Teacher training

Education is a values-based experience.

A comprehensive introduction to middle school teaching, this textbook focuses explicitly on instructional strategies that encourage adolescents to become active participants in their own learning within a world of accountability and standardized testing.

This book uniquely describes the work of two Early Years Professionals, drawing on their narrative accounts as they robustly describe and analyse their work with young children.

Philosophy of Education in Action: An Inquiry-Based Approach (Second Edition) is an innovative introductory text that invites readers to explore philosophy of education through the lens of their own observations and experiences.

This edited volume addresses the need for reforms in mathematics teacher training, spurred by scientific advancements and societal changes, encompassing calls for changes in curricula, content, and instructional methods.

With 30+ years experience developing and using EdTech products, distilled down into an easy-to-read format, My Secret EdTech Diary aims to get you thinking about the past, present and future role of educational technology and how it influences and shapes our education system.

The Really Useful Book of Science Experiments contains 100 simple-to-do science experiments that can be confidently carried out by any teacher in a primary school classroom with minimal (or no!

Written by an experienced teacher and teacher educator with widespread experience of teaching mathematics in the UK and internationally, Understanding and Teaching Primary Mathematics combines pedagogy and subject knowledge to build confidence and equip you with all the skills and know-how you need to successfully teach mathematics to children of any age.

This Study Guide provides thought-provoking questions and easy-to-implement activities to help you apply the concepts in the bestselling book, Seven Simple Secrets, 2nd Edition.

Global learning and sustainable development encompass some of the key ideas and challenges facing the world today: challenges such as climate change, globalization and interdependence.

As a trainee teacher you, must reach a threshold level of skill for English and mathematics.

As social media and Web 2.

Offering research- and evidence-based approaches that explore the essential components of programme leadership in higher education, this book is designed to define, develop and support the programme leadership role and all those who undertake it.

Understanding what influences the quality of teachers' work across a career is key to building and sustaining their on-going commitment and effectiveness.

This book offers a remarkable range of research that emphasises the need to analyse the shaping of curricula under historical, social and political variables.

This edited volume aims to evaluate the promises of workplace learning by addressing the following related questions: What are current developments in theory that informs workplace learning research?

Accounting sustainably involves accounting for and to the natural environment, and accounting for and to society, including groups currently oppressed or disadvantaged by unsustainable processes and practices.

Fairness and Fear ?

Everybody seems to be talking about Assessment for Learning.

This book explores a range of challenges teachers face in dealing with situations of disadvantage, and explores different ways of thinking about these situations.

This book exposes the truths regarding education and economics so that every individual can understand the negative ramifications of implementing policies and practices based on educational and economic falsehoods.

This fascinating text offers a compelling argument for the need to include insider perspectives of disability in teacher education programs, in order to enrich professional understandings and shed light on the reality of living with a disability.

186 Days in Teaching provides a month-by-month roadmap for the school year, helping secondary teachers quickly adapt to new environments, accomplish the many tasks expected of them and excel in roles that might be unfamiliar or outside their initial training.

Teachers see the impact of pupils' mental wellbeing on the experience of school every day.

Showcasing the design and implementation of knowledge building pedagogy, this book for educators and education researchers illuminates this future-oriented instructional and learning approach.

This book is the essential guide to the pedagogical and industry-inspired considerations that must shape how BIM is taught and learned.

This accessible resource assists teachers, instructional coaches, principals, and curricular leaders to adopt a simple, straightforward framework that allows educators to seamlessly align high quality learning targets with specific standards.

Presents research into the differences in boy's and girl's experiences of the reading and writing curriculum at home and in school.

Now in a fully revised third edition, How to Teach Poetry Writing: Workshops for Ages 5-9 is a practical, activity-based resource of poetry writing workshops.

Imagine a funfair in the classroom.

The workplace has significant influence over our sense of wellbeing.

Nursery leaders play a crucial role in the overall smooth running of their nursery, as they are ultimately in charge of the recruitment of staff, child protection and development, and health and safety.

Now in its fifth edition, the best-selling text Mathematical Knowledge for Primary Teachers provides trainee teachers with clear information about the fundamental mathematical ideas taught in primary schools.

Educational coacheswhether math, literacy, instructional, or curriculum coachesvary in the content of the work they do and in the grade range of the teachers with whom they work.

What constitutes a high quality teacher education program and what standards teacher candidates should meet before receiving their teaching credential?

If the difference between a student's success and failure were something specific you could teach, wouldn't you?

What do we mean by Active Learning?

This volume examines the diverse ways in which universities and colleges around the world are partnering and collaborating with other institutions to fulfill their missions and visions.

This book is written for teacher educators who are looking for strategies to teach a foreign or second language in a more meaningful way whilst applying active methodologies to develop critical thinking skills.

Emotions are at the core of the educational enterprise but their role is mostly left unexamined.

First published in 1992.

This book offers a comprehensive guide to the Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT) framework that has convincingly demonstrated that implementation increases retention and improved outcomes for all students.

Im Fokus des Sammelbandes stehen Studienfachangebote für Deutsch als Zweitsprache (DaZ) für (angehende) Lehrer:innen in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz.

Teacher Education and the Political is a striking book which addresses the nature and purpose of teacher education in a global context characterised by economic and political anxieties around declining productivity and social inclusion.

Teachers in English schools have now had ten years of prescriptive national literacy strategies and it is time for a new approach.

Social work practice in the twenty-first century is continually changing.

University Teaching: An Introductory Guide is a vital tool for the new lecturer that aims to encourage and support an inquiry into university teaching and academic life.

Competency-Based Education introduces educators to a new model for anytime, anywhere schooling and provides tools and curriculum resources for redesigning the traditional structures of K12 schools.