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Understanding by Design, Expanded 2nd Editionby Grant Wiggins; Jay McTighe
ASCD 2005; US$ 32.95Wiggins and McTighe provide an expanded array of practical tools and strategies for designing curriculum, instruction, and assessments that lead students at all grade levels to genuine understanding. more...
The Understanding by Design Guide to Creating High-Quality Unitsby Grant Wiggins; Jay McTighe
ASCD 2011; US$ 26.95Unit creation and planning made easy for Understanding by Design novices and veterans alike! This book introduces version 2.0 of the UbD Template and allows you to download fillable electronic forms to help you more easily incorporate standards, advance your understanding of backward design, and improve student learning. more...
Integrating Differentiated Instruction and Understanding by Designby Carol Ann Tomlinson; Jay McTighe
ASCD 2006; US$ 25.95Discover how the integration of two of education's most powerful frameworks will help teachers impart essential knowledge and skills to the full spectrum of learners. more...
Curriculumby Wesley Null
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 2011; US$ 49.95.cs95E872D0{text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt} .csA62DFD6A{color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; } .cs5EFED22F{color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; } Curriculum introduces readers to curriculum theory and practice. Wesley Null provides a unique organization of the curriculum field into five traditions: systematic, existential, radical, pragmatic, and deliberative. He discusses the philosophical and historical foundations as well as the historical and contemporary figures who have shaped each curriculum tradition. Additionally,... more...
Differentiating the Curriculum for Gifted Learnersby Wendy Conklin; Shelly Frei
Teacher Created Materials Publishing 2007; US$ 24.99Provides up-to-date, research-based theory and practical applications to help teachers effectively differentiate instruction with gifted students in mind more...
Key Concepts for Understanding Curriculumby Colin J. Marsh
Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 49.95Key Concepts for Understanding Curriculum is an invaluable guide for all involved in curriculum matters. Now fully updated, this revised and enlarged fourth edition provides not only a solid grounding in the subject but also covers the latest trends and issues affecting the field. Written in Marsh's clear and accessible style, the book details the strengths, weaknesses and controversies around major concepts in curriculum, including.:.; curriculum planning and development.; curriculum management.; teaching perspectives.; collaborative involvement in curriculum.; curriculum ideology. Now updated with new chapters on curriculum models, school-based curriculum development, learning studies, ICT developments in assessment, the new edition includes... more...
Learning to Changeby Andy Hargreaves; Lorna Earl; Shawn Moore; Susan Manning
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 39.00The success of school reform measures greatly depends on the support and commitment of teachers. This book examines the realities of educational change from the frontline perspective of reform-minded teachers. It charts the perceptions and experiences of twenty-nine teachers in grades 7 and 8 from four school districts--showing how they grappled with such initiatives as integrated curriculum, common learning standards, and alternative modes of assessment. This book moves beyond the bandwagons of rhetorical change and examines how these changes work in practice for better and for worse. Authors Andy Hargreaves and Lorna Earl focus on how reform proposals have brought new complexities to teaching practice and why major investments of time and... more...
Bilingualism in the Primary Schoolby Richard Mills; Jean Mills
Routledge 1993; US$ 53.95Richly based on case study material, this book helps primary teachers to understand the experience of bilingual children and shows it as a benefit rather than a hindrance in the classroom. more...
Primary Special Needs and the National Curriculumby Ann Lewis
RoutledgeFalmer 1995; US$ 52.95This new edition of Ann Lewis's widely acclaimed book has been substantially revised and updated to take into account the recent changes to the National Curriculum and the implications of the Code of Practice for primary teachers. more...
Curriculum for the Pre-School Childby Audrey Curtis
Routledge 1997; US$ 46.95This edition has been fully revised to take into account changes in the National Curriculum, the introduction of NVQ's in child care and education and introduction of the parents charter and the much discussed nursery vouchers. more...









