Eleanor Duckworth's ideas contained in these timeless essays are more important than ever
to the public discourse on education. They are a much-needed antidote to many of today's …

This book examines how teachers and students actually go about their classroom business.
It carefully avoids the assumptions of policy-makers and theorists about what ought to be …

These essays follow a veteran teacher educator and school reform activist as he tries to
understand an enterprise he calls" mysterious and immeasurable." By focusing on the …

Rick and William Ayers renew their challenge to teachers to teach initiative, to teach
imagination, to" teach the taboo" in the new edition of this bestseller. Drawing from a lifetime …

In this wonderful collection, Duckworth and six of her colleagues describe learners (who
range in age from five to adulthood) coming to connect with different subject matters—from …

Foreword--Introduction--Reconstruction of educational research--Psychology and
mathematics education--The psychology of school subjects: a premature obituary …

Explaining that no definitive pedagogy flows from the developmental theory of Jean Piaget,
the author explores ways that classroom teachers can nevertheless make powerful use of …

Using vivid examples, classroom strategies, teaching tips and feedback tools, this book
demonstrates how to improve teaching skills. Weimer dissects the elements of good …

Rather than simply outlining the classical and modern theories of learning, this widely
adopted text brings the material to life through case studies that engage students in debates …