Starting Small
Celebrating First Steps When Adopting Curricular Changes K–16
Starting Small
Celebrating First Steps When Adopting Curricular Changes K–16
This product is usually dispatched within 3 days
- Delivery and returns info
-
Free US delivery on orders $35 or over
Description
Teachers are often tasked with taking on new curricula, standards, mandates, and other changes, often with little time and few resources. However, teachers are nothing if not innovators. And many teachers leverage their assets to adopt new practices using small but meaningful changes that go beyond “box-checking” and encourage authentic learning and engagement. This book celebrates teachers' small steps by sharing examples of these excellent small changes. This book provides tips and tricks for making small but meaningful changes that make lasting impacts on teaching and learning. Contributors include academics, classroom teachers, and librarians, who offer suggestions for instructors across a wide span of ages, grades, and subjects. The book includes 24 straightforward chapters from a range of perspectives and subjects. Some are content specific, with concrete suggestions grounded in academic disciplines while others are broad and can be adapted to any learning environment.
Table of Contents
Foreword
By: Lauren Madden
Chapter 1 Little Kids Making Big Decisions
By: Tiffany Robles
Chapter 2 Small Changes, Meaningful Impact: Number Talks in the Elementary Mathematics Classroom
By: Heather West Jerez*, Temple A. Walkowiak*, Briana Pelton, Kristin Hord, & Jennifer Tymkin
* The first two authors are co-lead authors.
Chapter 3 Wonder Walks as Nature Based Teaching Practice
By: Steph N. Dean
Chapter 4 A small step towards a meaningful school: collaboration in experimentality for curriculum integration
By: Ivan Salinas, Natalia Albornoz, & Magnolia Guerrero
Chapter 5 Taking Small Steps Towards Inquiry-Based Science Teaching
By: Zora M. Wolfe
Chapter 6 Creating a Discourse Driven Classroom
By: Jillian Plum
Chapter 7 Stepping Stones on Mount Project-Based Learning (PBL)
By: Maggie Demarse and Anne-Lise Halvorsen
Chapter 8 Stories That Need To Be Told
By: Clancy Bishop, Tiffany Coleman, Nikki Collins, & Melissa Ewing
Chapter 9 The Naughty List-Time for a Change
By: Carolyn Davidson Abel & Tingting Xu
Chapter 10 Nurturing The Writer Within
By: Melissa Ewing, Courtney Kozelski, & Elizabeth Crocker
Chapter 11 Empowering middle school english: Small steps in a journey of literacy transformation
By: Mona B. Zignego
Chapter 12 Beyond Checking Boxes: Enacting Equitable Practices in English Language Arts
By: Katie F. Whitley, Erin Riley-Lepo, & Ashley Pollitt
Chapter 13 Conferencing in the High School STEM Classroom
By: Lauren Bsales & Tanner Huffman
Chapter 14 Creating Multiple Pathways for Outcomes & Unit Themes through Standards
By: Samantha Shane
Chapter 15 Small Steps Towards Amplifying More Voices in Your Social Studies Classroom: An Exercise in Critical Literacy
By: Ashley Wright
Chapter 16 Think Big, Start Small: A Story with Strategies for Curriculum Change
By: Emily S. Meixner & Rachel Scupp-Jorge
Chapter 17: A Simulation Activity: Supporting Pre-service Teachers through the
Response-to-Intervention Process
By: Molly D. Keough
Chapter 18: A “Small but Meaningful” Framework for Improving Post-Secondary Courses
By: Amy L. Clay
Chapter 19: Exploring Cosmopolitan & Critical Perspectives in a Writing Course
By: Grace Y. Kang
Chapter 20: Flip, Switch, Reverse: A New Faculty Member Tackling a New Course and Content Area
By: Abby C. Emerson
Chapter 21: Incorporating Lesson Study: An Improvement Process for Elementary Social Studies Teacher Candidates
By: Alexander S. Butler
Chapter 22: Collaborate with librarians: How adding new and relevant materials matters
By: Ewa Dziedzic-Elliott
Chapter 23 Jagged Learning Profiles for Culturally Responsive Classrooms
By: Serena Morales
Chapter 24 Creating a Classroom Community That Values Disabled School Citizens
By: Steve Singer
Product details
| Published | May 06 2025 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 256 |
| ISBN | 9781538191675 |
| Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Illustrations | 27 BW Illustrations, 23 BW Photos, 23 Tables, 1 Textbox |
| Dimensions | 10 x 7 inches |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
ONLINE RESOURCES
Bloomsbury Collections
This book is available on Bloomsbury Collections where your library has access.
Related Titles
