This text contains the latest curriculum and assessment changes. It aims to help students and newly qualified teachers to understand the complexities of being a co-ordinator of a National Curriculum subject in Key Stage 2 and reports on best practice. more »

For teachers, aspiring teachers and other professionals in upper secondary schools, further education colleges and universities who wish to increase learner motivation and to create opportunities for greater learner autonomy. more »

Product Info City Literacies explores the lives and literacies of different generations of people living in Spitalfields and The City at the end of the twentieth century. more »

Here, at last, is a book brimming with the good news of raising children--the basic reassuring news about happiness and unconditional love, about enduring family connections and kids who grow up right. Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., father of three and a clinical psychiatrist, has thought long and hard about ... more »

This book addresses current concerns with the nature of human learning from a distinctive philosophical perspective and is important for all who have a professional interest in learning. more » more »

This well-established guide combines sound practical advice on lesson organisation and teaching methods together with an exploration of teachers' feelings about themselves and the children they teac... more » more »

In the face of a subject-based National Curriculum, topic-work is under close scrutiny. Here the authors argue its case by showing how topics can fulfil specific curricular requirements whilst retaining certain flexibility. more »

This text focuses on religious education, history, geography and cross-curricular planning in the primary school. It includes discussion of the purpose of education, and how the humanities fit into ... more » more »

A practical guide-book for teachers working across the 7-11 age-range. It offers more challenge and depth by encouraging teachers to really investigate music with the children and manage music more effectively and with less stress. more »

This text is focused on the very specific needs and approaches appropriate for teachers of music to very young children. It focuses on the very specific needs and approaches appropriate for teaching music to very young children. more »

This edition has been fully revised to take into account changes in the National Curriculum, the introduction of NVQ's in child care and education and introduction of the parents charter and the much discussed nursery vouchers. more »

This book gives new teachers an idea of how to get the most out of primary school work relationships. It uses actual experiences, questionnaires and check lists to help the inexperienced. more » more »