Covers the social role of educational research, an area where there has been little published. Covers a range of conceptual and theoretical discussions and applies these concepts to our analysis of empirical studies. more »

Problem-based learning places the student at the centre of a process which integrates what is learned in a lecture with what the student actually experiences in practice. The authors of this book use their experience of designing and implementing such a course to offer detailed examples of strategies ... more »

Product Info This book traces the development of the school effectiveness debate and raises key questions about how it has become a dominant discourse in theories of educational change today. more »

This book outlines recent changes in teacher education and professional development and, by drawing on recent research findings, explores the positive and negative impacts on the nature of teaching and the shape of the profession. more »

This book explores the ways in which children make meaning of the various texts they meet both in and out of school, and shows teachers how they can build imaginative learning experiences for their pupils from a whole range of published materials. more »

This book offers practical advice and guidance on how children can be helped to use language to transform knowledge and experience into understanding across the curriculum, and thus become active le... more » more »

This book assesses the impact and effect of the experience of basic education at a distance all over the world and in a variety of forms. This is the first major overview of this topic for twenty ye... more » 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 »

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 »

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 »

Research with Children is a new resource book on the methodology of childhood research. Leading and new researchers within the social studies of childhood discuss epistemology and methodology, showing the links between theory and practice. more »