This text explores international comparisons in mathematics education and highlights strengths and weaknesses in various systems world-wide, allowing teachers, researchers and academics to compare and contrast different approaches. more »

In this volume, a respected group of researchers and practitioners, who share concerns for equity and excellence in education, write about their thoughts and concerns for the future of special needs... more » more »

Reports on the research findings of the Teacher Education Project, analysing classroom case studies which looked at students as good and bad class managers, at students' very first encounters with classes and at their handling of classes. more »

Product Info This book tackles the issue of whether and how thinking should be taught in schools and explores how best to help children become effective thinkers and learners. more »

This analysis of Australian schooling relates international sociological research to the actual experiences of teachers in the classroom, and sets those experiences in the wider context of the Australian school system. more »

Product Info Using a mixture of theory and practical ideas, this book will help all elementary teachers, whether specialists or not, to deliver effective religious education. more »

It is the richest, most influential, most powerful university in the world, but at the beginning of 2001, Harvard was in crisis. Students complained that a Harvard education had grown mediocre. Professors charged that the university cared more about money than about learning. And everyone worried ... more »

Offering practical advice on dealing with the issues raised by the Code of Practice, this book will be of particular interest to teachers and head teachers in primary schools. From assessment through to staff development everything is covered more »

Aimed at non specialist primary teachers, this book offers support for the two attainment targets of the National Curriculum in art: investigating and making, and knowledge and understanding. ... more » more »

Product Info Rethinking the Mathematics Curriculum explores maths curricula around the world, and the differences in expectation, culture and politics that form them. more »

This book explores educational research in terms of the relationship between epistemology, methodology and practice. The book is divided into two sections and the issues covered are central to all within the research community. more »

The author addresses the main issues of exclusion and relates them to the main theory/literature in the area. He 'unpicks' the major theories and applies them to possible ways of working with children in the classroom. more »