From reader to reading teacher : issues and strategies for second language classrooms.

Se utiliza en cursos de introducción a la enseñanza de la lectura en una segunda lengua y esta dirigido a profesores tanto principiantes, que encuentran información práctica sobre métodos, problemas y estrategias, como experimentados, a los que proporciona métodos más eficaces y un plan de estudios más flexible. El texto analiza la naturaleza de la lectura y las estrategias personales ante ella, así como, los factores que influyen en la lectura en una lengua materna y la realizada en un segundo idioma. Los profesores aprenden a seleccionar las actividades de lectura más apropiadas y a planificar las lecciones más eficaces para sus alumnos.

Teaching character education through literature : awakening the moral imagination in secondary classrooms.

Trata de cómo los profesores de secundaria y post-secundaria pueden ayudar a los alumnos a ser más receptivos en los temas y cuestiones éticas que surgen de los relatos literarios estudiados en el aula. Se ofrecen al profesor varias maneras de sacar ideas instructivas de las narraciones de ficción. El libro está dividido en dos partes, la primera tiene un enfoque teórico, mientras que, en la segunda se dan los casos para su estudio, que corresponden a cuatro personajes literarios de otras tantas novelas, así como, una serie de preguntas planteadas para despertar la moral y estimular la reflexión ética en los estudiantes. Aunque, este planteamiento se puede aplicar, tambien, a los protagonistas de otras obras narrativas del plan de estudios.

Practical resources for teaching Citizenship in secondary classrooms.

Este recurso proporciona a los profesores de enseñanza secundaria los instrumentos esenciales para enseñar la asignatura de la Ciudadanía. Los autores proporcionan una visión general de la materia y orientan sobre la manera de cumplir sus tres fines principales: la responsabilidad social y moral, la participación de la comunidad y la cultura política. El recurso se centra en los programas de estudio, enseñanza, aprendizaje y cuestiones de evaluación, e incluye una base para la planificación de esquemas de trabajo. También incluye planes de lecciones, ideas y recursos de enseñanza. Se hace hincapié en la inclusión de todos los alumnos y se hacen referencias a su transversalidad con otras materias curriculares.

Creating critical classrooms : K-8 reading and writing with an edge.

Libro dirigido a profesores y cursos de métodos de alfabetización. Propone un modelo para la enseñanza de la alfabetización crítica con ejemplos y prácticas que pueden realizarse en el día a día de la escuela primaria o secundaria. Los materiales que presenta permiten a los estudiantes utilizar el lenguaje para cuestionar el mundo en su vida diaria, investigar la relación entre lenguaje y poder, analizar la cultura popular, entender cómo las relaciones fuertes están construidas socialmente, y considerar las acciones a realizar para conseguir una justicia social.

Incidence of Meares-Irlen/visual stress syndrome in reading and learning disorders : Does fluorescent lighting in classrooms affect literacy and numeracy?

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Deliberation as a core part of teacher education and civics classrooms

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Online community building in classrooms and schools : using the internet to extend teachers??? face-to-face community practices

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Teachers??? perception of disruptive behaviour in the classrooms

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Optical environment in classrooms for hearing-impaired children: recent developments and continuing needs

This paper is a review of the literature regarding design of classrooms for hearing impaired children.

Particulate matter mass concentration (PM10) under different ventilation methods in classrooms

Recently, studies have shown that the classroom environment is very important for students' health and performance. Thus, the evaluation of indoor air quality (IAQ) in a classroom is necessary to ensure students' well-being. In this paper the emphasis is on airborne concentration of particulate matter (PM) in adult education rooms. The mass concentration of PM10 particulates was measured in two classrooms under different ventilation methods in the University of Reading, UK, during the winter period of 2008. In another study the measurement of the concentration of particles was accompanied with measurements of CO2 concentration in these classrooms but this study is the subject of another publication. The ambient PM10, temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, and rainfall events were monitored as well. In general, this study showed that outdoor particle concentrations and outdoor meteorological parameters were identified as significant factors influencing indoor particle concentration levels. Ventilation methods showed significant effects on air change rate and on indoor/outdoor (I/O) concentration ratios. Higher levels of indoor particulates were seen during occupancy periods. I/O ratios were significantly higher when classrooms were occupied than when they were unoccupied, indicating the effect of both people presence and outdoor particle concentration levels. The concentrations of PM10 indoors and outdoors did not meet the requirements of WHO standards for PM10 annual average.

Investigation of air quality, comfort parameters and effectiveness for two floor-level air supply systems in classrooms

The method of distributing the outdoor air in classrooms has a major impact on indoor air quality and thermal comfort of pupils. In a previous study, ([11] Karimipanah T, Sandberg M, Awbi HB. A comparative study of different air distribution systems in a classroom. In: Proceedings of Roomvent 2000, vol. II, Reading, UK, 2000. p. 1013-18; [13] Karimipanah T, Sandberg M, Awbi HB, Blomqvist C. Effectiveness of confluent jets ventilation system for classrooms. In: Idoor Air 2005, Beijing, China, 2005 (to be presented).) presented results for four and two types of air distribution systems tested in a purpose built classroom with simulated occupancy as well as computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelling. In this paper, the same experimental setup has been used to investigate the indoor environment in the classroom using confluent jet ventilation, see also ([12]Cho YJ, Awbi HB, Karimipanah T. The characteristics of wall confluent jets for ventilated enclosures. In: Proceedings of Roomvent 2004, Coimbra, Portugal, 2004.) Measurements of air speed, air temperature and tracer gas concentrations have been carried out for different thermal conditions. In addition, 56 cases of CFD simulations have been carried to provide additional information on the indoor air quality and comfort conditions throughout the classroom, such as ventilation effectiveness, air exchange effectiveness, effect of flow rate, effect of radiation, effect of supply temperature, etc., and these are compared with measured data.

Developing a method to characterize indoor environmental parameters in naturally ventilated classrooms

Until recently, there has been little investigation concerning the poor indoor air quality (IAQ) in classrooms. Despite the evidence that the educational building systems in many of the UK institutions have significant defects that may degrade IAQ, systematic assessments of IAQ measurements has been rarely undertaken. When undertaking IAQ measurement, there is a difficult task of representing and characterizing the environment parameters. Although technologies exist to measure these parameters, direct measurements especially in a naturally ventilated spaces are often difficult. This paper presents a methodology for developing a method to characterize indoor environment flow parameters as well as the Carbon Dioxide (CO2) concentrations. Thus, CO2 concentration level can be influenced by the differences in the selection of sampling points and heights. However, because this research focuses on natural ventilation in classrooms, air exchange is provided mainly by air infiltration. It is hoped that the methodology developed and evaluated in this research can effectively simplify the process of estimating the parameters for a systematic assessment of IAQ measurements in a naturally ventilated classrooms.

English-only language-in-education policy in multilingual classrooms in Ghana

This paper, based on the findings of a qualitative study, discusses the influence of Ghana's recently introduced English-only language-in-education policy on pupils' classroom communicative practices and learning generally. It highlights how the use of English- an unfamiliar language- creates anxiety among students and stalls effective classroom participation. The paper first considers the key issues that impinge on the literacy development in multilingual classrooms in postcolonial Africa including the uninformed attitudes towards mother tongue/bilingual education. It then draws on the empirical data from Africa and elsewhere to refute the negative perceptions about mother-tongue education, and examines the prospects for bilingual/mother-tongue education in multilingual classrooms in Ghana.