Do you want to know more about the key aspects of teaching PE?Would you like help in planning effective PE lessons?Would you like to begin to develop your own personal teaching philosophy?Then this is the essential guide for you!This book will support you in your initial teacher training programme a…
Are you looking for ways to encourage learners to think more creatively? Do you need ideas for fun and engaging activities for individuals and groups? Would you like a practical step-by-step guide written by practitioners for practitioners? YES? Then this is the book for you!This is the essential …
Learn a range of effective behaviour management techniques for your classroom!Successful teaching and learning requires a thorough understanding of how to implement a range of effective behaviour management approaches, strategies and philosophies. It is not only essential to put be able to put these…
Are you puzzled by tutor comments on your assignments? Do you want to improve your grades but aren't sure how? Do you want help but don’t know where to go or who to ask? If so, then this book will save the day! It will help any student to understand the comments they receive on their assignments a…
Studying Children is the first book of its kind to offer a theoretical and practical discussion of how to undertake research using cultural-historical theory when researching the everyday lives of children.The authors discuss the complexities of child development, providing a critique of alternative…
Review of the previous edition: "This powerful book makes many of its points through the use of case studies and examples. Rarely, if ever, has discussion of so wide a variety of approaches to learning been gathered together in a single volume." British Journal of Educational TechnologyThe new editi…
Group learning plays a central role in contemporary education and training. Studying collaboratively has been shown to directly enhance student learning, as well as being valued as a 'key skill'.This handbook covers the essential elements of groupwork in adult and post-compulsory education, in an ac…
"This richly varied text offers generous support for every aspect of the teacher's role, while constantly reminding us that mathematical activity is not a de-contextualised skill that children possess, but part of their identity, their way of being in the world, engaged with the world, energetically…
"The book is written in an admirably clear style and is effectively structured throughout its three parts with eight concise chapters. The book's intention - in which it largely succeeds - is to strengthen secondary data analysis as one technique in the 'methodological toolbox' available to research…
"The editors take readers through a breathtaking landscape of perspectives on the foundations of playwork. ... This book invites you to reflect (see Palmer, p51). But above all, it is one that inspires action."Children and Society"Foundations of Playwork is a must read for anyone with an interest in…