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Empower students to take ownership of their reading and learning with Teaching Students to Read Like Detectives. In this comprehensive guide, the authors explore the relationship between text, learner, and learning through discussion and rhetorical writing at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Prompt students to become the sophisticated readers, writers, and thinkers they need to be to achieve higher learning. Clearly defined strategies...
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A vital resource for educational leaders, Entry Planning for Equity-Focused Leaders introduces a process for intentional entry planning that sets the stage for sustainable change within organizations. Jennifer Perry Cheatham, Rodney Thomas, and Adam Parrott-Sheffer affirm that the entry of a new leader or the pivot of an established one, affords an unparalleled opportunity to garner the insight, trust, and commitment that will establish a basis for...
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"Award-winning educator Walter Kaweski offers secondary teachers practical strategies and heartfelt insights based on his extensive experience as an autism specialist, inclusion coordinator, and father of a son with Asperger syndrome. Students with special needs often require extra support as they adjust to middle and high school and the changes that accompany adolescence. Without support, this time can be overwhelming. Teaching adolescents with...
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"Embracing Disabilities in the Classroom provides content-rich interdisciplinary lessons accompanied by behavioral, academic, and social interventions that capitalize on student strengths. Inclusion expert Toby J. Karten demonstrates the impact of literature, self-advocacy, role playing, and strategic interventions on students' growth and achievement, "--Amazon.com.
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For children on the Autism spectrum, school can be a frightening, even sickening place. From high-functioning Aspergers Syndrome to severe autism at the other end of the spectrum, a childs ability to learn can be severely affected by anxiety and difficulties understanding and communicating with teachers and other students. As more children are diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the pressure increases on schools and teachers trying...
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In One Without the Other: Stories of Unity Through Diversity and Inclusion, Shelley Moore explores the changing landscape of inclusive education. Presented through real stories from her own classroom experience, this passionate and creative educator tackles such things as inclusion as a philosophy and practice, the difference between integration and inclusion, and how inclusion can work with a variety of students and abilities. Explorations of differentiation,...
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"In this dazzling debut, Carla Shalaby, a former elementary school teacher, explores the everyday lives of four young "troublemakers," challenging the ways we identify and understand so-called problem children. Time and again, we make seemingly endless efforts to moderate, punish, and even medicate our children, when we should instead be concerned with transforming the very nature of our institutions, systems, and structures, large and small. Through...
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This accessible resource offers practical strategies for increasing student achievement in science and fostering a school environment that supports the science curriculum. Assess your own science programs, and discover tools to evaluate teachers' preparedness for science instruction. With checklists, assessments, and reproducibles that you can share with teachers, parents, and other stakeholders, discover how to improve science instruction and sustain...
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The author, writing on behalf of Hoover's Koret task Force on K–12 Education, presents a convincing case that, despite the controversy it has ignited, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law is making a positive difference and should be renewed. He outlines ten specific lessons and recommendations that identify the strengths and weaknesses of NCLB and offers suggestions for improving the law, building on its current foundation.
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STEAMERS — Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Maths, Ethics ReaderS
Inspirational and entertaining stories about off beat characters and their adventures involving a wide range of sciences. They celebrate diversity and encourage the empathic understanding of many human conditions including depression, autism, gender identity, stereotyping and trauma. The plots consider a wide range of critical issues such as animal experiments, climate change,...
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STEAMERS — Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Maths, Ethics Readers
Inspirational and entertaining stories about off beat characters and their adventures involving a wide range of sciences. They celebrate diversity and encourage the empathic understanding of many human conditions including depression, autism, gender identity, stereotyping and trauma. The plots consider a wide range of critical issues such as animal experiments, climate change,...
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Cet ouvrage vient outiller les praticiens de l'éducation en clarifiant les perspectives d'utilisation d'une variété d'outils technologiques (logiciels libres, technologies mobiles, etc.). Il explore les aides technologiques à l'apprentissage dans une visée de participation accrue de tous les élèves, y compris ceux ayant des besoins particuliers, à l'apprentissage ainsi qu'à la vie sociale et culturelle de l'école.
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This anthology introduces the Framework for 21st Century Learning from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills as a way to re-envision learning and prepare students for a rapidly evolving global and technological world. Highly respected education leaders and innovators focus on why these skills are necessary, which are most important, and how to best help schools include them in curriculum and instruction.
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This book has been written by Mr. Varinder 'Viren' after a deep ad minute observation of the behavior, habits and emotions of people. He has particularly focused children and teenagers of different age groups from different socio-economic backgrounds. He has provided useful insights into the upbringing of children with an altogether different perspective. The language has been kept simple and easy to read and understand. It is meant for readers of...
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Redefining Normal is a coming of age story with a twist. There was a time when all disabled children were placed into special schools. The disabled schools that our main character-Alan Jones-attended didn't pretend to offer anything resembling synaptic stimulation. These schools would never be mistaken as real schools in the academic sense. They were glorified babysitting centers. As time passed, Alan and mom became increasingly frustrated. These...
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Intervenir sur les plans pédagogique et comportemental auprès des élèves présentant un trouble du spectre de l'autisme ou une déficience intellectuelle comporte de multiples défis, et les moyens d'intervention ne sont pas suffisamment connus. Cet ouvrage propose différents moyens et approches, basés sur des expériences pratiques et appuyés par de solides assises théoriques, à la portée des intervenants travaillant auprès de ces clientèles,...
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Depuis la Déclaration de l'Education pour tous (1990) et la signature de la Déclaration de Salamanque (1994), de nombreux pays démocratiques ont privilégié et favorisé, par la révision de leurs législations, des finalités éducatives impliquant des défis majeurs pour les acteurs de terrain.
Les nouvelles directives proposent désormais que le projet de l'école pour tous repose davantage sur la prise en compte de la diversité au sein de...
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STEAMERS — Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Maths, Ethics ReaderS
Inspirational and entertaining stories about off beat characters and their adventures involving a wide range of sciences. They celebrate diversity and encourage the empathic understanding of many human conditions including depression, autism, gender identity, stereotyping and trauma. The plots consider a wide range of critical issues such as animal experiments, climate change,...
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