Edutainment Game Book: A Guide For Instructors To Spice Up Education [Paperback]

Melvia Miller (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 23, 2009

EDUTAINMENT GAME BOOK...*("No Child Left to Sigh")* -- This instructional guide-book is filled with interactive teaching activities, nature-centered exercises and games. IT'S TIME TO GET AWAY FROM LECTURING SO MUCH...and SPICE UP CLASSES.... Inspire and motivate your students with these fun activities and exercises -- which are also effective ways of teaching. *PLUS... include A MULTI-CULTURAL ECOLOGICAL APPROACH TO EDUCATION* This Instructor's Guide-Book is filled with creative activities for teachers, coaches, and youth group leaders....to help raise awareness of our ENVIRONMENT and how it all functions. Research shows that people learn more from the natual world -- where academia and 'hands-on' learning activities mingle. Incorporate more stimulating interactive, collaborative exercises into your classes and workshops. Based upon "environment, ecology, and nature studies" -- the exercises and games incorporate academic studies in an enjoyable way...which improves retention and achievement. Enhance lessons in Geography, Biology, Math, or Language by taking students outdoors, planting gardens, discussing weather, or using "natural elements of the Earth" for study, observation, and insight. HELP STUDENTS TO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURAL WORLD, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, GEOGRAPHY, AND HOW THE WEB OF LIFE EFFECTS US ALL. Teachers, trainers, coaches, and others who lead youth groups -- will find that this book is filled with fun, effective ways of presenting academic material -- and helping to tap into student's creativity. THE MORE WE KNOW ABOUT THE NATURAL WORLD...the better we can understand ourselves. Research shows that students learn more when the subject matter is meaningful, relevant, useful and fun. And we know that lecturing is a very limited way of teaching. We also incorporate "nature discovery" activities to make a more dramatic impact upon learners. Experience with Nature is one the best foundations for study of sciences, health, ecology, geography, history, and other subjects.

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About the Author

Author of several books -- Melvia Miller is an educator who has created a collection of activities, games and exercises that are based upon "nature discovery" and are very effective. She is a gardener, herbalist, and environmental activist. She has published books on the issues of "ecology" and global warming. As a training manager and seminar presenter who worked in major corporations, she also has experience in various aspects -- writing, managing, counseling, and training ...and an excellent background in several areas of business. Having taught in public schools and colleges, specializing in unique ways to make the classes more enjoyable, and to also focus upon multi-cultural aspects of society -- she developed these materials based upon the concept of "more effective and enjoyable training" - EDUTAINMENT.

Product Details

• Paperback: 44 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace (February 23, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1441491953
• ISBN-13: 978-1441491954
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,955,244 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)