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“deirdre smith”

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  • Cases for Teacher Development

    Preparing for the Classroom

    Edited by Deirdre Smith, Patricia F. Goldblatt ...
    "The cases in this book identify major tension points which educators face. The reflective case commentaries, from numerous and varied experts in the field, provide real-life experiences for teacher candidates that they will doubtless encounter in their professional journeys. Cases for Teacher Development: Preparing for the Classroom is a wonderful supplement for any introductory course in an ... Read more

    $70.19 USD

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    A Decade of Hope

    Stories of Grief and Endurance from 9/11 Families and Friends

    by Dennis Smith, Deirdre Smith ...
    Narrated by Stephen Hoye, Joyce Bean ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 8 min

    This year marks the tenth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, an occasion that is sure to be observed around the world. But among the memorials, political speeches, and news editorials, the most pressing consideration—and often the most overlooked—is the lives and well-being of the 9/11 first responders, their families, and the victims' families over the past ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

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    When Knighthood Was in Flower (Unabridged)

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    by CHARLES MAJOR ...
    Narrated by Sandra Bland, James Salazar, Deirdre Smith, Anne Crane ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 56 min

    Set during the Tudor period of English history, When Knighthood Was in Flower tells the tribulations of Mary Tudor, a younger sister of Henry VIII of England who has fallen in love with a commoner. However, for political reasons, King Henry has arranged for her to wed King Louis XII of France and demands his sister put the House of Tudor first, threatening, "You will marry France and I will give ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • The Myth of the Spoiled Child

    Challenging the Conventional Wisdom about Children and Parenting

    by Alfie Kohn ...
    Somehow, a set of deeply conservative assumptions about children -- what they're like and how they should be raised -- have congealed into the conventional wisdom in our society. Parents are accused of being both permissive and overprotective, unwilling to set limits and afraid to let their kids fail. Young people, meanwhile, are routinely described as entitled and narcissistic . . . among other ... Read more

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  • Feel-Bad Education

    And Other Contrarian Essays on Children and Schooling

    by Alfie Kohn ...
    Mind-opening writing on what kids need from school, from one of education’s most outspoken voicesAlmost no writer on schools asks us to question our fundamental assumptions about education and motivation as boldly as Alfie Kohn. The Washington Post says that “teachers and parents who encounter Kohn and his thoughts come away transfixed, ready to change their schools.” And Time magazine has called ... Read more

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  • What the Best College Teachers Do

    by Ken Bain ...
    What makes a great teacher great? Who are the professors students remember long after graduation? This book, the conclusion of a fifteen-year study of nearly one hundred college teachers in a wide variety of fields and universities, offers valuable answers for all educators.The short answer is—it’s not what teachers do, it’s what they understand. Lesson plans and lecture notes matter less than the ... Read more

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  • What Does It Mean to Be Well Educated?

    And More Essays on Standards, Grading, and Other Follies

    by Alfie Kohn ...
    Few writers ask us to question our fundamental assumptions about education as provocatively as Alfie Kohn. Time magazine has called him'perhaps the country's most outspoken critic of education's fixation on grades [and] test scores.' And the Washington Post says he is 'the most energetic and charismatic figure standing in the way of a major federal effort to make standardized curriculums and tests ... Read more

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  • Transformative Learning in Practice

    Insights from Community, Workplace, and Higher Education

    Edited by Jack Mezirow, Edward W. Taylor ...
    The leading authorities in the field produced this comprehensive resource, which provides strategies and methods for fostering Transformative Learning (TL) practice in a wide variety of higher and adult education settings. The book answers relevant questions such as: What are effective practices for promoting TL in the classroom? What is it about TL that is most helpful in informing practice? How ... Read more

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  • The Will to Lead,The Skill to Teach: Transforming Schools at Every Level

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    by Anthony Muhammad, Sharroky Hollie ...
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    School improvement begins with self-examination and honest dialogue about socialization, bias, discrimination, and cultural insensitivity. The authors acknowledge both the structural and sociological issues that contribute to low-performing schools, and offer multiple tools and strategies to assess and improve classroom management, increase literacy, establish academic vocabulary, and contribute ... Read more

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  • The Jossey-Bass Reader on Educational Leadership

    Edited by Margaret Grogan ...
    The newest edition of the bestselling book on educational leadershipThis expanded and thoroughly updated edition of the popular anthology contains the articles, book excerpts, and seminal reports that define and drive the field of educational leadership today. Filled with critical insights from bestselling authors, education research, and expert practitioners, this comprehensive volume features ... Read more

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  • Reflective Teaching

    An Introduction

    by Kenneth M. Zeichner, Daniel P. Liston ...
    Series series Reflective Teaching and the Social Conditions of Schooling Series
    This popular text provides a clear, succinct explanation of how reflection is integral to teachers’ understandings of themselves, their practice, and their context, and elaborates how various conceptions of reflective teaching differ from one another. The emphasis on the importance of both self and context is embedded within distinct and varied educational traditions (conservative, progressive, ... Read more

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