Organized around Ginsberg and Wlodkowski's highly-acclaimed Motivational Framework for Culturally-Responsive Teaching, an extensively field-tested and research-validated pedagogical model that helps teachers plan and reflect on lessons in ways that work together to enhance student motivation and learning.

Debunking common misconceptions and myths surround teaching and education.

This Handbook focuses on enquiries and investigations into the everyday lives of young children in the age range of birth to 8 years of age, giving space to their voices and involving interrogations about the various aspect of their lives. It engages with the interdisciplinary field of childhood studies, education, cultural studies, ethnography, and philosophy.

This textbook brings together all aspects of play in one place. Covering a wide range of types of play, play pioneers and their theories, play environments, and how play relates to young children's learning and development, the chapters also draw out tensions and challenges for those working with young children.

This book introduces early years practitioners to some contemporary theorists and explores their work alongside more well-known thinkers.

This accessible book details the competencies, functions, and strategies that help members benefit from a positive group culture as they pursue their own learning.

The first guide to teacher evaluation that is explictly designed for the full inclusion of all learners, this invaluable resource will ultimately increase quality access to the general education curriculum for English Learners and for students with disabilities.

This book provides a process for schools to initiate sustainable change resulting in a transformation of the learning culture to one that works better in our digital age and resonates with our students.

This book helps teachers and administrators develop an RTI behavior system at their school or district that is practical and easy to implement and demonstrates positive change in behavioral and academic data.

This quick-read guide includes best practices for every stage of hiring, addresses legal issues, shows how to best involve teacher peers, and presents an interview approach that predicts on-the-job success.