This important book considers what we know about test and exam anxiety, including how it is defined, its characteristics, how it can be identified, why and how it develops, and what can be done to support test-anxious students.
This book builds an easy-to-understand rural school curriculum interpretation framework and operational ideas, based on the policy foundation and practical experience of basic education curriculum reform.
If children are to access all phonics teaching effectively, they first need to know how to tune into and manipulate the sounds specifically needed for reading.
The contributors to this volume - educators, student affairs practitioners, and higher education staff - heartfully share a broad range of contemplative practices and acts of resistance used within the confines of shattered systems and institutions for themselves, their colleagues, and their students.
As the demographics of college students in the United States continue to shift, researchers increasingly design studies that offer insight into students enrolled in higher and postsecondary education institutions.
Bridging the gap between instructional design (ID) theory and practice in today's technology-enhanced learning environments, the book extends the current understanding of instructional science with an up-to-date perspective on emerging technologies and their affordances for teaching and learning.
Written by an experienced teacher and teacher educator with widespread experience of teaching mathematics in the UK and internationally, the bestselling 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 unique collection of essays from researchers and teacher educators from around the world presents innovative approaches to education theory, critical policy analyses, de-colonializing reformulations of teacher education and a "e;standard of dissensus"e; for teacher education.
Authentic School Improvement for Authentic Leaders charts a full improvement journey of a school from a 'Requires Improvement' Ofsted rating, through a second, to a resounding 'Good'.
Drawing on research and practice, this key text provides a rich, detailed, and accessible guide to Communities of Practice (CoPs) theory and how to implement it within higher education.
Working with Uncertainty for Educational Change explores the liberating possibilities for those who seek to embrace existing research into uncertainty and complexity at diverse levels in the world of education.
Owning Your Project-Based Learning is a user-friendly, vividly illustrated guide designed to help undergraduate students and their instructors fully realize the power of project-based learning (PBL).
In light of increasing demands on teachers and the need to develop teaching-related competences, this book examines the situation-specific skill of teacher noticing in pre-service and in-service secondary mathematics teachers.
From leading scholar and applied linguist Paul Nation, this book describes and explains the 20 most effective and efficient language teaching techniques and why they work.
Drawing together the worlds of classroom practice, school leadership and scientific research, this is an essential how-to guide for initiating and maintaining a school improvement journey based on the science of learning.
As the demographics of college students in the United States continue to shift, researchers increasingly design studies that offer insight into students enrolled in higher and postsecondary education institutions.
The A-Z of Trust Leadership is a compelling handbook for those leading multi-academy trusts and school partnerships, organised around the 26 letters of the English alphabet.
In an era where educational disparity poses a significant challenge, this book explores the transformative power of school-to-school collaboration through the development of the Education Group in China.
This book presents a model of transformative, empowering and critically oriented language teacher education to prepare English teachers to implement Global Englishes Language Teaching (GELT).
Bridging the gap between instructional design (ID) theory and practice in today's technology-enhanced learning environments, the book extends the current understanding of instructional science with an up-to-date perspective on emerging technologies and their affordances for teaching and learning.
Drawing on research carried out in partnership with schoolteachers, school leaders, and student teachers, this book presents cutting-edge research on teacher education and how it can be used to catalyse the development of inclusive practice in mainstream schools and classrooms.
A clear and compelling text written by teachers, psychologists, and educationalists, Relational Practice: New Approaches to Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools proposes a dynamic and relational approach to supporting the mental health needs of children and young people within education.
