The fourth edition of this informative, accessible and intellectually engaging teacher training book provides a definitive guide for trainee and newly qualified secondary school teachers and their mentors.The book has been fully updated to reflect the many changes in policy and practice, including d…
High quality interactions are recognised as fundamental to the achievement of outstanding teaching and learning in the early years. If you are working with children from six months to six years this authoritative new book from leading author Julie Fisher encourages you to reflect deeply on the qua…
A brand new edition of an internationally-renowned philosophy of science bestseller.Now well into its fourth decade, What is This Thing Called Science? has become something of a classic the world over, available in 19 languages. Each decade, Alan Chalmers has drawn on his experience as a teacher and…
Are you teaching or training to teach literacy to adult learners?Do you want to update and deepen your practice?Yes! Then this is the essential book for you!In this book, the authors offer friendly guidance on how to work with adult learners to develop their literacy skills and practices. They chall…
Existing and ongoing conceptual debates continue to shape how we perceive multiculturalism and other concepts that can be applied to education. Political and social consequences allow an examination of integration in contemporary policy contexts. Issues of faith schooling and citizenship remain as o…
“What a provocative and refreshing stance on evidence-informed education! Evidence-informed education may currently be a divided field, but this must-read book offers hope that a reunion of existing approaches may be possible for a ‘productive tension’ where researchers, school leaders and tea…
“This book, co-authored by long time practitioners, brilliantly demonstrates that an inequitable, illiberal education system can be changed to become inclusive and equitable. With one part examining the system over the decades since the Warnock report, and a second part presenting policy and pract…
“This book showcases the breadth and value of online pedagogy for applied linguistics. The chapters offer informative, practical and inspirational insights into teaching and learning used at the Open University, and how these approaches extend to the wider Higher Education context. A genuinely eng…
“The establishment of professional learning networks can be transformational for you personally and professionally. This book takes you step by step through the process of developing an effective Professional Learning Network (PLN) to create and realise a new status quo!”Catherine Carden, Canter…
“[E]ssential reading for anyone learning to be a teacher… This book will continue to be a core text on our ITE programmes.”Rachele Newman. Director of Initial Teacher Education, University of Southampton, UK“A comprehensive ‘must have’ for every new teacher entering the profession: a wid…
