Added by: odd_prof1903 | Karma: 1489.35 | ESP, Only for teachers | 7 November 2010
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READY TO ORDER TEACHER'S BOOK
Ready To Order is for vocational students training to become chefs, bartenders and waiters. It is also suitable for professionals who wish to brush up their English. It caters for students from elementary to pre-intermediate level by providing activities for mixed ability groups.
American Ways: An Introduction to American Culture (3rd Edition)
Added by: decabristka | Karma: 68126.34 | Coursebooks, Only for teachers | 7 November 2010
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American Ways: An Introduction to American Culture, Third Edition (2005), by Maryanne Kearny Datesman, JoAnn Crandall, and Edward N. Kearny, focuses on the traditional values that have attracted people to the United States for well over 200 years and traces the effects of these values on American life.
Chapter themes include diversity, the family, education, government and politics, religion, business, and recreation. Cross-cultural activities --- from discussion topics to writing projects --- encourage high-intermediate to advanced students to compare their own values with those discussed in the readings.
Life Lessons through Storytelling: Children's Exploration of Ethics
Storytelling empowers children to engage in discussions; explore ideas about power, respect, community, fairness, equality, and justice; and help frame their understanding of complex ethical issues within a society. In Life Lessons through Storytelling, Donna Eder interviews elementary students and presents their responses to stories from different cultures. Using Aesop's fables and Kenyan and Navajo storytelling traditions as models for classroom use, Eder demonstrates the value of a cross-cultural approach to teaching through storytelling, while providing deep insights into the social psychology of learning.
Added by: titito | Karma: 1215.71 | Only for teachers, Maths | 6 November 2010
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Lessons for Algebraic Thinking: Grades 3-5
The lessons in this book build the foundation that prepares students for studying algebra in middle and high school. Incorporating manipulative materials, children's books, and problem-solving investigations, lessons actively engage students in creating, recognizing, describing, and extending patterns, and representing patterns with words, tables, variables, and graphs. Lessons also introduce students to solving equations and plotting points.
Professional Development for Language Teachers: Strategies for Teacher Learning
Second and foreign language teaching provides a career for hundreds of thousands of teachers worldwide, and the vast educational enterprise of English language teaching could not operate effectively without the dedication and effort of such teachers day by day and year by year throughout their careers.
