Education

For courses in General Elementary Methods and General K-12 Methods.

This new general elementary methods text offers a balanced presentation of skills, inquiry, and social approaches to teaching, structured around the concept of instructing for understanding. The authors stress that the truly effective teacher not only has knowledge of teaching strategies but also understands the importance of asking and answering such questions as: What learner characteristics affect the success of this strategy? What contextual factors will influence its outcome? What philosophical/ethical stance does it represent?

• Coverage that reflects a “backward design” structure—Consideration of student characteristics first; then, identification of complex tasks and assessment; and finally, daily instructional planning.

  • Models the instructional design that the authors' advocate—beginning with a complex outcome and designing instruction to reach it.

• Chapter 5, Assessing Learning Performances —Emphasizes authentic assessment and the importance of considering assessment when planning instruction.

  • Introduces students to all elements of this key educational issue—designing effective assessment instruments, using preassessment, and recognizing the difference between assessment and grading.

• Strong emphasis on elementary issues—Includes a balance of primary and upper elementary grade examples, discussion of the informal teaching that occurs in the K-8 classroom, and material on building classroom communities in elementary classrooms.

  • Focuses students' attention on the unique issues, characteristics, and challenges of the elementary classroom—better prepares them for their first teaching positions.

• Step-by-step unit preparation activities—Build chapter-by-chapter, leading students to the completion of a realistic curriculum unit by course end.

  • Illustrates, through hands-on involvement, how curriculum topics build one upon the other—ensures students understand the big picture of curriculum in the elementary grades.

• Discussion of six guiding principles for instruction—Addresses cultural context, congruent continuous assessment, conceptual focus, higher-level thinking, active processing, and variety.

  • Sets out a template for reflective lesson design that incorporates constructivist theory.

• Material on teaching students with educational disabilities and academic gifts—Incorporated into Chapter 10, Differentiation and Diversity.

  • Helps students understand what educational disabilities and gifts are, how they affect school work and classroom management, and how best to teach all students in heterogeneous classes.

• Chapter Overview sections—Introduce each chapter.

  • Highlights each chapter's main topics—organizes material and encourages students to assess their own understanding of chapter content.

• A sample unit at the end of the text—Exemplifies the text-advocated curriculum as it would be practiced in an actual primary-grade classroom.

  • Creates a model for future teachers—a guiding example against which to compare their own curriculum units.

 1. Teaching as Decision Making.

Topic 1: Planning for Instruction: Setting the Stage.

Topic 2: Implementation: Getting Out There and Teaching.

Topic 3: Creating a Positive Learning Environment.

General Methods (Elementary)  [CORE TEXTS]   (Curriculum & Instruction)
Curriculum Development (K-12)  (Educational Administration & Leadership)

Allyn & Bacon Digital Media Archive CD-ROM for Education, 2001 Edition
Allyn & Bacon
©2001 | Allyn & Bacon | CD-ROM Only | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205319602 | ISBN-13: 9780205319602
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Classroom Management Video
Bateman & Herrell
©2015 | Allyn & Bacon | Video | Estimated Availability : 08/31/2014
ISBN-10: 0130840491 | ISBN-13: 9780130840493

CourseCompass (5.0) Instructor Quick Start Guide
Allyn & Bacon & Longman
©2007 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205531709 | ISBN-13: 9780205531707

Models for Teaching Elementary Social Studies Video
Parker
©2001 | Allyn & Bacon | Video | Out of Stock
ISBN-10: 0130289507 | ISBN-13: 9780130289506

Responding to Hate at School: A Guide for Teachers, Counselors, and Administrators
Southern Poverty Law Center
©2001 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0130284580 | ISBN-13: 9780130284587

VideoWorkshop for General Methods: Instructor's Teaching Guide with CD-ROM, 2/E
Murphy
©2005 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper Bound w/CD-ROM; 80 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205456456 | ISBN-13: 9780205456451

VideoWorkshop for General Methods: Student Learning Guide with CD-ROM, 2/E
Murphy
©2005 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper Bound w/CD-ROM; 48 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205457150 | ISBN-13: 9780205457151

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