Education - Curricula

School leaders are busy, overwhelmed, and may not always be cognizant of the latest cutting-edge theories and practices in the field of instructional improvement. Drawing from research, Creating a Culture of Excellence is a resource that serves as a guide to the best practices...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Grade one reading and listening comprehension workbook allow students to strengthen their comprehension skills. It also allows them to practice and improve their vocabulary skills.Author: Cynthia O. SmithISBN-10: 153074668XISBN-13: 9781530746682Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/28/2016Pages: 66Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.14d

If your child is struggling with science, then this book is for you; the short book covers the topic and also contains science experiments to work with, and over 40 quiz questions. This subject comes from the book "Second Grade Science (For Homeschool or...

This unit study offers many wonderful activities to use while having students read the book, but the book is not included. The entire unit also offers the ability to create a lapbook if you print out some of the pages. There are between 6...

Take Five! for Science transforms those first five minutes of class into engaging writing opportunities. Students will brainstorm their way through 75 topics within three main science divisions: earth, life, and physical science. All prompts are aligned with NGSS and ELA CCSS as students...

This resource provides a user-friendly process for creating a curriculum year overview that meets standards. Includes developed curriculum maps, blank templates, and more!Author: Kathy Tuchman GlassISBN-10: 1412915597ISBN-13: 9781412915595Publisher: Corwin PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2006Pages: 152Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.96lbsSize: 10.84h x 8.44w x 0.38d

This resource examines professional development approaches from across the United States to help schools and allied arts groups integrate the arts into an already crowded K-12 curriculum. The authors document the purposes and structures of a broad spectrum of current efforts and programs. Several...

Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology provides current and future IDT professionals with a clear picture of current and future developments in the field that are likely to impact their careers and the organizations they work for. The fifth edition of this...

Today's diverse classrooms include students who have a wide range of previous academic achievement and different levels of receptive and productive proficiency in the language of instruction. Complex Instruction (CI), a popular pedagogical approach used in many countries, provides access to learning opportunities for...

Author: Jonathan AlsheimerISBN-13: 9798989002788Publisher: Connectedd LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/02/2024Pages: 240Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d

Using casual language and a straightforward approach, Better Writing: Beyond Periods and Commas provides students with an easy-to-read and effective guide for developing their writing skills. Rather than intimidate and overwhelm novice writers with vast sets of rules, Travis Koll utilizes simple and relatable...

In this small group series, we invite people to engage the complex challenges found in politics as an opportunity to practice loving God and neighbor. This will require people to more readily lean into political conversations rather than avoid them. People will be challenged...

This edited book captures Asian American grassroot organizing in Georgia through counterstorytelling. Rooted in Critical Race Theory and traditions of narrative inquiry, counterstorytelling in educational research seeks to challenge dominant narratives by centering marginalized communities' experiences and perspectives as sources of valuable knowledge. By...

29 pages 8x10 size All Alaska State facts including animals, plant life, cities etc Great for homeschool and unit studies Elementary to High School learning Adult worthy pages Author: Ja PublishingISBN-10: 8873045200ISBN-13: 9798873045204Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/19/2023Pages: 30Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.18lbsSize: 10.00h x 8.00w x...

This book presents an Asian perspective on transformative science education in the context of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The chapters are written by contributors who practiced science education for sustainability in a research project entitled "Teacher Education for ESD in the...

Support for those involved in teaching and administering the International Baccalaureate Middle Years ProgrammeAuthor: Mary HaydenISBN-10: 1909717878ISBN-13: 9781909717879Publisher: John Catt EducationalLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/03/2019Pages: 200Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.63lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.42d

Essentially a complete teacher's manual for the novel, this LitPlan Teacher Pack includes lesson plans and reproducible resource materials for Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. It includes: Daily Lessons, Short answer study questions, Multiple choice quiz questions, Vocabulary worksheets for each reading assignment,...

Essentially a complete teacher's manual for the novel, this LitPlan Teacher Pack includes lesson plans and reproducible resource materials for The Pearl by John Steinbeck. It includes: Daily Lessons, Short answer study questions, Multiple choice quiz questions, Vocabulary worksheets for each reading assignment, 3...

Following Common Core Standards, this lesson plan for William Shakespeare's, "Othello" is the perfect solution for teachers trying to get ideas for getting students excited about a book. BookCaps lesson plans cover five days worth of material. It includes a suggested reading schedule, discussion...

The publisher is Modern Educator Press. The printer is CreateSpace. "Few refuges exist from the multicolored tomes posing as math textbooks. No one is safe from this modern day invasion of the body snatchers. And just like in the movie, those with the power...

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a practical, research-based framework that enables all educators to respond to individual learning differences through the design of inclusive goals, methods, materials, assessments, and environments. Universal Design for Learning; Principles, Framework, and Practice - an update of Anne...

This edited collection brings together theories and lived experiences in teaching and learning Nature through multiple ways of coming to know. Showcasing the experiences and ideas from diverse stakeholders in the field of education, this book includes work from researchers, teacher-educators, teachers, outreach workshop...

This book provides an introduction into social science pedagogy in India. It delves into the interrelationships between society, social relationships, education, and learning.Social science education in schools helps build a critical understanding of social processes and institutions. This book critically examines school spaces and...

Over 50 discussion questions and activities, and 50 quiz questions, fill this comprehensive social science book. The book covers the following topics: Family History, Economics, Government and Law, Maps, and Heroes of America If you are homeschooling (or if you are just trying to...

​Winner of the Outstanding Book Award (Society for Professors of Education)This book offers a re-assessment of the educational and occupational value of MOOCs based on developments since 2013. When MOOCs appeared--amidst great fanfare in 2012, leaders proclaimed an educational "revolution." By 2013, however, dramatic...

This book compares two challenges made to American public school curricula in the 1980s and 1990s. It identifies striking similarities between proponents of Afrocentrism and creationism, accounts for their differential outcomes, and draws important conclusions for the study of culture, organizations, and social movements....

Get your child writing everyday using Cursive Handwriting for Kids with Downunder Classics.Delight your child with this collection of carefully selected Australian and New Zealand literature that is educational, encouraging, and uplifting. Our extracts include classic fiction, poetry, songs, biographies, studies of nature, explorers'...

The use of academic discourse in today's educational environment has the potential to improve education for students from all backgrounds. To achieve this, further study on the best practices, challenges, and future opportunities is required. Empowering and Engaging Students Through Academic Discourse shares the...

Jean Fritz's classic autobiographical novel recounts the story of the author's sojourn in the Chinese city of Hankow (modern-day Wuhan) as a young girl in the 1920s. Add depth to your students' understanding of the novel Homesick: My Own Story (860L) by using this...

This book illustrates the relationship between politics and the ways in which lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) issues are taught in schools. This book examines relationships between society, schools, and LGBTQ inclusion in order to understand perennial issues related to critical democratic...

Using "cultures of curriculum" as a lens, this clear, compelling text reveals and critically examines the belief systems and classroom practices of curricular orientations in contemporary American society. It is designed to foster awareness, examination, and deliberation about the curricula planned for and carried...

If you are looking for worksheet-free, hands-on learning activities for the home or classroom, look no further! Children ages 3-5 will have the time of their lives using everyday household items to learn: Math Science Language Fine Motor Gross Motor Emotional Skills Social Skills...

This unit study offers many wonderful activities to use while having students read the book, but the book is not included. The entire unit also offers the ability to create a lapbook if you print out some of the pages. There are between 6...

This jump-start of a book offers four planning models and provides novice and experienced teachers with step-by-step, essential guidance in the challenging task of lesson planning.Author: Janice SkowronISBN-10: 1412937310ISBN-13: 9781412937313Publisher: Corwin PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/28/2006Pages: 176Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.11lbsSize: 10.94h x 8.52w x 0.45d

Author: Kathleen Rogan, Alyssa RoganISBN-13: 9798218404741Publisher: Kathleen RoganLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/08/2024Pages: 46Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.29lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.10d

The Social Studies Curriculum, Fifth Edition updates the definitive overview of the issues teachers face when creating learning experiences for students in social studies. Renowned for connecting diverse elements of the social studies curriculum--from history to cultural studies to contemporary social issues--the book offers...

A general broadening of content and methods, a renewed emphasis on student interests, and diverse critical perspectives can currently be seen internationally in art curricula. This book explores ways that visual culture in education is helping to move art curricula off their historical foundations...

Did you ever change your plans spontaneously, in the moment? For an entire group? Have you ever felt frustrated that a learning or teaching experience wasn't working, and wished it was different? Did you ever ask your children or students what they wanted to...

A Teacher's Guide to Conversational AI explores the practical role that language-based artificial intelligence tools play in classroom teaching, learning experiences, and student assessment. Today's educators are well aware that conversational and generative AI--chatbots, intelligent tutoring systems, large language models, and more--represent a complex...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Do you want your preteens and teens to learn about the 20th Century in a way that is interesting, engaging, and memorable? This middle school workbook accompanies HIS Story of the 20th Century, a living textbook. This workbook contains: Timeline Pages/Timeline Figures Questions to...

Reading and Listening comprehension grade 5 the second edition is a book that covers comprehension skills, vocabulary, and figurative that will enhance all young readers reading skills.Author: Cynthia O. SmithISBN-10: 153726415XISBN-13: 9781537264158Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/22/2016Pages: 86Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.49lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w...

Science Teaching explains how history and philosophy of science contributes to the resolution of persistent theoretical, curricular, and pedagogical issues in science education. It shows why it is essential for science teachers to know and appreciate the history and philosophy of the subject they...

As the field of linguistics and language education expands and evolves, scholars and practitioners are encountering a multitude of challenges. Complex research methodologies, ethical considerations, and technological advancements create hurdles to contributors in the field. Moreover, the interdisciplinary nature of applied linguistics provides a...

The Big Lie About Race in America's Schools delivers a collective response to the challenge of racially-charged misinformation, disinformation, and censorship that increasingly permeates and weakens not only US education but also our democracy. In this thought-provoking volume, Royel Johnson and Shaun Harper bring...

This book illustrates the multiple roles of textbooks as victim, transformer, and accomplice to conflict by introducing the Intersecting Roles of Education in Conflict (IREC) framework for use in the research, development, production, distribution, and dissemination of textbooks and learning materials. The framework illustrates...

The activities in this book will help your students understand what adjectives are and how they can use them to strengthen their writing skills. Adjectives are words that describe or modify the meaning of nouns and pronouns. This 48-page book provides numerous, hands-on activities,...

Author: Joy Stackhouse, Bill WellsISBN-10: 1861560303ISBN-13: 9781861560308Publisher: WileyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/07/1997Pages: 398Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.46lbsSize: 9.06h x 6.08w x 0.90d

Spirituality is difficult to describe. It is an elusive and even controversial term. "It is the organised structures and rituals that encompass the system of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, and Christianity. It has been in existence from as little as four thousand years. Spirituality is...