The Bookmaking Experience: An Educator's Guide to Student Made Books - Softcover

Bickel, Paula; Carlin, Carol Ruth; Germanson, Mary Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1885473443 ISBN 13: 9781885473448

Publisher: Wood N Barnes, 2012

Synopsis

This guidebook designed to assist educators and therapists provides clear instructions for low cost and creative student made books that can be used across many disciplines. Chapter one outlines our philosophy that student made books are wonderful, readily accessible resources. Please check chapter two to identify readily available tools and supplies. Chapter three explores advantages of organizing a bookmaking center and techniques for distributing materials efficiently and storing finished books. Chapter four is a gold mine of techniques and materials for enhancing books with embellishments, for using scrap as decoration, for creating book covers, and for recycling materials into books. Chapter five addresses concerns about meeting the needs of all students and clients, and contains applications from experienced classroom teachers and therapists. Chapter six provides in-depth applications of bookmaking across the curriculum, including an extensive list matching library books to student handmade books, a sample rubric, and a sample lesson plan grid. In chapter seven we explore the ties between schools and their communities, a mutually beneficial awareness and collaboration.

About this title

About the Author

The strength of this book is the interdisciplinary collaboration of these talented authors who bring their broad range of expertise in art, teaching, therapy, leadership and group facilitation to this practical resource for educators.

From the Inside Flap

The Bookmaking Experience is a guide book that provides teachers (as well as substitutes) with a wealth of possibilities to enhance learning and to integrate with their current curriculum. These talented educators have suggested materials that are inexpensive and readily available along with a quick process for enhancing retention and extending understanding. These student made books can provide a different avenue for assessment in the classroom. As educators, it is important to encourage each learner's creative development as an element of our instruction. The Bookmaking Experience is a perfect balance of all of these instructional elements. Janice Hyde Eckola, Ed.D., Director of Instruction This is a great resource for any teacher. I found The Bookmaking Experience offered practical ideas to keep learning active, meaningful and owned by the students. As we strive to reach the whole child while simultaneously meeting standards and achieving test scores, this book reminds teachers that they can accomplish those goals! Learning can still be fun. The book creations allow a magical unfolding of student imagination, an investment of self, and development of personal skill. Teachers at any grade level can utilize these strategies in order to have the human being present in the creation of understanding. Rhonda M. Rabbitt, Assistant Dean, Director of Graduate Programs in Education, Viterbo University

Edition details

• Publisher: Wood N Barnes
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1885473443
• ISBN 13: 9781885473448
• Binding: Paperback