Elementary category: 2214 books
by Daisy Christodoulou
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
In this controversial new book, Daisy Christodoulou offers a thought-provoking critique of educational orthodoxy. Drawing on her recent experience of teaching in challenging schools, she shows through a wide range of examples and case studies just how much classroom practice contradicts basic scientific...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2015
For students of Early Childhood Studies, questions are as important as answers.
What is childhood? Is childhood the same in all cultures?
How do children grow and develop?
What space do we make for children in our society?
How do adults approach risk and what does this mean for children?
Can...
The Case for Contention
Teaching Controversial Issues in American Schools
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
From the fights about the teaching of evolution to the details of sex education, it may seem like American schools are hotbeds of controversy. But as Jonathan Zimmerman and Emily Robertson show in this insightful book, it is precisely because such topics are so inflammatory outside school walls that...
by Jan Foale, Linda Pagett
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2008
Creative Approaches to Poetry for the Primary Framework for Literacy supports teachers in planning, teaching and, most importantly, enjoying poetry with their pupils. With an emphasis on creative, cross curricular approaches the authors explore tried and tested methods of teaching poetry in an engaging...
Using Circle Time for PHSE and Citizenship
A Year’s Plan for Key Stage 2 Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2008
Imagine having a year’s worth of lesson plans at your fingertips…
PHSE and Citizenship in Circle Time is an invaluable resource for teachers and classroom assistants. Covering the PHSE/citizenship national curriculum for key stage 2 this practical companion provides a year’s worth of...
Bringing History Alive through Local People and Places
A guide for primary school teachers
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2013
A much-needed and delightful book. It shows how history can be taught with the meaningful experiences of each child at its centre, making connections between the child, the locality and community, the national and global past and concepts of time. Throughout the authors empower teachers to adopt...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2017
Now in its second edition, Debates in History Teaching remains at the cutting edge of history education. It has been fully updated to take into account the latest developments in policy, research and professional practice. With further exploration into the major issues that history teachers encounter...
Geography 3-11
A Guide for Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
The advent of the National Primary Strategy has produced a welcome reminder to teachers of the importance of geography within the primary curriculum. This book aims to encourage this renewed awareness and to support teachers in teaching primary geography in different and exciting ways. It will show...
Learning In Small Moments
Life In An Urban Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Chronicles the ups-and-downs of two young, first-grade teachers in an urban public school. Through rich, detailed portraits, excerpts from teacher journals, student work, and lived memories and recollections, Daniel Meier shows that the heart of teaching and learning in our culturally diverse urban...
White Teachers / Diverse Classrooms
Creating Inclusive Schools, Building on Students’ Diversity, and Providing True Educational Equity
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2012
BESTSELLER"The second edition of White Teachers, Diverse Classrooms adds seven essays to 14 of the original chapters. In the first edition, the editors selected essays about pedagogical methods that might close the achievement gap between white and African American students. The new edition contains...
Marketing Schools, Marketing Cities
Who Wins and Who Loses When Schools Become Urban Amenities
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
Discuss real estate with any young family and the subject of schools is certain to come up—in fact, it will likely be a crucial factor in determining where that family lives. Not merely institutions of learning, schools have increasingly become a sign of a neighborhood’s vitality, and city planners...
Jumpstart! History
Engaging activities for ages 7-12
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
This collection of simple to use and fun activities will jumpstart pupils’ understanding of the historical skills of chronology, enquiry, historical inference and knowledge and understanding of people, places and time.
History is an effective way to engage pupils in a topic and can act as...
by David Dunn
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2011
This book contains lots of easy-to-introduce activities and techniques that will propel satisfactory and good lessons into the outstanding category - not just when being observed, but all the time. And the best news? This book tells you how to do it without spending lots more time planning, researching...
by George Gadanidis, Molly Gadanidis
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2011
Robin Hood was the best archer in Sherwood Forest. But this years Royal Competition has a surprise target. Will Robin Hood be able to hit it? Perhaps some neat science thinking will help.