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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: Masters of Teaching

OISE-UT: Midtown Option

OISE-UT: North Option

OISE-UT AQ: ESL Part 1

OISE-UT AQ: ESL Part 2

OISE-UT AQ: ESL Part 3

OISE-UT AQ: Special Education Part 1

OISE-UT AQ: Intermediate Math

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 2012-2013 year)

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

The Affective Curriculum.  Hall & Rhomberg

$54.95
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Curriculum & Program Planning

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

$113.95
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  Art and Creative Development for Young Children, 7th Edition. Englebright Fox & Schirrmacher
$136.95
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  The Affective Curriculum,  Hall & Rhomberg
$52.95
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  Empowering Children: Play-Based Curriculum for Lifelong Learning, 5th Edition. Shipley
$110.95
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Child Development Children, 2012 edition. Santrock. 
$189.95
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Nutrition and  Health Care Healthy Foundations in Early Childhood Settings, 4th Edition. Pimento & Kernested
$115.95
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Interpersonal Communication

Interpersonal Communication: Relating to Others, 5th Edition. Beebe, Redmond & Geernick

$119.35
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Introductory Psychology The World of Psychology, 6th Canadian Edition. Wood, Samuel & Wood, Ellen.
$113.45
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Guidance of the Young Child Intentional and Relationship-Based Guidance. Martin & Corson
$108.95
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OISE-UT AQ: SPECIAL EDUCATION PART 1

Required

Author
Title
Price
Status

Dworet, Bennett & Weber

Hutchinson, Nancy

Special Education In Ontario Schools, 7th Edition, 2013

Teaching Exceptional Children and Adolescents: a Canadian Casebook

$43.95

$64.85

in stock

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OISE-UT AQ: INTERMEDIATE MATH

Required

Author
Title
Price
Status

John Van De Walle & Sandra Folk

Elementary and Middle School Mathematics, 3rd Edition

$142.90

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OISE-UT AQ: ESL PART 1

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 AQ: ESL PART 2

Required

Author
Title
Price
Status

Jeremy Harmer 

Practice of English Language Teaching 4th ed.

$44.95

in stock

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OISE-UT AQ: ESL PART 3

Required

Author
Title
Price
Status

Nancy Cloud et al

Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners

$35.30

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OISE-UT: NORTH-WEST OPTION

Required

Author
Title
Price
Status
Gould Lundy, Kathleen Teaching Fairly in an Unfair World, 2008
$24.95
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Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario Special Education Handbook: a Practical Guide For Teachers, 1998
$17.50
reprinting
Gantos, J. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, 1998
$7.99
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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 in class)

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Schwartz, S. and Pollishuke, M. Creating the Dynamic Classroom: a Handbook for Teachers, 2nd Edition
$56.65
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Small, Marian Making Math Meaningful to Canadian Students, Grades K-8, 2nd Edition
$127.95
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Stinson, K. Writing Your Best Picture Book Ever, 1994
$5.95
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Swartz, L.

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

$12.95
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Bennett, B & Smilanich, P.

Classroom Management: a Thinking and Caring Approach

$38.95
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Highly Recommended

Author
Title
Price
Status
Tompkins, G. Literacy for the 21st Century, 5th Edition, 2009
$147.50
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Bennett, B & Smilanich, P. Power Struggles in the Classroom, 2012
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OISE-UT CROSSTOWN OPTION 2012-2013

Required

Author
Title
Price
Status
Small, Marian Making Math Meaningful to Canadian Students, K-8, 2nd Edition. Marian Small
$127.95
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Gould Lundy, Kathleen Teaching Fairly in an Unfair World, 2008
$24.95
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Gould Lundy, Kathleen & Swartz, Larry Creating Caring Classrooms, 2011.
$24.95
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Lundy, Kathleen In a Class of Her Own.
$9.95
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OISE-UT INNER CITY OPTION 2012-2013

Required

Author
Title
Price
Status
Small, Marian Making Math Meaningful to Canadian Students, K-8, 2nd Edition. Marian Small

$127.95
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OISE-UT MIDTOWN OPTION 2012-2013

Required

Author
Title
Price
Status
Lundy Teaching Fairly in an Unfair World
$24.95
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Small, Marian Making Math Meaningful to Canadian Students, Grades K-8, 2nd Edition
$127.95
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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

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Gantos, J. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, 1998
$7.99
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Allen, J. Tools for Teaching Content Literacy
$18.95
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Flake, Sharon Skin I'm In
$8.99
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Allen, Janet Yellow Brick Road
$31.95
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OISE-UT MASTERS OF TEACHING 2012-2013

Required

Instructors
Title
Price
Status
Judy Blaney, Jackie Eldridge, Susan Schwartz Creating the Dynamic Classroom, Susan Schwartz & Mindy Pollishuke
$55.00
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Nick Scarfo Inspiring the Future: A New Teacher's Guide to the Law, Nick Scarfo & Justice Marvin Zuker
$94.00
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OISE/UT/Institute for Child Study 2013

Required

Instructor (Course)
Text
Price
Status

Rick Volpe / Child Abuse

Child Maltreatment: an Introduction. Miller-Perrin, Cindy

Promoting Family Wellness. Prilleltensky, et al

$73.95

$39.00

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Rick Volpe / Child Development

Child Development: Thinking about Theories, 2003. Slee, Philip

Cultural Nature of Human Development, 2003. Rogoff, Barbara

$43.95

$33.00

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Dale Willows Classrooms That Work, 5th Edition 2010. Cunningham, Patricia

$48.25

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Michele Peterson-Badali/ Ethics

The Law: Standards of Practice, 3rd Edition, 2011. Evans, David

$104.00

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Michele Peterson-Badali/ Assessment

Assessment of Children: Cognitive Foundations, 2008. Satler, Jerome

$114.95

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Wiener, Judith Learning about Learning Disabilities, 4th Edition. Wong, Bernice
$96.50
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Joan Moss / Math Elementary and Middle School Mathematics, 2010. Van de Walle
$142.90
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U of T CINEMA STUDIES 2012-2013

Required

Instructor
Title
Price
Status
Corinn Columpar  

Touch of Evil: Orson Welles Director. Edited by Terry Comito, Rutgers University Press

The Magic World of Orson Welles. James Naremore

$33.00

$20.50

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