The Little Village School

The Little Village School
Author: Gervase Phinn
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2011-07-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1848949405

'[Gervase Phinn is] a worthy successor to James Herriott, and every bit as endearing.' - Bestselling author Alan Titchmarsh She was wearing red shoes! With silver heels! Elisabeth Devine causes quite a stir on her arrival in the village. No one can understand why the head of a big inner city school would want to come to sleepy little Barton-in-the-Dale, to a primary with more problems than school dinners. And that's not even counting the challenges the mysterious Elisabeth herself will face: a bitter former head teacher, a grumpy caretaker and a duplicitous chair of governors, to name but a few. Then there's the gossip. After all, a woman who would wear red shoes to an interview is obviously capable of anything . . . Warm, funny and poignant, Gervase Phinn's first novel creates a fictional world that's as real as can be. It will delight all his fans, and win him many more. Readers are loving THE LITTLE VILLAGE SCHOOL! 'A jolly good read.' - 5 STARS 'Superb, easy reading.' - 5 STARS 'I completely fell in love with all the characters in this book.' - 5 STARS 'Will definitely go on to read more of Gervase Phinn's works.' - 5 STARS 'Wonderful storytelling, believable characters.' - 5 STARS

Off to Class

Off to Class
Author: Susan Hughes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Earth
ISBN: 9781926818856

Describes some of the different and unusual school settings around the world, from an environmentally sustainable school in India to schools within caves in China and schools for the nomadic tribes of Siberia.

From Village School to Global Brand

From Village School to Global Brand
Author: James Tooley
Publisher: Ips - Profile Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Charter schools
ISBN: 9781846685453

The definitive history of SABIS(R), the organization that is changing the world through education.

Rallying the Whole Village

Rallying the Whole Village
Author: James P. Comer
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 1996-06-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780807735398

This volume presents specifics of the School Development Program holistic model in action, a plan that received the 1996 Heinz Award for improving the quality of American education. Topics discussed include children’s psychosocial development, group dynamics of effective school communities, teacher preparation and school/university partnerships, appropriate alignment of classroom content to standardized tests, increased student engagement and learning time, research and evaluation, community health, government initiatives, and school/business partnerships.

Owners of Learning

Owners of Learning
Author: Jennifer Hays
Publisher: BASLER AFRIKA BIBLIOGRAPHIEN
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2016
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3905758601

This book describes the Nyae Nyae Village Schools, an innovative and unique mother-tongue education initiative set in north-eastern Namibia. Inspired by the optimism of Independence, the project was designed in close consultation with the Ju'hoansi community in the early 1990s. Drawing upon their traditional knowledge transmission strategies, and initiated in a supportive political environment, the project exemplified 'best practice.' During the following two decades, the Village Schools have transitioned from a donor-supported 'project' to government schools, and have received much attention and support from donors, civil society organisations, researchers, and others.However, the students still do not seem to succeed in the mainstream schools. Why is this? Based on long-term field-work in the region, including interviews with Nyae Nyae residents over several years and work with involved organisations, the book addresses this question. Contextualising the Village Schools within post-Independence Namibia, southern African history and the global indigenous rights movement, it examines the enormous paradoxes that schooling presents for the Nyae Nyae community. 'Owners of Learning' is the English translation of the Ju'hoansi word for 'teacher' and it serves to highlight a fundamental question - to whom does education belong?"

Tales from a Village School

Tales from a Village School
Author: Miss Read
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1995
Genre: Country life
ISBN: 9780395717622

40 stories in the life of a village schoolteacher.

It Takes a Village

It Takes a Village
Author: Hillary Rodham Clinton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 455
Release: 2012-12-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1471108643

Ten years ago one of America's most important public figures, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, chronicled her quest both deeply personal and, in the truest sense, public to help make our society into the kind of village that enables children to become able, caring resilient adults. IT TAKES A VILLAGE is a textbook for caring, filled with truths that are worth a read, and a reread. In her substantial new introduction, Senator Clinton reflects on how our village has changed over the last decade, from the internet to education, and on how her own understanding of children has deepened as she has watched Chelsea grow up and take on challenges new to her generation, from a first job to living through a terrorist attack. She discusses how the work she is doing in the Senate is helping children and looks at where America has been successful, improvements in the foster care system and support for adoption, and where there is still work to be done, providing pre-school programmes and universal health care to all our children. This new edition elucidates how the choices we make about how we raise our children, and how we support families, will determine how all nations will face the challenges of this century.

If the World Were a Village

If the World Were a Village
Author: David J. Smith
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2002
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1550747797

This unusual picture book shrinks the world's population down to a village of 100 to help children better understand who we are, where we live, how fast we are growing and more. "Thought-provoking and highly effective, this world-in-miniature will open eyes to a wider view of our planet and its human inhabitants."

Phonics Lessons

Phonics Lessons
Author: Gay Su Pinnell
Publisher: Greenwood
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002-10
Genre: English language
ISBN: 9780325004075

A Complete Phonics and Word Study Curriculum for each of the primary grades With 100 minilessons for each of the three grade levels, you can use the month-bymonth planning guide, the assessment checklists, and the lesson selection map to choose the lessons that align with your student''s needs and the Word Study Continuum. The Continuum encompasses nine scientific categories of learning: · Early Literacy Concepts · High-Frequency Words · Phonological and Phonemic Awareness · Spelling Patterns · Letter Knowledge · Word Structure · Letter/Sound Relationships · Word-Solving Actions · Word Meaning Each 4-page lesson includes: 1. Professional Understandings Explanations of underlying principles research, and suggestions for working with English Language Learners 2. 3-part Lesson plan · Teach Step by step instructions for implementing the lesson · Apply Application activities and routines for teaching them · Share Guidelines for reinforcing principles and helping children share their learning 3. Follow-up Assessment links to literacy framework, extensions, and home connections