Primary and middle schools

With passion, clarity, and rich examples, Reclaiming Writing is dedicated to reawakening the journeys that writers take as they make sense of, think about, and speak back to their worlds in this era of high-stakes testing and mandated curricula.

With passion, clarity, and rich examples, Reclaiming Writing is dedicated to reawakening the journeys that writers take as they make sense of, think about, and speak back to their worlds in this era of high-stakes testing and mandated curricula.

Assessing Historical Thinking and Understanding advocates for a fundamental change in how educators think about making sense of learners' developing cognition and understanding in history.

Assessing Historical Thinking and Understanding advocates for a fundamental change in how educators think about making sense of learners' developing cognition and understanding in history.

This study guide has been revised to give practical guidance on the new standards for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and updated in line with the latest special needs Code of Practice and recent legislation.

This study guide has been revised to give practical guidance on the new standards for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and updated in line with the latest special needs Code of Practice and recent legislation.

Specifically structured around the QCA schemes of work, this book focuses upon developing the science subject knowledge of the reader up to the standards needed for QTS.

Specifically structured around the QCA schemes of work, this book focuses upon developing the science subject knowledge of the reader up to the standards needed for QTS.

'Tom Bennett is the voice of the modern teacher.

'Tom Bennett is the voice of the modern teacher.

First published in 1979, this book considers the culture of a multi-racial community through the eyes of six children about to start school.

First published in 1979, this book considers the culture of a multi-racial community through the eyes of six children about to start school.

First published in 1979, this book looks at the subject of childminding in Britain at the time it was written.

First published in 1979, this book looks at the subject of childminding in Britain at the time it was written.

This volume identifies resources, models, and specific practices for improving teacher preparation for work with second language learners.

This volume identifies resources, models, and specific practices for improving teacher preparation for work with second language learners.

Young Citizens of the World takes a clear stance: Social studies is about citizenship education that is informed, deliberative, and activist-citizenship not only as a noun, something one studies, but as a verb, something one DOES.

Young Citizens of the World takes a clear stance: Social studies is about citizenship education that is informed, deliberative, and activist-citizenship not only as a noun, something one studies, but as a verb, something one DOES.

Teachers and governments all agree that if you wish to raise educational standards then it's imperative to improve school attendance, and yet an average of around ten per cent of secondary pupils are missing school on a daily basis.

Teachers and governments all agree that if you wish to raise educational standards then it's imperative to improve school attendance, and yet an average of around ten per cent of secondary pupils are missing school on a daily basis.

Focusing on the principles and applications of chaotic thinking, this text seeks to promote a more general understanding and acceptance of this cognitive style.

Focusing on the principles and applications of chaotic thinking, this text seeks to promote a more general understanding and acceptance of this cognitive style.

Self-regulation in education is a familiar and important topic for all educators: professors, administrators, teachers, researchers, journalists, and scholars.

Self-regulation in education is a familiar and important topic for all educators: professors, administrators, teachers, researchers, journalists, and scholars.

Serious Play is a comprehensive account of the possibilities and challenges of teaching and learning with digital games in primary and secondary schools.

Serious Play is a comprehensive account of the possibilities and challenges of teaching and learning with digital games in primary and secondary schools.

Keith Swanwick explores the psychological and sociological dimensions of musical experience and the implications of these for children's development and music education in schools and colleges.

Keith Swanwick explores the psychological and sociological dimensions of musical experience and the implications of these for children's development and music education in schools and colleges.

National Curriculum guidelines emphasise knowledge, understanding and skills.

National Curriculum guidelines emphasise knowledge, understanding and skills.

'With admirable clarity, Mrs Peters sums up what determines competence in spelling and the traditional and new approaches to its teaching.

English teachers are always keen to explore new ways of motivating their pupils to engage with reading, both for learning and for pleasure.

English teachers are always keen to explore new ways of motivating their pupils to engage with reading, both for learning and for pleasure.

Reports on the research findings of the Teacher Education Project, analysing classroom case studies which looked at students as good and bad class managers, at students' very first encounters with classes and at their handling of classes.

Reports on the research findings of the Teacher Education Project, analysing classroom case studies which looked at students as good and bad class managers, at students' very first encounters with classes and at their handling of classes.

Today, India's education sector remains a victim of poor policies, restrictive regulations and orthodoxy.

Today, India's education sector remains a victim of poor policies, restrictive regulations and orthodoxy.

This introductory book shows the relevance of philosophical thinking to the practice of education.

This introductory book shows the relevance of philosophical thinking to the practice of education.

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.

Published in the year 1985, An Elementary Approach To Thinking Under Uncertainty is a valuable contribution to the field of Cognitive Psychology.

Published in the year 1985, An Elementary Approach To Thinking Under Uncertainty is a valuable contribution to the field of Cognitive Psychology.

This latest new edition of Effective Classroom Management is written for new teachers and those who train and guide them.

This latest new edition of Effective Classroom Management is written for new teachers and those who train and guide them.

The Leverhulme Primary Project reported here provides for the first time evidence on what is actually happening in teacher education today and on how novice teachers learn their craft.

The Leverhulme Primary Project reported here provides for the first time evidence on what is actually happening in teacher education today and on how novice teachers learn their craft.

This is a practical book for pupils, designed to teach the basic skills of scientific investigation and problem solving.

This is a practical book for pupils, designed to teach the basic skills of scientific investigation and problem solving.

This sourcebook offers a unique summary into all that was important in primary education during the 1990s.