Education

From the author of Physics For Dummies-nearly 45,000 copies shipped-a hands-on guide to understanding and solving physics problems. According to the American Institute of Physics, more than 35 percent of high school students take a physics course more...

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If you’re preparing to take The Praxis Series™ Elementary Education: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment test it makes sense to practice with authentic test materials that come straight from the ETS test-makers. That’s why this Official Study Guide should be part of your preparation program. It will show you exactly how the test is structured, what topics are covered, and what kinds of questions you’ll see on the real exam. Practicing with these authentic materials can help you do your best on test day—and get the classroom credential you want! more...

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A fully updated edition of this respected introduction to program evaluation methods in health, education, welfare, community work and related public and private sector settings. more...

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'It is clear that school leadership has had to adapt to the changing educational climate and this has required changes at all levels, as well as shifts in balance. This book addresses these challenges and demonstrates a variety of illustrative examples of how successful these changes can be. This is a useful primer for those studying leadership in schools and some of the associated theories and practice. There are wide and well-considered references across the educational and management lendscape and it provides thought-provoking views on how leadership can be practised' -ESCalate. 'In Re-Imagining Educational Leadership, Brian Caldwell has set an understanding framework for school leaders and educators to fundamentally rethink schools and school leadership. The book is very perceptive and links ideas and concepts to the practical reality of schools in an inspiring and imaginative way. This is a 'must read' book for all those involved in developing inspiring leadership in our schools' - Professor Brent Davies, International Leadership Development, University of Hull. In this book, Brian Caldwell draws on his work on self-managing schools, his most recent work in the United Kingdom with the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, and on evidence from around the world, to describe how leadership is changing the world of education on a scale that can best be described as transformation. Such leadership differs in important ways from what has been expected in the past: it requires a change in role at all levels and shifts the balance from what is often a dispiriting and discouraging experience to one that is exhilarating. The author's insight and recommendations are essential reading for all school leaders, potential school leaders and policy makers at local and national levels who seek to secure high levels of achievement for all students in all settings. more...

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Take two to four kids, give them a basket of books that go together in some way, and then provide time for them to read, think, and talk together about their ideas, their questions, their wonderings. That's the simple recipe for a reading club, and Kathy Collins demonstrates the powerful results in her new book, Reading for Real. She writes, "The reading clubs I describe are a formal structure providing students with time to read and talk about books with a high level of engagement, purpose, and joy."Just as adults join clubs to share and talk about common interests, reading clubs allow kids to immerse themselves in topics and ideas they care about -- whether it's turtles, fairy tales, a beloved author, a favorite new series, or the desire to get better at reading aloud to a baby brother or sister. While they are reading and talking about their interests and passions, students in reading clubs are also orchestrating all of the reading skills and strategies they've learned and applying them in real-life ways.The book offers step-by-step support for implementing these classroom reading clubs, including:specific suggestions for planning cycles of reading clubs;detailed charts with a variety of teaching ideas that can be implemented immediately;ideas for mini-lessons and examples of reading conferences to support students as they learn strategies and hone their reading and discussion skills;suggestions for differentiating instruction; support for launching and fostering reading partnerships across the year;appendixes with examples of note-taking sheets and sample planning guides for several kinds of reading clubs.While Kathy presents ideas for implementing reading clubs during reading workshop in a balanced literacy framework, the information she provides will be helpful for any teacher who wants to foster the joy of reading by offering students support and opportunities to read for authentic purposes and to have conversations about topics that interest and engage them. more...

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