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School Crisis Survival Guide
Suni Petersen & Ronald L. Straub
Jossey-Bass/John Wiley & Sons
989 Market St., San Francisco CA 94103
0876288069 $29.95 josseybass.com
School Crisis Survival Guide by mental health counselor Suni Petersen
and Ronald L. Straub provides hundreds of guidelines, strategies, and
working plans for counselors and teachers to help students in grades
K-12 to deal with any manner of crisis or tragedy from personal loss,
tragic accidents, and terminally ill classmates, to incidents of
suicide, violence, and natural disasters. School Crisis Survival Guide
address why every school needs a crisis plan and how to form a crisis
team; provides step-by-step instructions for developing and
administering a crisis plan custom designed to fit a schools particular
need, ranging from setting up a student counseling program to dealing
with media, to preparing memorial services; offers in-depth information
on the impact of crisis and death on faculty and students of all ages,
and the necessity of dealing with "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder";
lists a wide variety of individual and group activities for all age
groups with respect to the different stages of traumatic reaction; and
even presents specific ways for handling such common yet unpredictable
events as suicide, and the associated trauma and grief that violence,
death, and natural disaster will leave in their wake. No public or
private grade school, junior high, or high school counseling department
can afford to be without their own reference copy of School Crisis
Survival Guide.
Dynamic Art Projects For Children
Denise M. Logan
Crystal Productions
PO Box 2159, Glenview, IL 6025-6159
www.crystalproductions.com
CP1990 $24.95 1-800-255-8629
Dynamic Art Projects For Children is a compendium of art projects
compiled by Denise M. Logan for the use of classroom teachers in grades
1 through 6 who are seeking an enhanced curriculum to engage their
students in creative activities that will be as enjoyable as they are
skill building. Each art project comes with step-by-step photo
guidelines to supply a clear and methodical instruction resulting in a
successful outcome for the student while using familiar materials in
new and interestingly creative ways. Each outstanding and "kid
friendly" project is a lesson that includes references to concepts and
topics that connect diverse subjects including imagination, art
elements and principles, manual skills, art appreciation, history,
culture, and related academics such as science, math, and literature.
Dynamic Art Projects For Children is also highly recommended for
home-schooling parents seeking to augment the quality and diversity
their educational efforts.
Secondary Education
Jerry Wellington
Routledge
270 Madison Avenue, NY, NY 10016
www.routledge.com
0415344042 $26.95 1-800-634-7064
Secondary Education: The Key Concepts by Jerry Wellington (Professor of
Education at the University of Sheffield) is an informed, informative,
thoughtful and thought-provoking guide through the controversies,
theories, and practices central to secondary education in modern
American society. Knowledgeably compiling documentation focused upon
the education issues of assessment, citizenship, curriculum,
e-learning, exclusion, learning theories, and work experience,
Secondary Education offers teachers, administrators, policy makers, and
non-specialist general readers with an interest in education and the
modern schooling system, a detailed compendium of information drawn
from academic research studies pertaining to the contemporary history
and state of secondary schooling. A work of impressive, seminal
scholarship, Secondary Education is very highly recommended for
academic library "Education Studies" reference collections and student
teacher supplemental reading lists.
Learning Under The Influence Of Language And Literature
Lester Laminack & Reba Wadsworth
Heinemann Publishing Group
Box 7247-7011, Philadelphia, PA 19170
www.heinemann.com
0325008221 $25.00 1-800-225-5800
Expertly co-authored by Lester L. Laminack (Professor Emeritus of
Literacy Education, Western Carolina University) and Reba M. Wadsworth
(Elementary Principal, Woodmeade Elementary School, Decatur, Alabama),
Learning Under the Influence of Language and Literature: Making The
Most Of Read-Alouds Across The Day is a simply wonderful, 234-page
collection of aptly summarized, endlessly exciting, valuable literary
contributions that teach best when to read aloud in a classroom
setting. It is also a creative textbook that centers its mission on
ways to teach by reading aloud as a part of an instructional
curriculum. There are many specific suggestions and numerous clear
benefits to be gained from the use of these suggested and tested
approaches. As an educator's tool, Learning Under The Influence Of
Language And Literature is first rate. It could also be useful to other
types of educators, such as librarians and homeschooling parents, in
their book choices. The title page of Learning Under The Influence Of
Language And Literature informs the reader that is a reference
compilation that "includes 400 recommended titles with annotations". By
addressing standards in the curriculum, enriching vocabulary, modeling
fluent reading, and enticing children to read independently, Learning
Under The Influence Of Language And Literature is truly useful to any
classroom educator of elementary age children. Even more important, it
underlines the value of daily experience of the rich joys of reading
aloud.
Using Powerpoint In The Classroom
Dusti Howell, et.al.
Corwin/Sage Publications
2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
1412927986 $19.95 corwinpress.com
This updated second edition of a teacher's winning classic offers both
PC and Mac-compatible screenshots and instructions for the newest
version of Powerpoint to cover all the basics of effective presentation
design and delivery. With Using Powerpoint In The Classroom classroom
teachers can learn to create more effective PowerPoint presentations
with a reference which links Powerpoint attributes to classroom
objectives. Chapters offer step-by-step examples taken from real
classrooms to illustrate the process.
Teaching Out Of The Box
Stan Cody
Stan Cody Publishing
25851 Treetop Road, Laguna Hills, CA 92653-5417
Wordpix (publicity)
PO Box 218, Buena Park, CA 90621-0218
0977822206 $16.95 www.stancody
Stan Cody has taught school for more than 33 years in Southern
California. He draws upon those many years of experience and expertise
in "Teaching Out-of-the-Box": A Teacher's Guide To Making History
Fun...And More is provide novice classroom teachers with a series of
tools (including mnemonics, acronyms, and wild stories) designed to
elicit laughter and delight from children while drawing them into
learning history and other subjects with zest and enjoyment. A 194-page
compendium of accessible, applicable, practical, inventive, ingenious,
effective, and wonderfully creative teaching methods to transform any
static classroom into a vibrant forum of eagerly engaged young minds,
"Teaching Out Of The Box" should be considered "must reading" for
beginning classroom teachers -- and has a great deal to offer even the
more seasoned classroom instructor -- regardless of what the curriculum
subject matter might be!
A Professor's Unforgettables
AnnieLaura M. Jaggers
Aventine Press
1023 - 4th Avenue, #204, San Diego, CA 92101
Epic Books Promotions
594 Serrano Lane, Chula Vista, CA 91910
1593302328 $11.95 148 pages www.aventinepress.com
"A Professor's Unforgettables: 5 out Of 10,000 Students in 25 Years" is
an enticing collection of sketches by University of Arkansas Professor
AnnieLaura Jagger of her humanities students -- the more memorable
ones, of course. With deadpan humour, straight ahead jabs to the
reader, and intimate little double -takes, "A Professor's
Unforgettables" reads as smooth as corn silk. The humourous
illustrations by Joe Gray adjust the right touch. One wonders if he was
perhaps another unforgettable student to be sketched later on. The five
students selected are not quite the academic angels one might expect of
a professor's memoirs. They are in fact far more colorfully human than
obviously brilliant. At least one of them qualifies as a celebrity;
Barbara, the future wife of Norman Mailer. Perhaps one thing each
student has done to become memorable is to challenge her, both as a
teacher and as a full human being. She rises to each challenge in
unusual and unforgettable ways. From the former military man who
resented being taught by a woman to the charming French-Canadian
student who relies on Professor Jaggers to save his life and preserve
his romantic outlook (the last, alas, doomed to disappointment), these
are fully dimensional sketches of students who left an impression on
this unusual humanities professor. The writer never takes herself too
seriously, though she clearly retains her own set of values and frame
of reference. "A Professor's Unforgettables" is a most entertaining
read, and one that may restore some prestige to the concept of higher
education and the liberal arts.
Teach Beyond Your Reach
Robin Neidorf
Information Today
143 Old Marlton Pike, Medford, NJ 08055-8750
0910965730 $29.95 www.infotoday.com
Instructors interested in better meeting student needs through
different teaching approaches will welcome TEACH BEYOND YOUR REACH: AN
INSTRUCTOR'S GUIDE TO DEVELOPING AND RUNNING SUCCESSFUL DISTANCE
LEARNING CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, TRAINING SESSIONS AND MORE. Distance
learning is one of the fastest-growing learning options in the country,
allowing individuals to earn degrees, certifications and gain skills
without entering a classroom. TEACH BEYOND YOUR REACH covers the basics
of a successful distance learning approach and shares practices and
examples from successful teachers. A fine pick for any teacher entering
the cyberworld.
Academic Collective Bargaining
Ernst Benjamin and Michael Mauer, Eds.
MLA
26 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New ork NY 10014-1789
0873529723 $22.00 www.mla.org
Collective bargaining processes have long been the foundation of
academic governance, enhancing improvements in working conditions: here
to chart these struggles are contributors who survey the historical
process. From this foundation of how academic collective bargaining
evolved socially and politically to its processes and changing
procedures, ACADEMIC COLLECTIVE BARGAINING provides perspectives
seasoned educators will appreciate.
Teaching Literacy
Kieran Egan
Corwin Press
2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
1412927889 $27.95 www.corwinpress.com
TEACHING LITERACY: ENGAGING THE IMAGINATION OF NEW READERS AND WRITERS
is a fun, revealing guide for teachers interested in going beyond the
textbook to add an atmosphere of fun to literacy. Acknowledging that
this atmosphere of fun, familiar ideas and experiences encourage
effective instruction, TEACHING LITERACY offers a new approach designed
to present classroom teachers with intriguing, different activities.
Chapters offer challenges for student and teacher alike and encourage
lessons which are refreshingly different.
Approaches to Teaching Early Modern Spanish Drama
Laura R. Bass and Margaret R. Greer, Editors
MLA
26 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York NY 10004-1789
0973529952 $19.75 www.mla.org
Performances of early modern Spanish drama have been more popular
lately, requiring teachers to help students understand the major works
of the period to appreciate underlying nuances, literary history and
form: APPROACHES TO TEACHING EARLY MODERN SPANISH DRAMA helps teachers
evaluate editions, anthologies, historical and critical works on the
topic, and approaches to understanding. Drama teachers and literary
teachers alike will find useful assessments of the theory, content and
forms of Spanish plays and their influences, as well as surveys of how
films capture and reflect these plays. A 'must' for any college-level
collection strong in drama or Spanish culture.
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