This text provides a framework for teaching students how to be students, and offers practical guidance on how academic learning, at its best can be brought about.
The authors discuss and analyse the factors that contribute to unproductive conflict, demotivation and a version to language learning and ways of ameliorating the si tuation for foreign language teachers and teachers of Englis h as a second language. '
This biography of the psychologist Lightner Witmer, focuses on personal events and circumstances, but also offers insights into the professional, scientific, academic, and clinical aspects of his life. It also places Witmer's life in the economic and political context of his times.
The Implict Learning Handbook provides the f irst comprehensive overview of implicit learning, by those w ho have been instrumental in shaping this fast-growing field . '
Four psychologists use scientific inquiry in The Female/Ethnic Connection to ask what helps and hinders the academic life and performance of minority students and g irls in the USA. The indications are that anomalies show no signs of abating. '
What comes first?Assessment or instruction? By using the holistic models presented in Problem-Based Learning & Other Curriculum Models for the Multiple Intelligences Classroom, teachers can structure curricula in ways that give them more time to teach. Students can learn how to problem-solve with the realization that there is not always a formula or one right answer as they use these six innovative curriculum models: Problem-based learning Case studies Thematic learning Project learning Service learning Performance learning Features include: Comprehensive resource lists Charts of curricula models Easy-to-read, organized format
An exploration of ""the thinking classroom"". Illustrated with classroom vignettes and teaching activities, this volume is supported by an empirically validated and classroom tested psychological theory that lays out the three ways of thinking and the cognitive processes that underlie them.
This text describes the evolution and daily operation of the ""Primary Mental Health Project"", a school-based prevention programme that provides a practical alternative to traditional ""after-the fact"" intervention. It describes how to establish, maintain and evaluate such a programme.
What constitutes sexual harassment between staff members in schools? Between students? Between students and staff? This Handbook examines these questions in relation to adult-to-student and student-to-student interactions. The authors define sexual harassment and abuse in schools, explain how it can be recognized and suggest ways to create and foster a healthy environment free of harassment and abuse. They also outline the best way to handle complaints and discuss policies and procedures that will be supportive to both staff and students.
