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Preparing to Teach Writing: Research, Theory, and Practice
by James D. WilliamsPreparing to Teach Writing, Fourth Edition is a comprehensive survey of theories, research, and methods associated with teaching composition successfully at the middle, secondary, and college levels. Research and theory are examined with the aim of informing teaching. Practicing and prospective writing teachers need the information and strategies this text provides to be effective and well prepared for the many challenges they will face in the classroom. Features Current—combines discussions and references to foundational studies that helped define the field of rhetoric and composition, with updated research, theories, and applications Research based—thorough examination of relevant research in education, literacy, cognition, linguistics, and grammar Steadfast adherence to best practices based on how students learn and on how to provide the most effective writing instruction A Companion Website provides sample assignments and student papers that can be analyzed using the research and theory presented in the text.
Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector
by Ann GravellsMost people new to teaching require a good basic introduction to all the key aspects at an appropriate level. This text provides just that, being specifically targeted at those with little or no previous experience. It is appropriate for a range of courses and a variety of settings including FE colleges, work-based learning and adult and community contexts. It is easy to read, with clear text, friendly presentation and plenty of practical activities and case studies throughout. This third edition has been fully revised and updated with amended terminology and additional information on functional skills and legislation.
Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector: The New Award (Further Education and Skills)
by Ann GravellsThis highly popular and accessible guide to the PTLLS Award is a comprehensive introduction to teaching in a variety of settings within the Lifelong Learning Sector. This includes further education, adult and community learning, work-based learning, the forces and offender learning and skills. It is easy to read with plenty of practical activities and examples throughout and the content is fully linked to the Teacher Training Standards. This fifth edition is written for the NEW four unit PTLLS Award. The book reflects current practice at levels 3 and 4 and 'Extension Actitivities' specifically target those taking the Award at Level 4. Chapters are based around the teaching and learning cycle and are focused on the PTLLS assessment criteria. - updated for the NEW four unit PTLLS Award - contents specifically follow the teaching and learning cycle and match the qualification requirements - the text is readable, relevant and easy to understand - provides valuable support for prospective teachers and trainers with little or no previous experience - an excellent foundation for those considering or progressing to further teaching qualifications
Preparing to Teach: Learning from Experience
by John Gordon Jeff BattersbyThis book gives student-teachers the chance to learn from the experiences of students who have just completed a course in preparing to teach. They offer all manner of insights, from the amusing to the cautionary to the thought-provoking. Course tutors provide additional commentary, identifying key themes and structuring chapters and the whole book to mirror the process of learning to teach. Each chapter takes a different facet of learning to teach, and issues covered include: observing experienced teachers interaction with pupils discussions with mentors and new colleagues exploring the concept of ‘subject knowledge’ what this means in practice. Later chapters consider the many frameworks in which student-teachers will find themselves working, the Qualifying to Teach Standards included, but also acknowledging tacit frameworks such as the ‘hidden’ curriculum. Students who are thinking of learning to teach, applying for a course or just starting one, will find voices here that give them a sense of how it feels to work through that process. The book is a companion; its tone friendly, conversational, and relaxed. Even at the most testing times in a course, you can turn to Preparing to Teach: Learning from Experience and find voices that say ‘yes, I’ve felt like that too’.
Presbyterian College
by Nancy GriffithFounded in 1880, Presbyterian College exists today as the manifestation of one man's dream. William Plumer Jacobs, minister of Clinton's first Presbyterian church and founder of Thornwell Orphanage, envisioned Clinton as a center for Presbyterian education in South Carolina. His dream, supported by generations who followed him, has created and maintained this strong liberal arts college, keeping it rich in the ideals of honor and service.Presbyterian College includes more than 200 vintage photographs that trace the course of the college's development over its near 125-year existence. Dedicated presidents, inspiring faculty, and a variety of students are featured, as well as the campus's Georgian architecture, which immediately signifies Presbyterian College. The long and rich Blue Hose athletic tradition is thoroughly explored and varied aspects of student life-from choir tours to Greek life-are recounted.
Preschool Adequacy and Efficiency in California
by Lynn A. Karoly David R. Howell Tom Latourrette David E. Mosher Lois M. Davis Preston NiblackThe California Preschool Study examined gaps in school readiness and achievement in the early grades among California children and the potential for high-quality preschool to close those gaps, the use of early care and education (ECE) services and their quality, and the system of publicly funded ECE programs for three- and four-year-olds. This analysis integrates the results from the prior studies and makes recommendations for preschool policy.
Preschool Art: Drawing
by MaryAnn F. KohlExplore and create with chalk, crayons, stencils, textures, and more! Encourage children to experience the joy of exploration and discovery with this view series by MaryAnn Kohl. Excerpted from the national best-seller Preschool Art, each book in the series emphasizes the process of are, not the product. Make art fun and accessible to children of all ages with these creative, easy-to-do activities! - See more at: https://www.gryphonhouse.com/books/details/preschool-art-drawing#sthash.6HK3Q5Pw.dpuf
Preschool Art: It's the Process, Not the Product!
by Maryann F. Kohl50 great ways to create with lace, string, fabric, glue, and other simple materials. Encourage children to experience the joy of exploration and discovery with this view series by MaryAnn Kohl. Excerpted from the national best-seller Preschool Art, each book in the series emphasizes the process of are, not the product. Make art fun and accessible to children of all ages with these creative, easy-to-do activities! - See more at: https://www.gryphonhouse.com/books/details/preschool-art-craft-construction#sthash.8iS0LMjN.dpuf
Preschool Art: It's the Process, Not the Product!
by Maryann F. Kohl50 great ways to create with paper, feathers, buttons, and other easy-to-find materials. Encourage children to experience the joy of exploration and discovery with this view series by MaryAnn Kohl. Excerpted from the national best-seller Preschool Art, each book in the series emphasizes the process of are, not the product. Make art fun and accessible to children of all ages with these creative, easy-to-do activities! - See more at: https://www.gryphonhouse.com/books/details/preschool-art-collage-paper#sthash.W0z791Qn.dpuf
Preschool Art: It's the Process, Not the Product!
by Maryann F. Kohl50 creative ways to paint using vegetable dyes, baking soda, cornstarch, shoe polish, and other surprising materials. Encourage children to experience the joy of exploration and discovery with this view series by MaryAnn Kohl. Excerpted from the national best-seller Preschool Art, each book in the series emphasizes the process of are, not the product. Make art fun and accessible to children of all ages with these creative, easy-to-do activities! - See more at: https://www.gryphonhouse.com/books/details/preschool-art-painting#sthash.AaAQ1VmP.dpuf
Preschool Bilingual Education: Agency In Interactions Between Children, Teachers, And Parents (Multilingual Education #25)
by Mila SchwartzThis volume provides an up-to-date collection of key aspects related to current preschool bilingual education research from a socio-linguistic perspective. The focus is on preschool bilingual education in multilingual Europe, which is characterized by diverse language models and children's linguistic backgrounds. The book explores the contemporary perspectives on early bilingual education in light of the threefold theoretical framework of child's, teachers', and parents' agencies in interaction in preschool bilingual education. Five significant theoretical concepts are promoted in this volume: the ecology of language learning, an educational partnership for bilingualism, a notion of agency in early language development and education, language-conducive contexts, and language-conducive strategies. The volume examines preschool bilingual education as embedded in specific socio-cultural contexts on the one hand and highlights its universal features on the other. The book is a fundamental read for scholars and students of second language teaching, preschool education, and bilingual education in multilingual and multicultural societies.
Preschool Classroom Management: 150 Teacher-Tested Techniques
by Laverne Warner Sharon LynchAn essential resource that all teachers will appreciate! Written by two experienced teachers, Preschool Classroom Management offers solutions and suggestions to help you tackle behavior issues in the classroom. Chapters include working with challenging behaviors, teaching alternative behaviors, building a caring community in the classroom, teacher tips and techniques, and dealing with daily routines and schedules.
Preschool Clues: Raising Smart, Inspired, and Engaged Kids in a Screen-Filled World (Blues Clue's Ready To Read Ser. #No. 1)
by Deborah Reber Angela C. SantomeroThe award-winning creator of Blue&’s Clues, Super Why!, and Daniel Tiger&’s Neighborhood shares the secret sauce behind her shows&’ powerful, transformative results in the form of eleven research-based, foundational &“clues&” to ensure that preschoolers flourish academically, socially, and emotionally during this critical time.The preschool years—when children are between the ages of two and five—are the most influential, important years in a child&’s life. Studies show that pausing to interact, playing to solve problems, diffusing with humor, and using repetition are the hidden clues conscious parents use to raise successful kids and help them learn critical thinking skills, foster empathy, and nurture their sense of self-worth. Angela C. Santomero, MA, the award-winning creator of children&’s television phenomena knows this better than anyone and has spent decades working to instill confidence in her young viewers. In Preschool Clues, she breaks down the philosophy behind her shows—educating, inspiring, and empowering kids—into concrete strategies that parents and educators can incorporate into their family and classroom to set their preschoolers up for success, such as: -Intentionally pausing to foster bonding, independence, and resilience -Developing empathy and confidence through soliciting preschoolers&’ help -Becoming &“fluent&” in the language of preschoolers: Play -Igniting your preschooler&’s curiosity -Being an involved co-player everyday -Designing a healthy media diet In Preschool Clues, Angela shares the latest research from top thinkers in child development and education. Through her practical, straightforward advice and inspiring, conversational approach, you will not only understand exactly what your children are learning from the shows they watch and why these shows are so effective, you&’ll know exactly how to apply these same proven approaches in your daily life and with the same powerful results.
Preschool Health and Safety Matters
by Jody MartinEarly childhood educators are responsible for the health and safety of the children they care for. From preventing harm from known safety risks to promoting children's medical, nutritional, oral, and mental health, educators and program directors act as children's daily protection and support. This easy-to-use manual provides educators with the information they need to ensure that the children in their care are safe, while they learn the best practices to stay healthy for life. With suggestions, ideas, activities, and ways to involve families at home, Preschool Health and Safety Matters covers topics such as hygiene, injury prevention, mental health, diversity, nutrition, and safety.
Preschool Math
by Robert A. Williams Debbie Cunningham Joy LubawyThe authors of Preschool Math--a scientist, a Montessori teacher, and an Emergent Curriculum advocate--come from different backgrounds and all offer unique expertise to the book. This combination gives the book a particularly interesting and stimulating approach, and makes the book usable for any teacher. Preschool Math encourages teachers to listen to and observe young children to better understand how they think about their world. The book uses these prompts to expand into useful and appropriate math experiences. Teachers will encourage children to use their senses and bodies to explore ideas, record and talk about the concepts, and to learn how math feels, tastes, and looks. Activities in Preschool Math use the scientific ideals of testing, evaluating, exploring, experimenting, problem solving, making guesses, and forming a hypothesis, while utilizing interesting materials and environments in mathematical ways. Special features of this book Each activity includes assessment following standards set by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Activities are geared for a range of ages and abilities, and many types of learning environments. Experiences included in the book originate in children's own explorations of math concepts in day-to-day play. Preschool Math encourages hands-on playful and child-focused experiences that guide children towards a sound understanding of the basic math concepts. Preschool Math encourages teachers, caregivers, students and parents to create math experiences from everyday events and materials. Preschool Math encourages children's thoughtful considerations, theory development, and logical exploration. It discourages interrogation or forcing a yes or no answer. Teachers are encouraged to observe children's play when introducing math concepts, or environment in ways that are appropriate at that time and for those children. This approach helps children learn math concepts as they are ready for them. Preschool Math is written so that teachers can easily access and use the activities. The authors suggest materials and activities as well as describe ways to talk with the children or to encourage further exploration over future days or weeks. Teachers can find activities that best suit children's needs, or use the ideas to set up environments that will encourage children to explore math. Preschool Math will enrich the lives of children, introduce concepts that build foundations for a lifetime of learning, encourage wondering and exploration, and provide encouragement for adults to make early childhood a real math playground!
Preschool Math at Home: Simple Activities to Build the Best Possible Foundation for Your Child
by Kate SnowGiving your preschooler a great start in math doesn’t have to be complicated. Learn how to use fun but purposeful games and activities to give your young child the best possible foundation. Preschool Math at Home will guide you step-by-step as you introduce your preschooler to the world of numbers. Your child will develop a thorough understanding of the numbers up to ten, including: counting comparing and ordering numbers recognizing written numerals beginning addition and subtraction All of the activities are quick and playful, with lots of movement, manipulatives, and games. Each takes less than five minutes, with no special materials needed other than a few household items. Play each game several times for a full year of preschool math curriculum.
Preschool Peer Social Intervention in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Social Communication Growth via Peer Play Conversation and Interaction (Social Interaction in Learning and Development)
by Nirit Bauminger-Zviely Dganit Eytan Sagit Hoshmand Ofira Rajwan Ben–ShlomoThis book presents the Preschool Peer Social Intervention (PPSI), a manualized comprehensive social curriculum to enhance peer-interaction for pre-schoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in three key domains: play, interaction, and conversation. The book outlines the PPSI’s transactional approach in each of the three intervention domains and incorporates developmental features and age-appropriate play, interaction, and conversation skills while accounting for individual differences in social communication abilities. The intervention is designed to be implemented within the child’s natural social environment, such as preschool, and it includes the child’s social agents, namely, their peers, teachers, and parents. PPSI intervention curricula addressed in this book are based on typical play, interaction, and conversation development, taking into account the social and communication challenges found to characterize young children with ASD in these domains. Building up the ability to play, interact and converse more efficiently with peers may render a substantial impact on preschoolers with ASD, with vast potential for improving not only these children’s immediate social experience with peers, but also their future social competence that relies on these early building blocks.
Preschool Teachers’ Lives and Work: Stories and Studies from the Field
by Robert V. Bullough Jr. Kendra M. Hall-KenyonPreschool Teachers’ Lives and Work focuses on preschool teachers as people, what they do, and how they are affected by what they do. Highly politicized and hotly debated, preschool today is increasingly focused on comparatively narrow views of school readiness and academic outcomes which are generally in opposition to the broader view of readiness proposed by NAEYC. This powerful book, based around interviews and data drawn primarily from Head Start programs, illustrates the profound humanity of this profession and underscores the pressing and insistent need for greater investments in teachers’ well-being.
Preschool and Early Childhood Treatment Directions: Preschool And Early Childhood Treatment Directions (School Psychology Series)
by Thomas R. Kratochwill Stephen N. Elliott Maribeth GettingerThe provision of early childhood educational and psychological services has been an area of considerable growth over the past 25 years. As a result of far-reaching trends in both public policy and clinical practices, there is a growing need for professionals appropriately trained to address the assessment and intervention issues involved in early childhood programming. To take advantage of current opportunities for extending their role and to meet the challenge of early childhood service delivery, school psychologists must expand their professional skills and broaden their knowledge base. With the publication of this volume, the Advances in School Psychology Series changes to adopt a specific thematic focus and include reviews directly related to a common theme. This volume studies the subject of early childhood education and treatment directions. The chapters address a range of specific topics and research representing advances in the field of early childhood services for school psychology -- allowing school psychologists to examine and integrate current information from multiple perspectives -- educational and sociological as well as psychological. Topics that collectively represent important developments for school psychology include current early childhood education program models, preschool handicapped children, parental involvement, peers and socialization, stress and coping, and computers and young children. To date, more efforts have been directed toward devising and validating instruments that predict failure or success among preschoolers than on designing and evaluating approaches for treating them. Although assessment is critical for meeting individual needs, the primary emphasis of this volume is on fostering cognitive, academic, social, and emotional growth of young children.
Preschool in Three Cultures Revisited: China, Japan, and the United States
by Joseph Tobin Yeh Hsueh Mayumi KarasawaJoseph Tobin along with new collaborators Yeh Hsueh and Mayumi Karasaw visits his original research to discover how two decades of globalization and sweeping social transformation have affected the way these three cultures educate and care for their youngest pupils.
Preschool, Here I Come! (Here I Come!)
by D.J. SteinbergA book for all preschoolers-to-be from the author of Kindergarten, Here I Come! Now includes a sheet of stickers!From saying goodbye to parents on the very first day of school to watching butterflies hatch in spring, D. J. Steinberg celebrates all the landmark moments of preschool. Because the year is full of so many firsts, this collection of funny, joyful poems is a must-have for all small scholars in the making.
Preschooler Play & Learn: 160 Games and Learning Activities for Preschoolers
by Penny WarnerThe Most Complete Book of Games and Learning Activities for Preschoolers! Child development expert Penny Warner offers 150 illustrated ideas for games and activities designed to stimulate your preschooler's learning and development. For each game and activity, Preschooler Play & Learn includes: recommended ages, a detailed list of easy-to-find materials, a bulleted list of the skills that preschoolers will learn, step-by-step instruction, clear illustrations, variations for added fun and enhanced learning, and safety tips and other helpful hints. Preschooler Play & Learn is designed to help children reach their full potential and have a good time along the way.
Preschoolers and Kindergartners Moving and Learning
by Rae Pica80 movement activities for preschoolers and kindergartnersPhysical education is a critical part of every early childhood curriculum. Children need to move to channel their energies in creative, beneficial ways and to learn habits for lifelong health and fitness. Preschoolers and Kindergartners Moving & Learning provides 80 developmentally appropriate activities that contribute to a well-rounded curriculum in any classroom or program.The book containsAn updated introduction reflecting new research and trends in early childhood health and fitness and information on how movement benefits children's learning and developmentTwenty lesson plans, each with one body parts activity, one nonlocomotor activity, one locomotor skill experience, and one activity exploring an element of movement, for a total of 80 activitiesExtension ideas and adaptations to use with children who have special needsCurriculum connections for each activity and explanations about how activities are aligned with and meet early learning standards from NAEYC and AAHPERDOriginal music to add joy and energy to the activities
Presence Of Mind: Education And The Politics Of Deception (The\edge: Critical Studies In Educational Theory)
by Pepi LeistynaTaking up the ever-shifting cultural and political landscape in the United States, Presence of Mind addresses how power manifests itself within and across different social and educational terrain, covering a number of contemporary topics and polemics that are central to teaching educational theory and practice. Pepi Leistyna argues that it is imper
Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges
by Amy Cuddy'The high priestess of self-confidence for the self-doubting. A must-read for - well, for everyone.' Susan Cain, author of QuietDon't fake it till you make it, fake it until you become it - the essential guide to improving your body language.How can we be our strongest selves in life's most challenging situations? We often approach these situations - job interviews, difficult conversations, speaking up for ourselves - with anxiety and leave them with regret. Moments that require us to be genuine and powerful instead cause us to feel phoney and powerless, preventing us from being our best selves.Harvard professor Amy Cuddy shows us we need to stop worrying about the impression we're making on others, and instead change the impression we're making on ourselves. Cutting-edge science reveals that if we adopt behaviours reflecting power and strength, we liberate ourselves from the fears and doubts that obstruct us. By redirecting our thoughts, actions, and even physiology, we free ourselves to be our best.Amy Cuddy galvanised viewers around the world with her TED talk on 'power poses'. Now she explains the science underlying these and many other fascinating body-mind effects, and teaches us how to use this science to become self-assured in high-pressure moments.Impassioned, beautifully researched, and accessible, PRESENCE is filled with stories of individuals facing real obstacles, and succeeding against the odds. Every reader will learn how to approach stress-filled challenges without fear and leave them without regret.