This volume of the Core Knowledge Foundation was specifically created for parents and teachers to use with kindergarten-age children. It is based on E. D. Hirsch's realization that much of the decline in America's educational standards has occurred because vague "skills," not information, are taught in the primary grades, and, instead, his ...
The Core Knowledge Series helps children gain the fundamental specific knowledge they will need to make progress in school and be effective in society. Subject areas include: language arts, fine arts, history, geography, mathematics, science, and technology.
The highly anticipated second edition of Understanding by Design poses the core, essential questions of understanding and design, and provides readers with practical solutions for the teacher-designer. The book opens by analyzing the logic of backward design as an alternative to coverage and activity-oriented plans. Though backward from habit, ...
*Winner of a 1999 EdPress Distinguished Achievement Award! *What is understanding and how does it differ from knowing? What do we want students to understand and be able to do? What enduring knowledge is worth understanding? How will we know that students truly understand and can apply knowledge in a meaningful way? How can we design our courses ...
The "Core Knowledge" series helps children gain the fundamental knowledge they will need to make progress in school and be effective members of society. Specific knowledge in the subject areas of language arts, fine arts, history, geography, mathematics, science, and technology.
Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching, 5e,the leading Educational Technology text on the market, introduces the concept of Technology Integration, shows pre-service teachers how to plan for Technology Integration, and offers them the opportunity to practice Technology Integration when designing curriculum to support and shape learning. ...
This valuable resource provides instructional designers with the guidance they need to meet the challenge of creating effective and efficient instruction. "Designing Effective Instruction": maintains an appropriate balance between theory and applications; presents an eclectic and highly flexible model that can be adapted for use in a variety of ...
This book is best suited for a course on inclusion or mainstreaming. It also may be appropriate for introductory courses in special education, methods courses in special education, and courses on collaboration. Thoroughly revised, Creating Inclusive Classrooms: Effective and Reflective Practices, fourth edition, provides a practical and research ...
This highly readable text guides students step-by-step through the process of curriculum development, providing a solid foundation of key models and concepts and issues pertaining to curriculum today. Developing the Curriculum, Seventh Edition, full of references to classic and contemporary curriculum works, provides students with a synthesis of ...
This comprehensive, practical and easy-to-read text offers a child-centred approach to art education. Designed for those who are preparing to work with children in child care, preschool or a Kindergarten through third grade setting, this new edition blends theory with practical application.
"I've read countless books on teaching strategies over the years, and I can't think of one that compares--in depth, breadth, accessibility, and practicality--to this one. Tools for Teaching has much to say to teachers of all ranks, disciplines, and institutions."--Mary Deane Sorcinelli, director, Center for Teaching, University of Massachussetts, ...
This classroom-ready resource makes instructional models clear and relevant for readers by placing them within a standards-based and instructionally aligned process. Based on current research and best practice, the more than one dozen models provided in this text are closely linked to the preparation of objectives, differentiation practices, and ...
This exceptional guide for the one million-plus homeschoolers who make up America's most rapidly growing educational movement tells what children must learn, and when. Includes subject-by-subject guidelines.
Now in its fourth edition, The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists has enjoyed huge word-of-mouth success. Teachers hear of it from other teachers or at workshops and wonder how they managed without it! This newly revised and updated version places at your fingertips over 190 of the most used and useful lists to help you develop instructional ...
Addressing the dynamic social context within the field of curriculum, Curriculum: Foundations, Principles, and Issues challenges the reader to consider how new thinking in this area impacts curriculum deliberation, development, and implementation. The Fourth Edition provides both the student and the professor of curriculum with a comprehensive ...
Whether you are a new or an experienced emergency nurse, you'll find that the "Emergency Nursing Core Curriculum, 6th Edition" is an essential tool for your practice. Authored by the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), this highly-respected resource will help you build and verify your knowledge, develop practice standards, improve quality of care, ...
E. D. Hirsch's Core Knowledge curriculum emphasizes "information" over "skills." This is a one-volume reference to fundamental knowledge in math, science, art, history, language arts, geography, and technology.
E. D. Hirsch's Core Knowledge curriculum emphasizes "information" over "skills." This is a one-volume reference to fundamental knowledge in math, science, art, history, language arts, geography, and technology.
This is a highly current and engaging, multicultural, critical overview of the teaching profession in the late twentieth century-both its challenges and its joys. Jeannie Oakes is a leading education researcher and director of the UCLA teacher education program. Martin Lipton is an education writer and consultant and has taught in public schools ...
For graduate or masters level Curriculum courses. In its 7th Edition this "standard" of curriculum texts addresses the new definition of curriculum development resulting from emerging technologies. Continuing the historic strength of the text in history, philosophy, and foundations of curriculum development, this edition features new chapters ...
For a course covering Early Childhood Curriculum. This text is based on primarily a constructivist philosophy and advocates designing curriculum that uses children's emerging interests within a flexible and thoughtful teacher-guided plan. The developmental approach emphasizes that learning should be integrated. The text addresses curriculum ...
For General Secondary Methods and General Middle School Methods courses. This popular standard is everything a methods text for grades 7-12 should be: practical, concise, research-based, user-friendly. The authors' beliefs about what teaching should be and what good teachers should do form the bedrock upon which a full complement of effective ...
For graduate level courses in curriculum development. This is a paperback reprint of the 1994 edition.This highly regarded curriculum development text by one of the most prominent figures in the field is designed to help readers understand the major approaches to curriculum planning and the formation of educational goals. In this edition, Eisner ...
Written for parents of children entering the second grade, this guide contains advice on ways to explain difficult concepts to children, suggestions for interactive learning in music and art, activities to promote hands-on learning experiences, and more. Includes maps, photos, and illustrations, many in color.
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