study and teaching (secondary)

Teaching Artfully draws the reader in as it presents the growth and explorations of an early-career art teacher, the author Meghan Parker. Parker comes to understand both her teaching and art-making practices through making insightful comics. The reader, too will find themselves illuminated and inspired and entertained! Teaching Artfully looks at daily teaching practices, visual literacy, the teacher's experience, relationships, and engagement with life inside and outside of schools. It uses a unique visual form to emphasize the importance of learning to understand and communicate using images. First created as a Masters thesis in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University, Teaching Artfully playfully and earnestly encourages us to see the arts as a way to connect with one another and find our common humanity. Creative people, educators and the general public are sure to connect with the call for meaningful engagement with the arts.

Introduces the problem-based approach to teaching and learning in which students are presented with an ill-structured problem and instructed to work in small groups to arrive at a solution, discusses the benefits of the method in middle and high school classrooms, and offers guidelines for implementation.

Describes a basic approach to learning through writing in content areas, with ideas about how to frame and focus various types of writing tasks and their components; and addresses different genres and reviews the writing process as used in subjects other than English.

Provides enactment techniques that help students apply their social, physical, and intellectual selves to the books they read to help improve their comprehension.

Danica McKellar offers girls the motivation and explanations they need to master pre-algebra, with step-by-step instructions explaining how to complete basic equations, practice problems with detailed solutions, real-world examples, and more.

Presents ways to engage middle and secondary students by making research exciting.

Reveals the complicated and rich geometry of natural objects and how these objects can often be modeled with fractals. Shows students how to generate fractals using a variety of techniques.