Becoming A Teacher Canadian Edition Instructor S Resource Manual

Becoming a Teacher, 5CE offers a comprehensive guide to the Canadian educational landscape with its balanced approach from theory to research to practice, and successful 12-chapter organization. It offers new teachers the foundations and history of the Canadian educational system as well as practical advice and tools to build a solid and sustainable career in teaching. KEY TOPICS: Teaching;Learning to Teach;Ideas and Events That Have Shaped Education in Canada;Canadian School Governance;Social and Cultural Realities Confronting Today's Schools;Addressing Learners' Individual Needs;Creating a Community of Learners;Developing and Implementing the Curriculum;The Role of Technology in Education;Teachers as Educational Leaders;Your First Teaching Position;Educational Issues for the Twenty-First Century MARKET: Appropriate for B.Ed foundation courses - general education.

"From the growing presence and influence of technology to such issues as bullying and equality, this book has been designed to address and demystify the laws that greatly affect today's classroom teachers."--

Becoming a Teacher, 4CE offers you a comprehensive guide to the Canadian educational landscape with its balanced approach from theory to research to practice, and successful 12-chapter organization. It will give you the knowledge, practical advice, and tools to build a solid and sustainable career in teaching. Becoming a Teacher continues to provide a foundation of all the important areas you may face in today's Canadian system of education. Well-researched and well-written, Becoming a Teacher has been revised to include more streamlined content with a new focus on Canadian research and teacher leadership. MyEducationLab has been fully integrated with book-specific content and a new "Focus on Research Through Experience" section highlights the findings of Canadian educational researchers and describes exciting curricular approaches. Other pedagogical features carried over from the previous edition include "Focus Questions," "Case to Consider," "Theory into Practice," and "Professional Portfolio."

Teaching at Its Best This third edition of the best-selling handbook offers faculty at all levels an essential toolbox of hundreds of practical teaching techniques, formats, classroom activities, and exercises, all of which can be implemented immediately. This thoroughly revised edition includes the newest portrait of the Millennial student; current research from cognitive psychology; a focus on outcomes maps; the latest legal options on copyright issues; and how to best use new technology including wikis, blogs, podcasts, vodcasts, and clickers. Entirely new chapters include subjects such as matching teaching methods with learning outcomes, inquiry-guided learning, and using visuals to teach, and new sections address Felder and Silverman's Index of Learning Styles, SCALE-UP classrooms, multiple true-false test items, and much more. Praise for the Third Edition of Teaching at Its BestEveryone veterans as well as novices will profit from reading Teaching at Its Best, for it provides both theory and practical suggestions for handling all of the problems one encounters in teaching classes varying in size, ability, and motivation." Wilbert McKeachie, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, and coauthor, McKeachie's Teaching TipsThis new edition of Dr. Nilson's book, with its completely updated material and several new topics, is an even more powerful collection of ideas and tools than the last. What a great resource, especially for beginning teachers but also for us veterans!" L. Dee Fink, author, Creating Significant Learning ExperiencesThis third edition of Teaching at Its Best is successful at weaving the latest research on teaching and learning into what was already a thorough exploration of each topic. New information on how we learn, how students develop, and innovations in instructional strategies complement the solid foundation established in the first two editions." Marilla D. Svinicki, Department of Psychology, The University of Texas, Austin, and coauthor, McKeachie's Teaching Tips

Teaching Fashion Studies is the definitive resource for instructors of fashion studies at the undergraduate level and beyond. The first of its kind, it offers extensive, practical support for both seasoned instructors and those at the start of an academic career, in addition to interdisciplinary educators looking to integrate fashion into their classes. Informed by the latest research in the field and written by an international team of experts, Teaching Fashion Studies equips educators with a diverse collection of exercises, assignments, and pedagogical reflections on teaching fashion across disciplines. Each chapter offers an assignment, with guidance on how to effectively implement it in the classroom, as well as reflections on pedagogical strategies and student learning outcomes. Facilitating the integration of practice and theory in the classroom, topics include: the business of fashion; the media and popular culture; ethics and sustainability; globalization; history; identity; trend forecasting; and fashion design.