Download or read book Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in Visual Arts written by Pamela J. Eyerdam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-03-30 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use the Internet to teach visual arts and refine students' critical thinking skills! This book is based on the Discipline-Based Art Education program, a proven art instruction program that teaches everything from the creative process and art history to criticism and aesthetics. An abundance of primary source Web sites and background information is offered. The main focus of the book is western art history and painting, but examples of sculpture, drawings, prints, and architecture are included, along with a chapter on diversity. Part I provides background material. A brief history of art education is presented, followed by a review of the components of design elements and principles. The book describes using the Internet as a primary source by identifying and evaluating websites. Part II follows the program through the main historical periods, from prehistoric and ancient Middle Eastern art, through the Renaissance, through the 20th century. A bibliography and index are included.
Download or read book Computer Education for Teachers written by Vicki F. Sharp and published by . This book was released on 2001-08 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extremely clear and comprehensive, Computer Education for Teachers features classroom lessons, activities, and projects, over 300 clear illustrations, state-of-the-art technology developments, a chapter on multimedia, two Internet chapters, a large collection of annotated Internet Sites in each chapter, a chapter on computers in special education, an annotated recommended software listing, a summary of current computer research, and an extensive bibliography.Designed to meet the needs of the student unfamiliar with the use of the computer in the classroom, the book is written for undergraduate and graduate education students who want an up-to-date, readable, practical, and concise introduction to computers for teachers. It assumes no prior experience with computers. The chapters are written so that the reader can pursue them in any order.
Download or read book The ERIC Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on programs, research, publications, and services of ERIC, as well as critical and current education information.
Download or read book Bystander written by James Preller and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eric is the new kid in seventh grade. Griffin wants to be his friend. When you're new in town, it's hard to know who to hang out with—and who to avoid. Griffin seems cool, confident, and popular. But something isn't right about Griffin. He always seems to be in the middle of bad things. And if Griffin doesn't like you, you'd better watch your back. There might be a target on it. As Eric gets drawn deeper into Griffin's dark world, he begins to see the truth about Griffin: he's a liar, a bully, a thief. Eric wants to break away, do the right thing. But in one shocking moment, he goes from being a bystander . . . to the bully's next victim. This title has Common Core connections.
Download or read book But Will it Work with Real Students written by Janet Alsup and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Science and Science Teaching written by Sharon Sherman and published by Wadsworth Publishing Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This core text for the K-8 methods course in science is a practical guide to teaching science in inquiry-centered and standards-based classrooms. Its inclusive coverage of the major domains of science includes examples from the studies of life, physics, earth, space, and environment. This edition integrates technology thoroughly with science content, instructional methods, and cues to monitoring student development.
Download or read book Teaching English Language Learners Through Technology written by and published by Routledge. This book was released on with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The ERIC Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on programs, research, publications, and services of ERIC, as well as critical and current education information.
Download or read book Expect More written by R. David Lankes and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Libraries have existed for millennia, but today many question their necessity. In an ever more digital and connected world do we still need places of books in our towns, colleges, or schools? If libraries aren't about books, what are they about?In Expect More, David Lankes, winner of the 2012 ABC-CLIO/Greenwood Award for the Best Book in Library Literature, walks you through what to expect out of your library. Lankes argues that communities need libraries that go beyond bricks and mortar and beyond books. We need to expect more out of our libraries. They should be places of learning and advocates for our communities in terms of learning, privacy, intellectual property, and economic development.Expect More is a rallying call to communities to raise the bar, and their expectations, for great libraries.
Download or read book Creativity in Education written by Anna Craft and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rounded, comprehensive, guide to issues of practice, pedagogy and policy concerned with creative education.
Download or read book Appraisal Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals written by Robert J. Drummond and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2004 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For courses in tests and measurements in counseling and psychology. The leading guide to appraisal procedures for counselors, this readable, up-to-date volume offers future counselors, social workers, and other helping professionals a thorough overview of basic measurement theory and all relevant tests, carefully aligned to a broad array of assessment vehicles. Through clear, straightforward prose, students receive practical guidance on such topics as test selection, administration, interpretation, and reporting; along with thoughtful advice on how and when to use testing in diverse environments with diverse populations. Current topics in counseling receive appropriate attention; there is solid coverage of national standards; and the trend toward high-stakes testing is thoroughly explored.
Download or read book The Rough Face Girl written by Rafe Martin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1992-04-29 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Algonquin Indian folklore comes one of the most haunting, powerful versions of the Cinderella tale ever told. In a village by the shores of Lake Ontario lived an invisible being. All the young women wanted to marry him because he was rich, powerful, and supposedly very handsome. But to marry the invisible being the women had to prove to his sister that they had seen him. And none had been able to get past the sister's stern, all-knowing gaze. Then came the Rough-Face girl, scarred from working by the fire. Could she succeed where her beautiful, cruel sisters had failed?
Download or read book An Education Research Primer written by Patricia A. Lauer and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2006-03-31 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Produced by Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), one of the nation’s foremost educational research and training organizations, An Education Research Primer gives educators a basic understanding of educational research, its guiding criteria, and its relevance to school-based decision-making. In clear and concise language the book summarizes the various types of educational research, explaining their diverse purposes and methods. For example, the difference between experimental research (studies involving control group trials) and descriptive research (based on descriptive information and relationships) is explained, including how each is designed to address different types of research questions, and why each might have different applications. The book also describes what’s involved in setting up a comparison control group and how some studies have randomized control groups while others do not. In addition, the book describes the different types of data collection methods used in research and how this can bear on the research findings.
Download or read book Ethics Technology and Engineering written by Ibo van de Poel and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-23 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring a wide range of international case studies, Ethics, Technology, and Engineering presents a unique and systematic approach for engineering students to deal with the ethical issues that are increasingly inherent in engineering practice. Utilizes a systematic approach to ethical case analysis -- the ethical cycle -- which features a wide range of real-life international case studies including the Challenger Space Shuttle, the Herald of Free Enterprise and biofuels. Covers a broad range of topics, including ethics in design, risks, responsibility, sustainability, and emerging technologies Can be used in conjunction with the online ethics tool Agora (http://www.ethicsandtechnology.com) Provides engineering students with a clear introduction to the main ethical theories Includes an extensive glossary with key terms
Download or read book Doing Action Research in English Language Teaching written by Anne Burns and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-12-04 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This hands-on, practical guide for ESL/EFL teachers and teacher educators outlines, for those who are new to doing action research, what it is and how it works. Straightforward and reader friendly, it introduces the concepts and offers a step-by-step guide to going through an action research process, including illustrations drawn widely from international contexts. Each chapter includes a variety of pedagogical activities. Bringing the how-to and the what together, this is the perfect text for BATESOL and MATESOL courses in which action research is the focus or a required component.
Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1996-07 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Glass Castle written by Jeannette Walls and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-01-02 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A triumphant tale of a young woman and her difficult childhood, The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience, redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and wonderfully vibrant. Jeannette Walls was the second of four children raised by anti-institutional parents in a household of extremes.
