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Lyons, Suzanne – Teachers College Press, 2022
"Cooperative Games in Education" is the first comprehensive guide to the world of cooperative play and games for pre-K-12 learning. It includes a thorough pedagogical rationale and guidelines for practice, a survey of related research and scholarship, engaging anecdotes, illustrations, historical background, and an array of sample games…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Cooperation, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Shannon, Patrick – Teachers College Press, 2011
In his new book, popular author Patrick Shannon examines reading as agency--why reading critically is essential to civic engagement and a healthy democracy. We follow the author on a journey of self discovery as he practices "wide-awake reading" with a variety of everyday texts, from radio programs to legal documents to more traditional books and…
Descriptors: Reading, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Citizen Participation
Au, Kathryn H. – Teachers College Press, 2011
"Literacy Achievement and Diversity" is the indispensable collection to the wisdom of respected literacy researcher Kathy Au. In this timely book, Au addresses the question of what educators can do to close the literacy achievement gap. She begins by outlining theory and research and then provides practical strategies to help teachers improve the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Constructivism (Learning), Multicultural Education, Literacy