107 awesome elementary teaching ideas you can implement tomorrow (2020)
This helpful book is chock full of high-interest, easy-to-use activities for your elementary school classroom.
Research Methods for Social Justice and Equity in Education (2019)
This textbook presents an integrative approach to thinking about research methods for social justice. In today’s education landscape, there is a growing interest in scholar-activism and ways of doing research that advances educational equity.
Is everyone really equal?: an introduction to key concepts in social justice education (2017)
This is the new edition of the award-winning guide to social justice education.
Based on the authors’ extensive experience in a range of settings in the United States and Canada, the book addresses the most common stumbling blocks to understanding social justice.
Starting inquiry based science in the early years: look, talk, think and do (2016)
Young children are intuitive scientists. This book builds on their inherent curiosity and problem solving as they move forward in their scientific thinking.
The genius hour guidebook: fostering passion, wonder, and inquiry in the classroom (2020)
Promote your students’ creativity and get them excited about learning! In the second edition of this popular, practical book, authors Denise Krebs and Gallit Zvi show you how to implement Genius Hour, a time when students can develop their own inquiry-based projects around their passions and take ownership of their work.
Everyday SEL in Middle School: Integrating Social-Emotional Learning and Mindfulness Into Your Classroom (2016)
In this new book from educational consultant Carla Tantillo Philibert, you’ll gain practical strategies for teaching social-emotional learning (SEL), mindfulness, and movement to help your middle school students maintain positive relationships, assume responsibility, become bodily aware, and grow into productive, contributing citizens. You’ll find out how to lead students through games, simple yoga poses, breathing techniques, and other activities that are easy to incorporate and help you manage your classroom.
The role of research in teachers’ work: narratives of classroom action research (2018)
In the debate regarding what constitutes teachers’ work, academics and bureaucrats continue to speak for teachers, with teachers’ voices rarely heard and not accorded equal recognition. The Role of Research in Teachers’ Work addresses this imbalance by privileging teachers’ voices as they narrate their experiences of engaging in systematic inquiry. The book embeds the teacher narratives within the scholarly debates about the nature of knowledge and the nature of professional practice.