The Dramatic Arts and Cultural Studies : Educating Against the Grain

Kathleen S. Berry
Paperback - $84.95

With the current, fast-paced, major philosophical challenges to modern life and its institutional constructs, artists and teachers involved in the multiple aspects of the dramatic arts are faced with demands to create a lucid postmodern play of ideas ...

Homeschooling : Take a Deep Breath - You Can Do This!

Terrie Lynn Bittner
Paperback - $24.95

If you want to homeschool your children but dont think you have the ability, Terries book will take you by the hand and show you how. She breaks the job down into doable chunks and carefully explains each part, giving you the confidence you need to g ...

Tools of the Mind : The Vygotskian Approach to Early Childhood Education

Elena Bodrova
Paperback - $62.95

This unique text provides in-depth information about major concepts and principles of the cultural-historical theory developed by Lev Vygotsky, his students and colleagues, as well as three generations of neo-Vygotskian scholars in Russia and in the ...

The Classroom Observer : Developing Observation Skills in Early Childhood Settings

Ann E. Boehm
Paperback - $44.95

Includes new focuses on: Procedures for observing environmental factors that affect learning and behavior
-- Understanding the cultural and linguistic characteristics of children's learning environments
-- The key role of observation in the ass ...

Acting in Classroom Drama : A Critical Analysis

Gavin M. Bolton
Paperback - $61.95

Classroom drama is now a widespread component of the language arts. Yet there has not been an overall analysis of theory, practice, and assessment until the publication of this book by Gavin Bolton.

Children at Play : Using Waldorf Principles to Foster Childhood Development

Heidi Britz-Crecelius
Paperback - $17.95

Children at Play is an insightful exploration into the world of children's play and its tremendous significance in the shaping of each child's humanity. A mother and proponent of Rudolf Steiner's Waldorf system of education, author Heidi Britz-Crecel ...

Young Children's Literacy Development and the Role of Televisual Texts

Naima Browne
Hardcover - $327.95

Explores and analyses the ways in which very young children's developing literacy can be supported by their experience of watching TV and videos. Specifically, the book addresses ways teachers can use children's experience of watching stories on vide ...

Young Children's Literacy Development and the Role of Televisual Texts

Naima Browne
Paperback - $107.95

Explores and analyzes the ways in which very young children's developing literacy can be supported by their experience of watching TV and videos. Specifically, the book addresses ways teachers can use children's experience of watching stories on vide ...

Inquiry and Reflection : Framing Narrative Practice in Education

Diane Dubose Brunner
Paperback - $50.95

SelfDesign : Nurturing Genius Through Natural Learning

Brent Cameron
Paperback - $27.95

SelfDesign, a methodology developed by Brent Cameron over the past 23 years, is much more than another take-off from traditional teaching methods. It is instead a philosophy and a practice based in the belief that children are natural learners. Camer ...