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"Presents foundational information organized around the who, why, how, and what of using play materials to support very young children's learning and development. Provides suggestions for play materials and describes why they are useful for different aspects related to each learning and development domain. Includes safety considerations and tips on a range of topics, including climbing, choking hazards, and interacting with animals. Recommends more...
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"Loose parts capture children's curiosity, give free reign to their imagination, and encourage creativity. This form of play allows infants to be in control and recognize the power of their bodies and actions. A variety of new and innovative loose parts ideas are paired with beautiful photography to inspire safe loose parts play in your infant and toddler environments. Captivating classroom stories and proven science provide the context for how this...
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The authors describe how they approach each individual on the autistic spectrum with no preconceived notions about who they are or what is "right" for them. The typical mind set of professionals is that we have the answers, tools and science to dictate what a child in school or adult are supposed to do. We introduce the idea that the person with autism has all the answers to what they need to regulate more successfully throughout their day and life....
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"Las tensiones del curriculum" hace visible un problema actual en el campo del curriculum relacionado con su reconocimiento como disciplina. Aborda el estado de situación del campo en Argentina y México, como muestra de dos países latinoamericanos que cuentan entre sí con rasgos de colaboración académica. Su contenido está impregnado de preocupaciones epistemológicas vigentes que consideran la tensión entre los paradigmas de la modernidad...
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How do designers do what they do? How do architects, engineers, industrial, fashion and graphic designers think? What is it that goes on in their minds that enables them to shape the things that people buy, use and inhabit? And, how far do they share their mental abilities with people at large? Is it true that everyone is a designer in their, own way? In Models of Change, Ken Baynes draws on a lifetime's research and experience to suggest answers...
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Ajax Bigelow has a problem. He really doesn't like science, but he must write a science journal for his science teacher Ms. Turri "or else". He decides to chronical the events in class as they study what he calls "stuff" and Ms. Turri calls matter. Ajax Bigelow's Science Journal – Stuff begins with Ajax's reaction to the assignment and his acceptance that he'd better do it. He begins as instructed by telling about his family – himself, his parents,...
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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 debate, compare, investigate, question, and design in response to 150 prompts. Each topic is divided into a Teacher Page and a Student Page and provides the following:...
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Mastery learning is an instructional approach that empowers every student to progress with confidence.
Using flexible pacing and targeted supports, teachers guide students through a cyclic process of preparation, demonstration, and formative feedback until there is a mutual agreement between teacher and student that the student is ready to advance.
In this book, educator Jonathan Bergmann, a pioneer of the flipped classroom movement, walks you step-by-step...
9) From the Classroom to the Test: How to Improve Student Achievement on the Summative ELA Assessments
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Today, it is more essential than ever that students develop the knowledge and skills necessary to become college and career ready. There is a nationwide focus on the skills and strategies students need in order to be successful. At the core are the assessments currently in circulation. From the Classroom to the Test: How to Improve Student Achievement on the Summative ELA Assessments is a comprehensive book to help educators of grades 3-8 support...
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Es fundamental que directivos, docentes, estudiantes y sus familias cuenten con los medios para comprender la estructura y el alcance de las Pruebas Saber, de tal manera que les sea posible orientar, intencional y pertinentemente, los currículos escolares y avanzar en el mejoramiento sistemático de los resultados obtenidos por los estudiantes. Por ello es importante disponer de una propuesta editorial integral que incluya, tanto guías para el profesor,...
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The authors provide a unique perspective on what is needed to make character education an effective, lasting part of our educational agenda. Each chapter points out the directions that character education must take today and offers strategies essential for making progress in the field.
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Es fundamental que docentes, directivos docentes, padres y cuidadores dispongan de los medios para comprender la estructura y el alcance de las Pruebas Saber.
El conocimiento de estas pruebas permite preparar en forma apropiada a los estudiantes, y reorientar los procesos curriculares para consolidar su formación integral.
La colección saber-SABER contiene libros para que el profesor pueda orientar en forma adecuada la apropiación de los conceptos...
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Este libro trata sobre una de las competencias evaluadas en las nuevas Pruebas de Estado y defenderá la necesidad de considerar ésta como un propósito central de la escuela. Para ello, el autor parte de la pregunta y la reflexión sobre cómo y bajo qué circunstancias se generan los cambios en educación, a partir de allí pasa a la reflexión, conceptualización y discusión actual sobre el concepto de competencia en el contexto educativo colombiano....
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Through engaging assignments, this integrated curriculum course design introduces the physics of sound and music, with the exploration of musical styles and their biological effect, along with the newer disciplines of Music Therapy and Sound & Vibrational Healing. While the course is designed for grades 5-6, educators will find a variety of applications and inspiration from individual units, as well as the full eight week cycle. This course is designed...
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In “The Teacher's Gradebook”, Barry Raebeck, a practicing secondary school English teacher, shares the grading strategies that he uses so successfully with his own students. Ample discussion is given to not only grading techniques, but also to other important issues surrounding the philosophy and ethics of grading. These include test construction, rubric creation, "grade-friendly" projects, assessment without grades, and cultivating student ownership...
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Es fundamental que directivos, docentes, estudiantes y sus familias cuenten con los medios para comprender la estructura y el alcance de las Pruebas Saber, de tal manera que les sea posible orientar, intencional y pertinentemente, los currículos escolares y avanzar en el mejoramiento sistemático de los resultados obtenidos por los estudiantes. Por ello es importante disponer de una propuesta editorial integral que incluya, tanto guías para el profesor,...
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La elaboración de un currículo intercultural para las comunidades afrocolombianas, parte de la convicción de ser capaces de revalorar lo propio, cristalizado en los saberes que se han heredado por medio de la palabra "dicha" de una generación a otra. La obra explora los significados que estas poblaciones le atribuyen a su legado cultural, como detonante de los procesos formativos que se dan en sus escuelas.
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Now there's a way to blend balanced literacy and formative assessment. This book infuses research-based best practices of formative assessment through the lens of Common Core, with assessment support in these areas: read-alouds, guiding language into reading, language and literacy centers, and independent reading and writing. It also includes the "how" for novice and veteran K-8 teachers, administrators, and school literacy teams. Resources are included...
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It's a new generation and schools are offering valuable training to students. This short book attempts to put at ease some serious misconceptions and old stereotypes of what is means for students to enroll or enter endorsement pathway in high school that focuses on Construction, Building Trades and / or Manufacturing. I have seen a lot of changes and improvements over the last few years and It goes a long way for students to have the pride and support...
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Black Lives Matter in US Schools critically examines the relationship between schooling and sociocultural abolitionist movements like #BlackLivesMatter. Aligning with a long history of education scholars who have insisted on the enmeshed nature of schools and society, the book addresses the role of various forms of curricula that perpetuate anti-Blackness while simultaneously shaping Black ways of being, knowing, and doing. While its focus tends toward...
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