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The 6 Principles for Exemplary Teaching of English Learners®: Academic and Other Specific Purposes. The 6 Principles
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Blok, Sherry; Lockwood, Robyn Brinks; Frendo, Evan – TESOL Press, 2020
The 6 Principles and their recommended practices are targets of teaching excellence that provide teachers with the knowledge to improve instruction and assessment. Instructional techniques are illustrated with a multitude of classroom examples and vignettes. The 6 Principles are brought to life in Chapter 5 by portrayals of their application in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Principles, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Teaching for a Living Democracy: Project-Based Learning in the English and History Classroom
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Block, Joshua – Teachers College Press, 2020
This classroom narrative explores how teachers can build and sustain an intellectually and emotionally fulfilling teaching practice while changing the way students experience school. Written by an English and history teacher in a Philadelphia public high school, this book presents a framework of teaching for a living democracy--supporting learners…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Experience, Democratic Values, Citizenship Education
2011 National Survey of Senior Capstone Experiences: Institutional-Level Data on the Culminating Experience. Research Reports on College Transitions No. 3
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Padgett, Ryan D.; Kilgo, Cindy A. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2012
In 2011, the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition revisited its 1999 National Survey of Senior Seminars and Capstone Courses to explore the current state of culminating experiences in American higher education. Drawn from a sample of public and private colleges and universities across the country, the…
Descriptors: National Surveys, College Seniors, Curriculum, Student Experience
Our Results-Driven, Testing Culture: How It Adversely Affects Students' Personal Experience
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Lesch, Lyn – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2007
Author Lyn Lesch advocates that learning cannot be measured by empirical results like testing and grading. As the founder of Chicago's The Children's School, Lesch didn't give grades or submit students to standardized testing. Such conditions may seem blasphemous to most educators, but the results spoke for themselves. Without the high-stakes…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Educational Testing, Standardized Tests, Student Attitudes