Education, Teaching Methods & Materials
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Training the Young Actors of Theatre Ashbury
How Good do you Want to be? And What are you Going to do About it? by Gregory H. Simpson
When Gregory H. Simpson was hired to run the drama program at Ottawa private school Ashbury College, he brought with him a very simple premise: If you taught kids to think, there would be a revolution in education. That premise—plus a few years,...
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Non-Coercive Classrooms
Successful Students, Successful Teachers by Rolf Ahrens
Non-Coercive Classrooms is aimed at the years from kindergarten to grade twelve. It contains descriptions of best practice if our goal for students is to leave school with skills that enhance their innate intelligence. The author argues that the...
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Reflections on Kindness, Connections and Lifelong Learning
Empowering Emerging Educators by Michael Babb
In Reflections on Kindness, Connections, and Lifelong Learning: Empowering Emerging Educators, retired Phys. Ed. and Biology teacher, Vice-principal, Principal, and Coach Michael Babb draws upon a wealth of experience and wisdom gleaned over...
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My Journey. My Story.
Unravel Yourself With Me From the Inside Out by Wendy Blaskovic
In today’s world, we are constantly juggling expectations and trying to manage the many pressures we feel around us. We all have issues, struggles, and habits that we feel guilt or shame about. We all have beliefs and expectations of ourselves...
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Writing in the Elementary Classroom Community of Learners
An Implementation Guide by Darlene L Smith
As the world continues to change and adapt, so too should the classroom. Finding an instruction methodology that can adapt to the needs of all students, however, can be challenging. Even more so when it comes to teaching elementary writing....
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Teaching Through Stories
Jane and Jeremy Learn to Knit by Elizabeth Seward
“Unhurried education, and teaching to the heart through stories, develop a lifelong love of a continually unfolding process of learning and loving the world.” Teaching through Stories: Jane and Jeremy Learn to Knit will encourage you to take...
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Mathematics Education Across Time and Place
Over Two Millennia from Athens to Zimbabwe by Thomas O'Shea
What is mathematics, and what aspects of it should be taught in schools? How and to whom should it be taught, and how should its understanding be assessed? These questions continue to drive curriculum development, school organization, teaching...
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Here Comes Grade One!
The Big Bundle Grade One Canadian Curriculum Workbook by Sharon Fitzpatrick
Grade One lays the foundation for a child’s education; over that first year, there’s a lot of ground for a teacher to cover—and a lot of worksheets to plan. There’s no need to develop those materials from scratch! Developed by an elementary...
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The Train-the-Trainer Guidebook
Planning and Leading Instruction at Work by Margaret E. Wall
Aimed at newcomers to the business of training—including instructional designers, subject matter experts, and leaders of all sorts—Margaret E. Wall’s inspired Train-the-Trainer Guidebook is essential reading for anyone interested in optimizing...
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Flying With Peek-a-Boo Multi-Colored Feathers
A Teacher Reconnects with her Pioneering Efforts to Promote Multicultural Education by Mary Ryan
Students learning how to witness the best version of themselves was an important aspect of pioneering multicultural education. I wanted the children to learn the larger truth about how the knowledge of themselves and others can spin into...
