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Shin, Joan Kang; Savic, Vera; Machida, Tomohisa – TESOL Press, 2021
TESOL International Association has defined a core set of principles for the exemplary teaching and learning of English as a new language. This book shows educators how to apply these principles to teaching young English learners (2- to 12-year-olds) in a foreign language (EFL) setting. The 6 Principles® and their recommended practices are targets…
Descriptors: Professional Associations, English Language Learners, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning
Hitchcock, Laurel Iverson; Sage, Melanie; Smyth, Nancy J. – Council on Social Work Education, 2019
This book was written to help social work educators make pedagogically sound, rational, practical, and ethical decisions about integrating technology into their social work programs and across the curriculum. It covers a range of essential topics, from understanding digital literacy skills to ethical implications for technology in social work…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Counselor Training, Social Work, Ethics
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
Haque, Bali – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2014
This is a powerful critique of two decades of educational reform in New Zealand, from an educator who was deeply involved. It is also a provocative call for action. Bali Haque has been both a secondary school principal required to implement reform and a senior public servant in the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) tasked with pushing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Change Strategies, Secondary Schools
Kirstein, Kurt D., Ed.; Schieber, Craig E., Ed.; Flores, Kelly A., Ed.; Olswang, Steven G., Ed. – Online Submission, 2013
In the rapidly changing world of higher education, innovative approaches to teaching adults are needed to drive instructional practices for helping to prepare the professionals of the future. The papers collected in "Innovations in Teaching Adults" were originally presented at a conference at City University of Seattle. The authors of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Innovation, Adult Students, Adult Learning
Davidson, Ryan C. – National Academies Press, 2009
In April 2009 a workshop was held to explore how engineering curricula could be enhanced to better prepare future engineers. The workshop, summarized in this volume, included individuals from industry, academia, government agencies, and professional societies. During the workshop participants addressed the rationale for the scope and sequence of…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Public Agencies, Engineering
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Orey, Michael, Ed.; Jones, Stephanie A., Ed.; Branch, Robert Maribe, Ed. – Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, 2010
The evolution of educational technology has seen a shift from hardware and software to tactics and techniques, as the 2010 edition of the "Educational Media and Technology Yearbook" makes abundantly clear. As in previous years, it offers the reader a snapshot of the moment and a look ahead to issues most likely to shape the immediate…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Leadership Responsibility, Technology Integration
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Board on Agriculture. – 1998
The Board on Agriculture organized a Forum on Agriculture's Role in K-12 Education to provide an opportunity for agricultural professional societies to explore ways in which examples from agriculture, food, and environment systems can be used to enhance inquiry-based science education. Participants discussed how professional societies could…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agriculture, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Branch, Robert Maribe, Ed.; Fitzgerald, Mary Ann, Ed. – 1998
The Educational Media and Technology Yearbook (EMTY) provides essential and timely information to help educational technologists, librarians, and media specialists practice their profession in a dynamic and changing field. By documenting current trends, issues, innovations, and research findings, the book provides a valuable reference tool for the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development, Doctoral Programs, Educational Development
TESOL International Association, 2006
Using TESOL's 1997 landmark publication, ESL Standards for Pre-K-12 as a building block, the new 2006 PreK-12 English Language Proficiency Standards expands the scope and breadth of ESL content standards: (1) Connects language to the specific core curriculum content areas of English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies; (2)…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency