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Blast off to space with Snoopy, Sally, and Charlie Brown in this Level 2 Ready-to-Read that celebrates a collaboration between Peanuts and NASA! Sally Brown is writing a report about Sally Ride, the first American woman in space. There’s only one thing for Sally Brown to do: Become an astronaut, too! A special section at the back of the book includes nonfiction facts about famous female NASA astronauts! © 2020 Peanuts Worldwide LLC
Lecturing can be a terror, a chore or an exhilarating experience. For most lecturers, at one time or another, it is all of these things. For many in HE & FE it remains the staple form of teaching and, as student groups get ever larger, good lecturing becomes ever more important. This is an accessible, friendly and confidence-boosting book for inexperienced and experienced lecturers alike. Written in a lively and straightforward style, it guides readers through the art of good lecturing. This is a book to use both to gain confidence, and to work with as the your lecturing becomes more assured. The authors show how to improve lecturing, and how lecturing is a flexible and essential tool for enhancing learning and understanding. Illustrated throughout with fascinating case studies and scenarios and with helpful hints and tips, key issues covered include: * the place and types of lecture * voice and body language * causing learning in lectures * making lectures more effective * lecturing tools and processes * engaging groups * ensuring and developing quality * tips for day-to-day use.
Resource-based learning has emerged as a response to the changing expectations of students. This text provides strategies for its implementation, development evaluation and discusses the implications for resource centres.
This book presents over 500 practical suggestions designed to help tutors establish active learning amongst their students. Divided into useful sections the tips cover the entire range of teaching and learning situations and comprise a 'start anywhere', dip-in resource suitable for both the newcomer and the old hand. Intended mainly for the university or college lecturer involved in learner-centred learning, this resource offers fresh ideas and food for thought on six broad areas of the job: getting the students going starting off, and working together the programme itself - lectures, assignments and feedback helping students to learn from resources assessment: demonstrating evidence of achievement skills for career and life in general. This lively and stimulating book will prove invaluable to lecturers, tutors, teachers, trainers and staff developers.
'i can cook' has been a great hit on CBeebies (and BBC2, where each 15 minute programme repeats daily during its run), regularly achieving a 30% audience share. Led by charismatic presenter Katy Ashworth, 3-5 year olds learn how they can make a fantastic range of food themselves - with just the odd bit of help from a grown-up. Now over 50 recipes are available here for everyone to try at home. Lots and lots of step-by-step pictures make it easy to follow the instructions and get great results. And with food ranging from cheesy lasagne and sunshine breakfast muffins, to chocolate and mandarin pudding and chunky banana bread, the whole family can enjoy what the kids cook up in the kitchen.
One of the saddest times of the year is when the leaves begin to fall from the tress...but not for Sally Brown. She's fed up with field trips to the woods and school reports about trees and leaves. Besides, everyone knows that the saddest time of the year is really your birthday when you don't get any of the present you wanted!
Imagine a book that transports kids thousands of miles away with the fresh, healthy dishes of different lands. This book leads little people to explore countries and cuisines to try themselves. Simple recipes, using fresh, healthy and easy-to-source ingredients, with suggested substitutions, will open up different tastes, aromas and cuisines.
An invaluable dip-in aid for hard-pressed lecturers and teachers in further and higher education. It should be read, enjoyed and seriously considered by all those concerned about the quality and appropriateness of their assessment methods.
Peanuts: It's Your Year, Charlie Brown! is Charlie Brown's heartwarming and hilarious journal detailing a year in his life. Follow his ups and downs as he tangles with the menace of the Kite-Eating Tree, attempts to win a season of baseball, and deals with the hardship of unrequited love. Meet the whole Peanuts gang in this laugh-out-loud book and find out if this will be Charlie Brown's year. Good grief!
Whether you are working with students who are assessed on their labwork, dance performances or clinical practice, Assessing Skills and Practice is an accessible guide that outlines how to ensure fair, consistent and reliable assessment.