Teacher training

Aimed at those educators who wish to make their practice more consistent with progressive educational principles, namely helping learners to take greater control over planning and managing their own learning.

Aimed at those educators who wish to make their practice more consistent with progressive educational principles, namely helping learners to take greater control over planning and managing their own learning.

This book examines the philosophy and constructs of counselling training and the means by which students and trainers manage the complex demands placed upon them during the training process.

This book examines the philosophy and constructs of counselling training and the means by which students and trainers manage the complex demands placed upon them during the training process.

This book explores how the education sector can transition to being truly sustainable and why necessary innovations for educational change are being subverted and undermined when mapped onto the existing industrial educational system.

In a complex and multi-layered world, the conventional idea of great leadership being the result of the efforts of a single individual is rapidly becoming redundant.

In a complex and multi-layered world, the conventional idea of great leadership being the result of the efforts of a single individual is rapidly becoming redundant.

This book presents a collection of stories from action research projects in schools and a university.

This book presents a collection of stories from action research projects in schools and a university.

As institutions and organisations around the world move to more open and flexible delivery of educational and training programmes, there is increasing need for effective forms of staff development to encourage and support change.

As institutions and organisations around the world move to more open and flexible delivery of educational and training programmes, there is increasing need for effective forms of staff development to encourage and support change.

Globally, mathematics and science education faces three crucial challenges: an increasing need for mathematics and science graduates; a declining enrolment of school graduates into university studies in these disciplines; and the varying quality of school teaching in these areas.

This book addresses key issues related to teaching pupils from disadvantaged and impoverished backgrounds and provides a valuable reference and pedagogical tool for teachers and teacher educators.

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.

Queer Inclusion in Teacher Education explores the challenges and promises of building queer inclusive pedagogy and curriculum into teacher education.

Queer Inclusion in Teacher Education explores the challenges and promises of building queer inclusive pedagogy and curriculum into teacher education.

The Use of Children's Literature in Teaching reveals the impact of politics, professional guidelines and restrictive measurements of literacy on the emerging identities of young teachers.

The issue of pastoral care and how a teacher effectively provides it is currently a topic of great debate in the media.

The issue of pastoral care and how a teacher effectively provides it is currently a topic of great debate in the media.

For all those preparing to teach or involved in further professional development it will provide an essential, accessible and readable companion to their course.

For all those preparing to teach or involved in further professional development it will provide an essential, accessible and readable companion to their course.

The impact and content of English as a subject on the curriculum is once more the subject of lively debate.

The impact and content of English as a subject on the curriculum is once more the subject of lively debate.

Better than Best Practice offers a new way of thinking about classroom practice, professional development, and improving teaching and learning.

Better than Best Practice offers a new way of thinking about classroom practice, professional development, and improving teaching and learning.

The importance of professional development for teachers cannot be overstated.

This book illustrates the relationship between politics and the ways in which lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) issues are taught in schools.

This book takes an inspirational look at how to foster children's creativity as well as following the guidelines in the National Curriculum.

This book takes an inspirational look at how to foster children's creativity as well as following the guidelines in the National Curriculum.

This essential and aspirational text is aimed at all beginning teachers whatever your training route, age phase and setting.

Written by a range of history professionals, including HMIs, this book provides excellent ideas on the teaching, learning and organization of history in primary and secondary schools.

Written by a range of history professionals, including HMIs, this book provides excellent ideas on the teaching, learning and organization of history in primary and secondary schools.

Designed to support both teachers and university-based tutors in mentoring pre-service and newly qualified mathematics teachers at both primary and secondary levels, Mentoring Mathematics Teachers offers straightforward practical advice that is based on practice, underpinned by research, and geared specifically towards this challenging subject area.

Designed to support both teachers and university-based tutors in mentoring pre-service and newly qualified mathematics teachers at both primary and secondary levels, Mentoring Mathematics Teachers offers straightforward practical advice that is based on practice, underpinned by research, and geared specifically towards this challenging subject area.

This book examines the status of training and continuing professional development of teachers on a national and international level.

This book examines the status of training and continuing professional development of teachers on a national and international level.

This book focuses on the characteristics of language acquisition observed in highly able students and links them to the most effective language activities to be used.

This book is unique as it focuses on pupils' perceptions of their learning with trainee teachers in primary schools.

This book is unique as it focuses on pupils' perceptions of their learning with trainee teachers in primary schools.

The Reading for Real Handbook was very well received by both teachers and literacy specialists when it was published in 1992.

Which factors have been influential in developing science teaching and learning for the three to thirteen age group in the last twenty years?

Which factors have been influential in developing science teaching and learning for the three to thirteen age group in the last twenty years?

It is estimated that there are some 12 000 international schools world-wide, with over 25 000 middle managers and head teachers.

It is estimated that there are some 12 000 international schools world-wide, with over 25 000 middle managers and head teachers.

Between 1989 and 1999 half the teachers in England and Wales quit their posts.

Between 1989 and 1999 half the teachers in England and Wales quit their posts.

Rethinking Teacher Education is a thorough and critical analysis of the ambivalences and uncertainties that face those in teacher education.

Rethinking Teacher Education is a thorough and critical analysis of the ambivalences and uncertainties that face those in teacher education.

Issues in Modern Foreign Languages Teaching draws together a range of issues in the teaching of modern foreign languages into one volume that will encourage students and newly qualified teachers to consider and reflect on the issues so that they can make a reasoned and informed judgement about their teaching of MFL.

The What's in it for Schools series has been written by experts in the field for an audience of busy practitioners.