Lopsided Schools introduces readers to the case method. It is intended for school administrators, instructors, guidance counselors, teacher trainers, school board members, parents, and the general pub
The case method is a question-based approach to teaching and learning. Giordano (education, University of North Florida) introduces the case method and helps readers apply it to various events and tre
"Early and recent school reformers demanded greater funding. They insisted that they needed it to protect children, the economy, and the nation. This book uses the case method to analyze the budgets t
Early and recent school reformers demanded greater funding. They insisted that they needed it to protect children, the economy, and the nation. This book uses the case method to analyze the budgets th
Teachers Go to Rehab examines the advice given to teachers from multiple critics both historically and recently. This book looks at the scope, cost, and impact of this advice to teachers, as well as t
Giordano (research, U. of North Florida) offer readers a history of advocacy for and obstacles to special education in American public and private schools. Chapters discuss the categorization of speci
Giordana (education, U. of North Florida) examines how tests originally designed to assess student progress became the foundations of curricula, learning materials, and practice, and then expanded bey
This account of the various controversies caused by textbooks, their content, marketing, illustration, and publishers, provides an insight into the societal and educational concerns in the US through
Parents have questions for school administrators. They want to know how they hire teachers, erect facilities, select learning materials, protect students, allocate budgets, use data, make forecasts, m
Parents have questions for school administrators. They want to know how they hire teachers, erect facilities, select learning materials, protect students, allocate budgets, use data, make forecasts, m
This books highlights the questions that parents have posed about learners. It also highlights the groups that responded to their question, the answers they gave, the rhetoric in which they couched th
This books highlights the questions that parents have posed about learners. It also highlights the groups that responded to their question, the answers they gave, the rhetoric in which they couched th
Teachers Go to Rehab examines the advice given to teachers from multiple critics both historically and recently. This book looks at the scope, cost, and impact of this advice to teachers, as well as t
This book enables readers to differentiate substantive from cockeyed suggestions for improving schools.. It directs them to the suggestions that scholastic experts, politicians, and members of the pub
Parents want teachers to explain how they instruct children. They become annoyed when the teachers are silent or surly. Parents counter with explicit, common sense questions: how do teachers arouse in
Parents want teachers to explain how they instruct children. They become annoyed when the teachers are silent or surly. Parents counter with explicit, common sense questions: how do teachers arouse in