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History of Vocational Education and Training in Europe
Cases, Concepts and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
Understanding today’s Vocational Education and Training (VET) systems requires a comprehension of the rise and development, i.e. of the foundations of topical VET. This book provides a comparative view of its development in Europe. The contributions of renowned authors give insight into conceptual questions, cases and challenges in this field.
by Max Wallace
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
The SEND Code of Practice (2015) reinforced the requirement that all teachers must meet the needs of all learners. This topical book provides practical, tried and tested strategies and resources that will support teachers in making maths lessons accessible and interesting for all pupils, including...
by John Morgan
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
'Teaching Geography as if the Planet Matters provides a timely outline of powerful knowledge and arguments that will be needed to counter a strengthening of current curriculum orthodoxies. Not until school geography undergoes the revolution that this book outlines can it honestly claim to be contributing...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
This book presents the latest research on understanding language teacher identity and development for both novice and experienced researchers and educators, and introduces non-experts in language teacher education to key topics in teacher identity research. It covers a wide range of backgrounds, themes,...
The Theory and Practice of Multicultural Education
A Focus on the K-12 Educational Setting
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Theory and Practice of Multicultural Education: A Focus on the K-12 Educational Setting provides an in-depth discussion of the principles and practice of multicultural education in the K-12 classrooms. Building on a theory of multicultural education as a learner-centered pedagogy, the book begins...
Learning and Teaching
The Essential Guide for Higher Level Teaching Assistants
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
Learning and Teaching concentrates on the practical teaching skills that an HLTA needs to be able to use in the classroom. It offers guidance and support on fulfilling the standards and succeeding in the classroom role.
This book includes:
real-life case studies that put the theory behind...
The Bilingual Advantage
Promoting Academic Development, Biliteracy, and Native Language in the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This comprehensive account of bilingualism examines the importance of using students’ native languages as a tool for supporting higher levels of learning. The authors highlight the social, linguistic, neuro-cognitive, and academic advantages of bilingualism, as well as the challenges faced by...
on Becoming A Language Educator
Personal Essays on Professional Development
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
These personal essays by first and second language researchers and practitioners reflect on issues, events, and people in their lives that helped them carve out their career paths or clarify an important dimension of their missions as educators. Their narratives depict the ways in which professionals...
African Mathematics
From Bones to Computers
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011
This is the first comprehensive text on African Mathematics that can be used to address some of the problematic issues in this area. These issues include attitudes, curriculum development, educational change, academic achievement, standardized and other tests, performance factors, student characteristics,...
Learning to Teach Foreign Languages in the Secondary School
A companion to school experience
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Praise for previous editions:-
‘A wealth of theory, research, practical advice, case studies and tasks in one volume…Indispensable for both HEI tutors and mentors, and an important book to recommend to all MFL students.' – Language Learning Journal
‘Presenting clear, straightforward,...
Skill Building for ESL and Special Education
Student Workbook
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Simply English is an ESL curriculum adaptable for elementary though adult learners. Its goal is to help the limited and/or non-English speaker achieve fluency in English words that are essential for everyday life. Simply English can also be incorporated into Special Education programs for students...
African Diaspora Literacy
The Heart of Transformation in K–12 Schools and Teacher Education
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2018
This book demonstrates the application of African Diaspora Literacy in K–12 schools and teacher education programs. The book emerged from a four-week Fulbright-Hays Group Abroad project to Cameroon, West Africa, which was focused on African Diaspora Literacy. The project was guided by the African...
Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools
A Handbook for Higher Level Teaching Assistants
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2009
Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools is an accessible, user-friendly handbook designed to provide practical guidance and ideas to support Higher Level Teaching Assistants (HLTAs). It covers the knowledge and skills needed by HLTAs to work effectively with pupils, teachers, parents and other...
Teaching Classroom Drama and Theatre
Practical Projects for Secondary Schools
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
This revised and updated edition of Teaching Classroom Drama and Theatre will be an essential text for anyone teaching drama in the modern classroom. It presents a model teachers can use to draw together different methodologies of drama and theatre studies, exemplified by a series of contemporary,...