Context and Culture in Language Teaching and Learning by
This work addresses the significance of the relationship between the aims and methods of language teaching and the contexts in which it takes place. It considers the implications of this for the ways in which we research language teaching, and presents the results of research and development work.
Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts by 
An Intercultural Approach to English Language Teaching by
"This accessible book introduces teachers of EFL to intercultural language education by describing its history and giving a clear explanation of its main theoretical principles. Intercultural language education has redefined the modern languages agenda in Europe and North America. The book provides many illustrations of classroom tasks that equip language learners in the ethnographic skills required of cultural observers, and the interpretative skills necessary truly to understand the cultures of other people - and your own. There are chapters on conversation and writing skills, and the comprehension of a range of audiovisual materials, such as literature, television and visual images. There is guidance on project work, on how to conduct and analyse interviews for cultural exploration, and on the assessment of intercultural communicative competence."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning by
This reference work deals with all aspects of language teaching and learning and offers a comprehensive range of articles on the subject and its history. Themes covered include: methods and materials; assessment and testing; contexts and concepts; influential figures; related disciplines such as psychology, anthropology, sociolinguistics. The teaching of languages in particular countries is covered as are a wide range of specific languages, including Japanese, Chinese and Arabic, as well as English, French, German and Spanish.
Teaching Secondary English by
Instead of taking us yet again on a tour through the four modalities of English, this book's tri-partite structure takes a refreshingly different approach by offering thought-provoking argument grounded in classroom practicality' - "Nick McGuinn, University of York " This book enables English teachers to implement change and rise to new challenges, while remaining true to an ethically and socially just position which provides the rationale for their vocation. The author describes and evaluates recent changes to English teaching brought about by initiatives such as the Literacy Strategy, the new A' levels and the requirement to focus on spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.
Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards: A Guide for Teaching and Learning by 
Learning Science Teaching by
Presents an analysis of the classroom practice of a group of science teachers to reveal the knowledge bases that they have acquired. This book includes insights provides by students into the kinds of science teaching that engages them. It argues that highly accomplished science teachers are also continually learning science teachers.
Multiple Perspectives on Mathematics Teaching and Learning by
"Multiple Perspectives on Mathematics Teaching and Learning" offers a collection of chapters that take a new look at mathematics education. Leading authors, such as Deborah Ball, Paul Cobb, Jim Greeno, Stephen Lerman, and Michael Apple, draw from a range of perspectives in their analyses of mathematics teaching and learning. They address such practical problems as: the design of teaching and research that acknowledges the social nature of learning, maximizing the impact of teacher education programs, increasing the learning opportunities of students working in groups, and ameliorating the impact of male domination in mixed classrooms. These practical insights are combined with important advances in theory. Several of the authors address the nature of learning and teaching, including the ways in which theories and practices of mathematics education recognize learning as simultaneously social and individual. The issues addressed include teaching practices, equity, language, assessment, group work and the broader political context of mathematics reform. The contributors variously employ sociological, anthropological, psychological, sociocultural, political, and mathematical perspectives to produce powerful analyses of mathematics teaching and learning.
Teaching Environmental Literacy: Across Campus and Across the Curriculum by
To prepare today's students to meet growing global environmental challenges, colleges and universities must make environmental literacy a core learning goal for all students, in all disciplines. But what should an environmentally literate citizen know? What teaching and learning strategies are most effective in helping students think critically about human-environment interactions and sustainability, and integrate what they have learned in diverse settings? Educators from the natural and social sciences and the humanities discuss the critical content, skills, and affective qualities essential to environmental literacy. This volume is an invaluable resource for developing integrated, campus-wide programs to prepare students to think critically about, and to work to create, a sustainable society.
Uncovering Our History: Teaching with Primary Sources by
Experience shows that immersion in the stories of our nation using primary documents illuminates the past and builds genuine interest in a way that textbooks cannot. Veccia and her contributors help classroom teachers and librarians grasp the tools and methods to use this refreshing and effective approach to teaching history.
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