March 7, 2014
171 pages ISBN: 978 1 4411 8405 4 Although the authors claim that the text is divided into two parts, this is not shown in the contents – which divides the text into chapters, but not parts. In fact, the Read more…
February 24, 2014
Pages: 351 (including index) Price: unspecified The book is divided into four parts. Section 1 is an introduction to educational psychology. Section 2 deals with the way in which children learn; Section 3 discusses issues concerning the assessment of children Read more…
February 16, 2014
180 pages £62.15 (hc) £22.99 (pb) This latest edited book by Peter Earley is presents those of us who are interested in the development of school leadership policy and practice, with an opportunity to pause and review progress since the Read more…
January 23, 2014
233 pages Second edition (first edition 2004) This book is about learning to be a teacher and adopts a firmly integrated approach. It links theory with practice, knowledge with critical analysis, practicality with beliefs and values. It offers a model Read more…
January 21, 2014
218 pages ISBN 978 0 415 80707 4 For students of, and practitioners in, the post secondary sector in the USA, this book is comprehensive in terms of racial and ethnic diversity and diversity and inclusion matters. It does not, Read more…
138 pages ISBN: 978 0 415 85458 0 This text is a book developed from a previously published special edition of ‘Ethnography in Education’. It consists of a collection of seven articles, organised into three sections. Unless the reader holds Read more…
216 pages In creating a space for scholars from across the English-speaking world as well as those situated in Continental modes of education research and education practice, this book considers the role and function of theory from historical and contemporary, Read more…
January 20, 2014
243 pages Wonder-full Education focuses on the nature of wonder within education from a teachers’ perspective and within the joy of learning from a learners’ perspective. It is about the fascination felt when being taught by a knowledgeable passionate teacher. Read more…
£90, 233pp ISBN 978-0-415-84145-0 As someone who is deeply interested in education policy, the opportunity to review this book came as a delight. It is a sumptuous collection and joins the World Library of Educationalists series of scholars at the Read more…
January 16, 2014
Number of pages: 144 ‘Leadership is more than an event’ (p58) Deconstructing Educational Leadership is an apt title for a book that takes two leading philosophers and critical thinkers to review education leadership. The book is part of a series Read more…
January 9, 2014
160 page ISBN: 978 1 873927 32 8 I must admit that the title of this edited text did not excite me, but I did feel it would be useful for me to examine how and why the use of Read more…
January 7, 2014
The book explores the role of classroom observation in the training assessment and development of new and experienced teachers. It describes various perspectives of classroom observation and its use in different contexts. There are three sections of which the first Read more…
Number of pages 368 (including glossary, references and index) 341 (without) It is a book which promotes the active participation of practitioners and teachers in the development of their own classroom practice. The focus is curriculum design and implementation from Read more…
208 pages Cost: £17.99 (paperback) ISBN 978 0 415 64355 9 This book provides comprehensive guidance for enhancing pupil motivation in the classroom and the benefits from doing so. This book was first published ten years ago, yet surprisingly given Read more…
December 31, 2013
Number of pages: 173 Cost: unspecified This book examines how Vygotskian theory influences education in such diverse ways as child development, bilingual learners, development of language and literacy and inclusive practices. It is divided into four chapters beginning with biography Read more…
219 pages ISBN: 978 0 415 62828 0 It is essential to point out that this book is American. Although the extreme consequences of neglecting behavioural issues may not seem altogether relevant to a European readership (mass shootings and murders Read more…
Pages: 195 ISBN: 978-0-415-82878-9 The international scope of this text covers the UK, USA, Australia and South Africa as a representative of sub-Saharan Africa. The themes of widening participation and student retention are covered in great detail. Indeed the issue Read more…
284 pages ISBN 978 1 84150 516 9 The book consists of five parts, covering a range of teaching methods from several creative arts subject areas, including drama, film, music, poetry, photography, fine arts. What is unique is that the Read more…
313 pages ISBN 978 0 415 84252 5 This excellent text poses many uncomfortable questions to those with a responsibility for learning and teaching in University settings. It is an edited text with contributions from writers from all over the Read more…
164 pages ISBN: 978-0-415-81694-6 Sue Rowley, the editor presents, in the final chapter, what she feels are the key issues covered in this edited text: Personalised learning Leadership and responsible, earned autonomy Resourcing CPD Measure of impact and success Learning Read more…
Number of pages: 145 Cost: not specified The book is concerned with disability and teaching and is written by two university teacher educators who have worked previously in inner-city, small town and suburban elementary and middle school in the United Read more…
213 pages ISBN: 978 0 415 53797 1 Many universities have, as an aspiration, that students leave as graduates, and that the graduates are digitally literate. This edited book contains thirteen chapters, all of which cover that theme. There is Read more…
516 pages Hardback: £140.00 Paperback: £70.00 ISBN: 978-0-415-80734-0, 978-0-415-80735-7 In its own introduction the book appears to cover a very wide range. Primarily it offers itself as a synthesis of current research in the field of the design of educational Read more…
Number of pages: 213 ISBN: 978-0-415-66059-4 This book is the fifth in the series of books which began in 1988 with The Self-Managing School. It moves the concept of self-management forward within this book. The idea of self-managing has developed Read more…
220 Pages ISBN: 978 0 415 85447 4 Cost: Unspecified This book is focussed on school attendance, and as the author Reid states, it takes stock of where we are in the search towards finding effective solutions for improving school Read more…
ISBN: 978 0 41583352 3 This book provides an open exploration of both history textbook controversies and teaching historical controversy in Asian contexts. This includes case studies from a variety of countries and historical events spanning time and distance. The Read more…
