R&L Education
Pages: 140
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Trim: 6 x 9¼
978-1-61048-057-4 • Paperback • January 2012 • $41.00 • (£32.00)
978-1-61048-058-1 • eBook • January 2012 • $39.00 • (£30.00)
Jill E. Cole is associate professor of education at Wesley College and serves as the Program Director for Education K-8. She previously taught elementary and middle school for twenty-four years.
Prologue
Chapter 1 The Constructivist Paradigm: Teaching the Way Students Learn
Jill E. Cole
Teaching Memoir Constructivist Teaching 101
D. Colette Wheatley
Chapter 2 The 20% Solution: An Early Literacy Framework for Struggling Readers
Marcia P. Lawton
Teaching Memoir Kangaroos
Arielle Suggs
Chapter 3 Students Won’t Read Textbooks? Try 3-Point Book Club
Jamie Whitman-Smithe
Teaching Memoir The 3x4x5 Triangle
Thomas B. Cole
Chapter 4 Nature Journaling Across the Curriculum
Charmaine M. Herrera
Teaching Memoir There are No Dumb Questions!
Robin D. Smith
Chapter 5 Teaching Social Studies: What is the Right Answer?
Kathleen M. Doyle
Teaching Memoir Sam
Jill E. Cole
Chapter 6 Motivating Students to Read Using Constructivist Strategies
Jill E. Cole
Teaching Memoir The First Day
Anonymous
Chapter 7 Developing Curriculum for the Constructivist Classroom
Patti L. Sandy
Teaching Memoir The Leader or the Boss?
Heidi L. Greene
Chapter 8 Teaching Study: A New Definition of Professional Development
Laura M. Leach
Epilogue
About the Contributors
The ideas for instruction are excellent and presented in a doable format. They would be engaging for the learners and encouraging for the readers who want to implement them in their own classrooms.
— Jane Urian Ragains, National Board Certified Teacher, 1997, 2007, Middle Childhood Specialist
I really think the authors nailed it more than any other professional book I’ve read—and I think I’ve read a lot of them!
— Diana Williamson, retired teacher, 35 years in middle and high school education
The Teaching Memoirs are a strong common thread throughout the book that practicing teachers are sure to enjoy!
— Steven L. Layne, Ed.D. Professor of Literacy Education, Judson University