A guide for education students covers such topics as creating productive learning environments, the philosophy of education, the organization of schools, finance, school law, the curriculum, and technology in the classroom.

Product Description: Este libro de estrategias para la enseñanza se ha basado en tres tipos de fuentes: en primer lugar los autores han trabajado a partir de los avances de la investigación en psicología cognitiva; en segundo, han considerado la bibliografía sobre temas de didáctica general y en tercero, han trabajado desde la experiencia que proporciona la observación de clases y el contacto con los estudiantes...read more

Product Description: Educational Psychology: Windows on Classrooms, Eighth Edition provides future teachers with the practical and hands-on solutions they and their students urgently need.   Long recognized as very applied and practical, Eggen and Kauchak's Educational Psychology: Windows on Classrooms, eighth edition gives students exactly what they need to know in the intro to Ed Psych course...read more

Product Description: Planning.  Implementing.  Assessing.  The act of teaching is founded on these three principles.  It is the process of doing these three things well that makes for good teaching.  The goal of this book is to provide the tools that will enable preservice and inservice teachers to plan, implement, and assess effectively in this era of standards and accountability...read more

Product Description: Educational Psychology: Windows on Classrooms, Ninth Edition, will help you increase student learning and development. It is the most applied book in the field. If you’re looking for a book that gives you a sound theoretical and research-based foundation and then provides specific and concrete illustrations and guidelines for applying this theory and research with your students, this is the book for you...read more

Presents practical methods for teaching, organizing the discussion around the themes of diversity, motivation, and technology.

Product Description: This substantially revised Fifth Edition represents one of the most up-to-date, research-based methods texts available today. This text has two specific goals: to change how teachers think about teaching and to change how they actually teach...read more

Product Description: Methods for Teaching uses a three-phase model of teaching--planning, implementing, and assessing--as a framework for fostering a success-oriented K-12 environment by promoting student learning. Features new to the sixth edition include: *An increased focus on constructivist learning theory *Significant new coverage of technology and technology delivery systems *Discussions of -- National standards and professional development -- Applications of NCATE and INTASC -- English proficiency and ESL -- Rubrics *A companion Website, www...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This K-12 teaching methods text translates cognitive principles of learning into teaching strategies. Each research-based model, or teaching strategy, is illustrated with a chapter-opening case study and described in terms of planning, implementing, and evaluation...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Educational Psychology: Windows onClassrooms, Eighth Edition provides future teachers with the practical and hands-on solutions they and their students urgently need. Long recognized as very applied and practical, Eggen and Kauchak's Educational Psychology: Windows on Classrooms, eighth edition gives students exactly what they need to know in the intro to Ed Psych course. The author's hallmark cases remain, both in written and video format, to introduce real-world applications in a way that no other text can. Along with new guidelines for applying theory to practice, the eighth edition provides extensive coverage of diversity and illustrations of how to appropriately align instruction to individual needs. Educational Psychology: Windows on Classrooms once again truly fulfills the promise of its title, giving students a "window" on the classrooms in which they will someday teach. The above ISBN is just the standalone book if you want the book/access card please order the valuepack ISBN listed below. 0136101100 / 9780136101109 Educational Psychology: Windows on Classrooms (with MyEducationLab) * Package consists of: 0135016681 / 9780135016688 Educational Psychology: Windows on Classrooms 0135140870 / 9780135140871 MyEducationLab -- Valuepack Access Card

This K-12 teaching methods text continues to focus on instruction, using a models approach that links prescriptive teaching strategies to specific content and thinking objectives.    Well known for it's practical case-study approach, the Sixth Edition of Strategies and Models for Teachers opens each chapter with a case study that illustrates an instructional model in practice and translates cognitive principles of learning into teaching strategies. This edition is composed of two main parts. In Part I the first three chapters describe principles of cognitive learning and motivation theory, teaching strategies that apply to all grade levels, and the teaching of thinking. In Part II, the remaining chapters offer detailed coverage of the individual models, with each model designed to help learners reach specific cognitive, social, and critical thinking goals. With a focus on active learning, utilizing research, cognitive psychology, experience, and emphasizes the teacher's central role in the learning process teachers will find this an invaluable resource throughout their career.