A modern course for grades 4-6 elementary school, written in accordance with the latest guidelines of the core curriculum and leading gradually from the fun to the self-study and self-esteem.
This book explores schools and how they can function as social institutions that advance the interests and life chances of all young people, especially those who are already the most marginalized and at an educational disadvantage. Social justice is a key theme as the book examines the needs of youth, the concept of school culture, school/community relations, socially critical pedagogy, curriculum and leadership and a socially critical approach to work.
This book examines the diverse use of visual representations by teachers in the science classroom. It contains unique pedagogies related to the use of visualization, presents original curriculum materials as well as explores future possibilities.
The Social Studies Curriculum: Purposes, Problems, and Possibilities, 4 edition
Added by: drazhar | Karma: 1454.87 | Other | 12 November 2014
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This book offers contemporary perspectives on some of the most enduring problems facing social studies educators. The contributors systematically investigate a broad range of issues affecting the curriculum, enabling teachers and other curriculum workers to better understand the nature, scope, and context of curriculum concerns in today's schools.
Literacy Across the Curriculum (LAC) is high on the agenda in schools today. The Ofsted framework for inspection is littered with references to literacy, and the new teaching standards require that all teachers 'take responsibility for promoting high standards of literacy and correct use of standard English, whatever the teacher's specialism'.
