Pre-school and kindergarten

Getting to the heart of primary education: six contrasting studies of teachers, teaching, learning and classroom discourse, all set in a historical frame.

The inclusion of technology among the National Curriculum foundation subjects is an exciting , but at the same time somewhat daunting challenge for primary teachers.

The inclusion of technology among the National Curriculum foundation subjects is an exciting , but at the same time somewhat daunting challenge for primary teachers.

Getting to the heart of primary education: six contrasting studies of teachers, teaching, learning and classroom discourse, all set in a historical frame.

Drawing on the work of Vygotsky, the authors look at the social and emotional advantages children can gain from working together.

Drawing on the work of Vygotsky, the authors look at the social and emotional advantages children can gain from working together.

Art has always been an important part of the primary school experience.

Art has always been an important part of the primary school experience.

The provisions of the 1988 Education Reform Act have given many schools the turnover and responsibilities of a medium-sized business.

The provisions of the 1988 Education Reform Act have given many schools the turnover and responsibilities of a medium-sized business.

Self-regulation has been identified as an important predictor of school readiness and academic achievement in young children.

Self-regulation has been identified as an important predictor of school readiness and academic achievement in young children.

This book originated from an awareness of the persistent lack of knowledge supporting a more respectful reception and approach to the youngest in our changing societies.

This book originated from an awareness of the persistent lack of knowledge supporting a more respectful reception and approach to the youngest in our changing societies.

This book challenges the current state of childhood studies by exploring children and young people's agency and relationships.

This book challenges the current state of childhood studies by exploring children and young people's agency and relationships.

Media Education in the Primary School provides a clear, practical guide for teachers on how to approach media education.

Media Education in the Primary School provides a clear, practical guide for teachers on how to approach media education.

Colin Rogers and Peter Kutnick reassess the role of social psychology in educational practice for the primary classroom.

For more than twenty years, topic work has been accepted as the natural way to teach young children in their first years of school.

For more than twenty years, topic work has been accepted as the natural way to teach young children in their first years of school.

Primary teachers have always been required to master a wealth of knowledge and professional skills and recent debate has led to pressure for ever higher levels of competence.

Primary teachers have always been required to master a wealth of knowledge and professional skills and recent debate has led to pressure for ever higher levels of competence.

Child-Initiated Play and Learning shows how a creative approach to learning that allows for spontaneous adventures in play through child-led projects can lead to rich learning experiences that build on children's own interests.

Child-Initiated Play and Learning shows how a creative approach to learning that allows for spontaneous adventures in play through child-led projects can lead to rich learning experiences that build on children's own interests.

This very practical book offers advice for teachers.

This very practical book offers advice for teachers.

This fully revised edition of Understanding the Danish Forest School Approach is a much needed source of information for those wishing to extend and consolidate their understanding of the Danish Forest School Approach.

This fully revised edition of Understanding the Danish Forest School Approach is a much needed source of information for those wishing to extend and consolidate their understanding of the Danish Forest School Approach.

In this stimulating collection of specially commissioned essays, teachers and researchers in the forefront of thinking in this area consider both the controversies and the day-to-day realities of teaching primary English.

In this stimulating collection of specially commissioned essays, teachers and researchers in the forefront of thinking in this area consider both the controversies and the day-to-day realities of teaching primary English.

The importance of early childhood education has been emphasized by a large body of research that has demonstrated that children's cognitive and socio-emotional development is significantly influenced by the quality of the education and care received from their families and in preschool.

The importance of early childhood education has been emphasized by a large body of research that has demonstrated that children's cognitive and socio-emotional development is significantly influenced by the quality of the education and care received from their families and in preschool.

Over the past few years bilingualism has come to be seen not as a hinderance to assimiliation but as an asset which, properly nurtured, will benefit children's linguistic awareness, cultural sensitivity and cognitive functioning.

Over the past few years bilingualism has come to be seen not as a hinderance to assimiliation but as an asset which, properly nurtured, will benefit children's linguistic awareness, cultural sensitivity and cognitive functioning.

The first part of this book charts and analyses the working days of 326 primary school teachers.

The first part of this book charts and analyses the working days of 326 primary school teachers.

Teachers of the youngest children at school were the first to bear the brunt of the policies to change the curriculum after the 1988 Education Act.

Teachers of the youngest children at school were the first to bear the brunt of the policies to change the curriculum after the 1988 Education Act.

Why is there always one child who persistently plays with the door, who mixes sand with water or throws objects across the room?

The question of how the problems of slow readers can be caught early and remedied has been much in the news lately.

The question of how the problems of slow readers can be caught early and remedied has been much in the news lately.

The Clemsons' clear and readable book takes the reader from debates about how children learn and what children know and can do when they start school; through to a discussion of how mathematics can be managed, assessed and evaluated in the school and classroom.

The Clemsons' clear and readable book takes the reader from debates about how children learn and what children know and can do when they start school; through to a discussion of how mathematics can be managed, assessed and evaluated in the school and classroom.

This book is for all teachers who have curriculum and management responsibilities in primary schools or who aspire to those positions.

This book is for all teachers who have curriculum and management responsibilities in primary schools or who aspire to those positions.

The place of religious education in the elementary curriculum is an ambiguous one for many teachers.

The place of religious education in the elementary curriculum is an ambiguous one for many teachers.

This book focuses on approaches to the teaching of primary English at Key Stage 2 in the context of the National Curriculum.

This book focuses on approaches to the teaching of primary English at Key Stage 2 in the context of the National Curriculum.