Telling the Stories of Life through Guided Autobiography Groups, based on James Birren's 25 years of conducting autobiography groups, discusses all the topics an organizer faces while developing a program for adults who want to recall and write down their life histories. This book is ideal for adult education programs, church groups, social ......
Telling the Stories of Life through Guided Autobiography Groups, based on James Birren's 25 years of conducting autobiography groups, discusses all the topics an organizer faces while developing a program for adults who want to recall and write down their life histories. This book is ideal for adult education programs, church groups, social ......
The majority of therapeutic communities treating drug users are ''concept-based'': they are hierarchical, and the staff and residents form a chain of command. Staff are often qualified for their work by virtue of having been residents in such a community themselves. This study explores the most significant differences including the hierarchical ......
The interplay between the internal world of individuals and the external, social world has been the theme of many papers R.D. Hinshelwood has published over the past two decades. In this book he brings these ideas together, and shows how they derive from therapeutic community practice, and have arisen from a psychoanalytic understanding of the ......
The Internet is amazing, providing millions of pieces of information instantly. Retrieving specific information, however, sometimes takes hours. Teachers need immediate access to information relevant to their classrooms. 1001 Best Internet Sites for Educators delivers with a compendium of more than 1,000 Internet sites tailored to K-College educators. Organized by content area, this must-have resource includes Web sites covering: Art Language arts Math Music Science Technology, and more! Each Web site entry features a detailed description of the site and how it can be used in the classroom, and includes a content, presentation, and age group rating that helps teachers pinpoint the best sites. Paperback : 1575174405 List Price: $34.95 Add To Cart Publisher: Corwin Press Pages: 244 Subject Areas: -Technology in Education -Teacher Resources
This book features key information, activities, and strategies from SkyLight's most popular books, including new works addressing technology and literacy. Novice and seasoned educators will find ready-to-use assessment and cognitive tools for teaching in today's classrooms. Selections from If Minds Matter, Teaching in the Cyberage, What Is It About Me You Can't Teach?, How to Grade for Learning, and a dozen other titles are included.
Reflecting the emphasis in social care, social policy and welfare on the ideas of community and active citizenship, this book provides historiecal background to community-based social action and seeks to inform and contextualize practice and policy in the field. The book also seeks to develop the basic settlement concepts of strong communities and ......
Making the Transition From Traditional Instruction and Communication Strategies
Whether you are a secondary or post-secondary teacher, a trainer, a seminar leader, or a team leader designated to bring an idea to the executive committee, this book is for you. The contents of each chapter will be of considerable value to individuals who are preparing for teaching online at any level of instruction - middle school, secondary school, or college, or for training individuals in the work environment. Many experienced teachers and trainers may find that the various techniques provide criteria for technical decisions they must make regarding classroom instruction. An effort has been made to provide a general and, to some extent, conceptual analysis of practices in teaching and presenting online. The authors focus on several examples that they have come to value for their versatility and effectiveness while teaching at a university and making presentations or conducting workshops in the business community that incorporate some online learning experiences.
`I would like to see this book become required reading for every teacher and administrator. Its simplified descriptions make it easily understood by non-technical people. I will make sure that all of my class read it' - Shirley Campbell, Director, Computer and Curriculum Inquiry Center, University of Pittsburgh, PA Windows on the Future is not a technical test per se, but one designed to help the teacher cope with the changes technology creates. It contains a number of ideas and strategies that will help the teacher more quickly accept and adopt new technology, so the they are able to adequately prepare students for success in the technology-rich world the students face.
