Teaching Skills & Techniques

Mirroring worldwide debates on social class, literacy rates, and social change, this study explores the intersection between reading and social cla...

Teachers ask 40 questions a day. Do the questions empower students, assess student knowledge of the subject matter, or promote student metacognitio...

Classroom management is often perceived as the most overwhelming challenge faced by new teachers; it may also continue to confront more experienced...

Promoting Academic Talk in Schools brings together a rich array of recent research to explore how academic talk helps transform student experience ...

This book contributes to the theory and practice of Philosophy for Children (P4C), with a special emphasis on theoretical and practical issues conf...

As a school ethnography, this book explores the controversial schooling practices and strategies embedded in charter school management organization...

What does learner-centered education look like, and how can we best put it into practice? This helpful book by experienced educators Don Mesibov an...

This book shows educators why and how to put well-being in its rightful place beside learning at the very heart of schooling. A blend of practical ...

This book develops a general theory of autonomous teaching by examining a mysterious educational idea: the teachable moment. By formulating an unde...

The principles of democracy, freedom, and the rights of individuals are taught from textbooks, but the principles of autocracy and dictatorship are...

Educators and instructional leaders in today’s schools are under tremendous pressure and time constraints. They have high stakes requirements to sh...

Play is critical to children’s well-being and development. All students should have access to and adequate time for positive play experiences every...

This book addresses a very important aspect of teacher training, as well as the training of educational administrators, school counselors and other...

This exciting book helps educators translate the concept of equity into the context of pedagogy in the K-12 classroom. Providing a practice-oriente...

Have you ever wondered where the ever expanding layers of bureaucracy are taking us in the field of education? This book challenges us to think ca...

According to experts in educational measurement, current and past performance remains the best single predictor of future performance. This book se...

The major controversial issues facing K-12 education will be identified, discussed in terms of pros and cons, and then discussed in relation to val...

Learn the most effective ways to promote student learning. This second edition of bestselling author Barbara Blackburn’s Classroom Instruction from...

Teach Like a Human:​ ​Essays for Parents and Teachers ​is a collection of essays focused on educating children to care about themselves, their comm...

Drawing on a three-year post-critical ethnography, this volume counters deficit-based notions of disability to present a new social and dialogic th...

An often-misunderstood aspect of learning, parental engagement is key to children’s learning across all subjects. However, mathematics especially i...

This exciting book helps educators translate the concept of equity into the context of pedagogy in the K-12 classroom. Providing a practice-oriente...

With reports from several studies showing the benefits of teaching young children about morphemes, this book is essential reading for anyone concer...

Emphasizing the need to develop higher-level thinking skills and critical discussion with intermediate and middle school struggling readers, Willia...