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Curricular Conversations
“How do I pick a theme that all my students can get involved in?” “Teaching with themes doesn't work. I can never get the kids beyond the level of skills work.” “I have ESL students who understand content areas conceptually in their native language, but find it hard to express their ideas in English. If I could help them put it all together, they'll be more successful.” If this sounds familiar to you, you'll welcome this concise and helpful book on the “whys” and “hows” of building and implementing a thematically unified curriculum. The twenty-nine themes outlined in Curricular Conversations cover all sorts of interests and subject matters. These themes are not presented as prepackaged activity sets but in a framework with outlines of strategies and techniques. By combining the theory and application of teaching with themes, Curricular Conversations:
- helps teachers and students to move beyond skills and facts to higher-level thinking processes;
- demonstrates how the themes work in real life;
- shows teachers and students how to generate their own thematic units;
- includes a bibliography of more than 1,000 children's books in English and Spanish and from various cultural backgrounds;
- gives teachers support material in an appendix full of sample forms and charts for organizing and managing class discussions and investigations.
The key word here is “conversations.” The authors feel that all students-whatever their abilities, languages, or literacy levels may be-should be able to join in and be engaged by the conversations about so many interesting things that a theme holds. .
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Prom Night: Youth, Schools and Popular Culture
"As lame as school dances can be, there's always that one moment." Dawson's Creek"It was a crazy night because many of us did things we never expected Some of us got drunk for the first time and others lost their virginity, like me. I look back on it and remember how special it was...." Prom Attendee "Don't let prom put you in a panic! With one month to go, you've still got tons of time to get perfect skin, beautiful hair and a hot bod. Just follow our head-to-toe guide to getting gorgeous." |o Young Miss Special Prom magazine The date, the gown, the tux, the theme, the corsage. Everyone remembers the prom. For many teenagers the prom is the highlight of their high school career, seen as a rite of passage from adolescence to adulthood. For Amy Best, the prom presents an ideal forum to explore teen identity and to show how this seemingly trivial event speaks volumes about the world of today's kids.
Today's proms have gone upscale; no longer held in the high school gym, many schools hold their proms at luxury hotels, complete with full banquet facilities and professional entertainment. Students arrive in limousines, dance the night away in rented tuxes and skin-tight sheaths then leave for a weekend of unsupervised activities with friends--for many their first extended trip without parents. Amy Best interviews countless teens about their prom experiences, and she looks at popular media to understand today's teens. She finds that with the rising purchasing power of youth culture, the prom is now an industry unto itself with its own magazines, films, clothing, accessories and services.
Best shows us that, while the prom is often trivialized, most kids take the prom seriously. The prom is a space where kids work through their understanding of authority, social class, gender norms and multicultural schooling. Proms are often the sight of public and personal struggle, especially for gay teens and inter-racial couples, who are often excluded from the prom. Many kids don't go to their prom or, as with gay teens, have begun organizing "alternative proms."
Proms are more than just pictures and puffed sleeves--they are a mythic part of youth culture and, for better or worse, will always be a night to remember..
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Foundations of Student Affairs Practice: How Philosophy, Theory, and Research Strengthen Educational Outcomes (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education Series)
Foundations of Student Affairs Practice is an essential resource that explores the purposes of higher education, the theories that provide a foundation for student learning and growth, and the experiences that contribute to student learning. Florence Hamrick, Nancy Evans, and John Schuh— three preeminent leaders in the field— show how student affairs professionals can provide a more meaningful and holistic educational experience for their students. .
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Pocket Charts for Emergent Readers: 30 Fun, Interactive Cross-Curricular Charts That Build Literacy (Grades K-1)
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Pop-Up Paper Engineering: Cross-Curricular Activities in Design Engineering Technology, English and Art
There is no area of paper technology more popular with chilrden than pop-up engineering Its creative exponent, Paul Johnson, introduces the language of pop-up forms in stage-by-stage practical workshops for teacher and taught. Each workshop is followed with suggestions for curriculum orientated projects interrelating paper technology, story writing and art. Illustrated in full colour throughout, with easy-to-follow diagrams and many examples of children's work, this book should appeal to teachers, parents and interested general readers alike..
Price: $31.95
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Outcomes-Based Academic and Co-Curricular Program Review: A Compilation of Institutional Good Practices
This book offers far more than an introduction to the principles of assessment of student learning outcomes in the context of program review. Within a clearly structured framework, it systematically shares the good practices of some forty institutions recognized by independent scholars for their improvements in teaching/learning, research, and service, to offer examples and ideas for others to learn from and adapt. While the book focuses on assessment of the teaching mission, these same practices apply equally to student affairs, service and research activities. This book is intended for faculty, administrators and staff responsible for implementing and sustaining outcomes-based assessment program review. It aims to help them understand the "what", "why" and "how" of outcomes-based assessment program review. Rather than adopting a prescriptive approach, it provides a rich array of case studies and ideas as a basis for reflection and discussion to help institutions develop solutions that are appropriate to their own missions and cultures. This book answers such questions as what does good outcomes-based assessment program review practice look like from an institutional perspective? How have others initiated and conducted the process? Why did they choose their particular approaches; and who is doing replicable work? It links effective assessment practices with cyclical program review so that the single process of outcomes-based assessment informs many purposes: program review, strategic planning, professional accreditation, institutional accreditation, and possibly even the assessment of general education. This book illustrates the components of outcomes-based assessment program review, presents the criteria for identifying good practices and suggests steps for implementing a sustainable outcomes-based assessment program--and does so in a way that will engage readers in critical inquiry about what works well and what needs to be improved..
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