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Frames of Mind The Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Howard Gardner - BF 431 G244 1993
Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences has been widely used in the
classroom to posit a wide variety of cognitive profiles for each person. The
10th anniversary edition includes a new introduction reflecting on the theory's
development over the last decade
Tora no Maki III: Lessons for Teaching About Contemporary Japan
National Council for the Social Studies - DS 885 T676 1998
Lesson plans suitable for elementary, junior and senior high school. Developed
by North American teachers.
Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom
Thomas Armstrong - LB 1025.3 A738 1994
In multiple intelligences in the classroom, Thomas Armstrong describes how
educators can bring Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences into
the classroom every day. Combining clear explanations and practical advice
makes this an excellent guide to identifying, nurturing and supporting the
unique capabilities of every student.
How to Use Action Research in the Self-Renewing School
Emily Calhoun - LB 1028.24 C25 1994
Learning to inquire together, to generate knowledge and action simultaneously
- that's action research. This book provides practical guidance for conducting
school-wide action research to improve student learning. Begin with a broad
assessment of the health of the school or with the perception of a problem
in one area. Then use the easy to follow steps to complete a plan and take
action together.
Action Research as a Living Practice
Terrance Carson and Dennis Sumara - LB 1028.24 A263 1997
This book aims to enlarge understandings of educational action research. Drawing
from complexity theory, deep ecology, Eastern philosophy, hermeneutics, phenomenology,
psychoanalysis, postmodernism and literary theory, the essays in this collection
show how participation in educational action research practices requires more
of the researcher than the application of research methods. Each essay demonstrates
how action research is a lived practice that asks the researcher to not only
investigate the subject at hand but, as well, to provide some account of the
way in which the investigation both shapes and is shaped by the investigator.
Teaching with Technology: Creating Student-Centered Classrooms
Judy Haymore Sandholtz, Cathy Ringstaff and David Dwyer - LB 1028.5
S235 1997
What happens between student and teacher when computers move into the classroom?
Drawing from over 20,000 episodes in the longitudinal database of Apple classrooms
of tomorrow, this book gives us vivid case studies and eloquent teacher voices,
addressing teachers' perennial concerns: teacher learning and teacher beliefs
about instructional change; redefining student and teacher roles; maintaining
student engagement; reducing teacher isolation; managing the technology-rich
classroom; and support for instructional change from school principals, school
districts, technology trainers and colleagues.
The Parent Advantage
Alberta Education - LB 1048.5 A43 1998
Helping children become more successful learners at home and school. For grades
one to nine. Covers topics: " organization " reading " writing " spelling " mathemtics " test
taking " projects A self help guide for parents to assist in their child's
education.
Learning to Teach Inductively
Bruce Joyce and Emily Calhoun - LB 1555 J65 1998
The inductive model of teaching is probably the most powerful and essential
model. Teachers must learn and master this model that will enable them to build
learning communities in which every child succeeds. Inquiry of oneself as a
teacher and learning to lead inquiry by students are the two faces of effective
teaching, and these authors provide practical, informative advice on developing
them. This book familiarizes teachers with ways of leading students to collect
and analyze information; build and test concepts and hypotheses; and learn
complex skills across the curriculum. Emphasis is placed on teaching K-8 students
to read and write and to make the reading/writing connection. Elementary and
middle school teachers.
The Case for Constructivist Classrooms
Jacqueline Grennon Brooks and Martin G. Brooks - LB 1590.3 B873 1993
The activities that transpire within the classroom either help or hinder students'
learning. Any meaningful discussion of educational reform, therefore, must
focus explicitly and directly on the classroom and on the teaching and learning
that occurs within it. This book presents a case for the development of classrooms
in which students are encouraged to construct deep understandings of important
concepts.
A New Vision For Staff Development
Dennis Sparks and Stephanie Hirsh - LB 1731 S736 1997
Align your staff development program to the best approaches by reading and
using the insights from this book. Learn how three powerful trends are changing
staff development and explore 11 major shifts in staff development practice.
School-Based Decision Making Resource Guide: Focus on Teaching and
Learning
Alberta Education - LB 2806.35 S372 1997
The resource guide contains practical strategies and information for use by
trustees, school councils, school staffs and central office personnel in creating
effective school-based decision making policies and processes which focus on
teaching and learning. The contributions of practicing Alberta educators and
school community members have resulted in a resource guide with significant
local relevance and impact. The guide also provides numerous references and
information for all members of the school community. Available free copies
to the first 9 orders.
Teacher Evaluation: Six Prescriptions for Success
edited by Sarah Stanley and James Popham - LB 2838 T253 1998
Topics covered are: " Evaluating for Enhanced Instruction: Linking Teacher
Evaluation and Staff Development by Thomas McGreal " Create Rather Than Await
Your Fate in Teacher Evaluation by Madeline Hunter " Judgment-Based Teacher
Evaluation by W. James Popham " Teacher Performance Evaluation: A Total System
Approach by Richard Manatt " Evaluating Teachers as Professionals: The Duties-Based
Approach by Michael Scriven " Evaluation of Teaching: The Cognitive Development
View by Arthur Costa, Robert Garmston and Linda Lambert
Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community
Alfie Kohn - LB 3011 K79 1996
The book questions the assumptions that problems in the classroom are always
the fault of students who don't do what they are told, suggesting that we might
instead reconsider what they have been told to do - or to learn. He shows how
a fundamentally cynical view of children lies beneath the assumption that we
must tell them exactly how we expect them to behave and then offer "positive
reinforcement" when they obey. Packed with real stories from real classrooms
around the country, seasoned with humor and grounded in a vision as practical
as it is optimistic, this book shows how students are most likely to flourish
in schools that have moved toward collaborative problem solving - and beyond
discipline.
Building Foundations for Safe and Caring Schools
Grace Malicky, Bonnie Shapiro and Kas Mazurek - LB 3013.3 B84 1999
Research on disruptive behaviour and violence. Topics covered include: Nature
and extent of serious learning disruptive behaviour, perspectives for understanding
serious learning disruptive behaviour, programs and policies for dealing with
serious learning disruptive behaviour and resources for dealing with serious
learning disruptive behaviour.
How to Conduct Collaborative Action Research
Richard Sagor - LC 198 S129 1992
In this practical book, Richard Sagor describes how teachers can use a process
called collaborative action research to both improve the teaching-learning
process and make meaningful contributions to the development of the teaching
profession. This second purpose is important, Sagor says, because "until teachers
become involved in generating the knowledge that informs their practice, they
will remain cast as subordinate workers rather than dynamic professionals."
Creating a Career Skills Portfolio
Alberta Education - LC 1037.8 C2 A33 1997
A portfolio is a carefully organized collection, which illustrates a student's
skills, abilities and talents. Compiling a portfolio helps students identify,
select and organize evidence of skills that will assist them in their transition
from school to work and/or further training. This book will show you how to
organize your student's work into a productive portfolio.
Creating an Inclusive Classroom: Integrating Students with Special
Needs
Saskatchewan Professional Development Unit and Saskatchewan
Instructional Development and Research Unit - LC 3984 S2 E28
1996
This book describes several strategies which have been found useful in providing
an appropriate education for students with exceptional needs within the regular
classroom.
Guide to Assessment and Instruction: Moderate and Severe Disabilities
David Baine - LC 4015 B35 1996
This is not a book about inclusion or segregation. This is a book about procedures
that have demonstrated effectiveness for teaching learners having moderate
to severe disabilities. These are a challenging group of learners who require
specialized teaching techniques. Effective and efficient use of the methods
requires both skill and commitment, regardless of the environments within which
teaching takes place.
Coaching for Performance
John Whitmore - HF 5549.5 M63 W598 1994
Coaching for performance is recognized today as a more positive and empowering
method for instruction in business, in teaching and in sports. Now that coaching
is both the tool and the essence of company culture change, even the most successful
managers will benefit from this guide to when, where, why, who and how to coach.
This easy-to-use handbook will help you learn the skills and the art of good
coaching and understand its enormous value in unlocking people's potential
to maximize their performance.
The Teacher's Complete and Easy Guide to the Internet
Ann Heide and Linda Stilborne - TK 5105.875 I57 H44 1999
This book has a great deal to offer you. Whether you're looking for tips on
how to get connected, reasons why you should even consider it, or great sites
because you're "already there", Ann Heide and Linda Stilborne have condensed
years of experience and volumes of information into this single book, one that
is packed with useful information that educators require to incorporate the
Internet successfully, not only into their own lives, but into their classrooms.
Talk about classrooms with a difference.
Learning Mathematics in Elementary and Middle Schools
W. George Cathcart, Yvonne Pothier and James Vance - QA 11 C38 1994
This book is about learning mathematics - about children learning mathematics.
It is also about teachers creating a learning environment that stimulates children
to build understandings, establish connections, reason and solve problems.
The text takes an active approach to teaching mathematics with problem-solving
activities that are discovery oriented.
A Celebration of Neurons: An Educator's Guide to the Human Brain
Robert Sylwester - QP 360.5 S96 1995
After reading this book, you'll be able to discuss scientists' theories about
how our brain functions, how it interacts with the outside environment, how
it determines what's important, how it solves problems, how it adapts itself
to its environment, and how it learns, remembers and forgets. This is more
than an introduction to the brain, however; it is also an urgent call to educators
to become actively involved in discovering useful applications for brain theory
and research in schools.
Teaching Students with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder
Alberta Learning Resource
Teaching Students with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome contains background information
and terminology that will help educators understand the current diagnostic
definition of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), key considerations for
planning effective education programs, suggestions for how to build a positive
classroom climate and maintain a supportive learning environment, and strategies
to assist teachers with programming for students with FASD. An appendix of
reproducible blackline masters to use with students, parents and other educators
is also included.
The Learning Team: A Handbook for Parents of Children with Special
Needs
Alberta Learning Resource
The Learning Team is a revision and expansion of the resource Partners During
Changing Times (1996). This revised handbook emphasizes the diverse and changing
learning needs of children with special needs, offers support and encouragement
to parents, describes services and activities that might be used to meet a
child s special needs at school, suggests ways parents can enhance and enrich
their child’s learning at home. Includes practical information and strategies
for helping a child make successful transitions, voicing parent concerns, staying
informed, and contains Parent Notebook pages at the end of each chapter.
Programming for Students with Special Needs (Binder One)
Alberta Learning, Special Education Series
This resource is the first binder in the Alberta Learning Special Education
Series. This resource covers topics regarding special needs students and their
programming needs. Topics such as: teaching for student differences; essential
and supportive skills; and individualized program plans are explored in detail.
In addition programming for deaf or hard of hearing and visual impaired students
is covered.
Teaching Students with Special Needs (Binder Six)
Alberta Learning, Special Education Series
This is the sixth binder in the Alberta learning Special Education Series.
This resource covers topics pertaining to the instruction of students with
special needs; such as strategies, identification and program planning, and
the overall conceptual model to approaching this style of instruction and pedagogy.
Teaching for the Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
(FASD) Grades 1-12 A Resource for Health and Life Skills, and Career
and Life Management
Alberta Learning
This resource is designed to assist teachers in the support of specific outcomes
of the Health and Life Skills Program of Studies, and the Career and Life Management
Program of Studies. It provides current research- based, factual content that
gives teachers and informed knowledge base about fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
(FASD). There is a focus of the prevention of FASD through student activities
and information so students learn the consequences of high-risk behaviour during
pregnancy. It includes support to community resource people who work with teachers
in the classroom. Centered in three basic themes, it has experiential activities
to help deepen the student’s understanding of FASD.
CALM- Career and Life Management for Senior High School Guide
to Implementation
Alberta Learning
The Career and Life Management for Senior High School Guide to Implementation
is intended to assist teachers with the implementation of prescribed outcomes
in the Program of Studies for Career and Life Management (2002). The goal of
this program is to enable students to make well-informed, considered decisions
and choices in all aspects of their lives, and to develop behaviours and attitudes
that contribute to the well- being
And respect of self and others, now and in the future.
Guide to Implementation Grade 10 and 11 English Language Arts
Alberta Learning
This guide to implementing the grades 10and 11 English language arts program
is intended to assist teachers in planning for assessment and instruction that
supports students achievement of the prescribed learning outcomes. It also
provides suggestions for monitoring student progress in achieving the outcomes.
Action Research Guide for Alberta Teachers
The Alberta Teachers Assocication
Action Research is a strategy teachers can use to investigate a problem or
area of interest specific to their professional context. It provides the structure
to engage in a planned, systematic and documented process of professional growth.
This resource is intended to help you plan a self-guided action research project.
Partners in Learning
The Alberta Teachers’ Association
Success for all partners in the educational system requires cooperation between
all share- holders. This manual is designed parents, teacher, and students
will be challenged to discuss their relationship as education partners. The
goal is to assist in all parties in taking those necessary first steps. Included
are partnership projects for adaptation and examples of form letters that have
been used successfully by other schools.
Safe and Caring Schools
Alberta Teachers’ Association
This binder contains various pamphlets, newsletters and other information to
resource in regard to the safe and caring schools program. There are extra
pamphlets to hand out.
Professional Development in Learning-Centered Schools
Sarah DeJarnette Caldwell
A collection of articles by North American leading figures in professional
development, including: " Dennis Sparks " Michael Fullan " Fred Wood " Art
Costa " Tom Guskey Published by National Staff Development Council.
An Observation Survey of Early Literacy Achievement
Marie M. Clay
This book provides for the systematic observation of young children's responses
to classroom reading and writing in the first years of school. It is for teachers
who want to be careful observers of learning, administrators, researchers and
students.
Reading Recovery-A Guidebook For Teachers In Training
Marie M. Clay
This book guides teachers in training to help observe students who are encounter
difficulties reading and how to administer supplemental teaching to these children.
Creating the New American School - A Principal's Guide to School Improvement
Richard DuFour and Robert Eaker
This book helps teachers deal with outside stresses of reform and how to creatie
positive change from within the school system Cognizant of their audience the
authors use practical suggestions and avoid giving generalized prescriptions
of action, allowing the teacher to develop and master their craft for themselves.
English Language Arts Program of Studies 10-12 Assessment: Ideals,
Realities and Forms
Bryan Ellefson, Graham Foster, Ann Manson, Janeen Werner-King
The elimination of the bell-curve as a result of performance assessment in
diploma examination has become a reality, in English Language Arts Studies.
This resource walks you through your ideals as an assessor of student progress
as well as the realities of curriculum and diploma examinations influence on
assessment outcomes. Various forms of assessment are explored which are appropriate
for the revised program of studies.
Roles And Responsibilities of The Teacher Assistant
The Faculty of Education/continuing Education/ Distance Learning Centre
The text outlines areas such as classroom management, philosophy, and the role
the TA plays in the class environment.
Assisting In Mathematics Learning
The Faculty of Education/ Continuing Education/ Distance Learning
Centre
The text discusses the philosophies, pedagogy, and methodology used to assist
in the facilitation of mathematics learning in the classroom.
What's Worth Fighting For in the Principalship? Strategies for Taking
Charge in the School Principalship
Michael Fullman
Examine the increasingly complex role the principalship holds within the school
system. New challenges such as budget restraints, public involvement and technological
advancement; Fullman gives principals the much needed strategies to come up
with innovative, creative ideas to thrive in an ever changing school environment.
What's Worth Fighting For? Together For Your School
Michael Fullman and Andy Hargreaves
The issues addessed are facing teachers, principals, and those who work with
the schools from the outside. Fullman and Hargreaves discuss their theory of
interactive professionalism giving suggestions and guidelines to help those
involved in the education system to achieve this level of conduct they believe
necessary in today's schools.
Freedom Of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIPP) Training
for School Based Administrators
The Government of Alberta
The information in this resource will walk you through general information
to FOIPP legislation. It is designed to assist you in developing an understanding
of how it affects you, and how to use it properly in your school setting. Samples
of how to deal with certain requests are provided.
Educating for Life A Spiritual Vision for Every Teacher and Parent
Thomas Groome
With ecumenical sensitivity, Groome draws upon the core convictions of Catholic
Christianity and its rich educational tradition to weave a way of educating
that has universal appeal. He addresses and brings wisdom to the foundational
issues that concerns all educators regardless of religious tradition. With
sensitivity, optimism, and lost of practical suggestions, he points the way
forward with a holistic vision of education needed desperately in our time.
What's Worth Fighting For Out There?
Andy Hargreaves and Michael Fullman
The roles schools play within today's society is becoming more paramount. The
author's discuss the ways in which educators, parents, governments, businesses
and others can work together to move the role of the school forward in today's
societal context.
Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results
Stephen C. Lundin, Ph. D., Harry Paul, and John Christensen
Imagine a workplace where everyone chooses to bring energy, passion, and a
positive attitude to the job everyday. Imagine an environment in which people
are truly connected to their work, to their colleagues, and to their customers.
In this engrossing parable, a fictional manger is charged with the responsibility
of turning a chronically unenthusiastic and unhelpful department into an effective
team. Down the street from her office is the Seattle’s very real Pike
Place Fish, a world famous market that is wildly successfully thanks to its
fun, bustling, joyful atmosphere and great customer service. By applying ingeniously
simple lessons learned from the actual Pike Place fishmongers, our manager
discovers how to energize those who report to her and effect an astonishing
transformation in her workplace. Addressing today’s most pressing work
issues (including employee retention and burnout) with and engaging metaphor
and an appealing message that applies to anyone in any sector of any organization,
Fish! Offers wisdom that is easy to grasp, instantly applicable and profound-
the hallmarks of a true business classic.
Book Steps: Leveled Trade Books for Guided Reading, Independent Reading
and Authentic Assessment
Alix K. Miller
Children learn to read when they are surrounded by examples of reading and
writing, immersed in good instruction and given appropriate books. But how
do you know what the right books are? And when is the right time to give these
books to children? Book Steps takes away the guessing.
A Collection of Connections for Junior High Western Protocol Mathematics
Sol Sigurdson and Tom Kieren
This resource includes a number of real-life math situations, which correspond
to the Junior High Math Curriculum. Explore a number of new, ready to use activities
in your next class.
What is Staff Develop Anyway? Everything You Need to Know About
Professional Learning
Dennis Sparks and Joan Richardson, National Staff Development
Council (NSDC)
This primer contains a Q & A regarding staff development and how it affects
student outcome and performance. New ideas are presented to policymakers to
use and as a result emphasize that teachers continuing to learn is a crucial
element to school success in today’s learning environment.
The Common Curriculum Framework for Aboriginal Language and Culture
Programs Kindergarten to Grade 12
Western Canadian Protocol for Collaboration in Basic Education
This resource was penned with the collaboration of various Elders form the
various provinces and Territories in Western Canada. Applying the Aboriginal
perspective and philosophy, the elders have specific outcomes in regard to
language development and culture programs within the various educational systems.
Opening the Minds and Hearts of Your Japanese-language Students
to Culture
Selected Lesson Plans from the 1999 The Japan Forum (TJF)
Contest
The ultimate purpose of foreign language study is not only the acquisition
of linguistic proficiency; the role in which it plays in educating for cultural
understanding and global awareness. A relatively new area of research and exploration,
practical teaching methods have yet to be established; resulting in a trial
and error approach. A contest was held by the TJF to remedy this situation.
This resource contains twenty of the twenty three entries, designe to assist
in the development of effective lesson plans for a variety of classroom situations.
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