Author: Sue Davidoff
Publisher: Juta and Company Ltd
ISBN: 9780702156625
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Addressing the challenge of developing effective schools in this daunting yet exciting period of transformation in South Africa, this book aims to provide some insights and guidelines on how to proceed with school development. The values at the heart of this book are those central to a democratic South Africa and include the exercise of basic human rights by all individuals, a fair distribution of resources, participative decision making, access to necessary information on the part of people affected, and accountability on the part of those in authority. This is a handbook for principals, teachers, and other persons or groups interested in the holistic development of schools--particularly within the context of a developing South Africa.
Dirtmeister's Nitty Gritty Planet Earth
Author: Steve Tomecek
Publisher: National Geographic Kids
ISBN: 1426319037
Category : JUVENILE NONFICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Come and explore the world under your feet with the Dirtmeister and friends! Part graphic novel, part fun guidebook, this very cool, rocky journey introduces both eager and reluctant readers to the basic geologic processes that shape our Earth. Clear and concise explanations of the various geologic processes reveal the comprehensive science behind each fascinating topic. Fun facts and simple DIY experiments reinforce the concepts while short biographies of important scientists inspire future geo-scientists.
Publisher: National Geographic Kids
ISBN: 1426319037
Category : JUVENILE NONFICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Come and explore the world under your feet with the Dirtmeister and friends! Part graphic novel, part fun guidebook, this very cool, rocky journey introduces both eager and reluctant readers to the basic geologic processes that shape our Earth. Clear and concise explanations of the various geologic processes reveal the comprehensive science behind each fascinating topic. Fun facts and simple DIY experiments reinforce the concepts while short biographies of important scientists inspire future geo-scientists.
Becoming a Learning School
Author: Joellen Killion
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mentoring in education
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mentoring in education
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Building School-Based Teacher Learning Communities
Author: Milbrey W. McLaughlin
Publisher: Teachers College Press
ISBN: 0807774995
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Building on extensive evidence that school-based teacher learning communities improve student outcomes, this book lays out an agenda to develop and sustain collaborative professional cultures. McLaughlin and Talbert—foremost scholars of school change and teaching contexts—provide an inside look at the processes, resources, and system strategies that are necessary to build vibrant school-based teacher learning communities. Offering a compelling, straightforward blueprint for action, this book: Takes a comprehensive look at the problem of improving the quality of teaching across the United States, based on evidence and examples from the authors’ nearly two decades of research.Demonstrates how and why school-based teacher learning communities are bottom-line requirements for improved instruction. Outlines the resources and supports needed to build and sustain a long-term school-based teacher professional community. Discusses the nature of high-quality professional development to support learning and changes in teaching.Details the roles and responsibilities of policymakers at all levels of the school system. “This book offers vivid examples of how teacher learning communities are formed and sustained. A must-read for educators at all levels who are serious about enacting change.” —Amy M. Hightower, Assistant Director, American Federation of Teachers
Publisher: Teachers College Press
ISBN: 0807774995
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Building on extensive evidence that school-based teacher learning communities improve student outcomes, this book lays out an agenda to develop and sustain collaborative professional cultures. McLaughlin and Talbert—foremost scholars of school change and teaching contexts—provide an inside look at the processes, resources, and system strategies that are necessary to build vibrant school-based teacher learning communities. Offering a compelling, straightforward blueprint for action, this book: Takes a comprehensive look at the problem of improving the quality of teaching across the United States, based on evidence and examples from the authors’ nearly two decades of research.Demonstrates how and why school-based teacher learning communities are bottom-line requirements for improved instruction. Outlines the resources and supports needed to build and sustain a long-term school-based teacher professional community. Discusses the nature of high-quality professional development to support learning and changes in teaching.Details the roles and responsibilities of policymakers at all levels of the school system. “This book offers vivid examples of how teacher learning communities are formed and sustained. A must-read for educators at all levels who are serious about enacting change.” —Amy M. Hightower, Assistant Director, American Federation of Teachers
The Learning Powered School
Author: Guy Claxton
Publisher: Tlo Limited
ISBN: 9781901219548
Category : Learning
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Find out what the pioneers have been doing, and how it is transforming their schools. Eight years on from the classic Building Learning Power, Professor Claxton and his co-authors show how the ideas and practice have grown and flourished.
Publisher: Tlo Limited
ISBN: 9781901219548
Category : Learning
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Find out what the pioneers have been doing, and how it is transforming their schools. Eight years on from the classic Building Learning Power, Professor Claxton and his co-authors show how the ideas and practice have grown and flourished.
How to Succeed in School Without Really Learning
Author: David F. Labaree
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300078671
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
David Labaree claims that by thinking of education primarily as the route to individual advancement, we are defining it as a private good - a means of gaining a competitive advantage over other people. He endorses an alternative vision, one that defines education as a public good, providing society with benefits that can be collectively shared - for example, by producing citizens who are politically responsible and workers who are economically productive.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300078671
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
David Labaree claims that by thinking of education primarily as the route to individual advancement, we are defining it as a private good - a means of gaining a competitive advantage over other people. He endorses an alternative vision, one that defines education as a public good, providing society with benefits that can be collectively shared - for example, by producing citizens who are politically responsible and workers who are economically productive.
Learning at Not-school
Author: Julian Sefton-Green
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : After-school programs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : After-school programs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Quest to Learn
Author: Katie Salen Tekinbas
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262515652
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
The design for Quest to Learn, an innovative school in New York City that offers a “game-like” approach to learning. Quest to Learn, an innovative school for grades 6 to 12 in New York City, grew out of the idea that gaming and game design offer a promising new paradigm for curriculum and learning. The designers of Quest to Learn developed an approach to learning that draws from what games do best: drop kids into inquiry-based, complex problem spaces that are built to help players understand how they are doing, what they need to work on, and where to go next. Content is not treated as dry information but as a living resource; students are encouraged to interact with the larger world in ways that feel relevant, exciting, and empowering. Quest to Learn opened in the fall of 2009 with 76 sixth graders. In their first semester, these students learned—among other things—to convert fractions into decimals in order to break a piece of code found in a library book; to use atlases and read maps to create a location guide for a reality television series; and to create video tutorials for a hapless group of fictional inventors. This research and development document outlines the learning framework for the school, making the original design available to others in the field. Elements in development include a detailed curriculum map, a budget, and samples of student and teacher handbooks.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262515652
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
The design for Quest to Learn, an innovative school in New York City that offers a “game-like” approach to learning. Quest to Learn, an innovative school for grades 6 to 12 in New York City, grew out of the idea that gaming and game design offer a promising new paradigm for curriculum and learning. The designers of Quest to Learn developed an approach to learning that draws from what games do best: drop kids into inquiry-based, complex problem spaces that are built to help players understand how they are doing, what they need to work on, and where to go next. Content is not treated as dry information but as a living resource; students are encouraged to interact with the larger world in ways that feel relevant, exciting, and empowering. Quest to Learn opened in the fall of 2009 with 76 sixth graders. In their first semester, these students learned—among other things—to convert fractions into decimals in order to break a piece of code found in a library book; to use atlases and read maps to create a location guide for a reality television series; and to create video tutorials for a hapless group of fictional inventors. This research and development document outlines the learning framework for the school, making the original design available to others in the field. Elements in development include a detailed curriculum map, a budget, and samples of student and teacher handbooks.
Leaving to Learn: How Out-of-School Learning Increases Student Engagement and Reduces Dropout Rates
Author: Elliot Washor, Charles Mojkowski
Publisher: Urban Fox Studios
ISBN: 0325050724
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
In this provocative book, authors Washor and Mojkowski observe that beneath the worrisome levels of dropouts from our nation’s high school lurks a more insidious problem: student disengagement from school and from deep and productive learning. To keep students in school and engaged as productive learners through to graduation, schools must provide experiences in which all students do some of their learning outside school as a formal part of their programs of study. All students need to leave school—frequently, regularly, and, of course, temporarily—to stay in school and persist in their learning. To accomplish this, schools must combine academic learning with experiential learning, allowing students to bring real-world learning back into the school, where it should be recognized, assessed, and awarded academic credit. Learning outside of school, as a complement to in-school learning, provides opportunities for deep engagement in rigorous learning.
Publisher: Urban Fox Studios
ISBN: 0325050724
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
In this provocative book, authors Washor and Mojkowski observe that beneath the worrisome levels of dropouts from our nation’s high school lurks a more insidious problem: student disengagement from school and from deep and productive learning. To keep students in school and engaged as productive learners through to graduation, schools must provide experiences in which all students do some of their learning outside school as a formal part of their programs of study. All students need to leave school—frequently, regularly, and, of course, temporarily—to stay in school and persist in their learning. To accomplish this, schools must combine academic learning with experiential learning, allowing students to bring real-world learning back into the school, where it should be recognized, assessed, and awarded academic credit. Learning outside of school, as a complement to in-school learning, provides opportunities for deep engagement in rigorous learning.
Bunny School
Author: Rick Walton
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060575085
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
It's time for school, and the day is packed with activities and fun! Whether these little bunnies are making sweet music, growing a plant, or sharing at show-and-tell, everyone enjoys the pleasures of learning. Rick Walton's rhyming text and Paige Miglio's detailed illustrations are a treat that will make any toddler eager for school to begin.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060575085
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
It's time for school, and the day is packed with activities and fun! Whether these little bunnies are making sweet music, growing a plant, or sharing at show-and-tell, everyone enjoys the pleasures of learning. Rick Walton's rhyming text and Paige Miglio's detailed illustrations are a treat that will make any toddler eager for school to begin.
Keeping a Head in School
Author: Melvin D. Levine
Publisher: Educators Publishing Service, Incorporated
ISBN: 9780838820698
Category : Learning disabled youth
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This nonfiction book--a blend of realism and optimism--helps students with learning differences gain insights into their problems. Dr.Levine suggests specific ways to approach schoolwork, overcome learning differences, and manage struggles that students face at school.
Publisher: Educators Publishing Service, Incorporated
ISBN: 9780838820698
Category : Learning disabled youth
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This nonfiction book--a blend of realism and optimism--helps students with learning differences gain insights into their problems. Dr.Levine suggests specific ways to approach schoolwork, overcome learning differences, and manage struggles that students face at school.