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By Jenn on May 3, 2012
Using Children’s Literature Across the Curriculum: A Handbook of Instructional Strategies This resource uniquely offers preservice and inservice teachers templates for using quality children’s literature to implement six themes across grades K-8. The themes are based on national curriculum standards and text sets are carefully selected to facilitate discussion, analysis, and problem solving across the […]
By Jenn on April 30, 2012
Bring your class for a wide variety of dynamic, educational and interactive mountain adventures that include science, social studies and recreational components. These programs help teachers meet curriculum objectives while providing students with hands-on, motivating and fun experiences. ~more information from The Peak of Vancouver Grouse Mountain Website Link also available from the UBC Education […]
By Jenn on April 27, 2012
Adolescent Literacy in the Academic Disciplines: General Principles and Practical Strategies (New York: Guilford Press, © 2012) Edited by Tamara L. Jetton and Cynthia Shanahan Guilford Press Publisher’s description and review here. UBC Library Holdings Information here.
By Jenn on April 16, 2012
New book at the Education Library: Classic and Contemporary Readings in the Philosophy of Education Book and Author Information here. UBC Library Holdings Information here.
By Jenn on April 13, 2012
The Diversity and Media Toolbox is a comprehensive suite of resources for teachers, students, law enforcement representatives and the general public, that explores issues relating to stereotyping, bias and hate in mainstream media and on the Internet. The program, which includes professional development tutorials, lesson plans, interactive student modules and background articles, is divided into two distinct […]
By Jenn on April 11, 2012
School Effectiveness and Improvement Research, Policy and Practice: Challenging the Orthodoxy? Publisher: Taylor and Francis, 2012-01-23. 312 pages Publisher and Author information here. UBC Library Holdings Information here.
By Jenn on April 2, 2012
Check out The Art Zone – from the National Gallery of Art interactive educational resource website. Make a work of art online!
By Jenn on March 28, 2012
Creating Caring Classrooms: How to encourage students to communicate, create, and be compassionate of others This passionate book is about community, compassion, and creativity; it is about caring for others. It is also about helping students care about their work. Teachers will learn how to establish inclusive classrooms where kindness and concern become crucial backdrops for […]
By Jenn on March 22, 2012
What is it about The Hunger Games that has made it the hottest teen fiction series since Harry Potter and Twilight? We went to the source and found three avid and articulate fans — ages 17 to 74 — to tell us. They love Suzanne Collins’ best-selling dystopian trilogy about a future dictatorship in which […]
By Jenn on February 20, 2012
Silent Moments in Education: An Autoethnography of Learning, Teaching, and Learning to Teach by Colette A. Granger Colette A. Granger’s highly original book considers moments in several areas of education in which silence may serve as both a response to difficulty and a means of working through it. The author, a teacher educator, presents narratives and […]