Teaching middle years : rethinking curriculum, pedagogy and assessment
A comprehensive introduction to the rapidly growing area of middle schooling, for teachers, teacher education students and school administrators
1 online resource (xxii, 345 pages)
9781741156263, 1741156262
173265490
The middle years as a site for education reform
The emergence of middle schooling / Donna Pendergast
The philosophy of middle schooling / Rod Chadbourne and Donna Pendergast
The middle years learner / Nan Bahr
Understanding the adolescent brain / Michael C. Nagel
Producing resilient middle school students / Lesley Newhouse-Maiden, Nan Bahr and Donna Pendergast
Researching the middle years / Katherine Main and Fiona Bryer
Curriculum practices for the middle years
Literacies and multiliteracies / Rod Maclean
Numeracy / Shelly Dole
Bodies and minds / Lisa Hunter and Doune Macdonald
Integrating the curriculum / John Wallace, Grady Venville and Léonie J. Rennie
Negotiating curriculum / Lisa Hunter and Nicola Park
Pedagogical practices for the middle years
Learning collaboratively / Raymond Brown
Higher order thinking / Annette Hilton and Geoff Hilton
Teacher-student relationship / Amanda Keddie and Rich Churchill
Managing behaviour / Terry de Jong
Digital literacies / Muriel A. Wells and Leanne J. Reynolds
Community / Donna Pendergast and Peter Renshaw
Assessment practices for the middle years / Redesigning assessment / Clair M. Wyatt-Smith, J. Joy Cumming and John Elkins