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Building Mathematical Competencies in Early Childhood
Item# 52082
© 2012
36 Min.
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The mathematical skills children bring with them to elementary school predict both their mathematical and literacy achievement for years to come. In this video, experts from Erikson Institute’s Early...
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Eye Openers Are Mind Openers: Attention Exercises for the Classroom
Item# 50567
© 2011
50 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-245-0
Stress and distractions are major obstacles to learning at any class level. For the elementary classroom, specialized exercises called Eye Openers have been shown to dramatically improve focus and awa...
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Lessons from the Real World: Social Issues and Student Involvement
Item# 43914
© 2011
55 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62102-085-1
A follow-up to Democracy Left Behind: NCLB and Civic Education (item #39484), this program looks at community-based learning in K–12 education. The film explores a wide variety of educational settings...
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New to Our Collection! The Empty Desk: Identifying and Assisting the At-Risk Student
Item# 49824
© 2010
22 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-459-1
For many young people, the school environment is a place of learning, creating friendships, forging an identity, and searching for a direction in life. However, there are some students who have diffic...
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Hope Builders
Item# 52013
© 2010
90 Min.
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The future of the world is perhaps being played out in an elementary school in Quebec. A teacher implements a new teaching method known as action research, which is aimed at preparing children to take...
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Vivamazonia: The Jungle Book of Teaching
Item# 50021
© 2010
52 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-201-6
In the heart of the Amazon rain forest, a British couple runs a different kind of primary school. Each lesson relates to the pupils’ remote jungle environment. The children can’t see themselves in the...
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Breaking the Wall of Mindless Schools: How Educational Research Can Contribute to Successful and Joyful Learning
Item# 49417
© 2010
14 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62290-478-5
“Educating the educators” is for Manfred Prenzel the bedrock of maintaining competence in our knowledge society. In this 2010 Falling Walls lecture video, Prenzel explores the importance of motivation...
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RTI and DI: The Dynamic Duo
Item# 43951
© 2010
37 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61733-955-4
Response to intervention and differentiated instruction are teaching methods aimed at helping all reach their full potential, especially when a classroom contains students of various backgrounds, cult...
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Accentuate the Positive: Using Positive Psychology in the Classroom
Item# 43582
© 2010
55 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61733-545-7
Students at Geelong Grammar School are undergoing the first year of a new, and controversial, experiment in education. Positive Education, a program developed by psychologist Martin Seligman, is desig...
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The Young Composers Challenge
Item# 42305
© 2010
93 Min.
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DVD ISBN: 978-1-61733-258-6
Witness the drama of a spelling bee combined with the spectacle of concert music! This film features five teenaged composers racing the calendar for the chance to have their original work performed by...
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