A comprehensive study of teacher training in Russia, this book focuses on the present while also providing background information on tsarist and Soviet teacher training. The concluding chapter provides a provocative discussion of problems and challenges common to teacher training in Russia and America.
Having lived in Russia for extended periods of time since 1975, the authors base their book not only on scholarly sources but on their first-hand observations and experiences in Russian schools and teacher training institutions, and on questionnaires and interviews with Russian students, parents, teachers, administrators, and teacher educators.
The authors provide a comprehensive study of the lifelong teacher training process in Russia, starting with pedagogical gymnasiums and extending through training in colleges, institutes, universities, and public schools. The book focuses on the present but provides the reader with necessary background information on education of teachers during the tsarist and Soviet periods. Whether discussing teacher education under Alexander II, Stalin, Gorbachev, or Yeltsin, the Longs show the close interrelationship among general, school, and teacher education history. The book concludes with a provocative discussion of problems and challenges common to teacher training in Russia and America. The authors convincingly argue that effective reform of schools in either Russia or the United States must start with reform of teacher training.

Education of Teachers in Russia: (Contributions to the Study of Education)

Politics & Social Sciences

Long, Delbert

Long, Roberta

Social Sciences

Praeger

Personable and practical, Theme Immersion is invaluable for classroom teachers who want to make their teaching so exciting and relevant that their students will become lifelong learners. The book shows how themes should emerge from the experiences and current needs of students, rather than adhere to the seasons or follow prepackaged models. While basing theme immersion on a sound theoretical framework provided by Dewey, Piaget, Vygotsky, and Wells, the authors always translate that theory into practice, carefully illustrating aspects of theme immersion with teacher profiles, interviews, and classroom vignettes.

Theme Immersion: Inquiry-Based Curriculum in Elementary and Middle Schools

Education & Teaching

Manning, Maryann

Manning, Gary

Schools & Teaching

Heinemann

Teachers committed to the theme approach to social studies have discovered that the most successful curriculums are those generated from the interests of their students. But they've also discovered that implementing those themes is not always an easy task.The Theme Immersion Compendium remedies this issue with both specific ideas for focusing students' inquiries and practical, clearly organized steps for exploring them.
Four broad categories are suggested as starting points: Conflict, Settlements of the United States, Global Awareness, and Cultural Diversity in the United States. Then, twenty-two specific subtopics are further suggested for theme immersion. These areas represent subjects widely studied in grades K-8 and cover ideas recommended in the National Council of Social Studies standards.
Once students identify the themes that most interest them, teachers can consultThe Theme Immersion Compendium for explicit guidelines for implementation. Included features such as fiction and trade book references, activities for expression of knowledge, media and technological resources, assessment and evaluation forms, and camera-ready appendixes serve as valuable time-savers as the process moves forward. 
Intended not as a prescriptive but as a support, The Theme Immersion Compendium will be invaluable to inservice social studies teachers, curriculum developers, and graduate and undergraduate students in social studies, language arts, and curriculum.

Theme Immersion Compendium for Social Studies Teaching

Memories of Ferry Strobl and Azu Ski Village

Biographies & Memoirs

Memoirs

Airborn Press

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