The Teacher′s Sourcebook for Cooperative Learning

The Teacher′s Sourcebook for Cooperative Learning
Author: George M. Jacobs
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2002-07-23
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1483360784

"The Teacher′s Sourcebook for Cooperative Learning has ideas and activities that can be used by all teachers who want to improve their classroom management and promote community building." Rebecca Den Hartog, Elementary Classroom Teacher Mercer Island School District Mercer Island, WA "I unreservedly recommend this important resource to any preservice or inservice teachers of young children." Chris Iddings, Assistant Professor of Language and Literacy Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN "The authors reveal considerable wealth of experience as teachers and as users of CL. This will be a very successful book." Jon A. Scaife, Lecturer in Education School of Education, University of Sheffield Sheffield, England Can today′s students excel individually by working in tandem with their peers? Yes! says this dynamic team of authors who have combined their first-hand experience and in-depth research to create this essential guidebook. In The Teacher′s Sourcebook for Cooperative Learning, the authors demonstrate how any classroom teacher can use CL techniques for lesson planning and classroom management. Learn how to: Incorporate the basic principles of CL into everyday learning experiences Improve students′ collaborative skills, positive interdependence, and individual accountability Prepare for, manage, and create tasks for CL lessons Handle special situations, avoid trouble spots, and collaborate with other teachers, administrators, and parents This exciting book represents best practice based on hands-on experience and in-depth research. Incorporate these principles into your lesson plan and see how you can achieve one of every educator′s most rewarding contributions . . . helping students to help themselves, and each other.

The Teacher's Sourcebook for Cooperative Learning

The Teacher's Sourcebook for Cooperative Learning
Author: George M. Jacobs
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2002-07-23
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1483362973

A dynamic team of authors demonstrates how any classroom teacher can use cooperative learning techniques for lesson planning, classroom management, and improving students' collaboration skills.

The New Teacher's Complete Sourcebook

The New Teacher's Complete Sourcebook
Author: Bonnie P. Murray
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2002
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780439303019

A seasoned elementary teacher shares her strategies in this amazing, super-practical guide. You ll find everything you need to set up your classroom for maximum learning, prepare dynamite lessons, create an effective classroom management plan . . . and so much more! From getting ready for the first day to staying on target through June, this must-have book will be your companion for years to come. For use with Grades K-4."

The New Teacher's Complete Sourcebook

The New Teacher's Complete Sourcebook
Author: Paula Naegle
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2002-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780439303026

Middle school teachers will find everything you need to set up your classroom for maximum learning, prepare dynamite lessons, create an effective classroom management plan... and so much more! From getting ready for the first day to staying on target through June, this must-have book will be your companion for years to come.

The Adaptive School

The Adaptive School
Author: Robert J. Garmston
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2016-08-30
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1442223642

This 3rd edition of the award winning Adaptive Schools Sourcebook provides both a theoretical and practical guide for groups and teams to develop and focus their collaborative energies to improve teaching practices and enhance student-learning outcomes. In five sections: Becoming Adaptive, Collaboration Matters, Meetings are Teachers’ Work, Resources for Inquiry, and Conflict, Change and Community, the authors draw on decades of personal experiences in schools and research from multiple disciplines to present powerful tools and useful templates for structuring the work of productive professional communities in schools. Readers will learn ways to develop and sustain the fundamental elements for enhancing social capital in schools: distinguishing between dialogue and discussion, establishing seven norms of collaboration, automating language patterns for inquiry and problem solving, facilitating groups and data teams, engaging in productive conflict, and building community. The book offers links to video clips demonstrating key skills, inventories for assessing groups, instruments for assessing personal skills, and a collection of over 150 meeting strategies and facilitator moves for engaging group members in productive interactions.

Open Minds to Equality

Open Minds to Equality
Author: Nancy Schniedewind
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Total Pages: 404
Release: 1998
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Educators are becoming increasingly concerned with more areas of discrimination and inequality that affects students. For example, as more immigrant students enter schools, understandings and skills for educating about language discrimination are needed. Similarly, as educators become more aware of the negative consequences of homophobic behavior on students, knowledge and approaches for dealing with homophobia in schools are called for. Open Minds to Equality deals with the expanding range of equity concerns. Membership in the largest association (National Association for Multicultural Educators) is growing by leaps and bounds. State-level associations are being started in these subjects all across the country. While focusing on discrimination based on race, gender, class, and age, the second edition also addresses bias based on religion, mental and physical ability, sexual orientation, and language. It provides educators an inclusive framework for thinking about diversity and responding practically to all these forms of difference in their classrooms. Activities in the book address both content and process. The content broadens the readersO awareness of the causes of inequality, particularly how differences are used to justify inequality. It encourages questions and the exploration of many sources of information and various points of view. The process is experiential, participatory, cooperative, and democratic. This book is extremely helpful for teachers, facilitators, staff development programs, and curriculum specialists. It is also appropriate for professionals in educational settings outside of schools such as camps, scouts, church groups, and youth agencies (all of which bought the first edition of this book). A Longwood Professional Book.

Problem-Based Learning in Middle and High School Classrooms

Problem-Based Learning in Middle and High School Classrooms
Author: Ann Lambros
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2004-02-19
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1483362655

Lambros gives teachers all the tools they need for PBL instruction to boost reading comprehension, social skill development, content retention, and student motivation.

Teaching Diverse Learners

Teaching Diverse Learners
Author: Amy J. Mazur
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2010-09-07
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1412974984

Covering cultural and linguistic diversity as well as special educational needs, this guide helps teachers set up an inclusive classroom; adapt curriculum, instruction, and assessment; and more.

Teaching Strategies for All Teachers

Teaching Strategies for All Teachers
Author: Andrew P. Johnson
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2017-10-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1475834683

This book is designed to be a professional development tool for both preservice and practicing teachers. It provides descriptions, explanations, and examples of a variety of research-based teaching strategies that will enhance your ability to teach effectively. These strategies are appropriate for all teachers (general education, special education, and content area specialists), at all levels (kindergarten through graduate school).