Education: the Basics
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Everyone knows that education is important. We are confronted daily by discussion of it in the media and by politicians, but how much do we really know about education? Education: The Basics is a lively and engaging introduction to education as an academic subject, taking into account both theory and practice. Covering the schooling system, the nature of knowledge and methods of teaching, this book analyses the viewpoints of both teachers and pupils. This fully updated second edition considers the many developments in education since the book was first released, brought about by political interventions and the changing social context, including the Covid-19 pandemic, new technologies, gender dysphoria and the deteriorating mental health of children and young people. Key questions are answered, including: * What is education and what is it for? * Where does education take place? * How do we learn? * Who are the students? * What is being taught in schools and universities and why? * What is the state of education across the world? With further reading suggested throughout, Education: The Basics is essential for all those embarking on undergraduate courses in Education and Education Studies, for those with an involvement in teaching at all levels, and for those with a general interest in this vital topic.
Step Aside : strategies for student-driven learning with secondary readers and writers
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All students can drive their own learning when we show them how. Humanized, equitable classrooms start with a commitment to building student agency. Step Aside offers clear, streamlined guidance for launching secondary students into high-level work that hinges on their ideas and insights. Sarah Zerwin writes from the complex and challenging space of daily life in a classroom. She knows student-driven learning does not mean students make all decisions about what happens in the classroom. It occupies a more nuanced space where teachers carefully curate the classroom experience and teach students how to navigate it on their own. Sarah has done the work to weave many resources into a Three Step Meaning Making Process that grows students' thinking. Each chapter offers effective, flexible strategies to put into practice immediately: Reading strategies that work for any text students need or want to read. Writing strategies that work for any text students need or want to write. Discussion strategies that students can use to talk things out with others, no matter the subject. Assessment strategies that show students how to set goals, track their progress, and learn anything they want to learn in their life, in or out of school. Especially when we notice our students are struggling, Step Aside reminds us we need to hold ourselves accountable for keeping out of the way of the most important work. Our students must read and write and think and discuss-on their own-to navigate the complexity of their lives.
Academic Identity in the Age of AI : Higher Education and the Digital Revolution
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As AI becomes increasingly integrated into the higher education sector, academics are grappling with an identity crisis. Academic Identity in the Age of AIexplores the impact of AI on the role of the academic, examines ethical considerations, and envisions the future of higher education academics in the AI era. Delving into the evolving landscape of higher education and its intersection with the rapid developments in generative artificial intelligence, Dr. Richard Nelson presents a comprehensive analysis of these crucial topics and offers insights into navigating the challenges and opportunities presented by the digital transformation of higher education with a key focus on the changing perception of the academic at this time. Chapters explore the historical context of academic identity and the challenges posed by the modern university, emphasising the shifting roles of academics and the complex impact of AI in academia on teaching, assessment and administrative tasks. Featuring compelling case studies illustrating how universities are harnessing the power of AI to innovate in teaching, learning, and research, Academic Identity in the Age of AIoffers valuable insights for educators, institution leaders, and policymakers seeking to navigate the ever-changing terrain of AI in education.
AI, Policy, and the Future of Human-Centered Education
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As AI becomes more integrated in teaching there is a pressing need for educational systems to remain rooted in human centered values. Policy frameworks play a pivotal role in guiding the ethical deployment of AI, safeguarding learner autonomy, and promoting meaningful human engagement in education. By exploring how thoughtful policy design can harmonize technological advancement with pedagogical integrity, educators can ensure that AI supports the human elements essential to transformative learning. AI, Policy, and the Future of Human-Centered Education explores how AI has revolutionized curriculum. This book addresses AI in higher education, providing a basis for studying how technology might improve learning outcomes, stimulate innovation, and solve social problems. Covering topics such as policy, education, and AI, this book is an excellent resource for university professors, lecturers, academic leaders, researchers, policymakers, and more.
Generative AI in Writing Education
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This book provides a theoretical framework to allow educators, researchers, and policymakers to better understand computer-generated writing and the policy and pedagogical implications of generative AI. Generative AI, such as ChatGPT and Gemini, has substantially disrupted educational spaces, forcing educators, policymakers, and other stakeholders to reconsider writing and how it should be used in education. Responding to this disruption, this book provides technically sound guidance on how various stakeholders should engage with generative AI. After providing a foundational and technical discussion of the technology, this book directly addresses the educational context. Informed by theories of learning and knowledge transfer and utilizing rhetorical theories of writing, this book assesses the impact of AI on student learning, student performance, and academic honesty and integrity. In doing so, the book outlines how generative AI can be both a help and a hindrance for students, enabling readers to craft informed and meaningful policies and successfully integrate AI in the composition classroom. This book will be of interest to scholars in the fields of Rhetoric and Composition, Technical Writing, Communication Studies, Linguistics, and TESOL, as well as to Education and Machine Learning policymakers, program directors, and researchers.
Generative AI in Higher Education: Guiding Principles for Teaching and Learning. Volume 1
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This book aims to investigate the effectiveness and ethical use of GenAI in higher education, which necessitates a comprehensive examination of existing research, guidance, procedures, and literature.
Using Generative AI Effectively in Higher Education : sustainable and ethical practices for learning, teaching and assessment
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Using Generative AI Effectively in Higher Education explores how higher education providers can realise their role and responsibility in harnessing the power of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) ethically and sustainably. This rich collection of established and evaluated practices from across global higher education offers a practical guide to leading an agile institutional response to emerging technologies, building critical digital literacy across an entire institution, and embedding the ethical and sustainable use of GenAI in teaching, learning, and assessment. Including reflections from stakeholders testifying to the value of the approaches outlined, the book examines how higher education can equip staff and students with the critical-digital literacy necessary to use GenAI in work, study, and social life responsibly and with integrity. It provides an evidence-based resource for any kind of higher education (HE) provider (modern, college-based, and research-focused) looking for inspiration and approaches which can build GenAI capability and includes chapters on the development of cross-institutional strategy, policies and processes, pedagogic practices, and critical-digital literacy. This resource will be invaluable to educational leaders, educational developers, learning developers, learning technologists, course administrators, quality assurance staff, and HE teachers wishing to embrace and adapt to a GenAI-enabled world.
AI As Help and Hindrance in Education
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AI is rapidly transforming the educational landscape, offering both challenges and opportunities. On one hand, AI enhances personalized learning experiences and streamlines administrative tasks. On the other hand, AI raises concerns around data privacy, academic integrity, and an over-reliance on automated systems. As educational institutions increasingly integrate AI into classrooms and curriculums, it is essential to understand its dual role as a powerful tool and a potential obstacle. AI as Help and Hindrance in Education explores the use of AI in learning platforms. It comprehensively discusses both the opportunities and challenges to the integration of AI in education. Covering topics such as bilingualism, online course evaluations, and virtual learning environments, this book is an excellent resource for educators, academic researchers, students, instructional designers, school administrators, and education technology professionals in both the public and private sectors.
Learning with AI : The K-12 Teacher's Guide to a New Era of Human Learning
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A practical guide for K-12 teachers on integrating AI tools in the classroom. ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence programs are revolutionizing the way we learn, create, and think. In Learning with AI, Joan Monahan Watson offers an essential guide for harnessing AI as a powerful educational tool. Building on José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson's groundbreaking guide Teaching with AI, this book shows teachers how to implement AI tools in the classroom. Developed for primary and secondary school teachers, Learning with AI presents a powerful overview of the evolving trends of AI in education and offers invaluable insights into what artificial intelligence can accomplish in the classroom and beyond. By learning how to use new AI tools and resources, educators can empower themselves to navigate the challenges and seize the opportunities presented by AI. From interactive learning techniques to advanced assignment and assessment strategies, this comprehensive guide offers practical suggestions for integrating AI effectively into teaching and learning environments. In the age of AI, critical thinking skills and information literacy are more important than ever. As AI continues to reshape the nature of human thinking and learning, educators must develop and promote AI literacy to equip students with the skills they need to thrive in a rapidly evolving world. This book serves as a compass, guiding educators of all disciplines through the uncharted territory of AI-powered education and the future of teaching and learning.
Try to Love the Questions : from debate to dialogue in classrooms and life
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An essential guide to dialogue in the college classroom and beyond Try to Love the Questions gives college students a framework for understanding and practicing dialogue across difference in and out of the classroom. This invaluable guide explores the challenges facing students as they prepare to listen, speak, and learn in a college community and encourages students and faculty alike to consider inclusive, respectful communication as a skill--not as a limitation on freedom. Among the most common challenges on college campuses today is figuring out how to navigate our politically charged culture and engage productively with opposing viewpoints. Lara Schwartz introduces the fundamental principles of free expression, academic freedom, and academic dialogue, showing how open expression is the engine of social progress, scholarship, and inclusion. She sheds light on the rules and norms that govern campus discourse--such as the First Amendment, campus expression policies, and academic standards--and encourages students to adopt a mindset of inquiry that embraces uncertainty and a love of questions. Empowering students, scholars, and instructors to listen generously, explore questions with integrity, and communicate to be understood, Try to Love the Questions includes writing exercises and discussion questions in every chapter, making it an indispensable resource for anyone interested in practicing good-faith dialogue.
Understanding and Using Reading Assessment, K-12
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Well established as a teaching resource and course text, this guide to the "whats," "how-tos," and "whys" of reading assessment is now in a thoroughly revised fourth edition. Peter Afflerbach succinctly introduces major types of assessments, including formative and summative performance assessments, teacher questioning, and high-stakes testing. He provides an innovative framework (the CURRV model) for evaluating the suitability of assessments and combining them effectively to meet all students' needs. Emphasis is given to assessing core reading skills and strategies as well as noncognitive and social-emotional aspects of reading development. Helpful features include detailed examples of assessment done well, within-chapter "Enhance Your Understanding" questions and activities, and 25 reproducible and downloadable checklists and forms. New to This Edition Explains assessment in a science-of-reading context. Increased focus on equity issues, plus updated theory and research throughout. Chapter on assessing early reading. Chapter on assessing digital and critical reading.
Developing Student Engagement Opportunities in Higher Education
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Learner and faculty engagement has become a critical focus in the evolving landscape of higher education, especially in the wake of technological advancements, declining enrollments, and shifting student demographics. Understanding functions across various modalities is essential for ensuring educational effectiveness and equity. As institutions increasingly serve adult learners and nontraditional students, innovative strategies and policies are needed to support meaningful participation and persistence. Exploring engagement across diverse learning environments not only informs instructional practice but also guides institutional planning and policy development. Developing Student Engagement Opportunities in Higher Education offers new models for engagement of students, faculty, and administrators. It provides information for policies and program implementation, and reviews instructional strategies for learner engagement. Covering topics such as adult learners, general education, and youth development, this book is an excellent resource for graduate students, administrators, librarians, career counselors, faculty, researchers, academicians, and more.
Literacy Unlocked : How to Implement the Science of Reading with Young Learners
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The latest research and most effective teaching tools for better early literacy instruction Literacy Unlocked explores the pivotal role of early literacy instruction in shaping a child's reading development and overall academic success. Shifting the focus from reactive intervention to a proactive approach that addresses problems before they arise, this book equips readers with research-backed insights and practical, accessible strategies to implement the science of reading to ensure future generations excel in literacy. Each chapter includes a link leading readers to supplementary online materials that can be utilized in instruction. Written by Amie Burkholder, K-5 literacy coach and CEO of Literacy Edventures, a popular early literacy learning platform, this book explores ideas including: The brain science of reading, with information on brain plasticity and the roles of the frontal, occipital-temporal, and parietal-temporal regions The disconnect in learning phonemic awareness and phonics separately, and why and how to address it as instructors Prerequisites for effective handwriting instruction, such as fine motor skills, pencil grip and posture, and understanding writing lines The importance of predictable routines in literacy instruction to help alleviate excessive student cognitive load, including the use of decodable texts Cutting to the crux of better literacy instruction in simple language that anyone can understand, Literacy Unlocked is an essential resource for K-5 teachers, administrators, instructional assistants, reading specialists, and literacy coaches.
The Intentional Teacher : choosing the best strategies for young children's learning
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Seminal Text Updated and Revised Teachers of young children have turned to this book again and again for guidance on how to intentionally engage young children in meaningful learning across domains and content areas. Updated by subject matter experts and based on current thinking in each content area, this third edition provides invaluable advice to help teachers make thoughtful, intentional use of both child-guided and adult-guided learning experiences that build on children's interests and focus on what they need to learn to be successful in school and in life. Highlights of the new edition include Practical, equitable teaching strategies that support each child's learning Ways to integrate the social, cultural, and linguistic contexts of children and families into classroom curriculum and learning experiences Considerations for children with disabilities or delays and for dual language learners Plus, new features provide Learning objectives in each chapter Updated classroom-based examples, including illustrations of culturally responsive strategies Connections to developmentally appropriate practice With this new edition, beginning and experienced teachers alike will find timeless and timely approaches to knowing when to step in and when to step back.
Making Sense of Phonics : The Hows and Whys
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Now in a revised and updated third edition incorporating a decade of additional research and classroom experience, this book has helped over 100,000 primary-grades teachers understand and successfully apply the science of reading in phonics instruction. Isabel L. Beck and Mark E. Beck present innovative approaches to assessing and teaching letter-sound relationships, blending, Word Building, multisyllabic decoding, fluency, and more. A wealth of reproducible forms and word lists can be copied from the book or downloaded and printed; the companion website also features supplemental word lists, word and syllable cards, and 30 illustrated Syllasearch stories. Engaging teacher anecdotes and end-of-chapter "Your Turn" activities enhance the book's utility as a professional development resource and course text. New to This Edition *Chapter on the key role of phonics in today's literacy programs--with a focus on what is needed for high-quality instruction aligned with the science of reading. *Chapter on extending Word Building instruction to small groups and individual students. *Extensive revision of the Syllasearch activity for decoding multisyllabic words. *Expanded reproducible and downloadable tools, including enhanced Word Building lists, new Syllasearch lists (with teaching tips), and eight new Syllasearch stories.
Shifting the Balance, Grades 3-5 : 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Upper Elementary Classroom
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In this much anticipated follow-up to their groundbreaking book, Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom, authors Jan Burkins and Kari Yates, together with co-author Katie Cunningham, extend the conversation in Shifting the Balance, Grades 3-5: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Upper Elementary Classroom. This new text is built in mind specifically for grades 3-5 teachers around best practices for the intermediate classroom. Shifting the Balance, Grades 3-5 introduces six more shifts across individual chapters that: Zoom in on a common (but not-as helpful-as-we-had-hoped) practice to reconsider Untangle a number of "misunderstandings" that have likely contributed to the use of the common practice Propose a more science-aligned shift to the current practice Provide solid scientific research to support the revised practice Offer a collection of high-leverage, easy-to-implement instructional routines to support the shift to more brain-friendly instruction The authors offer a refreshing approach that is respectful, accessible, and practical - grounded in an earnest commitment to building a bridge between research and classroom practice. As with the first Shifting the Balance, they aim to keep students at the forefront of reading instruction.
How to Mentor Anyone in Academia
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A practical guide to the art of mentorship in higher education Mentoring is integral to how academics are formed and what trajectories their careers will take. Yet until recently, no one was trained to do it, and many academics have ingrained assumptions about mentorship that no longer fit the lives, needs, and aspirations of mentees. How to Mentor Anyone in Academia shares proven techniques for the professional development of junior faculty, postdocs, and graduate students in today's rapidly changing academic landscape. Drawing on her experience as a professional coach who has worked closely with hundreds of students and faculty across the humanities, sciences, and social sciences, Maria LaMonaca Wisdom coaches readers in how to create their own signature approach to mentoring. She highlights the importance of honoring the unique backgrounds, values, and goals of mentees, and of self-knowledge and self-reflection for mentors. Through a series of "coaching moments," Wisdom enables readers to reflect on a range of relevant topics, including empathy and active listening, clarifying expectations, balancing firmness with heart, being attentive to power dynamics, time management and setting goals, mentoring for careers beyond the academy, and self-care for both mentors and mentees. Incisive and accessible, How to Mentor Anyone in Academia offers strategies and tools supported by the latest data on effective mentorship, helping mentors and mentees build dynamic relationships, identify what's working and what's not, and map out strategies for continued growth.
Higher Education Classrooms As Places for Inquiry
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In higher Education classrooms, the transmission of knowledge is vital in intellectual growth. In this era of rapid social and global change, fostering a culture of inquiry in a classroom is essential to engage students. These learning environments encourage students to question assumptions and engage in diverse perspectives. Higher education classrooms can be intentionally designed and facilitated as dynamic spaces for inquiry, empowering students to take ownership of their learning and contribute meaningfully to academic and societal discourse. Higher Education Classrooms as Places for Inquiry: Stories and Methods from Practitioner Researchers explores similar ethical, epistemological, and political issues raised across different research genres. This book presents an array of practitioner research genres from action/participatory action research, teacher research, self-study, the scholarship of teaching and learning, and more. Covering topics such as digital learning, practitioner inquiry, and teaching experiences, this book is an excellent resource for educators, administrators, policy makers, pre-service educators, researchers, academicians, and more.
What Can I Get Out of This? : Teaching and Learning in a Classroom Full of Skeptics
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An eloquent and moving story about the value and the pleasures of intellectual exploration—and why it matters beyond the classroom. At a time when college students and their parents often question the'return on investment'from humanities courses, accomplished feature writer and English professor Carlo Rotella invites us into the minds of a group of skeptical first-year students who are ultimately transformed by a required literature class. In What Can I Get Out of This? he follows thirty-three students through his class to provide an intimate look at teaching and learning from their perspectives as well as his own. The students'reluctance—'How does this get me a job?'—transforms into insight as they wrestle with challenging books, share ideas, discover how to think critically, and form a community. In all these ways, they learn how to extract meaning from the world around them, an essential life skill. Confronting skeptics of higher education, this compassionate and inspiring book reveals the truth of what students actually experience in college.
Sunk Cost : Who's to Blame for the Nation's Broken Student Loan System and How to Fix It
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Exposes the forgotten origins of the student loan system, how politicians have attempted to fix it, and the life-altering damage borrowers face. Student-loan horror stories are a dime a dozen. But students today are faced with a seemingly insurmountable paradox: Research consistently shows that the clearest viable option to financial stability is a college degree. But if and when Americans decide to pursue diplomas, student loan payments quickly follow, and even after securing full-time employment, many borrowers struggle to make ends meet for years. In Sunk Cost, journalist Jillian Berman explores how the nation's student loan program went from a well-intentioned initiative aimed at helping low- and middle-income students afford college to one that traps borrowers in long-term debt. Berman interviewed dozens of borrowers and policymakers and dug into the archives to unearth the true causes of the student loan problem. A couple of generations ago, policy makers generously subsidized Americans' college educations because they knew it would be advantageous for the entire country: a more educated population meant better quality of life for all. But today, higher education is viewed as an individual goal, so students and their families are expected to be on the hook for it themselves. Berman explains how this enormous shift happened, which industries benefit from it, and what it means for college-going Americans today. She shares real-life stories of college graduates who are being crushed under some of the harshest consequences of the student loan system. These borrowers pursued higher education in hopes of a better life and yet some have been trapped in debt for decades, making it difficult to put food on the table, much less imagine a life beyond debt. By connecting personal accounts to the policy history of student loans, Berman makes clear that if American society continues to push students toward higher education, but fails to truly subsidize it, the financial strain will become unbearable for all but the most privileged. The current system is broken, but Berman proposes that significant changes are possible, and will require political will from state lawmakers and Congress, along with a philosophical shift, to tackle one of the largest consumer finance challenges of our time.
Advances in Technological Innovations in Higher Education : Theory and Practices
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The evolution of technology in education can no longer be comprehended simply by looking at the use of computers and networks. Technology is not just a supplementary tool to the conventional method of education. Education has to undergo a complete transformation with technological innovations for the sustainability of quality education as a system and not in silos. Sustainability in education also necessitates a more workable strategy to realize socially viable educational policies and practices which can focus more on personalized learning. Due to various factors like emerging technologies; changing needs of the learners; policy reforms for enhancing employability; and emphasis on uninterrupted education as in the case of the pandemic scenario of COVID-19, there is a need to steer a major transition in the education system. The education system has to be real and proficient for it to be instrumental to nurture an informed and knowledgeable society. This book on technological innovations in higher education is organized, largely, based on the diversity of higher education ecosystems that are supported by technological innovations. Various author viewpoints give insights into the full potential of technology as well as its risks in interrelated areas of higher education to work towards sustainability of value-based quality education across the globe.
Overcoming Test Anxiety
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This state-of-the-art resource offers school and clinical professionals a comprehensive approach to addressing test anxiety in students from sixth grade through college and beyond (ages 11 to adulthood). The book uniquely combines acceptance-based behavior therapy interventions with practical strategies for improving study skills and enhancing test performance. By learning to disengage from unhealthy worries, students can decrease avoidance and unlock their academic potential. In a convenient large-size format, the book features sample dialogues and scripts, concrete test-taking guidance, and 27 reproducible handouts that can be downloaded and printed. This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series, edited by Sandra M. Chafouleas.
Children's Literacy Development : A Cross-Cultural Perspective on Learning to Read and Write
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In the updated third edition of this unique book, Catherine McBride looks at reading and writing development and impairment across a range of languages, scripts, and contexts. This new edition highlights multiliteracy and multilingualism and broadly explores the science of reading.
Values, Education, Emotional Learning, and the Quest for Justice in Education
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In this book, emotional teaching-learning is explored as it is cultivated based on teachers' and learners' attraction to reasonableness and emotions and can give rise to a plausible form of decoloniality or decolonisation in and through education. It is argued that when the latter manifests, the democratic transformation of education might ensue. Put differently, decoloniality and/or decolonisation of education is a substantive way to look at the democratisation and, by implication, transformation of education and schooling. Readers are invited to engage with the meanings espoused throughout this book in the quest to cultivate a genuinely decolonial form of education in universities and schools, where values education should be enacted reasonably and emotively in such educational institutions. Teachers and learners cannot remain silent when oppressive and hegemonic forces of modernity continue to guide educational practices in institutions. Contributors are: Ahoud Alasfour, N'Dri Thérèse Assié-Lumumba, Emiliano Bosio, José Brás, Juan Carlos Rodriguez Camacho, Michael Cottrell, Lucimar Dantas, Amanda Fiore, Carla Galego, Maria Neves Gonçalves, Logan Govender, Beatriz Koppe, Sibonokuhle Ndlovu, Phefumula Nyoni, Adaobiagu Nnemdi Obiagu, Peter Oyewole, Theresa A. Papp, Martyn Reynolds, Kabini Sanga, V. Sucharita, Yusef Waghid and Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis.
Leading Anti-Bias Early Childhood Programs : a guide to change, for change
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This popular book focuses on the leader's role in initiating and sustaining anti-bias education in programs for young children and their families. This second edition emphasizes how the journey requires thoughtful, strategic, long-term planning that addresses all components of an early childhood care and education program. The authors, who are recognized leaders and experts on anti-bias education with extensive experience as early childhood directors, use a powerful combination of frameworks and practical tools to explain the structural and individual changes that leaders must foster. This updated edition features anti-bias leaders from diverse settings who share their insights and strategies for working with teachers and families. It is essential reading for current and aspiring leaders seeking change in early childhood settings. Book Features: The principles and guidelines for program-wide transformation. Professional development activities for teachers at all levels of awareness and experience in anti-bias education. Approaches for engaging with families around social justice values. Strategies for supporting and strengthening the leader's ability to initiate and sustain anti-bias change. Support for leaders in embracing and negotiating positive conflict and responding to opposition to anti-bias change. Tools for documenting a program's readiness for and progress in anti-bias education. New for the Second Edition: Voices and wisdom of additional leaders from the field, highlighting BIPOC center directors from diverse settings. Updated research, references, and terminology on early childhood care, education leadership, and anti-bias education. New and expanded strategies and activities for teacher professional development and family engagement based on 7 years of using the first edition. Expanded section on responding to opposition to anti-bias education, addressing the current political environment.
Teaching Beyond Spoken Words : communicating with bilingual nonspeaking children in the classroom
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This book presents strategies to help educators understand, communicate with, and support their multilingual nonspeaking children. We often tell parents and caregivers to carry over specific skills and strategies that are taught to their children in classrooms and provider sessions, but rarely, if ever, do we encourage educators to carry over strategies that are occurring in the child's family and community. Centered on case studies of four families of nonspeaking bilingual children, this book demonstrates the vibrant communication systems families create to navigate daily life together. Each chapter includes teaching tools and blueprints for collaborating with students and families to best support bilingual nonspeaking learners--and all children--through expansive classroom communication. Teaching Beyond Spoken Words includes graphic organizers and lesson materials for incorporating multimodal, multilingual communication practices into preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school classrooms and learning spaces. Book Features: Centers the communication practices of bilingual nonspeaking children to rewrite how everyone communicates in the classroom. Offers a roadmap for expanding perceptions of communication, bilingualism, and meaning-making to improve learning for all students and educators. Includes "Teaching in Action" materials with every chapter to help readers enact communicative justice in their own learning communities and classrooms.
Equitable Literacy Instruction for Students in Poverty
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"Equitable Literacy Instruction for Students in Poverty assembles the knowledge of respected researchers, practitioners, and school leaders about how to support successful literacy development for students living in poverty. It is a must-read for all who care about literacy, equity, and empowerment." --Linda Darling-Hammond, president, Learning Policy Institute, and author of The Flat World and Education Differences in performance between students living in poverty and more advantaged students are reflective of an opportunity gap, as opposed to a gap in student ability. Walker-Dalhouse and Risko focus on disparities in literacy achievement that might be attributed to color-blind practices, deficit mindsets, low expectations, or context-neutral practices. Situating literacy learning within a comprehensive view of literacy development, they provide a set of instructional practices that will best support students living in poverty. Specifically, vignettes from kindergarten through middle school classrooms are used to demonstrate practices that address critical areas of the reading process; are responsive to students' racial, ethnic, cultural, gender, and linguistic histories and assets; attend to students' strengths and needs; and go beyond short-term gains on high-stakes tests to support optimal and sustainable learning. Equitable Literacy Instruction for Students in Poverty features vignettes from leading literacy scholars, including Elizabeth Baker, Susan Cantrell, Jill Lewis Spector, Allison Skerrett, and Kelly Wissman. Readers can use this resource to transform schools into nurturing and vibrant communities that are committed to change, equity, and diversity. Book Features: Provides recommendations and detailed guidance for enacting literacy instruction that will close opportunity gaps for students living in poverty. Demonstrates high-quality literacy instruction implemented in K-8 classrooms. Presents instruction that is responsive to differences and honors the languages, literacies, and cultural resources that students bring to their learning. Offers specific recommendations and practices that can guide advocacy for change.
Go! Microsoft Office 365 comprehensive. Word 2021
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Creating documents with Microsoft word -- Creating cover letters and using tables to create resumes -- Creating research papers, newsletters, and merged mailing labels -- Using styles and creating multilevel list and charts -- Using advanced table features and advanced editing tools -- Building documents from reusable content and revising documents using markup tools -- Creating word macros and modifying documents components -- Creating merged documents creating forms, customizing word, and preparing documents for review and distribution -- Working with long documents.
Triptych : death, AI, and librarianship
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What if libraries could save lives--not just inform them? In a time of rising social isolation, ideological division, and technological upheaval, libraries stand at a crossroads. In Triptych: Death, AI, and Librarianship, acclaimed scholar R. David Lankes--joined by Jain Orr and Qianzi Cao--delivers a bold, urgent, and deeply human call to action for the library profession. Structured around three provocative lectures, this book challenges librarians to move beyond traditional service models and embrace their role as agents of social transformation. Lankes argues that libraries are not neutral spaces but vital social infrastructure--places where communities can reconnect, reclaim agency, and resist the despair that threatens democratic societies. From confronting the rise of book bans and the erosion of intellectual freedom, to navigating the ethical minefields of artificial intelligence, Triptych explores the evolving identity of librarianship in the 21st century. It champions the power of storytelling, the necessity of joy in the face of adversity, and the radical inclusion of "feral librarians"--those who enter the profession through unconventional paths but embody its deepest values. Inside, readers will discover: A compelling redefinition of librarianship rooted in mission, means, and values A critical examination of AI's impact on trust, literacy, and community A passionate defense of libraries as democratic spaces for dialogue and dissent A call to embrace joy, empathy, and adaptability as professional imperatives A vision for a post-industrial, community-centered library movement Whether you're a librarian, educator, policymaker, or advocate for social justice, Triptych offers a powerful framework for reimagining the future of libraries--not as passive repositories, but as dynamic, life-saving institutions. This is not just a book about libraries. It's a manifesto for those who believe in the power of knowledge, community, and human connection.
That Librarian : The Fight Against Book Banning in America
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Amanda Jones started getting death threats, all for standing up for our right to read . . . but she's not stopped fighting against book bans, or stopped advocating for access to diverse stories."-Oprah Winfrey, in a speech at the 2023 National Book Awards Part memoir, part manifesto, the inspiring story of a Louisiana librarian advocating for inclusivity on the front lines of our vicious culture wars. One of the things small town librarian Amanda Jones values most about books is how they can affirm a young person's sense of self. So in 2022, when she caught wind of a local public hearing that would discuss "book content," she knew what was at stake. Schools and libraries nationwide have been bombarded by demands for books with LGTBQ+ references, discussions of racism, and more to be purged from the shelves. Amanda would be damned if her community were to ban stories representing minority groups. She spoke out that night at the meeting. Days later, she woke up to a nightmare that is still ongoing. Amanda Jones has been called a groomer, a pedo, and a porn-pusher; she has faced death threats and attacks from strangers and friends alike. Her decision to support a collection of books with diverse perspectives made her a target for extremists using book banning campaigns-funded by dark money organizations and advanced by hard right politicians-in a crusade to make America more white, straight, and "Christian." But Amanda Jones wouldn't give up without a fight: she sued her harassers for defamation and urged others to join her in the resistance. Mapping the book banning crisis occurring all across the nation, That Librarian draws the battle lines in the war against equity and inclusion, calling book lovers everywhere to rise in defense of our readers. "As an author whose novels have been banned . . . I have been waiting for a book like this one."-Jodi Picoult "A fantastic book."-Ann Patchett "Thank you [Amanda Jones] for fighting back . . . People like you are TRUE heroes. TRUE treasures."-Jason Reynolds