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Integrated Physical Education: A Guide for the Elementary Classroom Teacher
Many elementary classroom teachers who are not physical education specialists are nonetheless responsible for providing physical education to their students. This guide provides the classroom teacher with a concise overview of the essential content and pedagogical knowledge necessary to design, implement, and assess physical education programs. Based on current standards established by the National Association of Sport and Physical Education (NASPE), this text is de… More >>
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Special Needs Advocacy Resource Book: What You Can Do Now to Advocate for Your Exceptional Child’s Education
The Special Needs Advocacy Resource Book: What You Can Do Now to Advocate for Your Exceptional Child s Education is a unique handbook that teaches parents how to work with schools to achieve optimal learning situations and accommodations for their child s needs. From IEPs and 504 Plans to IDEA and NCLB, navigating today’s school system can be difficult for even the most up-to-date, education savvy parent.
Special needs advocates Rich Weinfeld and Michelle … More >>
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Education Fever
In the half century after 1945, South Korea went from an impoverished, largely rural nation ruled by a succession of authoritarian regimes to a prosperous, democratic industrial society. No less impressive was the country’s transformation from a nation where a majority of the population had no formal education to one with some of the world’s highest rates of literacy, high school graduates, and university students. Drawing on their premodern and colonial heritages a… More >>
Alternative Routes to Teaching: Mapping the New Landscape of Teacher Education
Over the past 20 years, alternative certification for teachers has emerged as a major avenue of teacher preparation. The proliferation of new pathways has spurred heated debate over how best to recruit, prepare, and support qualified teachers.
Drawing on the work of leading scholars, Alternative Routes to Teaching provides a thorough and dispassionate review of the research evidence on alternative certification. It takes readers beyond the simple dichotomies … More >>
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Education in a Free Society: An American History
This text provides a comprehensive, chronological history of American educational ideas and practices in their social context. The text focuses on major events and figures – including John Dewey, Jean Piaget, and Howard Gardner – from the colonial period to the present…. More >>