Today, we understand quality teaching better than ever. We have skilful teachers doing a great job in our classrooms. But when we have quality teaching and are still not achieving the results we're looking for, it's a sign that we don't have a teaching problem. What we have is a learning problem. Ultimately, learning is not the product of teaching, it's the product of the activity of learner…
Teaching Green—The Elementary Years is designed for anyone working with young people in kindergarten through grade five, whether in schools or informal education settings. It offers 50 kid-tested teaching strategies that promote interdisciplinary hands-on learning about natural systems and foster critical thinking about environmental issues, both local and global. The book includes background…
An essential guide to dialogue in the college classroom and beyond Try to Love the Questions gives college students a framework for understanding and practicing dialogue across difference in and out of the classroom. This invaluable guide explores the challenges facing students as they prepare to listen, speak, and learn in a college community, and encourages students and faculty alike to co…
A proven program for enhancing students' thinking and comprehension abilities. Visible Thinking is a research-based approach to teaching thinking, begun at Harvard's Project Zero, that develops students' thinking dispositions, while at the same time deepening their understanding of the topics they study. Rather than a set of fixed lessons, Visible Thinking is a varied collection of practices, i…
Tidak dapat dipungkiri bahwa komunikasi menjadi salah satu faktor yang cukup menentukan dalam proses pembelajaran. Pada titik inilah seorang guru atau dosen seharusnya menguasai secara baik dalam berkomunikasi. Gur-u merupakan kunci keberhasilan sebuah lembaga pendidikan, guru adalah salesagen dari lembaga pendidikan, baik atau buruknya perilaku atau cara strategis guru dalam dunia pendidikan. …