teaching

Makes an impassioned defense of teaching and explains how dedicated teachers are and why they should be given better salaries.

A guide for teachers who are trying to give up the system of boss-managing and implement the techniques of lead-management to create classrooms in which all students do competent, and even quality, work.

The authors present their theory of brain-based learning and teaching as a means for school reform, and describe their experiences implementing their ideas in two schools.

Includes: Understanding Portfolio Assessment: Assumptions about portfolios --- Getting Started: Practical suggestions for getting started - Looking inside the portfolio --- Assessing Portfolios: Beginning the assessment process - Analyzing portfolios --- Managing Portfolios: Assigning reasonable responsibility --- Benefiting From Portfolio Assessment: Multiple benefits --- Dealing With Possible Portfolio Problems: Problems and solutions.

Explains the theory of multiple intelligences developed by Howard Gardner in which he maps a broad range of human abilities by grouping them into seven categories; and discusses how the theory can be applied to issues of classroom teaching, especially with students who have been classified as learning disabled.

A guide for teens interested in education and training, profiling thirty-five careers including college professor, corporate trainer, education attorney, and librarian, and featuring questions and activities designed to help teens discover their strengths, talents, and work personality.

Presents debate-style essays on twenty educational issues including grading, discipline programs, abstinence-only programs, school uniforms, American history, and achievement-level tracking.

Presents strategies to motivate students to learn. Centered on mutual respect, collaboration, and commitment to learning, each strategy is described and illustrated by examples which can be used by educators for all ability and grade levels.

Discusses the lessons education research has taught about what practices and factors make a difference in student achievement, covering school goals, curricula, student-teacher relationships, home environment, community involvement, instructional strategies, motivation theories, and other related topics.

Explains how to use the Big6, an information literacy problem-solving approach, to teach students K-12 how to utilize the Internet in their learning; covers such topics as instruction planning, student coaching, communicating with students on the Internet, and designing and providing Internet content for students; also includes appendices on several topics including searching the Internet and evaluating Web sites.