Pourquoi une personne choisit-elle aujourd'hui d'enseigner ? Comment est-elle formée à l'université et dans quelle mesure cette formation la prépare-t-elle à assumer ses responsabilités professionnelles ? Comment réussit-elle son insertion dans le métier ? Quels sont les défis à relever durant les premières années de cette carrière aux multiples facettes, et, surtout, quelles sont les clés pour y persévérer ? Fondé sur les résultats...

In Seriously Fun Maths, Dr Laura Tuohilampi changes the narrative of mathematics education into something fascinating, intriguing and something that touches every human. Based on her cutting-edge research she challenges the outdated ways of motivating students around maths. This engaging book provides teachers with research, resources and activities to teach a lesson a month. The rich activities are accessible to young students and deep enough for...

Collaborative teaching has the potential to improve the performance of both students and teachers. However, this method is not regularly capitalized in many schools because teachers who are assigned to co-teach often lack task-specific knowledge and skills to better prepare them. Fortunately, these skills can be learned. In addition to establishing a solid foundation of teamwork skills, Teaching for Results will explain how to use the structure of...

A teacher's first year in the classroom is crucial. New teachers require time and professional guidance to become successful expert teachers. However, initially they often feel isolated and unequipped to take on new-teacher responsibilities. Without support, new teachers may not gain the confidence and knowledge necessary to continue teaching. In Supporting Beginning Teachers, author Tina H. Boogren outlines four types of support (1) physical, (2)...

The Collaborative Teacher: Working Together as a Professional Learning Community seeks to change education from inside the classroom. Using insights from a variety of experts who have implemented and sustained collaborative cultures of continuous improvement in schools around the nation, this anthology offers best practices, expert insight and testimonials, and supporting research to show the benefits of collaboration in creating a school that reaches...

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 In 1815, a religious revival swept the Litchfield Female Academy in Connecticut. The daughter of a celebrity preacher, 14-year-old Catharine Beecher refused to convert. This made her conspicuous, because she was the daughter of a preacher.

Engaged teaching recognizes that educators need to offer more than lesson plans and assessments for students to thrive in the 21st century. Equip your students to be resilient individuals, able to communicate effectively and work with diverse people. The authors contend that students must develop their emotional and social skills as thoroughly as their academic skills, and that teachers must cultivate this growth.

Your students may recognize words like determine, analyze, and distinguish, but do they understand these words well enough to quickly and completely answer a standardized test question? For example, can they respond to a question that says "determine the point of view of John Adams in his 'Letter on Thomas Jefferson' and analyze how he distinguishes his position from an alternative approach articulated by Thomas Jefferson"? Students from kindergarten...

In today's schools, students and teachers feel unprecedented-even alarming-levels of stress. How can we create calmer classrooms in which students concentrate better and feel more positive about themselves and others? Author Thomas Armstrong offers a compelling answer in the form of mindfulness, a secular practice he defines as the intentional focus of one's attention on the present moment in a nonjudgmental way. In Mindfulness in the Classroom, Armstrong: -...