Teacher training

Knowledge is the basic output of the defense technology establishment in the United States; it is what enables the development of weapon systems.

Central to caring professions such as teaching is the need to notice and be sensitive to the experiences of pupils and teachers.

Reclaiming Radical Ideas in Schools provides support for every primary school in the provision of Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development (SMSC), the teaching of British values and preparation for life in modern Britain.

Day-by-Day Math Thinking Routines in Third Grade helps you provide students with a review of the foundational ideas in math, every day of the week!

This book provides a valuable balance between what one must know and what one must do to turn around low-performing schools.

First published in 1985, the Handbook for Achieving Gender Equity Through Education quickly established itself as the essential reference work concerning gender equity in education.

In this book Apple explores the 'conservative restoration' - the rightward turn of a broad-based coalition that is making successful inroads in determining American and international educational policy.

An Evidence-based Guide to College and University Teaching outlines a definition of "e;model teaching"e; based on research evidence and accepted best practices in high education.

A Commitment to Teaching: Toward More Efficacious Teacher Preparation introduces the reader to a collection of thoughtful works by authors that represent current research and thinking about teacher self-efficacy and teacher preparation.

Education, Self-consciousness and Social Action reconstructs the Hegelian concept of education, Bildung, and shows that this concept could serve as a powerful alternative to current psychologist notions of learning.

The development of generic skills (often referred to as 'soft skills') in accounting education has been a focus of discussion and debate for several decades.

This text supports pre-service teachers in developing mindfulness strategies as they undertake professional experience.

This book focuses on the professional development of teacher educators, forming a definitive and expert resource for all those interested in this area of professional learning.

Using Grading to Support Student Learning offers an accessible foundation for using grading practices to support student learning through classroom assessment.

The role of ICT in enhancing both teaching and learning in classrooms continues to develop, no more so than when in the hands of effective practitioners.

This is an essential guide for all teaching professionals to help them make an informed decision about what wellbeing programmes and initiatives they should select in their schools and why.

This book provides a lively account of one of the most important and overlooked themes in American education.

Teachers don't have to cut out penguin beaks anymore.

Education and poverty exist in a highly contested relationship even in the developed world.

English is central to the primary-school curriculum and successfully mastering the basics has a significant influence on pupils' ability to learn and achieve their future goals.

Written by experts in the field, this book aims to provide an alternative approach to quality teaching in higher education by deriving a model of good university teaching from the academics which universities have chosen as their best teachers.

Awareness in Action is a user-friendly text/workbook designed for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing mental health degrees (e.

Making sure that all students read well is a top priority for schools, and literacy coaches are playing an increasingly important role in the effort.

Designed specifically for teachers with little subject knowledge or experience in history, this book provides trainees with the confidence they need to teach primary history.

The ultimate aim of reading is not the process but to understand what we read and comprehension can take place at many different levels.

Are you striving to establish a more creative and imaginative classroom?

On publication in 2009 John Hattie's Visible Learning presented the biggest ever collection of research into what actually work in schools to improve children's learning.

Winner of the 2013 American Educational Studies Association's Critics Choice Award!

What does it mean to become a reader?

This successful guide--now in a revised and expanded second edition--gives teachers effective strategies to support adolescents development of relevant literacy skills in specific disciplines.

To develop a mode of educational research which speaks both of and to the teacher we require more study of the lives of teachers.

This practical book is designed to help school leaders develop a sustainable culture of learning across the curriculum.

Pre-service and beginning teachers have to negotiate an unfamiliar and often challenging working environment, in both teaching spaces and staff spaces.

In August 2005, over 500 international researchers from the field of science education met at the 5th European Science Education Research Association conference in Barcelona, Spain.

In Promoting Early Career Teacher Resilience the stories of 60 graduate teachers are documented as they grapple with some of the most persistent and protracted personal and professional struggles facing teachers today.

This timely volume opens a window on issues related to English language education in Vietnam.

Supporting Children's Learning in the Early Years is aimed at early years practitioners who are developing their knowledge and understanding of professional practice through studying at undergraduate level.

CO-PUBLISHED BY ROUTLEDGE AND THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISHThis innovative book explores how digital language and tools can be used to teach applied grammar in the classroom.

How can you make gymnastics activity fun, lively and inclusive?

How might inquiry enhance the professional practice of student and practising teachers, teacher educators and other practitioners?

Join Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher as they outline a clear-cut, realistic, and rewarding approach to formative assessment.

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 book outlines how teachers, music / arts therapists and teacher trainers have engaged in participatory action research to facilitate regular group music listening and improvisational music making with children and young people in their classrooms, highlighting its impact in addressing issues of mental health and providing social and emotional access to learning.

For busy college faculty who want to catch up on the latest developments in teaching and learning, this book offers an accessible guide to seven key evidence-based strategies for effective instruction.

You Know the Fair Rule is a comprehensive, practical, and realistic guide to effective practice.

The book explores the nature of human creativity and its importance in education with reference to past and ongoing work on creativity theory.

Much debate, research and commentary about class sizes in schools is limited because of an exclusive concern with class size and pupil academic attainment, and a neglect of classroom processes, which might help explain class size effects (or lack of them).