Product Info Using fifteen case studies, all based on real situations, the authors explore such diverse areas as disruptive behaviour, dyslexia, child abuse, deafness and epilepsy. more »
Model Number: BBT203108876DLDA
Author: Edited by Celia Hoyles, Candia Morgan and Geoffrey
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 shows how creative maths can really work. Exploring the ways in which maths skills can be learned through cross-curricular activities based on visual arts and music, the book presents maths as a meaningful and exciting subject which holds no fears for children. The authors recognise that while ...more »
Model Number: BBT203153545DLDA
Author: Wolfendale, Sheila (Ed.)
This book celebrates good practice in the area of early years and special needs by bringing together authors who are either practitioners or researchers from a range of settings including nurseries, schools and special provision units. more »
Looks at the key reasons why students of colour are not entering teaching. Containing interviews with over 200 persons of colour, this book will enable us to understand the cultural, political and historical forces discouraging teachers. more »
Product Info This clearly written book from two well-known and prominent authors, looks at how children learn, and discusses how to manage, assess and evaluate maths in the school and classroom. more »
Product Info Talking Books is a collection of monologues - reworked transcripts from indepth interviews with some of the most important and influential of contemporary children's writers. more »
Blending practical ideas with sound principles, Rob Barnes covers essential topics such as `how children draw', `design and problem-solving' and `developing ideas', with realism and imagination. more » more »
Product Info Examines the tension between intuitive and analytical ways of making sense of the world by exploring musical knowledge and experience. more »
Model Number: BBT203119754DLDA
Author: Edited by Ronald Gulliford and Graham Upton
The authors stress the entitlement of all children to a balanced curriculum. Each chapter explores how conditions can be recognised, the skills and resources needed and the implications for provision, teacher support and class management. more »
Deskilling in the education of teachers involves breaking down their tasks and delegating them to low-skill workers. This book encourages teachers to resist deskilling, to develop the ability to teach themselves and to become empowered. more »
