The Trouble With Play
Title | The Trouble With Play PDF eBook |
Author | Grieshaber, Susan |
Publisher | McGraw-Hill Education (UK) |
Total Pages | 142 |
Release | 2010-09-01 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 0335237916 |
This book departs from some of the ideas about play that are held dear by many in early childhood education and prompts teachers to understand and implement thoughtful approaches to play in the early years, raising questions about fairness and equity.
Just Playing?
Title | Just Playing? PDF eBook |
Author | Janet R. Moyles |
Publisher | UK Higher Education OUP Humanities & Social Sciences Education OUP |
Total Pages | 190 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9780335095643 |
Just Playing explores why we should encourage, promote, value and initiate play in our classrooms, and why teachers should be part of it. Janet Moyles draws on research findings from several countries which provide further evidence for establishing the value of play. She focuses on children between 4 and 8, examining the principles of play in early childhood education, and indicates how these principles can be put into practice. She provides a full justification for including play in the early years curriculum and encourages teachers, through examples of children at play, to review their own thinking on the issues in the light of core curriculum pressures. This is essential reading for trainee and practising nursery and primary teachers and nursery nurses; and for all those concerned with the education and development of young children.
Arthur's Teacher Trouble Book/tape
Title | Arthur's Teacher Trouble Book/tape PDF eBook |
Author | Marc Brown |
Publisher | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | 32 |
Release | 1994-05-02 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780316113892 |
This package contains a classic Arthur adventure, illustrated with bright, bold, full-color art, and a fun filled sound track that includes lively character voices and an original musical score. There's even a new theme song, ""Say Hello to Arthur?"," included on both sides.
The Trouble with Boys
Title | The Trouble with Boys PDF eBook |
Author | Peg Tyre |
Publisher | Harmony |
Total Pages | 322 |
Release | 2009-08-11 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 0307381293 |
From the moment they step into the classroom, boys begin to struggle. They get expelled from preschool nearly five times more often than girls; in elementary school, they’re diagnosed with learning disorders four times as often. By eighth grade huge numbers are reading below basic level. And by high school, they’re heavily outnumbered in AP classes and, save for the realm of athletics, show indifference to most extracurricular activities. Perhaps most alarmingly, boys now account for less than 43 percent of those enrolled in college, and the gap widens every semester! The imbalance in higher education isn’t just a “boy problem,” though. Boys’ decreasing college attendance is bad news for girls, too, because admissions officers seeking balanced student bodies pass over girls in favor of boys. The growing gender imbalance in education portends massive shifts for the next generation: how much they make and whom they marry. Interviewing hundreds of parents, kids, teachers, and experts, award-winning journalist Peg Tyre drills below the eye-catching statistics to examine how the educational system is failing our sons. She explores the convergence of culprits, from the emphasis on high-stress academics in preschool and kindergarten, when most boys just can’t tolerate sitting still, to the outright banning of recess, from the demands of No Child Left Behind, with its rigid emphasis on test-taking, to the boy-unfriendly modern curriculum with its focus on writing about “feelings” and its purging of “high-action” reading material, from the rise of video gaming and schools’ unease with technology to the lack of male teachers as role models. But this passionate, clearheaded book isn’t an exercise in finger-pointing. Tyre, the mother of two sons, offers notes from the front lines—the testimony of teachers and other school officials who are trying new techniques to motivate boys to learn again, one classroom at a time. The Trouble with Boys gives parents, educators, and anyone concerned about the state of education a manifesto for change—one we must undertake right away lest school be-come, for millions of boys, unalterably a “girl thing.”
What If Everybody Did That?
Title | What If Everybody Did That? PDF eBook |
Author | Ellen Javernick |
Publisher | Marshall Cavendish |
Total Pages | 40 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780761456865 |
"Text first published in 1990 by Children's Press, Inc."
The Trouble with Being Tucker Dowt
Title | The Trouble with Being Tucker Dowt PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. |
Total Pages | 48 |
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The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Grownups
Title | The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Grownups PDF eBook |
Author | Stan Berenstain |
Publisher | Random House Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | 34 |
Release | 2014-02-26 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0375980857 |
Come for a visit in Bear Country with this classic First Time Book® from Stan and Jan Berenstain. Brother and Sister think Mama and Papa are too bossy, so the Bear family decides to switch places so they can see what life is like through each other’s eyes. This beloved story is a perfect way to teach children about empathy and appreciating their family.