Covers all aspects of the responsibilities of middle managers as described in the National Standards for Subject Leaders as well as providing practical guidance on training, monitoring and evaluation and team building. more »

This book helps readers to improve the development of ICT capability by discussing the factors at work in whole school contexts. It provides practical advice relevant to both primary and secondary s... more » more »

Based on the most extensive research on community college teaching to date, this book examines the nature of teaching and the institutional forces that shape it in various arenas. Drawing on observations of and interviews with over 300 instructors and administrators, this book documents the distinctive ... more »

Explores the careers of physical education teachers from two perspectives, firstly teachers' life-stories illustrate how eight teachers became involved with sport, and secondly, from a broader thema... more » more »

Evaluation is now recognized around the globe as to being an essential part of any effective education and training system. This book provides a solution to the two major problems faced in its implication - lack of time and lack of skills. more »

This is a book about people who need to learn. The book is also a story about people's stories. The multiple-embedded stories of the book are echoes of the lives of the storytellers. Their motif is clear - providing quality service to others. more »

'... [gives] the readers a rapid, yet incisive grasp of those major topics that form the agenda of secondary education in the early years of the 21st century.'- Professor Trevor Kerry, Vice President of the College of Teachers more »

This book provides an introduction to cognitive education. The book includes numerous examples to explain the concepts, theories and applications, and includes supplemetary reading lists and study q... more » more »

This book focuses on the convergence of open and distance learning approaches with conventional education, driven to a considerable extent by a range of technologies which support learning and which are being adopted in all sectors. more »

Aims to help student teachers in their task of learning and developing their professional practice. Includes useful advice on teaching skills, class management and health and safety. ... more » more »

Early years education is currently in the spotlight as teachers and policy makers consider how best to provide high quality provision for the youngest children in our schools and nurseries. Young children do have specific needs, and the education we offer them should reflect these needs. Education must ... more »

This new book explores the arguments for inclusive schools. It combines a theoretical examination of inclusion and its rationale with the story of a group of schools in which teacher, assistants and children have to make inclusion happen. more »