Bücher der Reihe Corwin Teaching Essentials

This book demystifies blended learning for teachers and schools looking for alternatives to a traditional approach to teaching. The educational landscape is changing, but teachers and schools need practical resources to help them navigate these changes so that they are exciting, not scary.

Embrace challenge and celebrate Eureka!Challenge makes learning more interesting. That's one of the reasons to encourage your students to dive into the learning pit-a state of cognitive conflict that forces students to think more deeply, critically, and strategically until they discover their "eureka" moment. Nottingham, an internationally known author and consultant, will show you how to promote challenge, dialogue, and a growth mindset through: Practical strategies that guide students through the four stages of the Learning Challenge Engaging lesson plan ideas and classroom activities Inspiring examples from Learning Challenges across the world

One part practical guide, one part interactive journal, this book shows what inquiry-based instruction looks like in practice through five key strategies, all of which can be immediately implemented in any learning environment.

CALM stands for Communication, Accountability, Leadership, and Motivation - an actionable, clear, and easy to remember framework for redirecting student behavior in the classroom.

It's one part life coach and three parts a manual for mastering the facets of teaching that no talks about, and yet are crucial to a satisfying career and to developing productive relationships with students.

Applicable to educators across all disciplines and grade levels, this book provides the tools to analyze, design, and refine cognitively engaging tasks of learning.

This book offers completely new and updated classroom examples, teaching tips, and sample lessons aligned to standards to help teachers begin to use these tools effectively.

Courageous Edventures will help teachers chart a course toward classroom innovation and problem-solve on the fly using educational technology.

Inspiring to teachers of all experience levels, this guide uses humour and insight to show how to teach with daring, while growing through risk, reflection, and revision.

Written by two of the most well known leaders in personalized learning this book is a wonderfully clear explanation of the five W's of Personalized Learning.

This book is a guide to help schools understand how to deal with the ever-changing issues involving social networking and healthy female development, and provides a starting point of reference for school districts and policy makers.

This guide helps teachers integrate online with face-to-face instruction to personalize learning, increase engagement, and prepare students for exams without sacrificing class time.

This book provides a step-by-step approach to developing English Language Arts curriculum units

This invaluable resource shows teachers how to introduce inquiry incrementally, systematically, and successfully as a stepping stone to deeper-level skills.

This book provides a framework for leaders looking to implement a long-term professional learning plan that supports teachers as they move toward blended learning.

Teachers can take learning beyond the facts with an approach that develops conceptual thinking and problem-solving skills. This book advances a Concept-Based curriculum to recapture students' innate curiosity about the world and provide the thrilling feeling of using one's mind well.

Socrates believed in the power of questions rather than lecturing his students. But how did we get so far away from his method of inquiry? Shanna Peeples, 2015 National Teacher of the Year, will show you how teachers can create an engaging atmosphere that encourages student questions and honors their experiences.

The purpose of this book is provide guidance for how to construct the incubator of normal lessons so that thoughtful minds are naturally grown.

Create a thinking classroom that helps students move from the factual to the conceptual Concept-Based Inquiry is a framework for inquiry that promotes deep understanding. The key is using guiding questions to help students inquire into concepts and the relationships between them. Concept-Based Inquiry in Action provides teachers with the tools and resources necessary to organize and focus student learning around concepts and conceptual relationships that support the transfer of understanding. Step by step, the authors lead both new and experienced educators to implement teaching strategies that support the realization of inquiry-based learning for understanding in any K-12 classroom.

Converting curiosity into well-crafted questions is the start of learning. This guide provides tools to encourage students to ask their own insightful questions as they start to inquiry learning.

This book provides current and potential teacher leaders with the background, content and knowledge base they need to become successful leaders.

This ground-breaking guide helps you identify and address diverse student needs within the flipped classroom using practical, research-based, standards-aligned tools and examples.

This practical follow-up to Bray and McClaskey's first book brings theory to practice. Teachers will discover how to build a shared vision that supports personalized learning using the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework.

This teacher-friendly book presents a step-by-step approach for implementing the Explicit Direct Instruction (EDI) approach in diverse classrooms. Based on educational theory, brain research, and data analysis, EDI helps teachers deliver effective lessons that can significantly improve achievement all grade levels.

Gain more productive time in each day! Real talk about managing time, reducing stress, and avoiding teacher burnout.Effective time management skills transform teacher confidence and morale, energize and engage students, and improve the learning climate of a classroom¿for both you and your students. Weaving wellness research with classroom-tested tips, Real Talk About Time Management helps you improve your classroom learning environment and your mental health. It includes·         35 practical, teacher-proven strategies for saving time and setting personal boundaries·         Stories from educators about proactive time management adjustments that worked·         "Your Turn" questions that invite personal reflection and strategic planning

Containing newest research about what works in bullying prevention, this easy-reference guide addresses bullying and cyberbullying as related issues that schools must tackle.