What's Math Got to Do with It?

What's Math Got to Do with It?
Author: Jo Boaler
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2008
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780670019526

Discusses how to make mathematics for children enjoyable and why it is important for American children to succeed in mathematics and choose math-based career paths in the future.

Elephant in the Classroom

Elephant in the Classroom
Author: Andrew Maxey
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2021-11-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1475862415

Elephant in the Classroom is an exploration of the vast complexity of teaching as it is described by research and experienced by teachers. The reality of a job so vital to the proper functioning of a society should not be as mysterious as teaching continues to be. This book takes readers on a guided tour of 13 competencies and practices that are a critical part of teaching.

Teaching Happiness and Well-Being in Schools

Teaching Happiness and Well-Being in Schools
Author: Ian Morris
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2009-12-29
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0826443036

This book provides an introduction to the theory of positive psychology and a practical guide on how to implement the theory in (primarily secondary) schools.

Entertaining an Elephant

Entertaining an Elephant
Author: Bill McBride
Publisher: Under One Roof
Total Pages: 115
Release: 1997
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780965625401

A poignant story of a 15 year veteran teacher who has lost his ability to touch the lives of today's kids. Through the help of an unlikely hero, he finds his love of teaching again.

The Elephants in the Classroom

The Elephants in the Classroom
Author: Olive Hickmott
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2023-08-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1787054624

The Elephants in the Classroom talks directly to parents and teachers, providing a much-needed new perspective on the explosion of learning difficulties in our classrooms... and empowering them, with simple skills, to make many aspects of learning easier. Complementing Bridges to Success, this book explains how unlocking the use of mental imagery in a child's thinking can enable them to maximise their learning experiences. The challenges faced by neurodivergent thinkers and learners (for example, those with Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Dyspraxia, ADHD, Asperger's and Autism) in today's conventional teaching settings could be addressed by a better understanding of how students learn visually. This book explores how some of the most talented creative children, with unrecognised and tremendous potential, can be the ones who struggle most in school. Hundreds of thousands of children are growing up, plagued by poor literacy, poor numeracy, the inability to concentrate, sensory overload and other problems that hold them back and may seriously affect their behaviour. Although committed to multi-sensory teaching and learning, schools often don't know how students employ the critical thinking skills of mental imagery - this is visual learning. The Elephants in the Classroom explains how these students, often with gifted with exceptional creative skills, can learn to control their mental images to make learning easier. Visual learning skills can be explored by parents at any age and easily taught, especially in primary school. Slightly adjusting how we educate children will allow them to maximise their learning experience. Although mental imagery is a natural skill for everyone, its contribution to learning is often overlooked.

Never Ride Your Elephant to School

Never Ride Your Elephant to School
Author: Doug Johnson
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 56
Release: 1995-09-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780805028805

A humorous account of the disadvantages of bringing an elephant into the classroom.

The Elephants Teach

The Elephants Teach
Author: David Gershom Myers
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Authors as teachers
ISBN: 9780226554549

This book traces the development of "creative" writing as a classroom subject, the teaching of fiction- and verse-writing; and as a national system for the employment of fiction writers and poets to teach the subject. It answers the questions, "Why has fiction and verse writing come to be called creative?" and "When and why was this term first used?"

Elephant Prints

Elephant Prints
Author: Jolie Radunich
Publisher:
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2021-12-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9781637306987

There's an elephant in the room, and it's doing society a great disservice. Often we're made to believe that diversity doesn't exist within intellectual history or accomplishments - or at the very least that most records of such work have been lost. This is not the case. From 19th century literary societies to today's ed-tech company creators, these elephants (aka Black scholars and innovators) exist everywhere. Their glaring absence from school curricula and media becomes that much more shameful when faced with their clear existence. Jolie Radunich's Elephant Prints: Reconstructing Our Image of Brilliance is a wake-up call. Now is the time to extract elephants from obscurity. We need to use their stories to: become knowledgeable about the past. spread awareness in the present. and offer hope that the network of existing elephants will continue to grow in the future. Frequently, the spotlighted accomplishments of elephants are treated as anomalies. There's so much more to honor, so much more innovation to encourage. We need to instill in the next generation a desire to inclusify their vision of brilliance, but this can only be done if they're aware of inspiring elephant legacies.

How to Be an Elephant

How to Be an Elephant
Author: Katherine Roy
Publisher: David Macaulay Studio
Total Pages: 53
Release: 2017-09-19
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1626721785

"This nonfiction picture book follows an elephant's growth from a newborn calf to a full-grown adult in one of the most socially and structurally complex family groups on earth."--

The Right Number of Elephants

The Right Number of Elephants
Author: Jeff Sheppard
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 34
Release: 1992-06-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0064432998

"[In] a joyous twist on the counting-book concept, a girl decides how many elephants are needed to pull a train out of a tunnel, paint the ceiling, go to the beach. . . .Bond's well-executed illustrations [project] a contagious sense of movement. A puckish sense of humor prevails among elephants who skateboard, don sunglasses, act tough, and even wink at the audience." —SLJ. 1993 "Pick of the Lists" (ABA)