Titles of Books, DVDs and Videos from U-Z
What's Worth Teaching? Selecting, Organizing, and Integrating Knowledge
Marion Brady$ 9.95
Marion Brady provides a workable framework for analyzing deficits of traditional curriculum and for creating curriculum appropriate for the 21st century. According to Brady, "The proper subject matter of education is reality." It should be demonstrably applicable to daily experience, universal, and equally valid for every student, as well as being integrated and part of a coherent conceptual structure. This is a "must-read" book for teachers and administrators, grades 7-12. (147 pages)
The Whole-Brain Solution
Tricia Armstrong$19.00
The Whole Brain Solution explores the primary thinking tools that are essential for students to become effective learners. Based on the needs of students in grades 6-12, the books features chapters on: observing, generating ideas, asking questions, connecting, making analogies, recognizing patterns, solving problems, and transforming information and synthesizing data. (160 pages)
Writing Procedures: Spyglass Series in VHS or DVD format
Susan Kovalik & Associates$21.95
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Part of the Spyglass Series of four, this one in the series demonstrates how to select and write procedures for frequently-occurring activities such as how to work together in your Learning Club, what to do when you've finished your assignment (individually or as a group), transition times, entering the room in the morning, leaving at the end of the day, going for lunch, returning to the classroom, going on a study trip, and more.
Your Personal Guide to Implementing the ITI Model: Stages 1 and 2
Karen D. Olsen$9.95
This guide is an indispensable companion for implementing the ITI model. Following the ITI Stages of Implementation, the handbook provides descriptors of what to do, what it looks like when students collaborate with their teacher — "the dance" — and what it looks like when students internalize ITI and "take flight." It is an excellent self-coaching guide and an invaluable communication tool when working with a coach. (Order 5 or more at $7.00 each) (56 pages)
Your Personal Guide to Implementing the ITI Model: Stage 3
Karen D. Olsen$9.95
This book continues the journey started with the above book. Identical in format and purpose, it addresses Stage 3 of the ITI Stages of Implementation. Includes a curriculum sample. (Order 5 or more at $7.00 each) (56 pages)