Invites science teachers working with preteens to examine their practice in the light of current research findings.

This book is a practical guide to teaching drama and provides a clear and coherent framework together with a theoretical underpinning which will allow teachers to create their own drama lessons from... more »

Encourages practical engagement with the subject through making and listening to music, reflecting on experiences and sharing views.

Provides advice and suggestions for improving practice, and shows a coodinator can create policies and links that work, exploit resources to the best effect, and develop the knowledge and expertise ... more »

Aims to help student teachers in their task of learning and developing their professional practice. Includes useful advice on teaching skills, class management and health and safety. ... more »

Explaining shows what explanation is and what it aims to do. It helps teachers to build up a repertoire of techniques and to evaluate the effectiveness of their explanations in the classroom. ... more »

'... [gives] the readers a rapid, yet incisive grasp of those major topics that form the agenda of secondary education in the early years of the 21st century.'- Professor Trevor Kerry, Vice Presiden... more »

This book provides a practical guide to teaching and learning within the context of the changing FE environment. It suggests strategies for teaching and recording achievement and exploring ways in w... more »

This book is a major study of the nature, aims and context of vocational education at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It provides a comprehensive treatment of the relationship between the... more »

A short study guide for either prospective MBA students wanting to know more about what is involved or students in a new intake at a business school or those seeking to prepare themselves for the ex... more »

This one volume reference book covers all the major issues in lifelong learning in four sections: Theoretical Perspectives; Curriculum; International Perspectives; and Widening Participation. ... more »

This practical, comprehensive and user-friendly text will prove invaluable for students on Primary PGCE courses, lecturers and newly qualified science teachers.

This book reasserts the importance for a strong view of knowledge for a robust sociology of knowledge, for analysing and formulating curricula and for a relevant approach to education policy. ... more »

This book draws together a range of issues about the use of ICT in the classroom into one volume. It encourages students and teachers to reflect on issues so that they can make reasoned and informed... more »

Written by an experienced team of practising researchers, this practical text covers the entire research process from designing and submitting a research proposal through to its completion. more »

An introductory text reviewing theory and research in psychology as it relates to practice in the primary classroom.

This book investigates the 'series' in children's literature. It explores the nature and appeal of series writing, it provides an historical overview and looks at the nature of literary criticism ap... more »

Covers the social role of educational research, an area where there has been little published. Covers a range of conceptual and theoretical discussions and applies these concepts to our analysis of ... more »

A short guide to essay writing aimed at undergraduates on English, humanities and modular courses in the UK and the Rest of the World. It offers an alternative to the usual stuffy guides and focuses... more »

This book studies the primary curriculum, subject by subject. It aims to help teachers develop Literacy Hour work which is enjoyable, to incorporate themes around personal, social and moral developm... more »

This book assesses the impact and effect of the experience of basic education at a distance all over the world and in a variety of forms. This is the first major overview of this topic for twenty ye... more »

An overview of the work of the inspection and advisory services as they relate to the LEAs and other involved parties such as the DfEE, OFSTED, schools and governing bodies.

Hidden Hands focuses on a specific and neglected area of contemporary child welfare; that of children's paid work and labour.

An independent-study workbook designed for newly qualified teachers containing a range of activities. The materials can be used throughout the first and/or second years of teaching.

Following Lyotard's death in 1998, this book provides a timely exploration of the recurrent theme of education in his work.