Teaching in Long Underwear: My China

Teaching in Long Underwear: My China
Author: Ernest Danek
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 479
Release: 2016-12-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1684096707

In Teaching in Long Underwear: My China, Ernie Danek shares his experiences of living as a foreigner outside of the major cities in China. As an American entering his early years as a senior citizen, he faced the challenges of teaching for a decade in the Middle Kingdom's public university system. During his time there, he developed an oral English teaching plan for freshman English majors. Ernie observed in his day-to-day experiences the numerous differences between Chinese and American cultures. Many stories were told to him by his students of the grotesque follies that resulted from Chairman Mao’s efforts to expel Western and traditional Chinese influences from China during the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. Ernie’s students insisted on hearing his American viewpoint of China’s successful launch of a manned, orbital spacecraft. His comment, “It's like watching your little brother learn to walk,” produced both titters and scowls. Teaching in Long Underwear: My China provides an honest account of what it is like to teach outside of the major Chinese cities and what it means to live as a foreigner inside an ancient culture.

The Jacket I Wear in the Snow

The Jacket I Wear in the Snow
Author: Shirley Neitzel
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1994-10-19
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0688045871

Rhyme follows rhyme as layer after layer of winter clothing ("bunchy and hot, wrinkled a lot, stiff in the knee, and too big for me!") is first put on and then taken off to the relief of the child bundled inside. Clever rebuses and jaunty illustrations make The Jacket I Wear in the Snow especially fun for prereaders and new readers.

Differentiated Coaching

Differentiated Coaching
Author: Jane A. G. Kise
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2017-05-23
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1506343201

Differentiate your coaching practice to meet the needs of every teacher! Jane Kise takes you on a journey into differentiated coaching with a strength-based framework for understanding, appreciating, and working with people who may think differently from you. Through an online self-assessment tool, you will discover how your strengths and beliefs influence your coaching practice. Through examples, case studies, and reflection exercises, you will understand how to: Tailor your coaching practices to meet the needs of each educator Increase teacher willingness to implement new skills in their classrooms Anticipate patterns of resistance and adjust both the content and delivery of professional development

A Time to Teach and a Time to Learn

A Time to Teach and a Time to Learn
Author: Carole Dailey
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2017-04-25
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1512781711

Taking Ecclesiastes 3:1 as her focus, the author tells about teaching and learning in China, i.e., learning about the people, everyday life, education in China, the food, travel, and finally, learning about life through the eyes of a young Chinese student who has an open mind and talks freely.

A Teacher’S Tale

A Teacher’S Tale
Author: Joe Gilliland
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 706
Release: 2015-03-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1491745843

It was never in author Joe Gillilands plan to become a teacher, certainly not a college teacher and most certainly not an English teacher. But thats what happened, and hes never looked back. In A Teachers Tale, he explains, how by neither planning for nor seeking a life of learning and teaching, lacking a syllabus or lesson plan, he discovered that a life in academe lay in his patha path hes followed for more than fifty years. A Teachers Tale begins in 1932 with Gillilands first experiences in schooling and concludes in the summer of 1955 just as he completes his apprenticeship and stands on the brink of becoming a qualified instructor in a small college in east Texas. This memoir presents a collection of stories about his experiences as a teacher and a college student. A story of schooling deeply immersed in the arts and humanities, A Teachers Tale shares Gillilands love of the university and how it compelled him to seek a life devoted to teaching, primarily in the community college arena. Through this narrative, he brings together a philosophy of higher education based on the importance of arts and humanities in todays high- tech world.

Bear in Long Underwear

Bear in Long Underwear
Author: Todd H. Doodler
Publisher: Bear in Underwear
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781609051006

Bear builds a snowman when he and his friends go outside to play one winter day, but trying to make the snowman look warm has Bear revealing his long underwear, and starting a trend.

Supporting the Professional Development of English Language Teachers

Supporting the Professional Development of English Language Teachers
Author: Melissa K. Smith
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2017-11-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1351737627

Applying the principles of facilitative teaching to mentorship, this book brings together well-established knowledge about mentoring with the experiences and ideas of mentors in the field to advance and support the professional development of language teachers. Recognizing the impact of globalization and technology, Smith and Lewis identify processes and pathways for mentors to develop multi-layered skills for working with teachers in both their own and cross-cultural contexts, and in face-to-face and virtual settings. Grounded in theory, this innovative approach is illustrated with authentic experiences, and ready to be applied by readers in their specific settings around the world. With an interactive design that encourages participation and practice, each chapter includes vignettes, reflections, and challenging scenarios from mentors in training. Self-reflection and task sections at the end of each chapter engage the reader in combining theory with practice. Sample materials such as mentor-mentee contracts, work plans, journal templates, discussion suggestions (face-to-face or online), and observation forms deepen understanding and enable mentors to adapt or create their own materials. This practical and context-adaptable guide is accessible to mentors at any career stage, for use in personal professional development, or as part of mentor training sessions.

Santa's Underwear

Santa's Underwear
Author: Marty Rhodes Figley
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2016-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1627539743

It's Christmas Eve and Santa is busy getting gussied up for the big night. But when he goes to put on his warm, cozy (holey, ragged) Christmas underwear, they're nowhere to be found! With undies for every occasion, he tries on the rest of his collection. But nothing is quite right. Just when he's about to give up he find a surprise from his considerate team of reindeer. Ho, ho, ho, Merry Christmas!

Teaching in the Dark

Teaching in the Dark
Author: Genét Simone
Publisher: Balboa Press
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2023-09-22
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

A young teacher buys a one-way ticket to Shishmaref, Alaska. Within minutes of landing, she finds herself dealing with unexpected, rustic accommodations, and the culture shock of living in a remote Iñuit community. She relies on her courage, resilience, and wit while enduring freezing temperatures, power outages, loneliness, and first-year teacher anxieties and missteps, but eventually realizes that those challenges pale in comparison to the life lessons she learns about the heart of teaching—lessons from her students, their culture, and their community, on the vast, windy landscape at the edge of the Chukchi Sea.