Literacy
Time for Science Education: How Teaching the History and Philosophy of Pendulum Motion can Contribute to Science Literacy
The book demonstrates the importance of history and philosophy of science for science education. It provides a case study of the pendulum, showing the pivotal role played by the pendulum in the Scientific Revolution. It describes how the pendulum enabled the creation of accurate clocks that, among other things, enabled the long-standing problem of longitude to be solved. The book charts how the solution of the longitude problem was of enormous social, economic and cultural significance for European and consequently world history…. More >>
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Primary Education: Preschool Education, Secondary Education, North America, Secondary School, Middle School, Literacy, Western World
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Primary education is the first stage of compulsory education. It is preceded by pre-school or nursery education and is followed by secondary education. In North America this stage of education is usually known as elementary education. In most countries, it is compulsory for children to receive primary education, though in many jurisdictions it is permissible for parents to provide it. The transition to secondary school or high school is somewhat arbitrary, but it generally occurs at about eleven or twelve years of age. Some educational systems have separate middle schools with the transition to the final stage of education taking place at around the age of fourteen…. More >>
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Leaping Literacy
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Did you know that the more senses we involve-the more likely the learning is to stick? Leaping Literacy selections encourage learning to stick! Children get to use their eyes, ears, and hands as they practice segmentation, listening, creating rhyming word families, identifying onomatopoeia, moving left to right and top to bottom and much more. Leaping Literacy is a fun-filled way to enhance reading readiness everyday. Activity Guide, lyrics and literature links enclosed…. More >>
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The Complete 4 for Literacy
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This book provides an organizational framework, detailed models, lessons and practical support for mapping and building grade-specific curriculum across the school year through four major types of units of study—strategy, process, genre, and conventions—that integrate reading and writing. Allyn equips teachers to identify the big ideas and deep understandings they want to develop in children and shows how to use them framing a year, a unit and a lesson in the teaching of reading and writing. For use with Grades K–6…. More >>
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Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know
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In this forceful manifesto, Hirsch argues that children in the U.S. are being deprived of the basic knowledge that would enable them to function in contemporary society. Includes 5,000 essential facts to know…. More >>
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