Features case studies which show how teachers have put design and technology into practice. The authors explore problem solving activities, the National Curriculum and areas of difficulty such as el... more »

This text is designed as a practical guide both for student teachers and practicing teachers who are dealing with mildly to moderately handicapped children in normal schools.

A practical guide to a `real reading' approach to beginning reading, this valuable book explores issues such as choice of books and parental involvement in reading. It contains advice for teachers w... more »

How to use Accreditation of Prior Learning - this book considers the various needs of the community and shows how APL can make a real contribution to equaltiy of opportunity.

This established guide shows how to recognise the signs of stress and how to develop strategies to control it. Its practical advice, field-tested in numerous workshops, will help schools reduce staf... more »

A hands-on guide to the tools and techniques required to work effectively with colleagues in mainstream schools, when defining goals, allocating responsibility and formulating strategies. more »

Charts and analyses the working days of 326 primary teachers and then relates the findings to issues of school management and curriculum manageability.

The contributors of this book provide practical guidance on the introduction of staff appraisal into a range of schools, outline a planning process for the establishment and preparation for staff ap... more »

Argues for the financial backing from governments and industry for adult education and will help adult and community educators draw comparisons between their own work and that of their colleagues in... more »

Brendan Evans explains both the policy processes and ideological assumptions underpinning recent innovations. He sets the debate in the context of changing initiatives over the last thirty years, an... more »

Higher education institutions are concerned with the quality of teaching and learning experiences they provide for students, including the increasing number of overseas students.

This comprehensive work represents the major ideas and arguments which have come to characterise the philosophy of education and includes work from the perspectives of marxism, phenomenology, femini... more »

Written by practising teachers, Challenge of English in the National Curriculum examines the role of past and present policy, while also answering key questions on the practical day to day issues of... more »

With the current conservative emphasis on cultural literacy, this revised paperback edition of a path breaking statement serves as a reminder that our educational practices and policies are never ne... more »

Examining how Australia, the UK and Canada have tried to meet the needs of pupils with special educational needs, this book looks at the major issues, types of provisions and resourcing which have b... more »

This comprehensive guide book for governors specifically focuses on providing guidance on issues facing schools now.

Literacy has become central to debates on policy and practice in education in the UK and other English-speaking countries. This book introduces teachers to current thought on the place of literacy i... more »

This well-established guide combines sound practical advice on lesson organisation and teaching methods together with an exploration of teachers' feelings about themselves and the children they teac... more »

This is a book about people who need to learn. The book is also a story about people's stories. The multiple-embedded stories of the book are echoes of the lives of the storytellers. Their motif is ... more »

This edition has been fully revised to take into account changes in the National Curriculum, the introduction of NVQ's in child care and education and introduction of the parents charter and the muc... more »

This book explores educational research in terms of the relationship between epistemology, methodology and practice. The book is divided into two sections and the issues covered are central to all w... more »

This book is based on the changes a five year-old, Angelica will see in her lifetime. It predicts that the career of teaching will change and the work of the professional educator will differ signif... more »

Drawing on insights from other European curricular systems, this provocative book will contribute, in a timely way, to the debate on reformations of the National Curriculum. The text includes points... more »

This book helps readers to improve the development of ICT capability by discussing the factors at work in whole school contexts. It provides practical advice relevant to both primary and secondary s... more »

A new and revised edition which takes into account the many changes which have taken place both within the education system and within training courses.