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Institute for Child Study

Mothercraft Institute for Early Development (full-time & part-time)

OISE-UT: Crosstown Option

OISE-UT: Inner City Option

OISE-UT: Midtown Option

OISE-UT: North Option

OISE-UT: ESL Part 1

OISE-UT: ESL Part 2

OISE-UT: ESL Part 3

OISE-UT: Special Education Part 1

OISE-UT: Special Education Part 2

OISE-UT: Special Education Part 3

U of T Cinema Studies Institute

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Mothercraft Institute for Early Development

Required Texts for E.C.E. Full-Time & Part-Time Programs

(Please note: these listings are for Semester 1 & 2 of the 2011-2012 year)

Subject
Text
Price
Status
Anti-Bias Approach to E.C.E.

The Affective Curriculum,  Hall, N. & Rhomberg, V.

$95.95
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Curriculum & Program Planning

Infants, Toddlers and Caregivers, 9th Edition. Gonzalez-Mena & Eyer

$99.25
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  Art and Creative Development for Young Children, 7th Edition. Jill Englebright Fox & Robert Schirrmacher.
$111.95
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  The Affective Curriculum,  Hall, N. and Rhomberg, V.
$95.95
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  Empowering Children: Play-Based Curriculum for Lifelong Learning,  Shipley, D.
$101.95
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Child Development Children, Santrock. 
$176.95
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Nutrition and  Health Care Healthy Foundations in Early Childhood Settings, Pimento, B. & Kernested.
$103.95
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Interpersonal Communication

Interpersonal Communication: Relating to Others, Steven Beebe, Susan Beebe, Mark Redmond, Teri Geernick.

$108.30
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Introductory Psychology The World of Psychology 6th Canadian Edition. Wood, Samuel, E. & Wood, Ellen. 
$102.95
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Introduction to Sociology (Semester 3 & 4) Sociology: A Brief Introduction, 4th Edition, Schaefer.
$94.95
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OISE-UT: SPECIAL EDUCATION PART 1 2012

Required

Author
Title
Price
Status

Dworet, Bennett & Weber

Hutchinson, Nancy

Special Education In Ontario Schools, 6th Edition, 2008

Teaching Exceptional Children and Adolescents: a Canadian Casebook

$39.95

$60.00

in stock

in stock

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OISE-UT: SPECIAL EDUCATION PART 2 2012

Required

Author
Title
Price
Status

 

 

 

 

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OISE-UT: ESL PART 1: 2012

Required

Author
Title
Price
Status

Coelho, Elizabeth

Adding English: a Guide to Teaching in Multilingual Classrooms.

$49.95

in stock

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OISE-UT: ESL PART 2: 2012

Required

Author
Title
Price
Status

Jeremy Harmer 

Practice of English Language Teaching 4th ed.

$41.95

in stock

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OISE-UT: ESL PART 3: 2012

Required

Author
Title
Price
Status

Nancy Cloud et al

Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners

$35.30

in stock

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OISE-UT: NORTH OPTION

Required

Author
Title
Price
Status
Bennett, B. and Smilanich, P. Power Struggle in the Classroom, Bennett & Smilanich
TBA
TBA
Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario Special Education Handbook: a Practical Guide For Teachers, 1998
$15.50
in stock
Gantos, J. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, 1998
$6.75
in stock
Ontario Ministry of Education

Education for All. The Report of the Expert Panel on Literacy and Numeracy Instruction for Students with Special Education Needs, Kindergarten to Grade 6, 2005 (will be distributed September 7th)

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Ontario Ministry of Education

The Ontario Curriculum, 2007 (will be distributed September 7th)

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Schwartz, S. and Pollishuke, M. Creating the Dynamic Classroom: a Handbook for Teachers, 3rd Edition
TBA
due Jan. 2012
Small, Marian Making Math Meaningful to Canadian Students, Grades K-8
$119.95
in stock
Stinson, K. Writing Your Best Picture Book Ever, 1994
$5.95
in stock
Swartz, L.

The Novel Experience: Steps for Choosing and Using Fiction in the Classroom, 2006

$12.95
in stock

Highly Recommended

Author
Title
Price
Status
Tompkins, G. Literacy for the 21st Century, 5th Edition,2009
$134.60
in stock

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OISE-UT CROSSTOWN OPTION 2011-2012

Required

Author
Title
Price
Status
Small, Marian Making Math Meaningful to Canadian Students, Grades K-8
$119.95
in stock
Harvey and Goudvis Strategies That Work
$39.95
in stock
ETFO The Heart and Art of Teaching and Learning
$24.00
in stock

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OISE-UT INNER CITY OPTION 2011-2012

Required

Author
Title
Price
Status
Small, Marian Making Math Meaningful to Canadian Students, Grades K-8
$119.95
in stock

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OISE-UT MIDTOWN OPTION 2011-2012

Required

Author
Title
Price
Status
Lundy Teaching Fairly in an Unfair World
$24.95
in stock
Small, Marian Making Math Meaningful to Canadian Students, Grades K-8
$119.95
in stock
Swartz, L.

The Novel Experience: Steps for Choosing and Using Fiction in the Classroom, 2006

The Picture Book Experience

The Poetry Experience

$12.95

$12.95

$12.95

in stock

in stock

in stock

Gantos, J. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, 1998
$6.75
in stock
Allen, J. Tools for Teaching Content Literacy
$18.95
in stock
Flake Skin I'm In
$8.99
in stock
Bunting, Steve Riding The Tiger
$19.95
in stock
Allen, Janet Yellow Brick Road
$31.95
in stock

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OISE/UT/Institute for Child Study 2012

Required

Instructor (Course)
Text
Price
Status

Rick Volpe

Prevention Is Primary. Larry Cohen

Prevention: the Art and Science of Promoting Healthy Child and Adolscent Development. Borkowski

$90.00

$43.50

in stock

in stock

Rick Volpe

The Secure Child: Timeless Lessons in Parenting. Richard Volpe, Editor

 

$497.95

 

in stock

 

       
       
       
   

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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U OF T CINEMA STUDIES INSTITUTE 2011-2012

Required

Instructor
Course Number & Name
Title
Price
Status
Columpar, Corinn INI463S: American Independent Film

Cinema Culture: Independent Film in the United States 1980-2001. E. Deidre Pribram

 

$36.95

 

in stock

 

     

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