121 products in Education

Written without technical jargon, this book will provide a stimulating and useful guide to teachers and student-teachers looking to improve their knowledge of the moving image and its place in the English

Some children have a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia or dyspraxia, but others can display learning difficulties associated with more than one specific "condition". This title helps teachers identify children with

This concise, no-nonsense guidebook demystifies first-class degrees in the arts, humanities and social sciences by explaining how to develop excellent reading, thinking and writing skills.

This Reader focuses on the theoretical and practical consideration of using information and communications technologies in teaching and learning. It examines current approaches to teaching and learning in science at various levels

When New Labour came into office in 1997, its commitment to "Education, education, education" captured the imagination of the public. This collection of articles from 1998 to 2003 presents the real state

This wide-ranging and meticulously researched book will make a significant contribution to the increasing urgent debate on the future of careers guidance, and for the first time calls the profession to critically

An analysis of the interrelationship between labour party values and beliefs and educational ideas since 1900.

Brings together Stephen Ball's key writings. Drawing on over twenty years' work, Professor Ball has selected his most important work - from education policy and sociology to his work on education and

Brings the writings of British philosopher, Isaiah Berlin to bear on the subject of multiculturalism in schools, that his work has been applied to matters of education. Tackling the often-contradictory issues surrounding

This accessible book offers an account of the range of teaching, assessing and feedback strategies used by individual 'expert' primary teachers and how they know or decide which strategy to bring into

This book examines the case for using infomation technologies and open and distance learning to train our teachers and give us more and better teachers. Given are practical new ways of building

Provides an introduction to the theory and research surrounding the adult learning of English for Speakers of Other Languages. This book examines geographical and social spread of issues, and is suitable for

Showing how schools are set up, run and held to account through testing and inspection, this book also shows how they make judgements about the relative merits of different schools' performances. It

Examining a number of academic institutions, this book highlights how they have broadened their promotion policies in order to weigh faculty professional service equally with scholarship.

This title discusses the role of high schools, now the key institution in the schooling process. For low-income young people these can be "make or break" years. Students who excel have the

Offers a comprehensive and comparative review of what is known about the preparation and development of primary and secondary schools leaders across the globe. This book describes issues and debates and an

This edited collection discusses the way legislation affects education and training and shows how the law can influence the level and degree of economic activity.

A concise social history of teaching from the colonial period to the present. It places important topics such as discipline in the classroom, technology and cultural diversity within historical perspective.