Books in category Teaching Methods & Materials - General

Teaching for Effective Learning in Higher Education

Author: Hativa
Publisher : Kluwer Academic Publishers
ISBN : 9780792368434
Research on teaching in higher education shows that students who are well taught learn more than students who are poorly taught, and there are some teaching behaviors and strategies that are consistently associated with good teaching. This book identifies these strategies and presents them within a theoretical framework that explains how they promote students' active and meaningful learning. By pr

The Importance of Physical Space in Creating Supportive Learning Environments

Author: Chism, Nancy Van Note (EDT)/ Bickford, Deborah J. (EDT)
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
ISBN : 9780787963446
Faculty and students alike have become so accustomed to meeting in spaces that are sterile in appearance, unable to accommodate different instructional approaches, and uncomfortable in supporting adult bodies that most have taken these conditions as a fact of college life. The lack of extensive dialogue on the importance of learning spaces in higher education environments prompted the essays in th

Problem-Based Learningin the Information Age: New Directions for Teaching and Learning

Author: Tl;Tl ;Knowlton ;Sharp, Richard
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
ISBN : 9780787971724
This issue provides information about theories and practices associated with Problem-based learning (PBL). Partially because of changes in the Information Age that are transforming the nature of knowledge and the types of problems that people face, professors are adopting PBL in order to facilitate a broader and more up-to-date role of what it means to learn. Professors will encounter, however, th

Faculty in New Jobs; A Guide to Settling In, Becoming Established and Building Institutional Support

Author: Robert J. Menges
Publisher : JB Jossey-Bass Publishers
ISBN : 9780787938789
What happens when professors begin new jobs? How do they adjust to the culture and values of their new work environment? In what ways does the employing university or college promote their satisfaction and productivity, and in what ways does it create dissatisfaction and stress? This timely resource draws from the latest and most comprehensive research to date on how college teachers transition in

Models, Strategies, and Methods for Effective Teaching

Author: Lang, Hellmut R. ;Evans, David N.
Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
ISBN : 9780205408412
The material covered is comprehensive and up-to-date. The cases are effective vehicles for further analysis of the material covered in the chapters.
Letitia Graybill, Monmouth University

Practical in approach, this text focuses on how preservice and experienced teachers can demonstrate the attributes, acquire the competencies, and meet the standards essential to effective

Weaving Narrative Nets to Capture Classrooms: Multimethod Qualitative Approaches for Educational Research

Author: Geelan, D.
Publisher : Springer
ISBN : 9781402038563
Weaving Narrative Nets to Capture Classrooms blends theory and practice in considering qualitative research in education. This book seeks to find an appropriate balance between deep, thoughtful consideration of issues related to qualitative research in education - methods, stances and standards - and practical 'how to' advice for beginning researchers.. The author uses a particular research study

New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Scholarship Revisited: Perspectives on the Scholarship of Teaching, No. 86

Author: Kreber, Carolyn (EDT)
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
ISBN : 9780787954475
Despite growing literature and research, the scholarship of teaching is a subject that has experienced considerable ambiguity, as well as unresolved issues in its assessment and evaluation. With innovative and practical solutions designed to improve the scholarly process as a whole, this issue presents the outcomes of a Delphi Study conducted by an international panel of academics working in posts

The Effective Induction of Newly Qualified Primary Teachers: An Induction Tutor's Handbook

Author: Sara Bubb
Publisher : David Fulton Publishers, Ltd.
ISBN : 9781853466847
This INSET handbook offers induction tutors, head teachers and LEA advisers practical and up-to-date guidance on the statutory programs of support, monitoring and assessment for newly qualified teachers (NQTs). Based on over ten years' experience of running induction courses, the book examines what Circular 5/99 means in practice, explores the Induction Standards and shows how the huge role of the

Skillstreaming in Early Childhood

Author: McGinnis, Ellen/ Goldstein, Arnold P.
Publisher : Research Pr Pub
ISBN : 9780878224494

The Missing Links in Teacher Education Design; Developing a Multi-Linked Conceptual Framework

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Publisher : Kluwer Academic Publishers
ISBN : 9781402037924
Why do many beginning teachers not cope with the reality of schools? Why do beginning teachers often revert to conventional teaching methods when they hit the classroom? Why do 30% of new teachers leave in the first five years? At the beginning of the 21st century we need a better way of educating preservice students by using a program design that mirrors how to best learn about teaching and portr

Effective Classroom Management

Author: Smith, Colin ;Laslett, Robert
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN : 9780415071529
Effective Classroom Management is a fully updated edition of the best-selling guide for beginning teachers. While the fundamentals of classroom management have not changed, and indeed effective classroom management remains a key to productive learning, recent developments such as the Elton Report on discipline in schools, the introduction of the National Curriculum, and the implementation of the 1

Teaching about Technology: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Technology for Non-Philosophers

Author: Vries, Marc J. de
Publisher : Springer
ISBN : 9781402052743
Teaching about technology, at all levels of education, can only be done properly when those who teach have a clear idea about what it is that they teach. In other words: they should be able to give a decent answer to the question: what is technology? In the philosophy of technology that question is explored. Therefore the philosophy of technology is a discipline with a high relevance for those who

Thinking Through Teaching: A Framework for Enhancing Participation and Learning

Author: Susan Hart
Publisher : David Fulton
ISBN : 9781853466281
This book offers a challenging new approach to enhancing children's learning through a process of reflective analysis called 'innovative thinking'. With practical examples drawn from a variety of learning contexts, the authors provide a framework for reviewing and reflecting on classroom experience, focusing particularly on those aspects of teaching and learning that are surprising, puzzling or wo

Teaching for Talent

Author: Cline, Starr
Publisher : Backinprint.com
ISBN : 9780595491230

Text, Role and Context

Author: Ann M. Johns
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN : 9780521567619
This text explores fundamental issues relating to student literacies and instructor roles and practices within academic contexts. The paperback edition explores fundamental issues relating to student literacies and instructor roles and practices within academic contexts. After presenting a brief history of literacy theories, the author argues for socioliterate approaches to teaching and learning i

Substitute Teaching and Loving It

Author: Wanner, Donna M.
Publisher : Weekly Reader Teacher's Press
ISBN : 9780595442133

Tuned in and Fired Up: How Teaching Can Inspire Real Learning in the Classroom

Author: Sam M. Intrator
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN : 9780300107661
Every teacher has powerful memories of becoming swept up in an electric moment when the classroom hums with energy and students are wholly engaged in learning. During such moments of real learning, teenagers find genuine meaning, worth, and value in their academic experiences. And their teachers find in these heightened and exuberant moments the embodiment of their best hopes and ideals as educato

An American Formula That Helps Chinese Teachers Grow

Author: Wang Ph. D., Weiping
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN : 9780595403219
This book is adapted from Dr. Wang's dissertation research, part of which has been accepted by peer-reviewed journal teacher and teaching education. The whole picture of the research was depicted in this book. This book is divided into five chapters. The background of the research is described in chapter I, in which, the readers will learn about the educationreform in China, particularly in Shanxi

Teaching 360: Effective Learning Through the Imagination

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Publisher : Sense Publishers
ISBN : 9789087903763
This book offers a detailed examination of imagination in learning. Teachers working with the ideas of Imaginative Education in their classrooms provide examples that cover multiple curricular areas and span elementary through secondary school contexts. Imagination has moved in recent years from being considered some kind of educational frill to a recognized main workhorse of teaching and learning

Educational Innovation in Economics and Business Administration: The Case of Problem-Based Learning

Author: Gijselaers, Wim H. (EDT)/ Tempelaar, Dirk T. (CON)
Publisher : Kluwer Academic Publishers
ISBN : 9780792332725
During the last few years economics and business education have emerged as one of the largest fields of study in higher education. At the same time, the pressing concern for improving the quality of higher education has led to a definite need for more knowledge about effective instruction and innovation in economics and business education. The book brings together many examples of reform in econom