Inclusion of Learners with Exceptionalities in Canadian Schools: A Practical Handbook for Teachers, 7th edition (Available in February 2023)

Specht, Hutchinson

Inclusion of Exceptional Learners in Canadian Schools is an outstanding introduction to inclusive education in Canada. In keeping with Canada’s commitment to inclusive education, this text examines positive ways of including children of all needs and abilities in the regular classroom. Author and educator, Jacqueline Specht draws on her extensive experience educating students to help shape the skills and strategies future teachers need to create an inclusive classroom by individualizing learning for each student regardless of their exceptionality.

With the help and guidance of Sara Spence, a Nehiyaw (Cree) member of Peguis First Nation and a researcher at University of Calgary, this edition draws attention to significant recent developments in Indigenous education, especially in light of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Call to Action.

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Elementary and Middle School Mathematics, 6th Canadian Edition

Van de Walle, Karp, Bay-Williams, McGarvey

Elementary and Middle School Mathematics illustrates how children in PreK to 8th grade learn math, and then supplies concrete, effective methods of teaching math using problem-based activities. Examples of real student work, common challenges, and hundreds of classroom-ready hands-on tasks help readers visualize developmentally appropriate mathematics instruction and assessment that supports and challenges all learners.

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Teaching Students with Special Needs in Inclusive Settings, 5th Canadian Edition

Smith, Polloway, Patton, Downy, McIntyre

With more and more schools implementing inclusive education models each year, Teaching Students with Special Needs in Inclusive Settings presents an inclusive education philosophy and offers practical teacher-oriented inclusion techniques, via a categorical chapter organization, to equip teachers for the modern inclusive classroom. Unlike other texts in the discipline, Teaching Students both highlights the similarities and differences across Canada and frequently contrasts the Canadian situation with that of the US so that students are best informed about current special education practices throughout all of North America. Well-written and easy-to-read, this text offers a balanced presentation of theory and practice that students enjoy using, with evidence-based teaching suggestions that are very clear and helpful.

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Language and Literacy: Content and Teaching Strategies, 7th Canadian Edition

Tompkins, Bright, Winsor

Language Arts: Content and Teaching Strategies provides a useful resource to teachers as they face the complexities of literacy instruction in today’s classrooms. Both pre-service and in-service teachers will find this text a valuable addition to their professional libraries. For pre-service teachers who will work with students in kindergarten through grade 8 classrooms, this text offers a consistent model of instruction that will help them become knowledgeable about language learning and guide the many instructional decisions they will make. For experienced in-service teachers, this text provides a rich array of strategies and ideas that they can adapt to suit their personal instructional styles.

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50 Literacy Strategies: Step by Step, 4th edition

Tompkins

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Becoming a Teacher, 5th Canadian Edition

Parkay, Stanford, Vaillancourt, Stephens, Harris, Hughes, Petrarca

Becoming a Teacher embraces and articulates the challenges of the field of Canadian education, outlining ways to be an agent of change in the profession; pinpointing meaningful uses of technology in the classroom; clarifying the realities of diversity in the classroom; and clearly outlining past, present, and future thoughts on curriculum, instruction, assessment, management, philosophy, and issues in education. The down-to-earth and straightforward approach provides students with the tools and information necessary to answer the question, “Is teaching for me?”

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Classroom Assessment for Student Learning: Doing it Right – Using it Well, 3rd edition

Chappuis

Classroom Assessment for Student Learning helps you learn how to gather accurate information about students’ performance. This user-friendly guide is full of practical tips, activities and real-world examples of how assessment for learning looks in today’s classrooms. The text will help you understand how to use the assessment process and its results to improve your students’ achievement. The 3rd Edition better emphasizes the formative use of classroom assessment results. New My Classroom Then and Now and From the Classroom features present anecdotes from classroom teachers that illustrate how the specific assessment practices taught in this text have changed students’ attitudes and approaches to learning.

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Educational Research: Planning, Conducting and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research, 6th edition

Clark, Guetterman, Creswell

Educational Research is a practical, step-by-step core research text with a truly balanced, inclusive and integrated overview of the processes involved. It first examines the general steps in the research process and then details the procedures for conducting specific types of quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods studies. Direct guidance on reading research is offered throughout and helpful features provide opportunities for practice.

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Principles of Classroom Management, 4th Canadian Edition

Levin, Nolan, Kerr, Elliott, Bajovic

Principles of Classroom Management, Canadian Edition, focuses on the teacher's role as a professional decision-maker in creating positive learning environments that help influence students to behave productively and strive for academic success, rather than focusing on rewards and punishments. Grounded in both theory and practice, it provides teachers with a very practical system to guide their decision-making process and foster supportive classroom environments. Principles, theoretical perspectives, and empirical findings provide a foundation for teachers to confidently make professional decisions with respect to classroom behavior issues. An array of decision-making options guide teachers in thinking about how to approach specific classroom management situations and choose from a range of strategies designed to prevent disruptive behavior and influence appropriate behavior.

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Inclusive Education: Stories of Success and Hope in a Canadian Context, 1st edition

Calder Stegemann, AuCoin

This text presents nine in-depth case studies of children, youth, and young adults who have unique learning needs. Cases are diverse in terms of age of the students, level of functioning, and geographical location.

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