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Teaching Composition: Background Readings (3rd Edition)
by T. R. JohnsonThis selection of readings is designed to help the reader acquire or broaden a theoretical and practical background for teaching college-level composition.
Teaching Elementary Social Studies: Principles and Applications
by James J. ZarrilloLearn how to meet the needs of the diverse students in your first classroom through this unique elementary social studies methods textbook. With a unifying theme of diversity, it emphasizes differentiated instruction and meeting the needs of all students, including special attention to English learners, children with mild learning disabilities, and gifted students Chapters on differentiated instruction (Chapter 4) and culturally-responsive teaching (Chapter 5) provide a strong foundation and context for the strategies and teaching tips that follow in later chapters. Reflecting the national trends toward standards-based instruction and greater utilization of technology, this book is a great resource for your first classroom and beyond Read and reference this text for comprehensive coverage including new chapters on teaching geography and the literacy and social studies connection, as well as existing chapters on the history and current status of social studies; lesson and unit planning; cooperative learning; critical thinking; technology; assessment; integrating the language arts, the visual arts, and the performing arts; citizenship education; history and geography; and the other social sciences. Finally, instructors and students have praised earlier editions of this book because of its pragmatic and accessible style.
Teaching English as a Foreign or Second Language: A Teacher Self-development and Methodology Guide
by Jerry G. GebhardTeaching English as a Foreign or Second Language, Second Edition, is designed for those new to ESL/EFL teaching and for self-motivated teachers who seek to maximize their potential and enhance the learning of their students. This guide provides basic information that ESL/EFL teachers should know before they start teaching and many ideas on how to guide students in the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It stresses the multifaceted nature of teaching the English language to non-native speakers and is based on the real experiences of teachers. The second edition of Teaching English as a Foreign or Second Language includes a wider range of examples to coincide with a variety of teaching contexts-from K-12 schools, to university intensive language programs and refugee programs. It is also updated with discussions of technology throughout, and it considers ways in which technology can be used in teaching language skills. Sources for further study are included in each chapter and in the appendixes.
Teaching in America (5th Edition)
by George S. MorrisonTeaching in America, 5/e, is a hands-on, practical text that provides pre-service teachers with comprehensive and current information about teaching in today's diverse American classrooms. The Fifth Edition promises to be the most dynamic and practical to date. With a complete redesign; a host of new research, features, and exercises; as well as a new feature box designed specifically to show pre-service teachers how use observation effectively, this text is sure to draw attention beyond its steady and loyal base. Its "working-text" style continues to provide pre-service teachers with extensive opportunities to interact with the text while establishing both the foundations of American education and a clear picture of the realities of contemporary teaching. Its increased emphasis on accountability woven throughout the text and the marginal references to INTASC standards raise the readers' awareness of key initiatives in education in the 21stcentury.
Teaching in Higher Education (Success in Research)
by Lucinda Becker Pam DenicoloThis book is designed to take you step by step through each teaching experience you will face. It includes advice, practical exercises, top tips and words of warning on: - seminar presentations to your peers - leading undergraduate seminars - choosing material for teaching - preparing productive teaching aids - giving lectures - dynamic learning environments - handling assessment - success as a guest speaker - mentoring This is a practical 'how-to' guide which is supported throughout by accessible explorations of how teaching can support your research. Written by lecturers who have taught for many years, the 'voice of experience' sections will support and encourage you in your move towards becoming a successful and confident educator. The Success in Research series, from Cindy Becker and Pam Denicolo, provides short, authoritative and accessible guides on key areas of professional and research development. Avoiding jargon and cutting to the chase of what you really need to know, these practical and supportive books cover a range of areas from presenting research to achieving impact, and from publishing journal articles to developing proposals. They are essential reading for any student or researcher interested in developing their skills and broadening their professional and methodological knowledge in an academic context.
Teaching In The Middle And Secondary Schools
by Jioanna D. Carjuzaa Richard D. KelloughNow in its tenth edition, Teaching in the Middle and Secondary Schools remains an influential text for pre-service teachers studying middle and secondary school teaching methods. Written by an expert on multicultural education, diversity and cultural differences among students are thematically integrated throughout this text and applied to all areas of study. Containing activities that focus on student-centered learning, real life scenarios that apply critical teaching skills, and in-chapter exercises and end-of-chapter activities, this text is both practical and applicable as a valuable instructional text and future resource for professionals. The new tenth edition is tech savvy and updated, including a greater focus on middle school teaching methods and curriculum, twenty-first century skills, and analysis of student assessment and achievement.
Teaching in the Middle School (3rd Edition)
by Lee Manning Katherine T. BucherThis text for middle school classroom teachers provides a solid core of essential knowledge about middle schools. Balancing the practical and the theoretical, it has a strong research base, as well as a focus on teaching methods, strategies, materials, resources, and technology that are linked to the standards of the National Middle School Association. The author's objectives are to tell readers about middle schools today, describe adolescents and their developmental period, identify essential middle school concepts that have potential for their age group and educational experiences that are developmentally responsive for young adolescents.
Teaching Individuals With Physical and Multiple Disabilities (Sixth Edition)
by Sherwood J. Best Kathryn Wolff Heller June L. BiggeComprehensive and unique, this text provides special educators and others education professionals with the knowledge and strategies for creating meaningful educational experiences for students with physical, health, or multiple disabilities. It is the only text published that specifically addresses the educational and psychosocial needs of students with physical or health impairments who do not necessarily have cognitive disabilities and explains the psychosocial impact of disability including those disabilities that are degenerative and terminal in nature. It teaches key knowledge and strategies for creating meaningful educational experiences for students with physical, health, or multiple disabilities and illustrates how assessment and curriculum accommodations and modifications support students with physical or multiple disabilities to reach their highest potential. New to this Edition! NEW! Features a completely redesigned model for planning and designing courses of study for students with disabilities that is aligned with core academic curriculum - found in the chapter on curricular options (Ch. 5) and modeled throughout the text. Familiarizes readers with the theory on which text coverage is based and gives them a structure on which to "hang" current and future knowledge. NEW! Includes the most updated information on federal legislation - Summarizes the key aspects of NCLB and IDEA (Ch. 1) Describes mandated assessment and appropriate accommodations and modifications. NEW! Redesigned transition content (Ch. 12) - emphasizes self-determination as a guiding factor developing student outcomes. NEW! Photos and illustrations throughout the text - Created specifically for this text, with enhanced chapter opening photos. Enhance the narrative throughout and the uniqueness of the text overall. NEW! For faculty an Instructor's Manual is now available - to help structure their course and make the content more meaningful to their students.
Teaching:An Introduction to the Profession
by Frank J. Orlando D. Mark Meyers Joseph J. Pizzillo Lynne C. LevyIf you are learning or planning to become a teacher then this is the book for you.
Teaching Kids with Learning Difficulties in the Regular Classroom: Ways to Challenge and Motivate Struggling Students to Achieve Proficiency with Required Standards
by Susan WinebrennerProven ways to help special education, "slow", and "remedial" students learn and achieve.
Teaching Middle School Physical Education: A Standards-Based Approach for Grades 5-8
by Bonnie S. MohnsenThis edition aims at providing the right guidelines towards planning a physical education routine for the middle school students, incorporating all the state regulated standards.
Teaching Music in Higher Education
by Colleen M. ConwayWith five newly written chapters and sizable additions to nine original chapters, this second edition provides a welcome update to author Colleen M. Conway's essential guide. <p><p>In the book's new chapters, Conway offers insights beyond music and cognition including gender identity, sexual identity, and issues of cultural diversity not addressed in the first edition. Conway also covers technology in instructional settings and includes new references and updated student vignettes. <p><p>Designed for faculty and graduate assistants working with undergraduate music majors as well as non-majors in colleges and universities, the book is designed to fit within a typical 15-week semester. The book's three sections address concerns about undergraduate curricula that meet National Association of School of Music requirements as well as teacher education requirements for music education majors in most states. <p><p>Part I includes chapters on assessment and grading in music courses; understanding students' cognitive, musical, and identity growth; and syllabus design. Part II focuses on creating a culture for learning; instructional strategies to facilitate active learning; and applied studio teaching. Part III addresses growth in teaching practices for the college music professor and focuses on the job search in higher education, feedback from students, and navigating a career in higher education. The book features highly useful templates including a departmental assessment report, forms for student midterm and final evaluation, a Faculty Activities Report for music professors, and a tenure and promotion materials packet. <p><p>Each of the three sections of the book makes reference to relevant research from the higher education or learning sciences literature as well as suggestions for further reading in the various topic areas.
Teaching Of Computer Science
by P.N. Lakshmi ShanmugamThis book has been written as a basic textbook for B.Ed student teachers who have chosen one of the optional subjects as computer science -I studying in the B.Ed colleges affiliated to Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University. The importance of systematic and organized knowledge can hardly be exaggerated in this book. Ten chapters namely Hardware and Software, Aims of Teaching Computer Science, Micro-teaching, Lesson Plan and Unit Plan, Methods of Teaching. Teaching Aids. Curriculum, Evaluation in Education, Textbook, Assignment and Review are described in a simple language with images and necessary illustrations to enable the student teachers to understand it clearly and easily. It highlights skills and values for everyday use based upon Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives. A complete and detailed description of computer science library is helpful to the students in stimulating the ideas about digital library. Greater emphasis is given to the use of different types of tests and construction of Achievement test towards the improvement of learning and instruction.
Teaching Of Computer Science
by P.N. Lakshmi ShanmugamThis book has been written as a basic textbook for B.Ed student teachers who have chosen one of the optional subjects as computer science -I studying in the B.Ed colleges affiliated to Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University. The importance of systematic and organized knowledge can hardly be exaggerated in this book. Ten chapters namely Hardware and Software, Aims of Teaching Computer Science, Micro-teaching, Lesson Plan and Unit Plan, Methods of Teaching. Teaching Aids. Curriculum, Evaluation in Education, Textbook, Assignment and Review are described in a simple language with images and necessary illustrations to enable the student teachers to understand it clearly and easily. It highlights skills and values for everyday use based upon Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives. A complete and detailed description of computer science library is helpful to the students in stimulating the ideas about digital library. Greater emphasis is given to the use of different types of tests and construction of Achievement test towards the improvement of learning and instruction.
Teaching Of English
by S. ParthibanEnglish, in India, is mainly taught as a second language. Hence, the aim of this book is to familiarise the students with the importance of learning English as a second language. Also it focuses on establishing English as a world, official, link and library language.