Professional Development for Language Teachers

Professional Development for Language Teachers
Author: Jack C. Richards
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2005-04-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 052184911X

This much-needed text provides a coherent and strategic approach to teacher development Teacher Development for Language Teachers examines ten different approaches for facilitating professional development in language teaching: self-monitoring, support groups, journal writing, classroom observation, teaching portfolios, analysis of critical incidents, case analysis, peer coaching, team teaching, and action research. The introductory chapter provides a conceptual framework. All chapters contain practical examples and reflection questions to help readers apply the approach in their own teaching context.

Things My Students Said a Teacher's Journal of Memorable Sayings from Students

Things My Students Said a Teacher's Journal of Memorable Sayings from Students
Author: My Favorite Things Journals
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2021-06-12
Genre:
ISBN:

This Journal for teachers to write down the cute, adorable, funny, crazy and witty things their students say. This 6x9" journal has labels/prompts for Name, Age and Date so you can remember who said what when. Never forget the memories made in your classroom. These quotes will be treasured for years to come. This makes a unique teacher appreciation gift, end of the year school gift or thank you gift for teachers.This journal makes a memorable and useful gift for any teacher, especially those who teach kindergarten and early grades.

Teaching with Writing

Teaching with Writing
Author: Toby Fulwiler
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1987
Genre: Education
ISBN:

To clarify how writing across the curriculum improves learning across the curriculum, this book provides an overview of the current state of writing instruction at the secondary and college levels as it applies to teaching in the content areas. Each chapter contains practical ideas for using writing in the classroom, along with a discussion of the theories on which these ideas are based. In keeping with the hands-on nature of the book, workshop materials are provided at the end of every chapter, including invitations to write journals, workshop exercises, handouts and worksheets, and teacher and student responses to workshop experiences. Chapter topics are arranged in the same order as they might be discussed at an interdisciplinary writing workshop, though each stands as a relatively independent essay.

Culturally Responsive Teaching

Culturally Responsive Teaching
Author: Geneva Gay
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2010
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0807750786

The achievement of students of color continues to be disproportionately low at all levels of education. More than ever, Geneva Gay's foundational book on culturally responsive teaching is essential reading in addressing the needs of today's diverse student population. Combining insights from multicultural education theory and research with real-life classroom stories, Gay demonstrates that all students will perform better on multiple measures of achievement when teaching is filtered through their own cultural experiences. This bestselling text has been extensively revised to include expanded coverage of student ethnic groups: African and Latino Americans as well as Asian and Native Americans as well as new material on culturally diverse communication, addressing common myths about language diversity and the effects of "English Plus" instruction.

International Handbook of Teachers and Teaching

International Handbook of Teachers and Teaching
Author: Bruce J. Biddle
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 700
Release: 1998-04-30
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780792335320

Recent years have generated a huge increase in the number of research and scholarly works concerned with teachers and teaching, and this effort has generated new and important insights that are crucial for understanding education today. This handbook provides a host of chapters, written by leading authorities, that review both the major traditions of work and the newest perspectives, concepts, insights, and research-based knowledge concerned with teachers and teaching. Many of the chapters discuss developments that are international in scope, but coverage is also provided for education in a number of specific countries. Many chapters also review contemporary problems faced by educators and the dangers posed by recent, politically-inspired attempts to `reform' schools and school systems. The Handbook provides an invaluable resource for scholars, teacher-educators, graduate students, and all thoughtful persons concerned with the best thinking about teachers and teaching, current problems, and the future of education.

The Teacher Development Continuum in the United States and China

The Teacher Development Continuum in the United States and China
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 69
Release: 2010-10-28
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0309163560

In 1999, Liping Ma published her book Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in the United States and China, which probed the kinds of knowledge that elementary school teachers need to convey mathematical concepts and procedures effectively to their students. Later that year, Roger Howe, a member of the U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction (USNC/MI), reviewed the book for the Notices of the American Mathematical Society, concluding that it 'has lessons for all educational policymakers.' Intrigued by the idea of superrank teachers, the USNC/MI sponsored a workshop entitled 'The Teacher Development Continuum in the United States and China'. The purpose of the workshop was to examine the structure of the mathematics teaching profession in the United States and China. The main presentations and discussion from the workshop are summarized in this volume.