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Hayo Reinders Ed. – New Language Learning and Teaching Environments, 2023
This edited book brings together an international cast of contributors and chapters which recognise the complexity of teacher leadership and its situated and dynamic nature. Chapters in this book are research-driven, and each reports on findings from (teacher-led and otherwise) research, synthesising the current state-of-the-art in each area. Each…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Leadership, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Murray, Sarah; Allotey, Princess – Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education, 2021
This volume provides an in-depth, comparative examination of how primary mathematics education is influenced by national education reform, policy, local resources, and culture in three different countries. By drawing on first-hand observations and interviews, as well as analysis of policy documents and learning resources, the book considers the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Cohan, Audrey; Honigsfeld, Andrea; Dove, Maria G. – ASCD, 2019
Cohan, Honigsfeld, and Dove bring together current research, authentic examples of best practices, and voices from the field to champion the power of purposeful collaboration and provide educators with resources that will empower them to support English learners (ELs) and their families. Guided by four core principles--common purpose, shared…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Student Needs, Teaching Methods, Best Practices
Armstrong, Kacie L., Ed.; Genova, Lauren A., Ed.; Greenlee, John Wyatt, Ed.; Samuel, Derina S., Ed. – Stylus Publishing LLC, 2021
"Teaching Gradually" is a guide for anyone new to teaching and learning in higher education. Written "for" graduate student instructors, "by" graduate students with substantive teaching experience, this resource is among the first of its kind to speak to graduate students as comrades-in-arms with voices from alongside…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Teaching Methods, Teaching Experience, Authors
Morrow, Lesley Mandel, Ed.; Morrell, Ernest, Ed.; Casey, Heather Kenyon, Ed. – Guilford Press, 2023
This authoritative text and PreK-12 teacher resource is now in a substantially revised seventh edition with 80% new material, foregrounding advances in inclusive, equitable instruction. Teachers are guided through every major component of reading, as well as assessment, motivation, teaching bilingual learners, strengthening connections with…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Literacy Education, Teaching Methods, Inclusion
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Crawford, Jenifer, Ed.; Filback, Robert A., Ed. – IGI Global, 2022
The field of TESOL encompasses English teachers who teach English as an additional language in English-dominant countries and those teachers who teach English as a foreign language in countries where a language other than English is the official language. This range of educators teaches English to children, adolescents, and adults in primary,…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Davis, David – Trentham Books, 2014
The current education climate has brought the development of classroom drama as an art form to a standstill. Practitioners need to make a qualitative leap forward in both theory and practice in order to respond to the cultural demands of the times. By linking the best of the ground-breaking work of Dorothy Heathcote and Gavin Bolton with the…
Descriptors: Drama, Theater Arts, Teaching Methods, Ideology
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Wellner, Laurie, Ed.; Pierce-Friedman, Kathleen, Ed. – IGI Global, 2021
Teachers in their first few years of their teaching career require high quality, structured support to begin the journey towards becoming experts. Establishing research-based best practices and working habits set up early career teachers for a fulfilling and successful career. The requirements of teachers are constantly changing, and teachers need…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Evidence Based Practice, Faculty Development, Best Practices
Montgomery County Public Schools, 2014
Student Service Learning (SSL) provides students the opportunity to actively participate in the community and build the skills they need to be successful students and citizens. This booklet provides information about the Maryland State Department of Education SSL graduation mandate. Completing 75 SSL hours is a requirement for high school…
Descriptors: Service Learning, High School Students, Graduation Requirements, Best Practices
Papatheodorou, Theodora, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
Globally, early years policies and documents have set out aspirational outcomes and benefits for children, their families and the wider society. These policies have emphasised the place of early childhood provision within the wider global agenda, by tackling inequality and disadvantage early on in children's lives. However, these strategies have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Dolgon, Corey, Ed.; Mitchell, Tania D., Ed.; Eatman, Timothy K., Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2017
With contributions from leading experts across disciplinary fields, this book explores best practices from the field's most notable researchers, as well as important historically based and politically focused challenges to a field whose impact has reached an important crossroads. The comprehensive and powerfully critical analysis considers the…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Best Practices, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices
Greenwood, Nancy A. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
The Introduction to Sociology course is usually the first contact that students have with the discipline of sociology. This course can determine whether students take other sociology courses or learn to use sociology in their lives as adults and citizens. "First Contact" identifies important issues facing instructors in introducing students to the…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Sociology, Teaching Methods, Guides
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education, 2010
This guide is intended to stimulate professional reflection, dialogue and debate about mathematics and how to improve it. It draws together themes, features and characteristics of effective improvement in mathematics and descriptions of good practice. It offers a reference point for staff and teachers who are working together to improve…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Numeracy, Reflection, Mathematics Education