$26.95 (Paperback book / Melb Univ Press / ISBN:9780522851755)
Teachers Who Change Lives
Teachers Who Change Livesconcerns outstanding teachers, and the qualities that enable them to help change students lives for the better. It focuses on learning and teaching as a relationship. The book is based on interviews with prominent Australians talking about the teachers who helped shape them, and on interviews with teachers well known for their excellence.
Andrew Metcalfe and Ann Game argue that outstanding teachers do not direct students, but instead draw out their potential, encouraging them to become more truly themselves. This occurs when teachers have respect for the unique wholeness of each student. The book is concerned with how teachers meet the challenge of maintaining their appreciation of students wholeness, even in crowded classrooms and stressful conditions.
The prominent achievers interviewed in this book include: Stephanie Alexander, Dawn Casey, Betty Churcher, Diana Doherty, Greg Chappell, Raimond Gaita, Helen Garner, Shane Gould, Julie McCrossin, Nick Jose, Drusilla Modjeska and Michael Kirby.
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$35.00 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
Boys' education continues to be a focus of public controversy and anxiety among teachers. Concern about boys general educational under-achievement and the impact this under-achievement has on the boys themselves, as well... More »
Uncovering Teacher Leadership
$65.00 (Paperback book / Sage )
Richard Ackerman and Sarah Mackenzie have gathered the top names in the field of teacher leadership into one volume. Full of classic essays and contemporary gems, this handbook discusses and explores teacher leadership i... More »
What Video Games Have To Teach Us About Learning And Literacy
$31.00 (Paperback book / Palgrave )
A controversial look at the positive things that can be learned from video games by a well known professor of education.
James Paul Gee begins his new book with: 'I want to talk about video games (yes, even violent video... More »
Blackboard And The Bottom Line Wy Schools Cant Be Businesses
$28.95 (Paperback book / Harvard Univ Pr )
In this provocative new book, Larry Cuban, one of the most distinguished scholars in education, takes aim at the alluring cliche that schools should be more businesslike, and shows that in its long history in business-mi... More »
Teachers Who Change Lives
$26.95 (Paperback book / Melb Univ Press )
Teachers Who Change Livesconcerns outstanding teachers, and the qualities that enable them to help change students lives for the better. It focuses on learning and teaching as a relationship. The book is based on intervi... More »
Enriching The Brain How To Maximize Every Learners Potential
$25.95 (Paperback book / Jossey Bass )
Eric Jensen, a leading expert in the translation of brain research into education, argues in Enriching the Brain that we greatly underestimate students' achievement capacity. Drawing from a wide range of neuroscience res... More »