As early education and child care increase, parents and professionals face many questions. This book proposes three dimensions of care giving behaviour, by which parents and professionals can help themselves, and young children, to develop. more »

Product Info This introductory text shows the importance of philosophy of education in educational debate and as a preliminary to any practical activity such as teaching. more »

Analyses the strategies teachers can use to improve the educational achievements of both boys and girls. Also challenges gender construction in the classroom and thereby addresses the 'gender-gap' i... more » more »

This book focuses directly on the classroom, on the challenges individual teachers face in classroom-based assessment, and how these challenges have been and are being met in a range of internationa... more » more »

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 play, and when. more »

Product Info An overview of the work of the inspection and advisory services as they relate to the LEAs and other involved parties such as the DfEE, OFSTED, schools and governing bodies. more »

This book works on the premise that an 'educated' woman was in early modern Europe something quite different than an educated man. Education was understood as preparation for one's station in life. Women were not 'uneducated' with regard to men - they were simply educated in a different manner and toward ... more »

This book looks at the ways in which the social and economic changes of modern period have impacted on the education system. It looks at ways schools and universities were moulded by external influences and thus its effect on modern society. more »

This book presents a collection of stories from action research projects in schools and a university. It shows how projects that differ on a variety of dimensions can raise similar themes, problems ... more » more »

Drawing on insights from other European curricular systems, this provocative book will contribute, in a timely way, to the debate on reformations of the National Curriculum. The text includes points for discussion and lists of further reading. more »

This book is based on a four year collaborative effort among teachers, university professors and graduate students to promote success among 'low-achieving' African American students. ... more » more »

Designed for all music teachers, this book provides a careful and clear examination and analysis of the fundamental concepts involved in music. Professor Swanwick investigates questions such as: What is music? Is music meaningful? Does music refine our feelings and emotions? If so, how? The discussion ... more »