Author: Claire Warden
Publisher: Sage Publications UK
ISBN: 1529784514
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Just being outside doesn’t always guarantee a connection to the natural world. An awareness of the environment needs to be embedded within the curriculum, and with climate change and sustainability being such important and urgent issues, this book is a timely and much needed resource for early years and primary educators. Introducing nature pedagogy - an approach that seeks to respect and support the rights of children and the planet together. Nature pedagogy encourages all educators to embrace eco-logical choices and to use nature as the location, resource and context for learning. The author draws on international research and case studies to offer a way forward, to embed green teaching and a nature-based pedagogy in practice and transform teaching with young children.
Green Teaching
Author: Claire Warden
Publisher: Sage Publications UK
ISBN: 1529784514
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Just being outside doesn’t always guarantee a connection to the natural world. An awareness of the environment needs to be embedded within the curriculum, and with climate change and sustainability being such important and urgent issues, this book is a timely and much needed resource for early years and primary educators. Introducing nature pedagogy - an approach that seeks to respect and support the rights of children and the planet together. Nature pedagogy encourages all educators to embrace eco-logical choices and to use nature as the location, resource and context for learning. The author draws on international research and case studies to offer a way forward, to embed green teaching and a nature-based pedagogy in practice and transform teaching with young children.
Publisher: Sage Publications UK
ISBN: 1529784514
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Just being outside doesn’t always guarantee a connection to the natural world. An awareness of the environment needs to be embedded within the curriculum, and with climate change and sustainability being such important and urgent issues, this book is a timely and much needed resource for early years and primary educators. Introducing nature pedagogy - an approach that seeks to respect and support the rights of children and the planet together. Nature pedagogy encourages all educators to embrace eco-logical choices and to use nature as the location, resource and context for learning. The author draws on international research and case studies to offer a way forward, to embed green teaching and a nature-based pedagogy in practice and transform teaching with young children.
Green Light Classrooms
Author: Rich Allen
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1412956102
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Presents nine strategies for increasing the learning potential of students and encouraging participation, covering techniques such as movement, novelty, socialization, and drama, and includes sample lesson plans.
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1412956102
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Presents nine strategies for increasing the learning potential of students and encouraging participation, covering techniques such as movement, novelty, socialization, and drama, and includes sample lesson plans.
Teaching in the Outdoors
Author: Green Teacher
Publisher: Booktango
ISBN: 1468947559
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Teaching in the Outdoors provides a practical guide for getting students outdoors and helpful suggestions for maximizing the outdoor learning experience. It features the best articles on outdoor education ever published in Green Teacher magazine, including tips for leading fantastic field trips and the proper technique for class hikes.
Publisher: Booktango
ISBN: 1468947559
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Teaching in the Outdoors provides a practical guide for getting students outdoors and helpful suggestions for maximizing the outdoor learning experience. It features the best articles on outdoor education ever published in Green Teacher magazine, including tips for leading fantastic field trips and the proper technique for class hikes.
Building a Better Teacher
Author: Elizabeth Green
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0393351084
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A New York Times Notable Book "A must-read book for every American teacher and taxpayer." —Amanda Ripley, author of The Smartest Kids in the World Launched with a hugely popular New York Times Magazine cover story, Building a Better Teacher sparked a national conversation about teacher quality and established Elizabeth Green as a leading voice in education. Green's fascinating and accessible narrative dispels the common myth of the "natural-born teacher" and introduces maverick educators exploring the science behind their art. Her dramatic account reveals that great teaching is not magic, but a skill—a skill that can be taught. Now with a new afterword that offers a guide on how to identify—and support—great teachers, this provocative and hopeful book "should be part of every new teacher’s education" (Washington Post).
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0393351084
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A New York Times Notable Book "A must-read book for every American teacher and taxpayer." —Amanda Ripley, author of The Smartest Kids in the World Launched with a hugely popular New York Times Magazine cover story, Building a Better Teacher sparked a national conversation about teacher quality and established Elizabeth Green as a leading voice in education. Green's fascinating and accessible narrative dispels the common myth of the "natural-born teacher" and introduces maverick educators exploring the science behind their art. Her dramatic account reveals that great teaching is not magic, but a skill—a skill that can be taught. Now with a new afterword that offers a guide on how to identify—and support—great teachers, this provocative and hopeful book "should be part of every new teacher’s education" (Washington Post).
Teaching Green
Author: Tim Grant
Publisher: New Society Publishers
ISBN: 9780865715011
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
A complete resource for "teaching green" to young people in grades 6-8
Publisher: New Society Publishers
ISBN: 9780865715011
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
A complete resource for "teaching green" to young people in grades 6-8
Teaching Ecocriticism and Green Cultural Studies
Author: G. Garrard
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 023035839X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Ecocriticism is one of the most vibrant fields of cultural study today, and environmental issues are controversial and topical. This volume captures the excitement of green reading, reflects on its relationship to the modern academy, and provides practical guidance for dealing with global scale, interdisciplinarity, apathy and scepticism.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 023035839X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Ecocriticism is one of the most vibrant fields of cultural study today, and environmental issues are controversial and topical. This volume captures the excitement of green reading, reflects on its relationship to the modern academy, and provides practical guidance for dealing with global scale, interdisciplinarity, apathy and scepticism.
Greening School Grounds
Author: Tim Grant
Publisher: Gabriola Island, BC : New Society Publishers
ISBN: 9780865714366
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Tools and ideas to beat back the asphalt wastelands of schoolyards everywhere!
Publisher: Gabriola Island, BC : New Society Publishers
ISBN: 9780865714366
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Tools and ideas to beat back the asphalt wastelands of schoolyards everywhere!
Teaching Stringed Instruments in Classes
Author: Elizabeth A. H. Green
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 9780899175072
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The perfect gift for the first year teacher! A detailed step-by-step guide to classroom teaching from one of the foremost pedagogues of the twentieth century. Green outlines instruction from the first lesson on through teaching music reading, left hand development, and vibrato. This book is a must for all beginning classroom teachers. 105 pages.
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 9780899175072
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The perfect gift for the first year teacher! A detailed step-by-step guide to classroom teaching from one of the foremost pedagogues of the twentieth century. Green outlines instruction from the first lesson on through teaching music reading, left hand development, and vibrato. This book is a must for all beginning classroom teachers. 105 pages.
Teaching for Biliteracy
Author: Karen Beeman
Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781934000090
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The concept of bridging between languages is introduced to the biliteracy filed in this practical professional development guide for teachers, administrators, and leadership teams.
Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781934000090
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The concept of bridging between languages is introduced to the biliteracy filed in this practical professional development guide for teachers, administrators, and leadership teams.
Teaching Towards Green Schools
Author: Linda H. Plevyak
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000603563
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
This engaging and timely book showcases practical ways that PreK–12 teachers and school leaders can create and implement sustainability-focused projects and practices in their classrooms and schools, helping promote a healthy, sustainable environment and curriculum for students and leading the way towards becoming a green school. Sharing real-world case studies and detailed walk-throughs of sustainable schools in action – from Madison, Alabama, to Bali, Indonesia – author Linda H. Plevyak lays out the benefits, principles and practices of creating a sustainable school from beginner classroom projects like creating a garden, recycling and composting to more complex and school-wide initiatives like energy audits, creating an environmental management system, engaging with policy and building and leveraging community partnerships. Plevyak highlights sustainable practices that can be developed with little to no budget and focuses on those that support the development of critical thinking skills, promote project-based learning and consider the environment as a learning tool, incorporating sustainability as a natural progression of the learning process. The book outlines extensive resources teachers and schools can use to embed sustainability in their programs and curriculum, offering teachers, school leaders and policy makers the tools they need to provide this generation of students with the knowledge and skills to create a more sustainable world.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000603563
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
This engaging and timely book showcases practical ways that PreK–12 teachers and school leaders can create and implement sustainability-focused projects and practices in their classrooms and schools, helping promote a healthy, sustainable environment and curriculum for students and leading the way towards becoming a green school. Sharing real-world case studies and detailed walk-throughs of sustainable schools in action – from Madison, Alabama, to Bali, Indonesia – author Linda H. Plevyak lays out the benefits, principles and practices of creating a sustainable school from beginner classroom projects like creating a garden, recycling and composting to more complex and school-wide initiatives like energy audits, creating an environmental management system, engaging with policy and building and leveraging community partnerships. Plevyak highlights sustainable practices that can be developed with little to no budget and focuses on those that support the development of critical thinking skills, promote project-based learning and consider the environment as a learning tool, incorporating sustainability as a natural progression of the learning process. The book outlines extensive resources teachers and schools can use to embed sustainability in their programs and curriculum, offering teachers, school leaders and policy makers the tools they need to provide this generation of students with the knowledge and skills to create a more sustainable world.