Replacing the best-selling The Teaching of History in Primary Schools, acclaimed author Hilary Cooper returns with this invaluable resource, showing how to sustain a dynamic history curriculum in the classroom....
An edited collection describing key issues in supporting literacy development, this book helps to 'unlock' the mysteries behind helping children learn to read, write, speak and listen. It explores ways...
Process drama is essentially improvisational and not based on a set script or 'story board'. As such, it plays an important part in creative 'drama-in-education' - yet there are very...
Planned for undergraduate students interested in Education and postgraduates on teacher training courses, this book brings together a variety of themes relating to Education in its broadest contexts. The focus...
Focusing on communicating with young children with special needs, this text focuses on what needs to be done and how to achieve it through good communication practices, and provides a...
Home-school Work in Multicultural Settings
The second edition of this widely-used undergraduate textbook is shorter than its predecessor, but now contains a thorough treatment of computational methods. It aims to cover degree students' needs in...
This reference covers the essential aspects of special educational needs important to effective classroom practice and relevant to NQT Induction Standards. It explores: recent legislative changes to the Code of...
Words and Images on the Page: Improving Children's Writing Through Design
This newly revised second edition looks at ways in which teachers can develop children's abilities in speaking and listening, as required by the National Curriculum. The authors discuss the links...
First Published in 1999. Based on the author's experience of teaching poetry to children for more thirty years, this book offers guidance on engaging young children minds in poetry in...
Ever since its publication in 1995, this book has offered a means for teachers to consider why some bilingual pupils in their classrooms are not making learning progress or are...
Like its predecessor on secondary middle management, this book uses a succinct and accessible style. The authors; highlight the special challenge of middle management; cover the full range of middle...
Fully reflecting the content of the Foundation Stage's Early Learning Goals (DfEE 1999), this new text is written for all practitioners working in Early Years settings. It will also appeal...