The Future of Whole Language is framed in a clearly articulated theoretical perspective, enlivened through personal narrative and concrete examples. It will be of interest to a broad audience of educators, but particularly to those who have been advancing progressive theories and practices in whatever role they play: teacher, administrator, or teacher-educator. It is a book that will engage, challenge, activate, and possibly anger--a book that creates conversations and even controversies.

The Future of Whole Language

Education & Teaching

Church, Susan

Schools & Teaching

Heinemann

Principals in today's schools face the complex challenge of being both visionary educational leaders and effective managers. They struggle to meet the conflicting needs and expectations of the staff and students, the parents, trustees, and even those in the wider community. They constantly strive to create a quality school environment that encourages learning for all.
A teacher educator, researcher and consultant, Susan Church has a long-standing interest in the complexities and challenges of educational leadership. In The Principal Difference she explores the issues that confront school administrators, and demonstrates how best to provide the leadership today's schools need. It draws on the latest research and personal case studies to outline how educational leaders can:meet both external expectations and their school's own stated goals;be accessible, responsible, and accountable;respond to and make use of outside assessments;encourage and respect cultural diversity;work collaboratively with teachers and other staff members;engage students, parents, and members of the community.
While demanding and at times stressful, the work of a principal can offer great rewards. This practical book shows principals how to transform their schools into more efficient, responsive learning communities as they learn to better meet the needs of students, staff, and the whole community.

Principal Difference: Key Issues in School Leadership and How to Deal with Them Successfully

Pembroke Publishers

In today's results-based classrooms, student engagement and fulfillment are too often left behind as teachers strive to meet external standards. This innovative book explores best practices and projects designed to meet the literacy learning needs of a diverse range of students. It is committed to connecting student knowledge, experience, and interests to literacy learning that is relevant and valuable.
 Providing detailed descriptions of actual classroom practices and practical suggestions for positive change in the classroom, the authors challenge teachers to reflect on both the projects described and their own teaching style:
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<li>how were learning outcomes, objectives, or standards addressed?</li>
<li>how did the teacher support and extend student literacy learning?</li>
<li>how did classroom assessment practices support student growth?</li>
<li>how were parents and the wider community involved from the beginning? </li>
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Based on decades of work in schools and rooted in extensive research, the book presents an effective framework for designing a curriculum that fosters student engagement. It explores all aspects of evaluation and suggests novel ways to use student self-assessment to help students recognize their own individual learning style.

Yes, But...If They Like It, They'll Learn It!: How to Plan, Organize, and Assess Learning Experiences with Meaning, Purpose, and Joy

Baskwill, Jane

Swain, Margaret

From Literature Circles to Blogs helps build trust and rapport and expands the possibilities of self-directed professional growth. This flexible resource is organized around specific learning experiences and can be easily adapted to individual needs. Each chapter focuses on a particular type of learning experience, from professional reading to collaborative creations; includes examples of how to apply the learning experience in specific contexts, grades, and subject areas; suggests ways to incorporate technology; and discusses how teachers can apply what they have learned.

From Literature Circles to Blogs: Activities for Engaging Professional Learning Communities

McCance and Widdowsons's The Composition of Foods, Seventh Summary Edition provides a timely, authoritative and comprehensive update of the nutrient data for the most commonly consumed foods in the UK. Foods that are less commonly consumed but are important in the diets of sub-groups of the population are also included. Aimed at students and professionals in all food and health disciplines, this essential handbook should be on the bookshelf of everyone who needs to know the nutritional value of foods consumed in the UK.

McCance and Widdowson's The Composition of Foods: Seventh Summary Edition

Engineering & Transportation

Roe, Mark

Berry, Rachel

Finglas, Paul

Pinchen, Hannah

Dodhia, Sakhi

Farron-Wilson, Melanie

Swan, Gillian

Engineering

Royal Society of Chemistry, [

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