Unlike texts that focus on either the “how” or “what” of teaching, Curriculum and Instructional Methods for the Elementary and Middle School explores both the “how” (instruction) and “what” (content), and provides an integrative approach to ensure teachers a broad knowledge base when they enter the classroom.
This successful K-8 elementary methods text includes both general topics of classroom management, learner differences, planning, assessment, and models of teaching with unique chapters on integrating the best teaching strategies for each content area. By incorporating detailed teaching scenarios, this text offers teacher candidates a hands-on, real-world approach with practical instructional strategies and teaching hints related to research, ELL, planning, and more!
The new edition includes coverage of current issues and topics impacting teachers and students in today's classrooms are including bullying (Ch. 2 & 14), school safety and violence (Ch.1), home schooling and charter schools (Ch. 1 & 14), and much more.
Curriculum and Instructional Methods for the Elementary and Middle School
Johanna Kasin Lemlech Seventh Edition
This successful K-8 elementary methods text includes both general topics of classroom management, learner differences, planning, assessment, and models of teaching with unique chapters on integrating the best teaching strategies for each content area. By incorporating detailed teaching scenarios, this text offers teacher candidates a hands-on, real-world approach with practical instructional strategies and teaching hints related to research, ELL, planning, and more!
Features of the Seventh Edition:
- Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) standards are listed on the inside front cover and identified and explained in every chapter.
- New! Current issues and topics impacting teachers and students in today's classrooms are addressed throughout the text including bullying (Ch. 2 & 14), school safety and violence (Ch.1), home schooling and charter schools (Ch. 1 & 14), and more.
- Updated! Hints for Teaching English Language Learners feature in every chapter integrates the teaching of ELLs with the general strategies presented.
- New! Reader Research features, located at the end of each chapter, provide a chapter-related action research activity.
- Updated! Technology Application feature located throughout the text provides new teachers with current technology resources to support teaching and learning.
- Updated! Chapter-Opening Scenarios provide context for chapter material and assist readers in connecting chapter content to real-world classroom application.
- Competency Checklist, located in Chapter 14, is a self-assessment checklist readers can use to evaluate their own knowledge of curriculum applications and pedagogy to ensure they have mastered text content.
- Updated! Appendix A: Web Sites-provides readers with a list of useful Internet addresses for teaching ideas and professional development.
- New! Appendix B: Preparing for a Substitute Teacher provides a practical reference for new teachers as they enter their first year of teaching.
