Education : Philosophy & Social Aspects

101 ways to energize any ho-hum day. Created by award-winning educators, these easy-to-learn, giggle-as-you-go games are designed to be both fun and educational. These activities in reading, logic, science, measuring, listening, social studies, and math are the perfect complement to your K-5 curriculum. Get the fun and the learning started with games such as:. Bug Bite: Players flip over vocabulary word cards and slap the table when a bug card comes up. Whoever slaps first reads all the words and then keeps the card. The child with the most cards wins!. Bull's-Eye Feather Math: Children blow feathers around a bull's-eye game board with straws as they sharpen their multiplication skills. Geography Baseball: Players find map locations that are “pitched” to them. The more “hits” they get, the faster they score runs. Fishy Facts: Players snag paper fish with a fishing pole and hook. If they can answer the question on the side of the fish, they score. . . . and many more!. BONUS: Games are ranked for noise levels! more...

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The Sociology of Intellectual Life outlines a social theory of knowledge for the 21st century. With characteristic subtlety and verve, Steve Fuller deals directly with a world in which it is no longer taken for granted that universities and academics are the best places and people to embody the life of the mind. While Fuller defends academic privilege, he takes very seriously the historic divergences between academics and intellectuals, attending especially to the different features of knowledge production that they value. Key FeaturesPresents an account of the problematic relationship between postmodernism and the university as an institutionAddresses the problems facing an academic who wishes also to function as an intellectualOffers a critical survey of the emerging fields of social epistemology and the sociology of philosophy Discusses the ethics and politics of public intellectual life, especially given its largely improvisational character more...

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The Daily Disciplines of Leadership is a comprehensive and down-to-earth manual for school leaders that addresses the daunting challenges that today's principals, superintendents, and teacher-leaders face on a daily basis. Written by Douglas Reeves - a leading authority on academic standards, performance assessment, and accountability - the information in this book is based on his extensive experience working with educators, administrators, and school board members from across the country and internationally. more...

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This book shows how teachers can improve their competence whilst taking account of factors such as children's ability, background and needs as well as the nature of the topic and resources available. more...

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This guide aimed at student teachers and those perhaps in their first year of teaching is utterly brilliant. It is written at exactly the right level and covers the professional studies ground every student teacher - from primary through to post-16 - needs to know' - Amazon review. 'I recommend [this book] wholeheartedly to students, to teacher educators and to school based staff who are involved in supporting students. It encourages reflective and individual thinking..' - ESCalate. 'Contains important advice, insights and points for reflection for everyone considering, or starting, a teacher-training programme. At a time when a new framework for qualified teacher status is shaping the development of initial teacher education, it effectively identifies concerns that training teachers regularly experience. With essential referencing of new policy agendas affecting schools and teachers, within an engaging style, the chapters integrate these concerns with the important professional thinking and guidance that the 'Standards' framework implies. In conjunction with the companion web site, all trainee teachers will find this book meaningful and engaging reading' - Gary Clemitshaw, PGCE course leader, School of Education, University of Sheffield. This user-friendly book is an essential companion for students on an initial teacher training course at either Primary or Secondary level. It guides the reader through the new QTS standards required to teach, and includes coverage of recent legislation such as Every Child Matters. Each chapter sets out the practical and generic skills students need, as well as relevant theory to help underpin good classroom practice. They include features such as group exercises, further reading, reflection, study and practice. There is also an accompanying website for the book which includes effective lesson plans: <. This indispensable guide will help give students the confident start they need in the classroom. It more...

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