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Nelson, Robert – Routledge Research in Education, 2022
In this book, Robert Nelson reminds us that one of the most important elements of teaching and learning is to inspire and to be inspired. Given that inspiration itself has evolved through metaphor, the inquiry distinguishes inspirational learning by its peculiarly metaphoric character. We acknowledge that students respond to passion and…
Descriptors: Influences, Figurative Language, Academic Aspiration, Motivation
Dan Valenti – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2024
Poetry has been around for nearly five millennia, yet never has it been more puzzling. Technology, social media, and the blinding pace of contemporary life leave many students and readers in the dark. Just in time, this book comes to the rescue not just with a response to the problem of understanding and enjoying poetry, but it offers a solution.…
Descriptors: Poetry, Teaching Methods, Authors, Poets
Elizabeth Ashton – Routledge Research in Education, 2022
This book provides a fresh approach to motivation in primary school children by exploring the role of metaphor and symbol in language and art as a means of expressing insights developed through learning. The book investigates and transcends Piaget's dominant child developmental theories and considers alternative theories from psychiatry, not least…
Descriptors: Language Role, Figurative Language, Student Motivation, Elementary School Students
Pollock, Joy; Waller, Elisabeth – David Fulton Publishers, 2018
"English Grammar and Teaching Strategies" aims to demystify grammar and equip any teacher to teach it in the classroom. Carefully set out for ease of reference, this book covers every aspect of grammar, from nouns, adjectives and verbs to punctuation and prepositions. Each grammatical term is clearly defined and accompanied by varieties…
Descriptors: English Instruction, English, Grammar, Teaching Methods
Brumley, Cade – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2011
"Leadership Standards In Action: The School Principal as Servant-Leader" is a powerful resource for aspiring principals, practicing principals, district leadership, and university faculty. The book responsibly unpacks the metaphor of principal as servant leader to the school's people and purpose. As a framework, the six ISLLC Standards of…
Descriptors: Caring, Instructional Leadership, Principals, Standards
Fialka, Janice M.; Feldman, Arlene K.; Mikus, Karen C. – Corwin, 2012
The authors draw upon the metaphor of "dance" to better understand the complexities and possibilities of forming partnerships between educators, administrators, early childhood providers, therapists, support staff, other professionals, and parents of children with disabilities. This revised edition of "Do You Hear What I Hear? Parents and…
Descriptors: Evidence, Altruism, Figurative Language, Disabilities
Kottman, Terry – American Counseling Association, 2011
Written for use in play therapy and child counseling courses, this extraordinarily practical text provides a detailed examination of basic and advanced play therapy concepts and skills and guidance on when and how to use them. Kottman's multitheoretical approach and wealth of explicit techniques are also helpful for clinicians who want to gain…
Descriptors: Play, Mental Health Workers, Therapy, Play Therapy
Benedek, Andras, Ed.; Nyiri, Kristof, Ed. – Peter Lang Frankfurt, 2011
Learning and teaching are faced with radically new challenges in today's rapidly changing world and its deeply transformed communicational environment. We are living in an era of images. Contemporary visual technology--film, video, interactive digital media--is promoting but also demanding a new approach to education: the age of visual learning…
Descriptors: Visual Learning, Vocabulary Development, Language Acquisition, Deafness
Breault, Rick; Breault, Donna Adair – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
"Professional Development Schools: Researching Lessons from the Field" provides a comprehensive analysis of PDS research that can aid PDS stakeholders in designing and sustaining meaningful research in their partnerships. Breault and Breault used an extensive qualitative meta-synthesis to examine the research over the past 20 years. Their…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Action Research, Figurative Language, Educational Research
Frankel, Fred; Wood, Jeffrey J. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2011
Two nationally known experts in friendship formation and anxiety management address the social challenges faced by adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The book helps educators instruct youth on conversing with others, displaying appropriate body language, managing anxiety, initiating and participating in get-togethers, and more. The…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Interpersonal Competence
Fallace, Thomas D. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
Interest by American educators in the Holocaust has increased exponentially during the second half of the twentieth century. In 1960 the Holocaust was barely being addressed in American public schools. Yet by the 1990s several states had mandated the teaching of the event. Drawing upon a variety of sources including unpublished works and…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Death, Ethics, History
Daniels, Harry, Ed.; Lauder, Hugh, Ed.; Porter, Jill, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Educational Theories, Cultures and Learning" focuses on how education is understood in different cultures, the theories and related assumptions we make about learners and students and how we think about them, and how we can understand the principle actors in education--learners and teachers. Within this volume, internationally renowned…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Brain, Social Environment, Educational Policy
Bush, Tony – SAGE Publications (CA), 2003
In this established bestselling text, Tony Bush presents the major theories of educational management and links them to contemporary policy and practice. This fully revised Third Edition includes two important changes in content. First, the book takes account of the increasing interest in the concept of leadership. Leadership continues to be one…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Educational Administration, Instructional Leadership, Textbooks
Hoyle, Eric; Wallace, Mike – Paul Chapman Publishing, 2005
Irony has been selected as the organizing concept of this book because it offers a link between the authors' five main concerns. Their first concern is to bring to the fore a perspective on organizations that has existed for some time but has remained marginal to the prescriptive leadership and management literature. The second concern is to…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Figurative Language, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Change
Gallagher, Kelly – Stenhouse Publishers, 2004
Do students often struggle with difficult novels and other challenging texts? Do they think one reading of a work is more than enough? Do they primarily comprehend at a surface-level, and are they frequently unwilling or unable to discover the deeper meaning found in multi-layered works? Do teachers feel that they are doing more work teaching the…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Reading Comprehension, Teaching Methods, Classroom Techniques
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