Description |
xxii, 345 p. ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 300-338) and index. |
Contents |
The middle years as a site for educational reform. Emergence of middle schooling / Donna Pendergast -- Philosophy of middle schooling / Rod Chadbourne and Donna Pendergast -- Middle years learner / Nan Bahr -- Understanding the adolescent brain / Michael C. Nagel -- Producing resilient middle school students / Lesley Newhouse-Maiden, Nan Bahr and Donna Pendergast -- Researching the middle years / Katherine Main and Fiona Bryer -- Curriculum practices for the middle years. Literacies and multiliteracies / Rod Maclean -- Numeracy / Shelley Dole -- Bodies and minds / Lisa Hunter and Doune Macdonald -- Integrating the curriculum / John Wallace, Grady Venville and Leonie J. Rennie -- Negotiating curriculum / Lisa Hunter and Nicola Park -- Pedagogical practices for the middle years. Learning collaboratively / Raymond Brown -- Higher order thinking / Annette Hilton and Geoff Hilton -- Teacher-student relationships / Amanda Keddie and Rich Churchill -- Managing behaviour / Terry de Jong -- Digital literacies / Muriel A. Wells and Leanne J. Reynolds -- Community / Donna Pendergast and Peter Renshaw -- Assessment practices for the middle years. Redesigning assessment / Clair M. Wyatt-Smith, J. Joy Cumming and John Elkins. |
Subject |
Middle school teaching.
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Added Author |
Bahr, Nan.
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Pendergast, Donna.
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ISBN |
1741146739 (pbk.) |
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9781741146738 (pbk.) |
Standard No. |
YDXCP 2395276 |
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NZ1 9489974 |
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