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Maximising the Impact of Teaching Assistants
Guidance for school leaders and teachers
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
Teaching assistants are an integral part of classroom life, yet pioneering research by the authors has shown schools are not making the most of this valued resource. Evidence shows the more support pupils receive from TAs, the less academic progress they made. Yet the reason for this has little to...
by Johnnie Young
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015
Bring your drama lessons to life and engage the most unlikely of thespians using ideas from this updated title in the popular 100 ideas series!
Drama is a key subject for getting students to express themselves creatively as well as helping them to improve communication skills across the curriculum....
Drop That Chalk!
A Guide to Better Teaching at Universities and Colleges
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2017
Drop that Chalk! A Guide to Better Teaching at Colleges and Universities is designed for those planning to teach – or already teaching and hoping to improve instruction – in colleges, universities, or other institutions of higher education. This book delineates the process of planning a course...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
The growth of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has changed the dynamics of education, as self-directed learning, especially on mobile devices, is as accessible as ever. Despite the near infinite amount of information available for students outside of school, the classroom remains the most...
Storybridge to Second Language Literacy
The theory, research and practice of teaching English with children's literature
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Storybridge to Second Language Literacy makes a case for using authentic children’s literature—alternately also referred to as ‘stories’ or ‘real books’—as the medium of instruction in teaching English to young learners, particularly in contexts where children must access general curriculum...
Exploring Education at Postgraduate Level
Policy, theory and practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
There is a growing demand for educational professionals to develop a more critical understanding of the key and emerging debates in education so that they can better meet the challenges and demands placed upon them. Exploring Education at Postgraduate Level represents a range of perspectives from...
The Multilingual Self
An Inquiry Into Language Learning
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
This book relates the author's stories about how languages have integrated her being, and defined and formed her sense of self. The idea of writing autobiographical stories of her multilingual life came from her long-term commitment to foreign language teaching and from a recent, extremely rich and...
by Lydia Spenceley
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2014
For all those teaching or training to teach within the Further Education (FE) sector, this book provides a critical understanding of the complex concept of inclusion and its implementation in a range of different contextual settings. It encourages the reader to revisit their own beliefs and assumptions...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2018
Different regions of the world are making increasing demands for educational reform, especially when institutions are dissatisfied with the level of proficiency of their graduates. Since the realization of how important English education is to global success, reform to English education is becoming...
by Mike Ollerton
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
100 IDEAS: QUICK - EASY - INSPIRED - OUTSTANDING
Teaching mathematics in the secondary school can be very demanding especially with the extra pressure of 'no notice' Ofsted inspections. In this fully updated book Mike Ollerton offers strategies and activities for you to integrate into your...
Developing Visual Arts Education in the United States
Massachusetts Normal Art School and the Normalization of Creativity
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
This book examines how Massachusetts Normal Art School became the alma mater par excellence for generations of art educators, designers, and artists. The founding myth of American art education is the story of Walter Smith, the school’s first principal. This historical case study argues that Smith’s...
The Spark of Learning
Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Historically we have constructed our classrooms with the assumption that learning is a dry, staid affair best conducted in quiet tones and ruled by an unemotional consideration of the facts. The field of education, however, is beginning to awaken to the potential power of emotions to fuel learning,...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
The place of native and non-native speakers in the role of English teachers has probably been an issue ever since English was taught internationally. Although ESL and EFL literature is awash, in fact dependent upon, the scrutiny of non-native learners, interest in non-native academics and teachers...
Learning and Not Learning English
Latino Students in American Schools
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Focusing on the lives and experiences of four Mexican children in an American middle school, the critically acclaimed author of Con Respeto examines both the policy and the instructional dilemmas that surround the English language education of immigrant children in this country. Using samples and...