Susan Robertson: 10 books
A Class Act
Changing Teachers Work, the State, and Globalisation
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
This book offers an original and challenging theoretical and empirical approach to mapping the changing nature of teachers' work historically and in the contemporary period. It is an attempt to understand how and in what ways teachers' work has changed following the demise of the post-war settlement...
by Rosamund Sutherland, Susan Robertson, Peter John
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2008
Improving Classroom Learning with ICT examines the ways in which ICT can be used in the classroom to enhance teaching and learning in different settings and across different subjects.
Weaving together evidence of teachers’ and learners’ experiences of ICT, the authors:
explain why...
by Joshua Palmatier, S.C. Butler, Seanan McGuire
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Everyone has their eyes set on the black depths of space … but what about the deep abysses of the ocean? What dark monsters swim unseen beneath the waves? What ancient wonders lie hidden, waiting to be discovered? What sirens call, either here on Earth or in the icy waters of a...
by Stella August, Tracy Bear, Robyn Bourgeois
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2018
In Keetsahnak / Our Murdered and Missing Indigenous Sisters, the tension between personal, political, and public action is brought home starkly as the contributors look at the roots of violence and how it diminishes life for all. Together, they create a model for anti-violence work from an Indigenous...
Lens of War
Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Lens of War grew out of an invitation to leading historians of the Civil War to select and reflect upon a single photograph. Each could choose any image and interpret it in personal and scholarly terms. The result is a remarkable set of essays by twenty-seven scholars whose numerous volumes on the...
Planning and Support for People with Intellectual Disabilities
Issues for Case Managers and Other Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2007
'Thought-provoking, well-written, and offering a range of fresh and sometimes challenging perspectives, Planning and Support should be essential reading for people working in the field of learning disabilities. Highly recommended.' - Involve Magazine The authors outline the skills needed and common issues...
Flood
Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2015
This selection of writings by twenty-nine women, known and unknown, professional and amateur, presents a unique portrait of Canada through time and space, from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, from the Maritimes to British Columbia and the Far North. There is a range of voices from...
Heart of Creation
The Mesoamerican World and the Legacy of Linda Schele
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2015
This accessible, state-of-the-art review of Mayan hieroglyphics and cosmology also serves as a tribute to one of the field's most noted pioneers.
The core of this book focuses on the current study of Mayan hieroglyphics as inspired by the recently deceased Mayanist Linda Schele. As author or...
Arts Therapies in Schools
Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2009
As arts therapists are increasingly working in schools, there is growing interest in identifying applicable therapeutic approaches and expanding on relevant research evidence. This book outlines the potential uses of music, art, drama and dance movement therapies in educational settings, and the contribution...
Engaging Readers
Supporting All Students in Knowledge-Driven Reading, Grades 4-8
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
An important goal of teachers is to get all students, especially those in the upper elementary and middle grades who struggle with academic work, engaged in reading. This book examines current research on instructional principles and actions related to engaged reading. It shows how teachers can translate...