`There cannot be another more attractive and refreshingly appealing title of the book that beautifully symbolizes the tremendous power inherent in the collaboration of school, family and child' - Sushila Singhal, Journal of Educational Planning and Administration In this accessible book, the author demonstrates that school improvement must start with a reconsideration of school effects upon the home, and home effects upon the school. The students' school experience must acknowledge the daily influence of the family in the classroom. To ignore this `hidden link' is to remain ignorant about students' lives and motivations, and makes it very difficult for educators to improve schools and schooling. Based on extensive research, Parent, Student and Teacher Collaboration provides invaluable guidance and insight.
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. '
`There cannot be another more attractive and refreshingly appealing title of the book that beautifully symbolizes the tremendous power inherent in the collaboration of school, family and child' - Sushila Singhal, Journal of Educational Planning and Administration In this accessible book, the author demonstrates that school improvement must start with a reconsideration of school effects upon the home, and home effects upon the school. The students' school experience must acknowledge the daily influence of the family in the classroom. To ignore this `hidden link' is to remain ignorant about students' lives and motivations, and makes it very difficult for educators to improve schools and schooling. Based on extensive research, Parent, Student and Teacher Collaboration provides invaluable guidance and insight.
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
