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Alyssa
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Julie Marie Frances Devoe
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Collins International Primary Maths supports best practice in
primary maths teaching, whilst encouraging teacher professionalism
and autonomy. A wealth of supporting digital assets are provided
for every lesson, including slideshows, animations, tools and games
to ensure they are rich, lively and engaging. Each lesson is based
on a 'big idea', providing an engaging, exciting theme which is
anchored in a real-life international context. Activities,
exercises and investigations provide opportunities for learners to
apply their knowledge, skills and understanding of the mathematics
they are learning. Provides support as part of a set of resources
for the Cambridge Primary curriculum framework from 2011. This
title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education.
The Children of Immigrants at School explores the 21st-century
consequences of immigration through an examination of how the
so-called second generation is faring educationally in six
countries: France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden
and the United States. In this insightful volume, Richard Alba and
Jennifer Holdaway bring together a team of renowned social science
researchers from around the globe to compare the educational
achievements of children from low-status immigrant groups to those
of mainstream populations in these countries, asking what we can
learn from one system that can be usefully applied in another.
Working from the results of a five-year, multi-national study, the
contributors to The Children of Immigrants at School ultimately
conclude that educational processes do, in fact, play a part in
creating unequal status for immigrant groups in these societies. In
most countries, the youth coming from the most numerous immigrant
populations lag substantially behind their mainstream peers,
implying that they will not be able to integrate economically and
civically as traditional mainstream populations shrink. Despite
this fact, the comparisons highlight features of each system that
hinder the educational advance of immigrant-origin children,
allowing the contributors to identify a number of policy solutions
to help fix the problem. A comprehensive look at a growing global
issue, The Children of Immigrants at School represents a major
achievement in the fields of education and immigration studies.
Richard Alba is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the City
University of New York's Graduate Center. His publications include
Remaking the American Mainstream (with Victor Nee) and Blurring the
Color Line.
Jennifer Holdaway is a Program Director at the Social Science
Research Council, where her work has focused on migration and its
interaction with processes of social change and stratification.
This is a ground-breaking research study on Black immigrant
identities in South African schools. It is the first major book on
racial integration and immigrant children in South African schools.
The overall aim of this study is to investigate how immigrant
students negotiate and mediate their identity within the South
African schooling context. This study set out to explain this
complex phenomenon, guided by the following research objectives:
One, to describe how immigrant student identities are framed,
challenged, asserted and negotiated within the institutional
cultures of schools. Two, to evaluate the extent to which the ethos
of these schools has been transformed towards integration in the
truest sense and to determine how immigrant students perceive this
in practice? Three, to explore the `transnational social fields' in
terms of social networks and cross-border linkages of immigrant
students and how this impacts on their identity formation. Four, to
determine if there are any new forms of immigrant student
self-identities that are beginning to emerge? Five, to determine
the extent to which racial desegregation has been accompanied by
social integration between immigrant and local students. Six, to
determine the impact of the South African social/schooling context
on immigrant student identity formation. And seven, to identify
critical lessons and `good practice' that could be learnt and used
to accelerate the racial desegregation and social integration of
immigrant students in South African schools.
Our fifth book in the International Research on School Leadership
series focuses on the use of data in schools and districts as
useful information for leadership and decision making. Schools are
awash in data and information, from test scores, to grades, to
discipline reports, and attendance as just a short list of student
information sources, while additional streams of data feed into
schools and districts from teachers and parents as well as local,
regional and national policy levels. To deal with the data, schools
have implemented a variety of data practices, from data rooms, to
data days, data walks, and data protocols. However, despite the
flood of data, successful school leaders are leveraging an analysis
of their school's data as a means to bring about continuous
improvement in an effort to improve instruction for all students.
Nevertheless, some drown, some swim, while others find success. Our
goal in this book volume is to bring together a set of chapters by
authors who examine successful data use as it relates to leadership
and school improvement. In particular, the chapters in this volume
consider important issues in this domain, including: How
educational leaders use data to inform their practice. What types
of data and data analysis are most useful to successful school
leaders. To what extent are data driven and data informed practices
helping school leaders positively change instructional practice? In
what ways does good data collection and analysis feed into
successful continuous improvement and holistic systems thinking?
How have school leadership practices changed as more data and data
analysis techniques have become available? What are the major
obstacles facing school leaders when using data for decision making
and how do they overcome them?
According to author Dan Gates, decisionology is the analysis,
study, discussion, and exampling of the decisions that may
determine the direction of your life. We put so much emphasis on
the decisions and choices that high-school students are making and
will continue to make for the rest of their lives because these
choices can potentially create- or destroy-a bright future.
"Decisionology" is designed to be a simple and effective
resource that can be used whenever challenges or decisions arise.
This guide does not provide the answers required in a given
situation; rather, it explains the many different types of
decisions that are available and the potential consequences that
each may bring.
"Dan Gates' Book, Decisionology, should be mandatory reading for
the parent as well as the child as it definitely emphasizes the
consequences of one's decisions and more importantly-it prepares
the students and parents for the decisions that are certainly
coming and have to be met."
-Hon. Ed McLean, Sitting District Court Judge,
Fourth Judicial District for Missoula and Mineral Counties in
Montana
"Decisionology provides a plethora of real life examples which
makes it relatable to an extremely large audience. It would be
perfect for the entire family." -Jessica L. Weinert-Science
Educator
Suitable for ages 10 and 11 (Year 6) Provides targeted questions
for grammar, punctuation and spelling Ideal for home learning and
additional practice outside of the classroom Answers included in
the back of the book Remember, revise and practise This bright,
colourful and easy to use write-in workbook makes it simple and fun
for Year 6 children to recap, revisit and reinforce what they've
learned about grammar, punctuation and spelling throughout Key
Stage 2. Its lively, friendly approach will test and strengthen
their knowledge as it recognises their achievements and gently
motivates further progress. Boost skills and build confidence An
engaging array of targeted exercises allow Year 6 children to test
their understanding of grammar, punctuation and spelling, practise
all their skills, cement their knowledge and feel positive and
confident about their ability to achieve and succeed. Get prepared
for test success! With SATs-style practice questions, vital
revision content that recaps what they've been learning in class,
tick boxes to mark their progress and full answers to check their
work, children will quickly begin to feel ready for success in the
tests.
What are the issues that education raises for you? Beyond the
technical skills and knowledge aspects of education, teachers and
student teachers face questions which challenge their beliefs and
approaches to their teaching and learning. This book contains a
series of short articles each of which encourage you to reflect on
your own practice and challenge your beliefs about how and what you
teach. Questions explored include: When does inclusion become
exclusion for the rest of the class? Do interactive whiteboards
support or reduce creativity in the classroom? Is drama a luxury in
the primary classroom? Should we be teaching other languages to
children under seven? Learning outside the classroom, is it worth
it? What makes a reflective practitioner? Essential reading for
those training to teach children aged between 3 and 11, as well as
practicing teachers looking to develop their practice.
The One-Minute Meeting: Creating Student Stakeholders in Schools
teaches readers how to leverage a unique instructional practice
called the One-Minute Meeting to authentically glean information
from students. This valuable feedback can then be used to inform
instructional practice, learning environment, and student
achievement. The text provides detailed instructions for
introducing, planning, implementing, and disaggregating the
One-Minute Meeting in any learning environment. The book features
in-depth explanations on the importance of each One-Minute Meeting
component, from creating an informative needs assessment to
maximizing transformational potential within a school to
communicating with teacher leaders. Each chapter begins by
explaining the origin of each One-Minute Meeting concept and then
lays out the formal research that supports the concept within a
school setting. Readers are provided with examples and templates
throughout to support implementation at the elementary, middle, and
high school levels. Developed to inspire school and district
leaders to fully engage with and empower their students, The
One-Minute Meeting is an exceptional resource for courses in school
leadership and administration. The text is also a valuable resource
for in-service educators and administrators at K-12 institutions.
Early Childhood Studies: Enhancing Employability and Professional
Practice explores essential aspects of best practice within
children's services in order to enhance employability skills,
identifying how and why key aspects of best practice have emerged
within children's services. The key elements of professional
practice at the centre of the multidisciplinary work in today's
children's services are considered, including: * different
childhoods; * child development; * enhanced learning; *
professional skills; * inclusion; * holistic practice. Each chapter
draws together practical teaching experience with sound academic
analysis to support those training to work in the early childhood
sector, and those already practising, to raise their employability
potential by identifying and evaluating best practice.
Around the world, school districts and institutions are exploring
ways to provide quality education to their students. With this,
there is a deeper need for multiculturalism in classrooms, as many
students are from varying cultures and speak different languages.
Early Childhood Education From an Intercultural and Bilingual
Perspective provides emerging research on the use of play, toys,
and games as tools for meaningful multicultural and bilingual
education. By highlighting topics such as cross-cultural
psychology, classroom management, and second language acquisition,
this publication explores the importance of culture in games and
play. This book is an important resource for educators,
academicians, researchers, and students seeking current research on
the role of intercultural education in society and modern
approaches to early education.
Secondary schools are continually faced with the task of preparing
students for a world that is more connected, advanced, and
globalized than ever before. In order to adequately prepare
students for their future, educators must provide them with strong
reading and writing skills, as well as the ability to understand
scientific concepts. The Handbook of Research on Science Literacy
Integration in Classroom Environments is a pivotal reference source
that provides vital research on the importance of
cross-curriculum/discipline connections in improving student
understanding and education. While highlighting topics such as
curriculum integration, online learning, and instructional
coaching, this publication explores practices in teaching students
how to analyze and interpret data, as well as reading, writing, and
speaking. This book is ideally designed for teachers,
graduate-level students, academicians, instructional designers,
administrators, and education researchers seeking current research
on science literacy adoption in contemporary classrooms.
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