the sciences, engineering, and medicine, as well as policymakers, the opportunity to consider why diversity and equity in STEM matter and how to apply best practices that support inclusivity to ensure successful outcomes for individuals, organizations, and society.
Health and Physical Education in Primary Schools
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This book encourages primary school practitioners to think differently about the way in which health and physical education is delivered in schools. The book shows that it is possible to challenge the orthodoxy and to reshape practice to better suit the needs and interests of all children.
Kids on Earth
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In this visionary effort, students take the lead in reimagining public education for the twenty-first century, advocating for a more active, personalized, and relational approach to learning Twenty-first century youth are hungry for new ways to learn. Their world is global, mobile, and rich with opportunities previous generations couldn't possibly have imagined. As they make clear in this book, the old standards of schooling no longer apply. In Kids on Earth, Howard Blumenthal and Robert C. Pianta go straight to the source--students themselves--to rethink public education for the five billion young minds projected to be learning by 2050. Blumenthal and Pianta interview children and teenagers from more than seventy countries, along with parents, teachers, and learning experts, to build, from their perspectives, a scalable global framework for radical educational change. "New School," in contrast to old school, is a foundational concept with three guiding pillars: learning is active, learning is personal, and learning is relational. Its teachings emphasize cognitive science, memory, and relationships--aligning learning with contemporary lived experience. New School also appreciates "Not School," external instruction that involves media, technology, and other forms of learning. Integrating these spheres, Blumenthal and Pianta argue, would better reflect our hyperconnected, innovative world, motivating students to succeed within it. Kids on Earth calls not for reform but reinvention, an ambitious, all-hands-on-deck effort to remake school for current and future generations, preparing them best for global citizenship. Unlike many books on education, this volume gives kids the chance to make it alright.
Pedagogies for Teaching First-Generation College Students and the Dynamics of a Globalized Classrooms
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This book examines how higher education institutions positively enhance the learning experiences of first-generation college students. What systems in our communities and world are intentionally or unintentionally producing the realities of first-generation identities, and how can these be upended through a deliberate pedagogical turn? With these questions in mind, this book aims to highlight the relevant and dynamic pedagogical skills and tools that institutions can employ to address the demands of globality and difference in the classroom. Challenging traditional deficit-focused perspectives used to discuss first-generation students, the book highlights alternative strengths-based support methods to improve the experiences and outcomes of first-generation college students. This book will appeal to scholars, researchers, and upper-level students with interests in higher education, cultural studies, philosophy of education, and decolonial studies.
The Routledge Handbook of German Language Teaching
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The Routledge Handbook of German Language Teaching evaluates and addresses multifaceted, multilevel needs of students and teachers within teaching German as a foreign, as well as a second, language through taking a transcultural approach. Each contribution starts with the author situating themselves in the geographical and institutional context in which they teach as well as the way in which they teach, for example, in person or online. This acknowledges the Handbook's internationally widespread contributors, from countries with different histories in terms of cultural, linguistic and educational diversity more generally and the teaching of German in particular. The chapters reflect their voices and consider language learners as people who have their own identities. Material such as plays, poems, short literary texts, rap, singing and drawing are discussed in this book as being influential for language learners from beginner level and beyond. This book proposes that 'learning' happens by both the teachers and the learners going on a journey and both changing the outlook on each other and themselves along that journey. Alongside this, questions are asked with respect to curricula and the relation between speaking German and 'belonging' in a German-speaking country. This Handbook will primarily appeal to teachers and instructors of German, as well as those training to become German language instructors. Moreover, the book will appeal to researchers interested in the linguistic and theoretical aspects of German language teaching.
The Routledge Handbook on Postsecondary Student Success
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The Routledge Handbook on Postsecondary Student Success offers a comprehensive and authoritative examination of student success in postsecondary education. This handbook addresses critical issues in student success, such as student engagement, mental health, and degree completion to provide valuable insights on promoting student success holistically and systematically, for students from different backgrounds or in different institutional contexts. It also offers a robust understanding of how to study and enhance student success by exploring the significance of data, analytics, and various research methods. Using evidence-based insights and practical strategies and offering key concepts, theories, and best practices, this handbook serves as a guide to promoting overall student success and closing success gaps. With forty chapters authored by leading thinkers in higher education, this handbook is an indispensable resource for postsecondary administrators, faculty, staff, practitioners, graduate students, researchers, and policymakers. It informs and inspires efforts to improve student outcomes and create more supportive environments, so students everywhere can succeed and flourish.
Student Teaching in Your First Inclusive Classroom
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As the first inclusive classroom guide for student teachers specifically, this book provides essential support as you navigate your student teaching placement and build the skills you need to support all students. With a focus on how you can effectively apply high-leverage practices in inclusive K-12 classrooms, the book covers a range of relevant topics including: how to understand the needs of students in an inclusive classroom, differentiated lesson planning and delivery, implementing evidence-based instructional and classroom management practices, carrying out individualized education programs, providing appropriate accommodations and modifications, and collaborating with other educators and families. Each chapter features suggestions for online resources, classroom activities to try, and questions for your own self-reflection, making this book a key resource for pre-service teachers working to obtain elementary or secondary teacher certification, as well as their university supervisors and cooperating teachers.
Supporting Latina Students in Engineering and Computing
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Research-based strategies for creating inclusive higher education spaces that encourage Latina student success in engineering and computer science In Supporting Latina Students in Engineering and Computing, Sarah L. Rodriguez presents a series of evidence-based strategies to foster a sense of belonging and inclusion among Latina students in engineering and computing programs. This work emphasizes the need for asset-based, culturally rooted perspectives to shift departmental culture and enrich the educational experiences of Latina students, who have been historically underrepresented in these fields. Rodriguez suggests a multipronged approach involving practitioners in all areas of higher education, including administration, faculty, advisory staff, student organizations, and community partners, to achieve a collective impact. She demonstrates how efforts such as inclusive curricula, relationship building, and robust peer resources increase equity in higher education spaces. Drawing on Chicana feminist theory, she calls for antiracist, restorative, and critical methods as ways to resist systemic exclusion and oppression as well as honor and shape the intersectional identities of Latina students in undergraduate STEM programs. Through vignettes of student and practitioner experiences and spotlights on organizational successes, the work shows how targeted supports can engage students through their interests, improve student competence and confidence, and expand diversity of thought, which can in turn lead to Latina student persistence in college and later success in the engineering and computing workforce.
University Keywords
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How American universities operate as social and economic engines that shape society beyond their traditional educational roles. University Keywordsgathers, contextualizes, and develops original understandings of 27 key terms that define the study and operation of the American university today. Editor Andy Hines and the book's contributors invite readers to rethink the university beyond its public image as a space of learning and understand how it also operates as a real estate powerhouse, a hedge fund, a debt machine, and even a crisis-producing entity embedded in the broader American economy. Through essays written by over thirty contributors from a variety of disciplines, this book examines the university's intersecting functions, from its financial entanglements to its often-contradictory roles in society. Contributors illustrate how universities simultaneously link and separate communities--faculty, students, nurses, janitors, and the surrounding public--through administrative processes that promote a sense of isolation and division, even within shared spaces. By defining and expanding the terms that drive public and scholarly conversations about postsecondary education,University Keywordssituates what appear to be auxiliary aspects of colleges and universities as directly impacting and at times displacing the central academic mission of these institutions. In its role as a crucible for societal hierarchies and economic interests, the university both drives and reflects major shifts in social structure, labor practices, and economic power. The book's exploration of key terms like "debt," "police," and "union" offers readers a new framework for understanding the university's transformation into an instrument of capital accumulation, as well as its ongoing relevance in the fight for a world where education, labor, and social justice converge.
Advancing Global Competencies in Education
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Advancing Global Competencies in Education offers an in-depth and insightful exploration into the evolving field of international education and intercultural communication.
Brilliant Behaviour in 60 Seconds or Less
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Teaching is made that much harder when students misbehave. This book provides over 100 evidence-based strategies to help teachers effectively manage student behaviour and improve the quality of teaching and learning. Written by leading expert Robin Launder (the Behaviour Buddy), it outlines the routines that underpin effective behaviour management, the expectations that need to be set, and how to achieve student buy-in through little nuggets of tried-and-tested teacher-wisdom that you can use in your classroom straightaway. Each tip takes about a minute to read, and collectively they will set up the conditions for brilliant behaviour for the entire academic year. The chapters cover: * The teacher-student relationship * Improving your presence and clarity * Embedding routines * Attention grabbers * Strategic corrections * Successful sanctions * Follow-up conversations Breaking behaviour management down into a series of practical steps, this is essential reading for all teachers everywhere. It doesn't matter if you're new to the profession or experienced, primary or secondary, state or independent, UK or non-UK - if you're a teacher then this book is for you.
Change Starts Here: What If Everything Your School Needed Was Right in Front of You?
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In education, change is inevitable. But despite this, most school change projects falter because they miss what matters most: the human element. Change Starts Here revolutionises how we think about educational change by putting people back at the heart of the process. This groundbreaking book unveils a practical approach that transforms how schools navigate change. At its core lies the innovative double diamond model, a powerful framework that helps school communities discover what truly matters to them and co-create solutions that stick. Through 40 carefully crafted questions and real-world case studies from schools across the world, the authors demonstrate how to replace rigid, top-down directives with authentic, community-driven change. Whether you're wrestling with curriculum reform, teaching development, or new technology, Change Starts Here will help you build consensus, honour diverse perspectives, and create lasting impact. Essential reading for school leaders, teachers, and anyone passionate about making meaningful change in education.
Creative Technologies Education
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This book is a groundbreaking exploration of how to empower students as innovative creators in an increasingly technology-driven world.
Education: the Basics
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Everyone knows that education is important. We are confronted daily by discussion of it in the media and by politicians, but how much do we really know about education? Education: The Basics is a lively and engaging introduction to education as an academic subject, taking into account both theory and practice. Covering the schooling system, the nature of knowledge and methods of teaching, this book analyses the viewpoints of both teachers and pupils. This fully updated second edition considers the many developments in education since the book was first released, brought about by political interventions and the changing social context, including the Covid-19 pandemic, new technologies, gender dysphoria and the deteriorating mental health of children and young people. Key questions are answered, including: * What is education and what is it for? * Where does education take place? * How do we learn? * Who are the students? * What is being taught in schools and universities and why? * What is the state of education across the world? With further reading suggested throughout, Education: The Basics is essential for all those embarking on undergraduate courses in Education and Education Studies, for those with an involvement in teaching at all levels, and for those with a general interest in this vital topic.
High-Impact Tutoring in Math and Ela
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Improving Instruction Together
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Strong instructional leadership is the cornerstone of student success. But what truly makes an instructional leader effective, and how can you foster a collaborative environment where teacher teams thrive? In Improving Instruction Together, Steve Ventura draws on years of experience and research-based strategies to demystify the often-challenging role of educational leadership. Through practical frameworks, field-tested protocols, and real-world examples, he equips you with the tools to build your collective: a unified community of educators aligned in their vision of success. This powerful resource shows you how to, Cultivate a leadership mindset grounded in clarity, consistency, and accountability. Guide teacher teams and professional learning communities (PLCs) with purpose and precision. Balance people-centered practices with essential organizational structures. Maximize the indicators of effective collaboration to make your teams more successful. Foster a culture of reflection that drives continuous improvement. Ventura provides a sustainable road map for implementation that emphasizes specific leadership and coaching actions. Whether you're a principal, an assistant principal, an instructional coach, or a teacher leader, you'll find practical guidance to elevate your impact and amplify student success. The path to academic excellence can be challenging, but with the right leadership approach, it's paved with exciting opportunities for transformation.
Language, Place and the Body in Childhood Literacies
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Challenging dominant views of early childhood language development and knowledge, this thought-provoking volume illuminates the importance of place, the body, and movement in opening space for young children's improvisatory, creative, playful language practices.
One Classroom at a Time
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From the author of The Missing Course, an essential guide to pedagogy that serves all members of an ever more diverse undergraduate population. A century ago, a typical US college campus was a sanctuary of privilege, with white men of means constituting nearly the entire student population. Today, half of US undergraduates live at or near the poverty line, and universities are more diverse than ever. But teaching and curricula have not caught up, resulting in stark inequities. Black and Hispanic students graduate at lower rates than their white and Asian counterparts, economically insecure and disabled students face persistent disadvantages, and in STEM disciplines gender imbalances remain the norm. One Classroom at a Time provides practical, research-based recommendations for teachers and administrators who want to narrow such academic gaps. David Gooblar explains the psychological hardships facing many marginalized students--including stereotype threat and belonging uncertainty--and provides detailed remedies. This wide-ranging guide also offers advice for mitigating burdens of financial insecurity and designing classes that work for all students regardless of disabilities. The emphasis throughout is on helping instructors and administrators understand not just the principles of equitable pedagogy but also the reasoning; not just what works, but why it works. In the twenty-first century, college courses shouldn't be built for imaginary students of yesteryear. One Classroom at a Time shows how we can tailor pedagogy to the students of today, so that all of them can secure the education and the success they deserve.
The Politics of Education
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The Politics of Education provides an introduction to both the political dimensions of schooling and the politics of recent educational reform debates. The book offers undergraduates and starting graduate students in education an understanding of numerous dimensions of the contested field of education, addressing questions of political economy, class, cultural politics, race, and gender. Noted scholar Kenneth J. Saltman introduces contemporary educational debates and seriously considers views across the political spectrum from the vantage point of critical education, emphasizing schooling for broader social equality and justice. With three completely new chapters and updates to existing content, additional updates to the third edition include discussions of technology and digital privatization, the dangers of AI, resilience and social emotional learning, authoritarian populism, the expansion of educational censorship and teacher gags, trans politics, new expressions of colonial and imperial education, the rise of misinformation, climate change, and sustainability. With opportunities for readers to engage in deeper discussion through Questions for Further Discussion and a Glossary of key terms, The Politics of Education remains a much-needed, accessible primer for Education Policy and Politics courses, providing the critical tools needed to make sense of the current politics of education.
Preparing for Chemistry Teaching
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This textbook is a comprehensive chemistry didactics resource for chemistry teacher educators, chemistry teachers and trainees. It provides research-grounded and practical-based pedagogical experiences, examples and frameworks for chemistry teachers, as well as a foundation for planning and implementing productive chemistry lessons. The book provides a conceptual and practical roadmap illuminating which didactic knowledge elements are relevant for becoming a chemistry teacher. The book starts off with a pedagogically laden however experience-based justification for the relevance of chemistry didactics, and then progressively breaks down the different knowledge elements that form a complete set of the didactic knowledge and skill elements a teacher needs for teaching. Concrete examples are provided to allow the reader to operationalize the ideas and concepts presented in the book. The structure of the chapters enables the reader to engage progressively and actively with its contents and provided examples, allowing a deep understanding of the diverse links between the presented topics, forming a complete set of the didactic knowledge and skills relevant for successful chemistry teaching.
Student Belonging in Higher Education
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Providing sector leading, scholarly informed critical explorations on students' sense of belonging in higher education settings, this key text explores invaluable considerations for contemporary issues to inform institutional policy, pedagogic practice, student education support and diversity and accessibility practices.
Student Centered, Innovation Driven: A Guide to Transforming Higher Education
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The president of Wichita State University shows how you can take your university from good to great. In Student Centered, Innovation Driven, Wichita State University President Rick Muma shares the unvarnished, hard-fought transformation of a mid-sized public research university into a national model for applied learning, research, and industry collaboration. Higher education is at a crossroads. Shrinking enrollments, increasing demands for workforce alignment, and the ever-changing expectations of students and communities require bold leadership and innovative solutions. Drawing from his own experiences, President Muma guides fellow university leaders through an exploration of embracing change, viewing existing assets through a fresh lens, and building student-first institutions that thrive in todays evolving educational landscape. This book serves as both a reflection on Wichita States transformation and a thought-provoking workbook, inviting readers to assess their own institutions and chart a path forward. Whether youre a university president, provost, or administrator seeking inspiration and practical guidance, Student Centered, Innovation Driven offers a compelling case study on how innovation, access, and affordability can drive meaningful institutional successeven when the path forward is anything but easy.
Teaching Elementary Grammar with Mentor Texts
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Teaching Elementary Grammar with Mentor Texts: Ready to Use Lesson Plans for Grades 3-5 contains detailed grammar lesson plans for teachers in grades three, four, and five. The lesson plans in this book incorporate the research-based best practices of grammar instruction and apply those practices to the teaching and learning of grammar instruction. They present grammatical concepts in the context of effective writing by using mentor texts. These mentor text examples, which students read from a writer's perspective, deepen students' metacognition of the importance of grammatical concepts and help them see the elements of grammar as tools for strong writing that authors use strategically to make their work as strong as possible. The book provides elementary school teachers with user-friendly lesson plans that they can easily use to put mentor text-based grammar instruction into action in their classrooms. These lesson plans feature published examples of grammatical concepts from contemporary children's and middle-grade books, activities that help students connect their reading and writing experiences, and reflective activities that facilitate students' metacognition of the importance of grammatical concepts. The thorough plans in this book will help teachers put the best practices of grammar instruction into action in concrete, practitioner-oriented ways.
Trusted
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How does a good principal become a trusted principal, and why is being trusted so important? Neither personality nor behavior solely determines whether a principal will have the trust of teachers, students, and parents. As author and veteran educator Jen Schwanke explains in Trusted, principals continually build and reinforce trust through their relationships and experiences with these stakeholders. And if principals aren't mindful and deliberate, they can easily sabotage their own efforts. In this candid guide for school leaders, Schwanke Explores just how powerful a force trust is within schools, where challenge and conflict are inevitable even during the best of times.Clarifies trust's positive effects on student outcomes, explains its reciprocal nature, and shares what principals can do to become more trustworthy and more "trust willing." Shares lessons learned from her own and other real-life principals' work to build trust, highlighting trust pillars, the habits and mindsets that support positive relationships, and trust killers, the often unconscious ways principals can undermine their work with those whose trust they need. Whether you are a new or experienced school leader, you'll find explicit strategies you can use to build strong, trusting relationships with teachers, students, and parents. Combine them to create and maintain a school culture in which everyone feels valued, safe, and free to grow into the best versions of themselves.
Young Children's Perspectives on Teacher Gender
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This book draws on ethnographic studies in nine countries across six continents to examine children's perspectives on their male and female teachers.
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