Best Classroom Practices

What Award-Winning Elementary Teachers Do
1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-8039-6759-5
Verlag: Corwin

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 346 g

Randi Stone provides an inspirational, one-stop guide to the highest impact teaching practices of the nation's best and brightest high school educators. Through detailed, first-hand accounts of winning strategies, this book offers an exclusive glimpse into exemplary classrooms across the country. Outstanding teachers generously share their unique insights, innovative lesson plans, and expertise garnered through years of experience, forming an instant network and rich resource for practicing as well as future teachers. Administrators will also benefit from discovering the various proven, results-oriented approaches that work for teachers in urban, suburban, and rural schools.

Divided by subject area, the chapters give a wealth of real-life examples and tactics that can be applied easily into any classroom. Highlights include:

- Tips for incorporating technology into the classroom

- Specific projects for Science, Math and Reading and Writing Instruction

- Proven plans for teaching Social Studies, Geography, Visual Arts and Physical Education

Ideas on classroom management, dealing with special needs and multicultural diversity, and making community connections.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stone, Randi

Sofman, Randi B.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Unterrichtsmaterialien
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Grundschulen, Hauptschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
About the Author
1. Sharing Teaching Philosophies
2. Succeeding with Reading and Writing Instruction
3. Succeeding with Mathematics Instruction
4. Exploring Science, Mathematics, and Technology
5. Threading Technology Through the Curriculum
6. Opening School Doors to Parental Involvement
7. Integrating Inclusion in the Classroom
8. Teaching Social Studies in the Elementary Grades
9. Celebrating Art and Music
10. Creative Scheduling
11. Experiencing Education Abroad
12. Topic Smorgasbord: Sharing More Key Elementary Issues and Perspectives
Conclusion
About the Contributors

Über Autor(innen)

Sofman, Randi B.
Randi Stone is the author of nine Corwin Press books: Best Practices for Teaching Reading: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do, Best Practices for Teaching Social Studies: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do, Best Practices for Teaching Writing: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do, Best Practices for Teaching Mathematics: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do, and Best Practices for Teaching Science: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do. She is a graduate of Clark University, Boston University, and Salem State College. She completed her doctorate in education at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.