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Eternal Curriculum for Wisdom Children

by Douglas Gabriel ...

At the heart of Rudolf Steiner's Waldorf curriculum is the belief that a child from age seven to fourteen recapitulates the intellectual and cultural development that humanity as a whole passes through over time. Until now, the exact scheme of how the Waldorf literature curriculum, grades one through eight, follow the model of collective humanity's evolution was not clear, even though the ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

At the heart of Rudolf Steiner's Waldorf curriculum is the belief that a child from age seven to fourteen recapitulates the intellectual and cultural development that humanity as a whole passes through over time. Until now, the exact scheme of how the Waldorf literature curriculum, grades one through eight, follow the model of collective humanity's evolution was not clear, even though the
... Read more
High School British Literature

by Michelle Deerwester-Dalrymple ...

Need a high school-level text to introduce students into the study of British Literature? Then this text is the ideal solution!Updated with links and resources for 2023!This easy-to-use high school English textbook is the perfect guide to provide students with an overview of British Literature from Beowulf to W.H Auden, including an introduction of different literary eras, themes, and archetypes. ... Read more

$6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Need a high school-level text to introduce students into the study of British Literature? Then this text is the ideal solution!Updated with links and resources for 2023!This easy-to-use high school English textbook is the perfect guide to provide students with an overview of British Literature from Beowulf to W.H Auden, including an introduction of different literary eras, themes, and archetypes.
... Read more
Adventures in Homeschooling

Adventures in Homeschooling Book #1, #5

by K.C. Sharp ...

Series Book 5 - Adventures in Homeschooling
Proper nutrition has a direct bearing on the academic performance of children. Many studies prove how a nutritious diet can boost memory, improve learning behaviors, and reinforce the positive development of children. Homeschooling is just as rigorous a process as traditional schooling, so you must know how to arm your child with the right diet to help them through. So, to begin your "Adventures ... Read more

$3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Proper nutrition has a direct bearing on the academic performance of children. Many studies prove how a nutritious diet can boost memory, improve learning behaviors, and reinforce the positive development of children. Homeschooling is just as rigorous a process as traditional schooling, so you must know how to arm your child with the right diet to help them through. So, to begin your "Adventures
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A pós-graduação e a evolução da produção científica brasileira

by Elenara Chaves Edler de Almeida, Jorge Almeida Guimarães ...

Hoje, no Brasil, há cerca de 28 mil grupos de pesquisa com 129 mil pesquisadores trabalhando em 452 instituições. A produção científica nacional passa por um período de crescimento notável de publicações de artigos e projetos de pesquisa, acompanhado pelo aumento da oferta de programas de pós-graduação stricto sensu (mestrado e doutorado). A consolidação dos resultados positivos se deve a uma ... Read more

$15.29 CAD

Hoje, no Brasil, há cerca de 28 mil grupos de pesquisa com 129 mil pesquisadores trabalhando em 452 instituições. A produção científica nacional passa por um período de crescimento notável de publicações de artigos e projetos de pesquisa, acompanhado pelo aumento da oferta de programas de pós-graduação stricto sensu (mestrado e doutorado). A consolidação dos resultados positivos se deve a uma
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Create an Engaging Syllabus: A Concise, 7-Step Guide for Professors

by Norman Eng ...

How do I write a syllabus? What kind of tone should it set? Isn't there a template I can just use? These are some of the questions many professors—especially if you're NEW—want answered. You just want the specifics, minus the jargon. A syllabus that captivates students and gets them excited about the course you teach.The problem is, students think our course syllabus is like a contract. And who ... Read more

$0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

How do I write a syllabus? What kind of tone should it set? Isn't there a template I can just use? These are some of the questions many professors—especially if you're NEW—want answered. You just want the specifics, minus the jargon. A syllabus that captivates students and gets them excited about the course you teach.The problem is, students think our course syllabus is like a contract. And who
... Read more
Rewriting the History of School Mathematics in North America 1607-1861

The Central Role of Cyphering Books

by Nerida Ellerton, M.A. (Ken) Clements ...

Series series Education (R0)
The focus of this book is the fundamental influence of the cyphering tradition on mathematics education in North American colleges, schools, and apprenticeship training classes between 1607 and 1861. It is the first book on the history of North American mathematics education to be written from that perspective. The principal data source is a set of 207 handwritten cyphering books that have never ... Read more

$104.48 CAD

The focus of this book is the fundamental influence of the cyphering tradition on mathematics education in North American colleges, schools, and apprenticeship training classes between 1607 and 1861. It is the first book on the history of North American mathematics education to be written from that perspective. The principal data source is a set of 207 handwritten cyphering books that have never
... Read more
Sequencing Yoga Classes: A Guide for Easily Creating Classes your Students will Love.

by Julie Chavanu ...

Want an easier way to create good, solid yoga classes? Don't want to wing it? Learn this method for creating flow and hatha style classes and start creating your own library of sequences.This guide will show you an easy method for always having consistent, well-thought-out class sequences. As you learn this method, you'll spend less time preparing and more time enjoying your teaching.Approximately ... Read more

$6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Want an easier way to create good, solid yoga classes? Don't want to wing it? Learn this method for creating flow and hatha style classes and start creating your own library of sequences.This guide will show you an easy method for always having consistent, well-thought-out class sequences. As you learn this method, you'll spend less time preparing and more time enjoying your teaching.Approximately
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Teaching Outside the Curriculum

by Vito Michienzi ...

Host of the Unapologists Podcast, teacher, writer and former professional magician Vito Michienzi has spent his life focusing on connecting with young people.As the education field continues to get flooded with guides on what makes the best practice for engaging students, Vito takes a step back and asks the most important question:What really matters?If you're feeling overwhelmed by the resources ... Read more

$3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Host of the Unapologists Podcast, teacher, writer and former professional magician Vito Michienzi has spent his life focusing on connecting with young people.As the education field continues to get flooded with guides on what makes the best practice for engaging students, Vito takes a step back and asks the most important question:What really matters?If you're feeling overwhelmed by the resources
... Read more
More than Magnets, Standards Edition

Science Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten

by Sally Moomaw, Brenda Hieronymus ...

Take the uncertainty out of teaching science to children with this comprehensive curriculum framework that aligns with early learning standards. Enjoy over 100 interactive activities guaranteed to encourage children to explore their world. Each activity includes background scientific information for teachers, a guide to implementation, and children's typical responses.Sally Moomaw, EdD, is ... Read more

$34.55 CAD

Take the uncertainty out of teaching science to children with this comprehensive curriculum framework that aligns with early learning standards. Enjoy over 100 interactive activities guaranteed to encourage children to explore their world. Each activity includes background scientific information for teachers, a guide to implementation, and children's typical responses.Sally Moomaw, EdD, is
... Read more
Serious Fun

The Power of Improvisation for Learning and Life

by Ruth Yamamoto ...

The importance of play and fun to people’s lives cannot be stressed enough in today’s cultural climate of high stress, high stakes, and competition. One activity that gains recognition and credibility as both fun and transformative is theatrical improvisation or improv. In this book, Ruth Yamamoto reviews her research on the influences of improvisation on community college students.Educators, ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

The importance of play and fun to people’s lives cannot be stressed enough in today’s cultural climate of high stress, high stakes, and competition. One activity that gains recognition and credibility as both fun and transformative is theatrical improvisation or improv. In this book, Ruth Yamamoto reviews her research on the influences of improvisation on community college students.Educators,
... Read more
Language Education in the School Curriculum

Issues of Access and Equity

by Professor Ken Cruickshank, Dr Stephen Black, Dr Honglin Chen, Dr Linda Tsung, Professor Jan Wright ...

There is widespread concern in all English speaking countries at the rapid decline in study of languages. The promise of 'languages for all' in the UK and North America in the 1970s marked a shift from languages as élite subjects for the privileged few, but this promise has not been fulfilled. This book explores the reasons for and solutions to this decline. More importantly, it looks at how these ... Read more

$40.85 CAD

There is widespread concern in all English speaking countries at the rapid decline in study of languages. The promise of 'languages for all' in the UK and North America in the 1970s marked a shift from languages as élite subjects for the privileged few, but this promise has not been fulfilled. This book explores the reasons for and solutions to this decline. More importantly, it looks at how these
... Read more
Learning, the Hardest Job You'll Ever Love!

Helpful Ideas for Students and Parents

by Steve Sonntag ...

Learning, the Hardest Job You'll Ever Love is a collage of ideas designed for eighth through twelfth grade students and their parents to have better relationships with one another and with the entire school community, to help and support their communities in different ways, and to appreciate the value of the experiences offered within and outside their communities. Steven Sonntag encourages ... Read more

$46.34 CAD

Learning, the Hardest Job You'll Ever Love is a collage of ideas designed for eighth through twelfth grade students and their parents to have better relationships with one another and with the entire school community, to help and support their communities in different ways, and to appreciate the value of the experiences offered within and outside their communities. Steven Sonntag encourages
... Read more
Math Remediation for the College Bound

How Teachers Can Close the Gap, from the Basics through Algebra

by Daryao Khatri ...

Algebra is the language that must be mastered for any course that uses math because it is the gateway for entry into any science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) discipline. This book fosters mastery of critical math and algebraic concepts and skills essential to all of the STEM disciplines and some of the social sciences.This book is written by practitioners whose primary teaching ... Read more

$64.52 CAD

Algebra is the language that must be mastered for any course that uses math because it is the gateway for entry into any science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) discipline. This book fosters mastery of critical math and algebraic concepts and skills essential to all of the STEM disciplines and some of the social sciences.This book is written by practitioners whose primary teaching
... Read more
Motor Learning and Skill Acquisition

Applications for Physical Education and Sport

by Michael Spittle ...

Integrating theory with practice, this core textbook provides a structured and sequential introduction to motor learning and motor control. Part 1 begins by introducing what motor learning is and how movement is controlled, before exploring how a learning environment may be manipulated to assist in the learning and performance of movement skills. Part 2 explores motor control from neural, ... Read more

$90.08 CAD

Integrating theory with practice, this core textbook provides a structured and sequential introduction to motor learning and motor control. Part 1 begins by introducing what motor learning is and how movement is controlled, before exploring how a learning environment may be manipulated to assist in the learning and performance of movement skills. Part 2 explores motor control from neural,
... Read more
Using the Brain to Spell

Effective Strategies for All Levels

by Sally E. Burkhardt ...

This book offers practical advice to teachers unsure of how to teach spelling. Filled with student-centered wisdom, Burkhardt grounds her methods in both theory and practice, providing logical rules and hands-on exercises to keep students actively engaged. ... Read more

$50.21 CAD

This book offers practical advice to teachers unsure of how to teach spelling. Filled with student-centered wisdom, Burkhardt grounds her methods in both theory and practice, providing logical rules and hands-on exercises to keep students actively engaged.
... Read more
The Secondary Curriculum Design Handbook

Preparing Young People for Their Futures

by Mick Waters, Dr Brian Male ...

Schools across the world are struggling to balance the statutory requirements of a national curriculum with their desire to provide the wide, engaging and exciting curriculum that they know children need. Concerns about standards often lead to a narrowing of the curriculum and many schools lack the confidence and approach to design that would enable them to resolve what seems like an impossible ... Read more

$43.37 CAD

Schools across the world are struggling to balance the statutory requirements of a national curriculum with their desire to provide the wide, engaging and exciting curriculum that they know children need. Concerns about standards often lead to a narrowing of the curriculum and many schools lack the confidence and approach to design that would enable them to resolve what seems like an impossible
... Read more
Geography in Secondary Schools

Researching Pupils' Classroom Experiences

by Dr Nick Hopwood ...

Gaining a better sense of how pupils conceive school geography is crucial if we are to understand the ways in which their ideas and values mediate learning processes. Geography in Secondary Schools explores how pupils experience geography lessons, what they think geography as a school subject is about, and what it means to them. School geography aims to help young people think about the world and ... Read more

$50.21 CAD

Gaining a better sense of how pupils conceive school geography is crucial if we are to understand the ways in which their ideas and values mediate learning processes. Geography in Secondary Schools explores how pupils experience geography lessons, what they think geography as a school subject is about, and what it means to them. School geography aims to help young people think about the world and
... Read more
Simply Notetaking and Speedwriting

Learn How to Take Notes Simply and Effectively

by Kristine Setting Clark ...

Simply Notetaking and Speedwriting is a simple and effective notetaking program that is essential to student academic success. Notetaking is a major component in learning and understanding how to recognize and identify main ideas, key facts and details. Simply Notetaking and Speedwriting will also teach the student how to record notes in various formats and how to utilize notetaking when studying ... Read more

$26.54 CAD

Simply Notetaking and Speedwriting is a simple and effective notetaking program that is essential to student academic success. Notetaking is a major component in learning and understanding how to recognize and identify main ideas, key facts and details. Simply Notetaking and Speedwriting will also teach the student how to record notes in various formats and how to utilize notetaking when studying
... Read more
Learning to Connect

Relationships, Race, and Teacher Education

by Victoria Theisen-Homer ...

Learning to Connect explores how teachers learn to form meaningful relationships with students, especially across racial and cultural differences. To do so, the book draws on data from a two-year ethnographic study of No Excuses Teacher Residency (NETR) and Progressive Teacher Residency (PTR), and teachers that emerge from each program. Each program is characterized in rich complexity, with a ... Read more

$33.38 CAD

Learning to Connect explores how teachers learn to form meaningful relationships with students, especially across racial and cultural differences. To do so, the book draws on data from a two-year ethnographic study of No Excuses Teacher Residency (NETR) and Progressive Teacher Residency (PTR), and teachers that emerge from each program. Each program is characterized in rich complexity, with a
... Read more
Literacy for Learning

A Handbook of Content-Area and Disciplinary Literacy Practices for Middle and High School Teachers

by Gregory Berry ...

Literacy proficiency became the responsibility of every middle and high school teacher as each state adopted, or revised and adopted, The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts &Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects. Its intention was immediately misunderstood, and most content area teachers responded with “I did not go to college to be a reading and ... Read more

$55.07 CAD

Literacy proficiency became the responsibility of every middle and high school teacher as each state adopted, or revised and adopted, The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts &Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects. Its intention was immediately misunderstood, and most content area teachers responded with “I did not go to college to be a reading and
... Read more
Sustainable School Improvement

Fueling the Journey with Collective Efficacy and Systems Thinking

by Patricia Wright ...

The book addresses two key barriers to school improvement that are currently impacting educators and school leaders. The first is the churn of constant change in the form of multiple initiatives and compliance overload experienced by today’s educators. It is not uncommon to hear a teacher say, “I can’t focus on the kids; there are just too many things to do. I’m overwhelmed.” Has change itself ... Read more

$37.97 CAD

The book addresses two key barriers to school improvement that are currently impacting educators and school leaders. The first is the churn of constant change in the form of multiple initiatives and compliance overload experienced by today’s educators. It is not uncommon to hear a teacher say, “I can’t focus on the kids; there are just too many things to do. I’m overwhelmed.” Has change itself
... Read more
Hip-Hop Genius 2.0

Remixing High School Education

by Sam Seidel ...

Many educators already know that hip-hop can be a powerful tool for engaging students. But can hip-hop save our schools—and our society? Hip-Hop Genius 2.0 introduces an iteration of hip-hop education that goes far beyond studying rap music as classroom content. Through stories about the professional rapper who founded the first hip-hop high school and the aspiring artists currently enrolled there ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

Many educators already know that hip-hop can be a powerful tool for engaging students. But can hip-hop save our schools—and our society? Hip-Hop Genius 2.0 introduces an iteration of hip-hop education that goes far beyond studying rap music as classroom content. Through stories about the professional rapper who founded the first hip-hop high school and the aspiring artists currently enrolled there
... Read more
A Musician and Teacher in Nineteenth Century New England

Irving Emerson, 1843—1903

by Terese Volk Tuohey ...

There is a need for historical studies in music education that focuses on the common person. Historians in general have been doing this for years, but music education history has yet to catch up to the field. Although there have been many biographies and biographical studies about the more well-known music educators, little has been done investigating what teaching was like for the average teacher ... Read more

$104.30 CAD

There is a need for historical studies in music education that focuses on the common person. Historians in general have been doing this for years, but music education history has yet to catch up to the field. Although there have been many biographies and biographical studies about the more well-known music educators, little has been done investigating what teaching was like for the average teacher
... Read more
All Students Can Succeed

A Half Century of Research on the Effectiveness of Direct Instruction

by Jean Stockard, Timothy W. Wood, Cristy Coughlin, Caitlin Rasplica Khoury ...

Based on more than ten years of research, All Students Can Succeed presents a comprehensive review of research related to Direct Instruction (DI), a highly structured method of teaching based on the assumption that all students can learn if given appropriate instruction. The authors identify over 500 research reports published over the last 50 years and encompassing almost 4,000 effect sizes, no ... Read more

$47.33 CAD

Based on more than ten years of research, All Students Can Succeed presents a comprehensive review of research related to Direct Instruction (DI), a highly structured method of teaching based on the assumption that all students can learn if given appropriate instruction. The authors identify over 500 research reports published over the last 50 years and encompassing almost 4,000 effect sizes, no
... Read more

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