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Aída Walqui, Editor; George C. Bunch, Editor; Peggy Mueller, Editor – Teachers College Press, 2025
Expanded and revised to include four entirely new chapters, this thoroughly updated edition presents a model for how educators can design high-quality, challenging, and supportive learning opportunities for multilingual learners. Starting with the premise that conceptual, analytic, and language practices develop simultaneously as students engage…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Educational Quality, Spanish, Native Language
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
Mede, Enisa, Ed.; Dikilitas, Kenan, Ed.; Atay, Derin, Ed. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2020
Teacher education in higher education has been of great interest as a research area in recent years. The discussion focuses on topics such as tertiary pedagogies, professional development, instructional innovative practices as well as technology and instruction. Following these topics, the contributors of this collected volume deal with English as…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English for Special Purposes
Stacki, Sandra L., Ed.; Caskey, Micki M., Ed.; Mertens, Steven B., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2020
The lives of middle school students are dynamic, and their needs and desires are always evolving. They experience more complicated lives as influences of the broader society including popular media and technology, immigration and cultural diversity, amplified political divisiveness, and bullying effect their daily lives both in and out of school.…
Descriptors: Teaching Guides, Middle School Students, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes
Kame'enui, Edward J., Ed.; Baumann, James F., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2012
This highly regarded work brings together prominent authorities on vocabulary teaching and learning to provide a comprehensive yet concise guide to effective instruction. The book showcases practical ways to teach specific vocabulary words and word-learning strategies and create engaging, word-rich classrooms. Instructional activities and games…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Play, Vocabulary, Learning Strategies
Erford, Bradley T., Ed. – PRO-ED, Inc., 2016
"Professional School Counseling" is a comprehensive, single source for information about the critical issues facing school counselors today. This third edition of the Handbook integrates and expands on the changes brought about by the ASCA National Model. Revisions to each chapter reflect the influence of the model. Several new chapters…
Descriptors: School Counseling, Teaching Guides, Educational Theories, Educational Practices
Smith, David J., Ed. – United States Institute of Peace, 2013
Offering lifelong and developmental learning to over 13 million students at nearly 1,200 schools, community colleges in the United States attract a student body with remarkable economic, ethnic, and cultural diversity. They provide students with skills and foundational knowledge upon which successful professional careers and rewarding personal…
Descriptors: Peace, Teaching Methods, Teaching Guides, Conflict Resolution
Pillai, Rajnandini, Ed.; Stites-Doe, Susan, Ed. – 2003
This book provides a collection of strategies for teaching leadership. It includes the creative use of films, classics, and fiction in teaching leadership; teaching leadership to specific audiences; team teaching and collaboration; and assessing outcomes. Following are the chapter titles and authors: "Blockbuster Leadership: Teaching Leadership…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Leadership
Davidson, Neil, Ed. – 1990
Small-group cooperative learning provides an alternative to both traditional whole-class expository instruction and individual instruction systems. The procedures described in this volume are realistic, practical strategies for using small groups in mathematics teaching and learning with methods applicable to all age levels, curriculum levels, and…
Descriptors: Algebra, Calculus, Classroom Techniques, College Mathematics
Lazaruk, Walter A.; And Others – 1980
The handbook is a service publication for teachers of French as a second language. Each of five articles addresses a specific issue. "Teaching and Learning Strategies" (Walter A. Lazaruk) reviews the four skills approach used in second language learning. A communication model of teaching, used alongside study of the language itself, is…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Educational Strategies
Browne, Ann – Paul Chapman Publishing, 2007
In this book, Ann Browne draws on research findings and good practice to provide practical and guidance about working with young children aged 3-5 years in nursery and reception classes. The author covers all of the key theoretical issues, providing a wealth of classroom examples. Practical suggestions for activities and resources include ways of…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Textbook Content, Teaching Guides, Learning Modules
Childers, Pamela B.; Hobson, Eric H.; Mullin, Joan A. – 1998
Intended as a guide for teachers, this book discusses ways to exploit the intersections between the visual and the verbal to teach writing. Chapter 1, "Seeing Writing in a Visual World" (Eric H. Hobson), establishes the book's major premises. Chapter 2, "Postcards: Inside/Out" (Joseph F. Trimmer), describes engaging students in a whole course of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Secondary Education
Moore, Helen H. – 1997
This collection of 180 poems was assembled with classroom needs in mind. Intended to delight students every day, the collection's poems span the school year from September to summertime. Its introduction gives teachers before-, during-, and after-reading ideas. Sections in the collection include: Me and My World, Primary Concepts, Seasons and…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Figurative Language
Joiner, Elizabeth Garner; Westphal, Patricia Barney, Ed. – 1978
This practical book is designed for the classroom teacher of a second or foreign language at any level. The articles are grouped into two distinct but interdependent sections on general considerations and specific techniques. The contents of the first section are as follows: "Moi Tarzan, Vous Jane?: A Study of Communicative Competence" by P.B.…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Grammar, Instructional Materials, Interaction Process Analysis
Fry, Heather, Ed.; Ketteridge, Steve, Ed.; Marshall, Stephanie, Ed. – 1999
This book was written to support the excellence in teaching required to bring about learning of the highest quality. Chapters seek to offer the best practical advice in teaching, learning, and assessment, as well as references to research findings. An introductory section sets out the purpose of the book and examines the changing role and place of…
Descriptors: Art Education, Business Education, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction