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Inspiring the Secondary Curriculum with Technology - Let the students do the work! (Hardcover): James Shea, Antony Stockford Inspiring the Secondary Curriculum with Technology - Let the students do the work! (Hardcover)
James Shea, Antony Stockford
R4,340 Discovery Miles 43 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Are other teachers using technology in their lessons? Are you letting your own students down by not harnessing the power of your students' technology knowledge in your lessons? Is your school asking you to show where you are developing ICT in your subject teaching? ICT in your subject does not mean teaching databases, spreadsheets or word processing. Having technical knowledge is no longer sufficient or indeed necessary in today's world - more important is the knowledge of how to advise and teach students to use technology efficiently and responsibly through their subject. Students faced with a 'problem' will need to hunt the internet for open source software, download apps and respond to the problem using technology as a problem solving tool. The scenarios are endless, but can be generated by the teacher - this could mean students publishing work through Amazon's Kindle or keeping a blog within a class wiki. Teachers do not need to have technical knowledge; rather they need knowledge of trends and opportunities. They then need to blend their basic subject pedagogy within these new trends to contextualise ICT skills.This book looks at pedagogical approaches to using ICT in the classroom that will help you to harness future trends, technology and software and embed them into your subject teaching. Full of practical advice, it illustrates how secondary teachers - of any discipline - can accelerate their students' learning, progress and ability within their subject whilst developing the soft ICT skills needed in the workplace and society. Including case studies and examples throughout, chapters cover: Mixing traditional teaching methods with e-learning Developing interactive students Mobile technologies Student safety online E-Portfolios and Virtual Learning Environments Using technology to extend learning beyond the classroom Ask yourself, would you be happy if your doctor did not use new technology to advance their practice? The same goes for you - your students need only a little encouragement and they are quite capable of doing all the work. This timely new book will help you structure your teaching to harness the latest developments in ICT in tandem with the students you teach.

Teaching Discipline-Specific Literacies in Grades 6-12 - Preparing Students for College, Career, and Workforce Demands... Teaching Discipline-Specific Literacies in Grades 6-12 - Preparing Students for College, Career, and Workforce Demands (Hardcover, New)
Vicky I Zygouris-Coe
R5,379 Discovery Miles 53 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Comprehensive, timely, and relevant, this text offers an approach to discipline-specific literacy instruction that is aligned with the Common Core State Standards and the needs of teachers, students, and secondary schools across the nation. It is essential that teachers know how to provide instruction that both develops content and literacy knowledge and skills, and aims at reducing student achievement gaps. Building on the research-supported premise that discipline-specific reading instruction is key to achieving these goals, this text provides practical guidance and strategies for prospective and practicing content area teachers (and other educators) on how to prepare all students to succeed in college and the workforce. Pedagogical features in each chapter engage readers in digging deeper and in applying the ideas and strategies presented in their own contexts: Classroom Life (real 6-12 classroom scenarios and interviews with content-area teachers) Common Core State Standards Connections College, Career, and Workforce Connections Applying Discipline-Specific Literacies Think Like an Expert ("habits of thinking and learning" specific to each discipline) Digital Literacies Differentiating Instruction Reflect and Apply Questions Extending Learning Activities The Companion Website includes: Lesson plan resources Annotated links to video files Annotated links to additional resources and information Glossary/Flashcards For Instructors: All images and figures used in the text provided in an easily downloadable format For Instructors: PowerPoint lecture slides

The Effective Teaching of Biology (Hardcover): Chris R. Brown The Effective Teaching of Biology (Hardcover)
Chris R. Brown
R4,703 Discovery Miles 47 030 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The Effective Teaching of Biology aims to identify the special dimensions of the subject, how it contributes to the curriculum as a whole and why the teaching of biology differs from the teaching of other subjects. Current legal and safety requirements are provided together with practical teaching ideas and sources of information. The book also covers contemporary issues which are the subject of extensive debate, such as the changing patterns of assessment of pupils, the use of living organisms in school and the nature of learning difficulties which pupils experience.

Bringing the Common Core Math Standards to Life - Exemplary Practices from High Schools (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Yvelyne... Bringing the Common Core Math Standards to Life - Exemplary Practices from High Schools (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Yvelyne Germain-McCarthy, Ivan Gill
R2,212 Discovery Miles 22 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

As high school math teachers shift to the Common Core State Standards, the question remains: What do the standards actually look like in the classroom? This book answers that question by taking you inside of real Common Core classrooms across the country. You'll see how exemplary teachers are meeting the new requirements and engaging students in math. Through these detailed examples of effective instruction, you will uncover how to bring the standards to life in your own classroom! Special Features: A clear explanation of the big shifts happening in the classroom as a result of the Common Core State Standards Real examples of how exemplary teachers are using engaging strategies and tasks to teach algebra, geometry, trigonometry, statistics, mathematics across the curriculum, and more A detailed analysis of each example to help you understand why it is effective and how you can try it with your own students Practical, ready-to-use tools you can take back to your classroom, including unit plans and classroom handouts

Autism, Identity and Me: A Professional and Parent Guide to Support a Positive Understanding of Autistic Identity (Paperback):... Autism, Identity and Me: A Professional and Parent Guide to Support a Positive Understanding of Autistic Identity (Paperback)
Rebecca Duffus
R786 Discovery Miles 7 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Having a positive understanding of yourself is empowering and boosts wellbeing. The young people's workbook is written with the young people at the forefront, so it is autism-friendly and has a positive focus on difference. When a young person receives an autism diagnosis, many parents and professionals do not know how to talk to them about this, and this book pairing gives them the tools and confidence to do that. There isn't currently a book on the market that enables a lead adult to feel skilled enough to have these conversations with a young person. Rebecca Duffus has years of experience using this format with young people, with positive outcomes, as well as 14 years of experience of working with young people, families and education settings.

Teaching Cues for Sport Skills for Secondary School Students (Paperback, 6th edition): Hilda Fronske Teaching Cues for Sport Skills for Secondary School Students (Paperback, 6th edition)
Hilda Fronske
R2,809 Discovery Miles 28 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

ALERT: Before you purchase, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN. Several versions of Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products exist for each title, including customized versions for individual schools, and registrations are not transferable. In addition, you may need a CourseID, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products. NOTE: This is the standalone book. PackagesAccess codes for Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products may not be included when purchasing or renting from companies other than Pearson; check with the seller before completing your purchase. Used or rental booksIf you rent or purchase a used book with an access code, the access code may have been redeemed previously and you may have to purchase a new access code. Access codesAccess codes that are purchased from sellers other than Pearson carry a higher risk of being either the wrong ISBN or a previously redeemed code. Check with the seller prior to purchase.
"For junior- to senior-level courses in Physical Education Methods for Secondary schools or Psychology of Coaching."
Teaching cues-short, catchy phrases that call learners' attention to key components of a skill-are provided for nearly 30 sports and activities in this practical, applied book. "Teaching Cues for Sport Skills for Secondary School Students, "Sixth Edition is a well-received, hands-on reference for coaches and teachers who aim to teach sport skills effectively and accurately. The emphasis on concise teaching cues helps you remember how to perform specific sport skills and helps you access information quickly from one reliable source. It is designed to supplement or bundle with a primary course text.

Making Sense of Secondary Science - Research into children's ideas (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Rosalind Driver, Ann Squires,... Making Sense of Secondary Science - Research into children's ideas (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Rosalind Driver, Ann Squires, Peter Rushworth, Valerie Wood-Robinson
R4,206 Discovery Miles 42 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

What ideas do children hold about the natural world? How do these ideas affect their learning of science? Young learners bring to the classroom knowledge and ideas about many aspects of the natural world constructed from their experiences of education and from outside school. These ideas contribute to subsequent learning, and research has shown that teaching of science is unlikely to be effective unless it takes learners' perspectives into account. Making Sense of Secondary Science provides a concise, accessible summary of international research into learners' ideas about science, presenting evidence-based insight into the conceptions that learners hold, before and even despite teaching. With expert summaries from across the science domains, it covers research findings from life and living processes, materials and their properties and physical processes This classic text is essential reading for all trainee secondary, elementary and primary school science teachers, as well as those researching the science curriculum and science methods, who want to deepen their understanding of how learners think and to use these insights to inform teaching strategies. It also provides a baseline for researchers wishing to investigate contemporary influences on children's ideas and to study the persistence of these conceptions. Both components of Making Sense of Secondary Science - this book and the accompanying teacher's resource file, Making Sense of Secondary Science: Support materials for teachers - were developed as a result of a collaborative project between Leeds City Council Department of Education and the Children's Learning in Science Research Group at the University of Leeds, UK.

Using Positive Psychology to Enhance Student Achievement - A schools-based programme for character education (Paperback): Tina... Using Positive Psychology to Enhance Student Achievement - A schools-based programme for character education (Paperback)
Tina Rae, Ruth MacConville
R1,543 Discovery Miles 15 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Positive psychology, properly understood and applied, offers a tremendous opportunity for improving student and teacher experiences and the overall success of any school. The connection between education and happiness is recognised to be mutually reinforcing; education helps students to be happy and happy students gain more from education. Research has confirmed what educators have long known - that happy students typically achieve more in the classroom and exam room than unhappy students and are more energetic, persistent, creative and better able to get on with others. Using Positive Psychology to Enhance Student Achievement is unique in translating a complex literature written by academic psychologists into a highly practical resource. The activities have been designed to provide a creative and engaging way of enabling students to discover their strengths both in terms of their cognitive abilities and `virtues', i.e. character strengths. Throughout the programme students are introduced to the key insights of positive psychology: the importance of being connected to others; character training and metacognitive strategies; positive rather than reactive thinking and habits; developing the skills essential for building optimism and resilience; recognising and combating negative thoughts; and understanding that there are certain ways of thinking that can make their lives better. Easy-to-deliver sessions with comprehensive facilitator instructions and activity resources are provided. All lessons are interactive and based on group discussions and role play to ensure that students learn more about themselves and others. Students are encouraged to practise skills and ideas that are discussed during the sessions in their everyday lives with home practice in the form of `take away' activities being a core element of the programme. This unique resource will be of real relevance and benefit to both staff and students at upper primary and lower secondary level and will give students the tools they need to achieve their full potential.

Inspiring the Secondary Curriculum with Technology - Let the students do the work! (Paperback): James Shea, Antony Stockford Inspiring the Secondary Curriculum with Technology - Let the students do the work! (Paperback)
James Shea, Antony Stockford
R972 Discovery Miles 9 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Are other teachers using technology in their lessons? Are you letting your own students down by not harnessing the power of your students technology knowledge in your lessons? Is your school asking you to show where you are developing ICT in your subject teaching?

ICT in your subject does not mean teaching databases, spreadsheets or word processing. Having "technical" knowledge is no longer sufficient or indeed necessary in today s world more important is the knowledge of how to advise and teach students to use technology efficiently and responsibly through their subject. Students faced with a problem will need to hunt the internet for open source software, download apps and respond to the problem using technology as a problem solving tool. The scenarios are endless, but can be generated by the teacher - this could mean students publishing work through Amazon s Kindle or keeping a blog within a class wiki. Teachers do not need to have technical knowledge; rather they need knowledge of trends and opportunities. They then need to blend their basic subject pedagogy within these new trends to contextualise ICT skills.

This book looks at pedagogical approaches to using ICT in the classroom that will help you to harness future trends, technology and software and embed them into your subject teaching. Full of practical advice, it illustrates how secondary teachers of any discipline can accelerate their students learning, progress and ability within their subject whilst developing the soft ICT skills needed in the workplace and society. Including case studies and examples throughout, chapters cover:

  • Mixing traditional teaching methods with e-learning
  • Developing interactive students
  • Mobile technologies
  • Student safety online
  • E-Portfolios and Virtual Learning Environments
  • Using technology to extend learning beyond the classroom

Ask yourself, would you be happy if your doctor did not use new technology to advance their practice? The same goes for you your students need only a little encouragement and they are quite capable of doing all the work. This timely new book will help you structure your teaching to harness the latest developments in ICT in tandem with the students you teach."

Designing Tasks in Secondary Education - Enhancing subject understanding and student engagement (Hardcover): Ian Thompson Designing Tasks in Secondary Education - Enhancing subject understanding and student engagement (Hardcover)
Ian Thompson
R4,488 Discovery Miles 44 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Engaging students in learning about their subject is a central concern for all teachers and teacher educators. How teachers view and use the pedagogic potential of different tasks to engage pupils with knowledge in different subjects, is central to this endeavour. "

Designing Tasks in Secondary Education "explores models for effective task design, helping you translate the curriculum into the tasks and activities that you ask your students to do in order to facilitate developmental or higher-level understanding of curriculum content.

Written by experts in the field of education from a range of subjects and including a foreword written by renowned author Professor Walter Doyle, this book spans an international context and offers a refreshing alternative of how to plan and design tasks that will not only intellectually stimulate but improve teaching quality. Key topics explored include:

  • Designing tasks which engage learners with knowledge
  • Policy perspectives on task design
  • Designing cognitively demanding classroom tasks
  • Task design issues in the secondary subjects
"

Designing Tasks in Secondary Education" offers essential insight into task design and its importance for enhancing subject understanding and student engagement. It will challenge and support all education professionals concerned with issues of curriculum design, subject knowledge, classroom organisation, agency in the learning process and teaching quality."

What Teachers Can Learn From Sports Coaches - A Playbook of Instructional Strategies (Hardcover, New): Nathan Barber What Teachers Can Learn From Sports Coaches - A Playbook of Instructional Strategies (Hardcover, New)
Nathan Barber
R3,637 Discovery Miles 36 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The strategies used by winning coaches on the field can bring success to classrooms, too In What Teachers Can Learn From Sports Coaches, you'll uncover that the athletic arena and the classroom have more in common than you think. Author Nathan Barber demonstrates how many of the principles of coaching can be used by teachers to motivate students, build community, and enhance teaching. You'll learn valuable lessons on...Communicating effectively Harnessing the power of teamwork Making work meaningful Embracing technology Building a winning tradition Teaching life lessons Seeking continual improvement And more The book is filled with insightful quotes from well-known college and professional coaches, along with suggestions on how to apply the ideas to your own classroom. You'll come away with strategies that you can use immediately to bring success to your own team-your students

Jumpstart! Thinking Skills and Problem Solving - Games and activities for ages 7-14 (Hardcover): Steve Bowkett Jumpstart! Thinking Skills and Problem Solving - Games and activities for ages 7-14 (Hardcover)
Steve Bowkett
R2,783 Discovery Miles 27 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Jumpstart Thinking Skills and Problem Solving presents a collection of simple to use, multi-sensory games and activities which will jumpstart students understanding of problem solving in action. If you are one of the thousands of teachers looking for a range of practical and fun ideas to engage pupils in effective proactive learning, then this is the perfect book for you.

Specifically written to help teachers work within the guidelines of the new curriculum, activities in the book will help pupils to explore and learn a wide range of problem solving and independent thinking skills in an atmosphere of fun, mutual support and tolerance.

Sections within the book reflect key areas of the new curriculum and offer a treasure trove of ideas for building problem solving and thinking skills into daily teaching.and provide tried and tested methods of helping children learn how to learn .

Areas include: -

  • Building problem solving confidence
  • Thinking and problem solving in literacy
  • Thinking and Problem solving in science
  • Problem solving in philosophy
  • Emotional resourcefulness and life skills

Jumpstart Thinking Skills and Problem Solving will celebrate the joy of critical and independent thinking and become a vital resource for all classroom teachers at Key Stage 2 and 3."

Paul Diederich and the Progressive American High School (Paperback): Robert L. Hampel Paul Diederich and the Progressive American High School (Paperback)
Robert L. Hampel
R1,324 Discovery Miles 13 240 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

A volume in Readings in Educational Thought Series Editors Andrew J. Milson, Chara Haeussler Bohan, Perry L. Glanzer and J. Wesley Null Paul Diederich worked in five new organizations dedicated to transforming American schools: the Ohio State University School, the Eight Year Study, a Harvard institute to revamp English language instruction, the University of Chicago's Board of Examiners, and the Educational Testing Service. Throughout his career he wrote critiques of American high schools and set forth many proposals to make them more flexible without sacrificing academic excellence. This anthology resurrects 14 Diederich essays, eight of them never before published. The scope ranges from visions of social justice to the details of the daily schedule. Like his heroes Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, he combined a passion for utopian speculation with a fascination for practical problems, a combination that is rare in the world of school reform today.

The Royal Navy and the Arctic Convoys - A Naval Staff History (Paperback): Malcolm Llewellyn-Jones The Royal Navy and the Arctic Convoys - A Naval Staff History (Paperback)
Malcolm Llewellyn-Jones
R1,614 Discovery Miles 16 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Published here for the first time, this volume presents a superb range of insights into this crucial effort of the Second World War. This Naval Staff History describes the vital role of the Arctic Convoys, 1941-1945 and was first issued by the Historical Section of the Admiralty as a confidential study for use within the Royal Navy in 1954. It grew out of the earlier Battle Summary No. 22 compiled by Commander J. Owen of the Admiralty's Historical Section and issued in 1943 to cover the convoys run to North Russia in the last half of 1942 and early 1943. That wartime Battle Summary was subsequently revised and expanded by Commander L.J. Pitcairn-Jones to include all the main convoys run from August 1941 until the end of the war using all the historical records which were at hand after the war. A new preface provides additional context for the convoys, highlighting support provided to Russian forces in their struggle against Germany, for the original Staff History was narrowly focused on the naval aspects of the Arctic Convoys to Russia. This is an excellent resource for all students with a particular interest in the Arctic Convoys, the Second World War and in maritime and military history.

Loneliness and Solitude in Education - How to Value Individuality and Create an Enstatic School (Paperback, New edition):... Loneliness and Solitude in Education - How to Value Individuality and Create an Enstatic School (Paperback, New edition)
Julian Stern
R1,313 Discovery Miles 13 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Analysing loneliness and solitude in schools and exploring how to deal with them is a vital task. In recent research for the author's Spirit of the School project, a number of pupils, teachers and headteachers described times when they felt lonely and times when they felt the need for healthy solitude. The causes of loneliness are numerous and its consequences have a significant unrecognised impact on education. How do schools deal with people when they are lonely, and how can they overcome loneliness? How can they create opportunities for healthy solitude, a welcome alternative to loneliness? Schools can sometimes try to include people by being intensely social, but end up making them feel even more excluded. A school that teaches solitude well and helps individuals deal with loneliness can be called an 'enstatic' school: a school in which people are comfortable within themselves. The objective of this book - the first comprehensive study of the subject - is to help us all understand loneliness and solitude and thereby to reinvigorate debates on personal, character and values education.

A Practical Guide to Teaching Computing and ICT in the Secondary School (Paperback, 2nd edition): Andrew Connell, Anthony... A Practical Guide to Teaching Computing and ICT in the Secondary School (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Andrew Connell, Anthony Edwards, Alison Hramiak, Gavin Rhoades, Neil Stanley
R1,467 Discovery Miles 14 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Now in its second edition, A Practical Guide to Teaching ICT in the Secondary School offers straightforward advice, inspiration and support for all training and newly qualified ICT teachers. Based on the best research and practice available, it has been updated to reflect changes in the curriculum, Initial Teacher Training standards, classroom technologies, and the latest research in the field.

Packed with photocopiable resources and illustrated throughout with examples of good practice and samples of pupil s work, it offers a wide range of tried and tested strategies to ensure success in the secondary classroom. Key aspects of ICT teaching considered include:

  • managing the ICT classroom: the environment, resources and pupil grouping
  • developing knowledge for applications and knowledge for teaching
  • planning for learning and teaching: ICT lessons and ICT coursework
  • developing pupils understanding of concepts including challenging misconceptions
  • assessment, feedback, target setting and examinations
  • modelling and simulation in ICT

Written by expert professionals, A Practical Guide to Teaching ICT in the Secondary School provides detailed examples of theory in practice, enabling you to analyse and reflect on your own teaching in order to ensure pupil learning is maximised. It will be an essential source of ideas and guidance for all training and newly qualified teachers, as well as tutors and mentors."

Teach Now! Mathematics - Becoming a Great Mathematics Teacher (Hardcover): Geoff Barton Teach Now! Mathematics - Becoming a Great Mathematics Teacher (Hardcover)
Geoff Barton; Julia Upton
R4,485 Discovery Miles 44 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Being taught by a great teacher is one of the great privileges of life. Teach Now! is an exciting new series that opens up the secrets of great teachers and, step-by-step, helps trainees to build the skills and confidence they need to become first-rate classroom practitioners. Written by a highly-skilled practitioner, this practical, classroom-focused guide contains all the support you need to become a great mathematics teacher. Combining a grounded, modern rationale for learning and teaching with highly practical training approaches, the book guides you through the themes of mathematics teaching and the skills needed to demonstrate learning. Teach Now! Mathematics also offers clear, straightforward advice on classroom practice, lesson planning and working in schools. Teaching and learning, planning, assessment and behaviour management are all covered in detail, with a host of carefully chosen examples used to demonstrate good practice. Every example is rooted in recent experience in the mathematics classroom. The commonalities of teaching pedagogy across all subjects are discussed but this book gets to the heart of the unique nature of this subject. From building confidence to developing problem-solving skills and mathematical literacy, this book considers what the keys to success are in learning, and hence teaching, mathematics. There are also chapters on dealing with pressure, excelling in observations, finding the right job and succeeding at interview. Throughout the book, there is a great selection of ready-to-use activities, strategies and techniques which will help put you on the fast track to success in the classroom. With a strong emphasis on sparking students' interest and enthusiasm in mathematics, this book is your essential guide as you start your exciting and rewarding career as an outstanding mathematics teacher.

Designing Tasks in Secondary Education - Enhancing subject understanding and student engagement (Paperback): Ian Thompson Designing Tasks in Secondary Education - Enhancing subject understanding and student engagement (Paperback)
Ian Thompson
R1,374 Discovery Miles 13 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Engaging students in learning about their subject is a central concern for all teachers and teacher educators. How teachers view and use the pedagogic potential of different tasks to engage pupils with knowledge in different subjects, is central to this endeavour. "

Designing Tasks in Secondary Education "explores models for effective task design, helping you translate the curriculum into the tasks and activities that you ask your students to do in order to facilitate developmental or higher-level understanding of curriculum content.

Written by experts in the field of education from a range of subjects and including a foreword written by renowned author Professor Walter Doyle, this book spans an international context and offers a refreshing alternative of how to plan and design tasks that will not only intellectually stimulate but improve teaching quality. Key topics explored include:

  • Designing tasks which engage learners with knowledge
  • Policy perspectives on task design
  • Designing cognitively demanding classroom tasks
  • Task design issues in the secondary subjects
"

Designing Tasks in Secondary Education" offers essential insight into task design and its importance for enhancing subject understanding and student engagement. It will challenge and support all education professionals concerned with issues of curriculum design, subject knowledge, classroom organisation, agency in the learning process and teaching quality."

What Teachers Can Learn From Sports Coaches - A Playbook of Instructional Strategies (Paperback, New): Nathan Barber What Teachers Can Learn From Sports Coaches - A Playbook of Instructional Strategies (Paperback, New)
Nathan Barber
R896 Discovery Miles 8 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The strategies used by winning coaches on the field can bring success to classrooms, too In What Teachers Can Learn From Sports Coaches, you'll uncover that the athletic arena and the classroom have more in common than you think. Author Nathan Barber demonstrates how many of the principles of coaching can be used by teachers to motivate students, build community, and enhance teaching. You'll learn valuable lessons on...Communicating effectively Harnessing the power of teamwork Making work meaningful Embracing technology Building a winning tradition Teaching life lessons Seeking continual improvement And more The book is filled with insightful quotes from well-known college and professional coaches, along with suggestions on how to apply the ideas to your own classroom. You'll come away with strategies that you can use immediately to bring success to your own team-your students

Inquiry and Innovation in the Classroom - Using 20% Time, Genius Hour, and PBL to Drive Student Success (Hardcover): Aj Juliani Inquiry and Innovation in the Classroom - Using 20% Time, Genius Hour, and PBL to Drive Student Success (Hardcover)
Aj Juliani
R3,641 Discovery Miles 36 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Careers in the 21st century are changing, but traditional education methods are not preparing students for these new jobs and demands. In this thought-provoking book, esteemed educator A.J. Juliani describes how we need to modify our classrooms to instill in students the drive for inquiry and innovation that they will need to succeed beyond school doors. Juliani reveals the ways that teachers can use Google s 20% Time, Genius Hour, and Project-Based Learning to make students more creative, inquisitive, engaged in learning, and self-motivated the kind of people we need to move society forward He offers easy ways to implement these ideas while meeting the Common Core and still allowing plenty of time for content instruction.

Special Features:

  • Research on the benefits of inquiry-based learning
  • Connections to the Common Core State Standards
  • Stories and examples from the field
  • Exciting ideas for using 20% Time, Genius Hour, and PBL at various grade levels
  • Tips for preparing parents and administration for your new instruction
  • Ideas for expanding your knowledge and continually learning in this area
  • Classroom applications for each chapter, including sample projects and resources
  • Bonus content with reproducible materials that you can use in your classroom right now, such as student checklists, questions, lessons, and unit plans

As Juliani emphasizes, if we want our students to change the world, we must change our classrooms to foster inquiry and innovation. "

Making Sense of Secondary Science - Research into children's ideas (Paperback, 2nd edition): Rosalind Driver, Ann Squires,... Making Sense of Secondary Science - Research into children's ideas (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Rosalind Driver, Ann Squires, Peter Rushworth, Valerie Wood-Robinson
R1,459 Discovery Miles 14 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

What ideas do children hold about the natural world? How do these ideas affect their learning of science? Young learners bring to the classroom knowledge and ideas about many aspects of the natural world constructed from their experiences of education and from outside school. These ideas contribute to subsequent learning, and research has shown that teaching of science is unlikely to be effective unless it takes learners' perspectives into account. Making Sense of Secondary Science provides a concise, accessible summary of international research into learners' ideas about science, presenting evidence-based insight into the conceptions that learners hold, before and even despite teaching. With expert summaries from across the science domains, it covers research findings from life and living processes, materials and their properties and physical processes This classic text is essential reading for all trainee secondary, elementary and primary school science teachers, as well as those researching the science curriculum and science methods, who want to deepen their understanding of how learners think and to use these insights to inform teaching strategies. It also provides a baseline for researchers wishing to investigate contemporary influences on children's ideas and to study the persistence of these conceptions. Both components of Making Sense of Secondary Science - this book and the accompanying teacher's resource file, Making Sense of Secondary Science: Support materials for teachers - were developed as a result of a collaborative project between Leeds City Council Department of Education and the Children's Learning in Science Research Group at the University of Leeds, UK.

Supporting Student Transitions 14-19 - Approaches to teaching and learning (Paperback): John Bostock, Jane Wood Supporting Student Transitions 14-19 - Approaches to teaching and learning (Paperback)
John Bostock, Jane Wood
R1,231 Discovery Miles 12 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Supporting Student Transitions 14-19 offers transition focused approaches to planning, teaching, learning and assessment designed to meet the needs of these unique learners. Drawing upon the latest research and theory, as well as the authors' extensive experience in the field, it examines in detail transitions in teaching and learning in this complex sector. Drawing out and critically analysing the key features of both pedagogy and andragogy, the book presents the best elements of each to provide all tutors and practitioners involved in the teaching of 14-19 learners with clear strategies for supporting this group. Practical advice backed by sound theory will provide readers with a clear understanding of the requirements and needs of learners in the school, college and university. Topics explored include: The role of the teacher in supporting student transitions Understanding transition focused approaches Emotional and social factors involved Recognising difficulties and helping students prepare Supporting Student Transitions 14-19 is a practical guide also offering a unique contribution to the discourse on this important sector of education, increasingly afforded the attention it deserves. It will be an essential resource for trainee teachers, students of PCET, lecturers and teachers wanting to build upon their understanding of this group of learners.

Authentic Learning for the Digital Generation - Realising the potential of technology in the classroom (Paperback): Angela... Authentic Learning for the Digital Generation - Realising the potential of technology in the classroom (Paperback)
Angela McFarlane
R1,233 Discovery Miles 12 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Why should we use technology to support learning? Where does the responsibility lie to prepare young people to be active and successful cybercitizens? Can we go on confiscating pupils' smartphones indefinitely? Authentic Learning for the Digital Generation is a vital examination of young people's use of personal devices, online creative communities and digital gaming. It calls into question the idea of the 'digital native' and shows clearly that the majority of young users need help and support in order to benefit from the rich learning potential of personal, mobile and online technology use. Written by a leading authority on the role of digital technologies in education, it looks in detail at the practice and implications of learning using personal devices, collaborative online spaces, learning platforms, user generated content and digital games. In particular, approaches to solving problems, building knowledge, manipulating data and creating texts are examined. It offers clear strategies, a vision for what effects on learning we might reasonably expect when children are given access to different types of technology, and explores the challenges of managing these practices in the classroom. Authentic Learning for the Digital Generation offers careful analysis at a time when there is much discussion about young people emerging from school unprepared for the world of work and often struggling to manage their personal relationships as they are exposed to strong content and harsh criticism online. It considers what we know of childhood experience in a digital world and offers ways in which schools and teachers can embrace the opportunity presented by ubiquitous ownership of connected, digital devices to enrich and deepen learning.

New Literacies around the Globe - Policy and Pedagogy (Hardcover): Cathy Burnett, Julia Davies, Guy Merchant, Jennifer Rowsell New Literacies around the Globe - Policy and Pedagogy (Hardcover)
Cathy Burnett, Julia Davies, Guy Merchant, Jennifer Rowsell
R4,636 Discovery Miles 46 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The increasing popularity of digitally-mediated communication is prompting us to radically rethink literacy and its role in education; at the same time, national policies have promulgated a view of literacy focused on the skills and classroom routines associated with print, bolstered by regimes of accountability and assessments. As a result, teachers are caught between two competing discourses: one upholding a traditional conception of literacy re-iterated by politicians and policy-makers, and the other encouraging a more radical take on 21st century literacies driven by leading edge thinkers and researchers. There is a pressing need for a book which engages researchers in international dialogue around new literacies, their implications for policy and practice, and how they might articulate across national boundaries. Drawing on cutting edge research from the USA, Canada, UK, Australia and South Africa, this book is a pedagogical and policy-driven call for change. It explores studies of literacy practices in varied contexts through a refreshingly dialogic style, interspersed with commentaries which comment on the significance of the work described for education. The book concludes on the 'conversation' developed to identify key recommendations for policy-makers through a Charter for Literacy Education. .

Teach Now! History - Becoming a Great History Teacher (Hardcover): Mike Gershon Teach Now! History - Becoming a Great History Teacher (Hardcover)
Mike Gershon; Series edited by Geoff Barton
R4,357 Discovery Miles 43 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Being taught by a great teacher is one of the great privileges of life. Teach Now! is an exciting new series that opens up the secrets of great teachers and, step-by-step, helps trainees to build the skills and confidence they need to become first-rate classroom practitioners. Written by a highly-skilled practitioner, this practical, classroom-focused guide contains all the support you need to become a great history teacher who inspires and motivates students to critically and creatively explore the past. Combining a grounded, modern rationale for learning and teaching with highly practical training approaches rooted in the realities of the classroom, the book guides you through all the different aspects of history teaching offering clear, straightforward advice on classroom practice, lesson planning and working in schools. Teaching and learning, planning, assessment and behaviour management are all covered in detail, with a host of carefully chosen examples used to demonstrate good practice and show how to facilitate outstanding historical enquiry. There are also chapters on dealing with pressure, excelling in observations, finding the right job and succeeding at interview. Throughout the book, there is a great selection of ready-to-use activities, strategies and techniques which will help put you on the fast track to success in the classroom; and ensure your students are doing the very best learning possible. Covering everything you need to know, this book is your essential guide as you start your exciting and rewarding career as an outstanding history teacher.

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