New Books
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Qualities of Effective Teachers |
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Second |
Author: |
James H. Stronge |
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LB1025.3
S789 |
"In Qualities of Effective Teachers, 2nd edition,
James H. Stronge shows educators how to re-create this same
excitement and enthusiasm in their own classrooms by
describing the characteristics and skills of effective
teachers. Stronge synthesizes research to identify
specific teacher behaviors that contribute to student
achievement. Rather than look at outside factors like
demographics, district leadership, and state mandates,
Stronge focuses specifically on what teachers can control:
their own preparation, personality and practices."
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Classroom Instruction That Works with English
Language Learners |
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Authors: |
Jane D. Hill, Kathleen M. Flynn |
Call No: |
LC3731 H554 |
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"As more and more English language
learners (ELLs) are included in mainstream classrooms, what can we do to ensure
that they understand academic content and develop their English language skills?
To answer this question, authors Jane D. Hill and Kathleen M. Flynn have
examined decades of research, interviewed mainstream teachers with ELLs in their
classrooms, and reviewed the classroom recommendations from Marzano, Pickering
and Pollock's seminal Classroom Instruction That Works (2001) through an
ELL lens. The result is Classroom Instruction That Works with English
Language Learners - a comprehensive guide to helping elementary school
students at all levels of English language acquisition succeed." |
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The Best Schools: How Human
Development Research Should Inform Educational Practice |
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Edited
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Thomas Armstrong |
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LB1131 A729 |
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"In The Best Schools, Thomas Armstrong urges educators to
leave narrow definitions of learning behind and return to
the great thinkers of the past 100 years - Montessori,
Piaget, Freud, Steiner, Erikson, Dewey, Elkind, Gardner -
and to the language of human development and the whole
child.
The Best Schools
highlights examples of educational programs that are
honoring students' differences, using developmentally
appropriate practices, and promoting a humane approach to
education that includes the following elements:
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An emphasis on play for
early childhood learning.
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Theme and project-based
learning for elementary students.
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Active learning that
recognizes the social, emotional, and metacognitive
needs of adolescents in middle schools.
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Mentoring,
apprenticeships, and cooperative education for high
school students."
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How to Teach so Students
Remember |
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Author: |
Marilee Sprenger |
Call No: |
LB1027 S685 |
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"How to
Teach so Students Remember offers seven steps to increase your students'
capacity to receive information in immediate memory, act on it in working
memory, store it in long-term memory, and retrieve and manipulate it in
unanticipated situations - that is, to use what they've learned when they
need it."
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Cooperative
Learning in the Classroom: Putting it into Practice |
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Author: |
Wendy Jolliffe |
Call No: |
LB1032 J62 |
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"Cooperative
Learning in the Classroom is an inclusive approach to teaching, in
tune with initiatives such as Every Child Matters and the focus on
learning styles. It involves structuring lesson activities so that
pupils work collaboratively in pairs or small groups, supporting each
other and improving their learning."
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Using ICT in the Primary School |
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Author: |
Carol Elston |
Call No: |
LB1028.5 E45 |
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"Are
you looking for an
easy-to-read guide to embedding ICT within the primary curriculum?
This book is full of practical examples and suggested activities to help
the busy teacher or teaching assistant.
It provides the reader with the subject
knowledge they need in order to confidently teach IT skills and use ICT
in planning, preparation and assessment. The focus is on the
difference between learning ICT skills and applying ICT, with the
emphasis placed on integrating ICT into the curriculum and learning by
doing."
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