Teaching as If Life Matters

Teaching as If Life Matters
Author: Christopher Uhl
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2011-05-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1421400383

This book is an open letter to teachers offering guidance and encouragement for nurturing students in ways that make teaching and learning meaningful. The authors promote an approach to teaching that fosters self-knowledge, creativity, curiosity, and an appreciation for our planet. Central to their philosophy is the question of what we humans need in order to live meaningful lives, and the answer lies in healthy relationships with ourselves, each other, and the world.

The New Meaning of Educational Change

The New Meaning of Educational Change
Author: Michael Fullan
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Total Pages: 400
Release: 1991-06-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780826449559

First published in 1982, this work revolutionized the theory and practice of education reform. Now 25 years later, the fourth edition of Fullans groundbreaking book continues to be the definitive compendium to all aspects of the management of educational change--a powerful resource for everyone involved in school reform.

The Science of Reading

The Science of Reading
Author: Margaret J. Snowling
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 680
Release: 2008-04-15
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0470757639

The Science of Reading: A Handbook brings together state-of-the-art reviews of reading research from leading names in the field, to create a highly authoritative, multidisciplinary overview of contemporary knowledge about reading and related skills. Provides comprehensive coverage of the subject, including theoretical approaches, reading processes, stage models of reading, cross-linguistic studies of reading, reading difficulties, the biology of reading, and reading instruction Divided into seven sections:Word Recognition Processes in Reading; Learning to Read and Spell; Reading Comprehension; Reading in Different Languages; Disorders of Reading and Spelling; Biological Bases of Reading; Teaching Reading Edited by well-respected senior figures in the field

Bulletin

Bulletin
Author: United States. Office of Education
Publisher:
Total Pages: 790
Release: 1941
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Studies

Studies
Author: American Council on Education. Committee on Motion Pictures in Education
Publisher:
Total Pages: 76
Release: 1947
Genre: Audio-visual education
ISBN:

Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series

Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Total Pages: 2230
Release: 1940
Genre: American literature
ISBN:

Includes Part 1, Books, Group 1, Nos. 1-12 (1940-1943)