Carroll, M. and McCulloch M. (2014) Understanding teaching and learning in primary education: London: Sage

Pages: 323 Price: £19.79   This book explores the wide ranging and dynamic aspects of teaching in primary education. It is aimed primarily at trainee teachers and those engaged in continuing professional development. The text draws together the processes of Read more…


Jolliffe, W., Waugh, D., Beverton, S. & Stead, J. (2014) Supporting Readers in Secondary School. London: SAGE

Number of pages: 115 Cost: £22.99 This book is primarily aimed at secondary PGCE and undergraduate students in Initial Teacher Education (ITE). It provides support and advice to the reader through a series of chapters relating to the teaching of Read more…


Action Research, Innovation and Change International Perspectives Across Disciplines. Oxon: Routledge. Edited by Thomas Stern, Andrew Townsend, Franz Rauch, and Angela Schuster. (2014)

Number of pages: 232 Cost: Paperback £26.99, Hardback £90 ‘Action Research, Innovation and Change’ presents an edited volume of current writing on action research (AR) from the perspective of leading international researchers in the field. The book uses case studies, Read more…


L. Becker (2014) Presenting your research. London: Sage.

Pages: 146 Price: £19.99 This is a practical overview for giving academic or professional presentations at conferences, symposiums, round-table discussions and other contexts. The book takes the reader through the whole process, from finding an event at which to contribute, Read more…


Race, P (2014) Third Edition Making Learning Happen: A Guide for Post-Compulsory Education. London: Sage

Number of pages: 290 Cost: None given The second decade of the 21st century has signalled some significant changes in the way we present learning in post compulsory learning. Teachers and lecturers need to be able to offer students different Read more…


Teacher Leadership and Professional Development

The Special Issue of ipda’s journal – Professional Development in Education – on Teacher Leadership and Professional Development has now been published by Routledge as a paperback book. The book was edited by two of the journal’s Associate Editors, Dr Read more…


PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATION 40.3 PUBLISHED

Issue 3 of Volume 40 of the Association’s flagship journal has just been published on-line at: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjie20/current#.U6FhSy9B4Wk. Edited by Dr Sue Swaffield, Associate Editor, this Issue re-publishes Dr Aileen Kennedy’s seminal article,  “/Models of Continuing Professional Development: a framework for Read more…


IPDA England presents workshop with TEAN on School-led Research Development

IPDA Events

A workshop jointly presented by TEAN, the Teacher Education Advancement Network and IPDA England, (International Professional Development Association) Visit the TEAN web site (to find out more about the TEAN Journal as well as the work of the Teacher Education Read more…


Xiaixin W (2014) School Choice in China London: Routledge

162 pages Cost: full RP 90 GBP This book does exactly what it says: it explores school choice in China. However the title does not do full credit to this fascinating book which gives an interesting overview of China’s political, Read more…


Bhopal K and Maylor U (eds) (2014) Educational Inequalities: Difference and Diversity in Schools and Higher Education, London: Routledge

288 pages This book was published in 2014 and is essentially a collection of work from across part of the globe focussing on the key issue of educational inequalities. This is an ambitious goal in itself but then to consider Read more…


Temple, P.(Ed.) (2012) Universities in the Knowledge Economy: Higher Education Organisation and Global Change, London: Routledge

Number of pages: 250 Cost: none given Our universities….are the foundation of our knowledge economy’ (BIS, 2009, p. 55) Paul Temple has gathered together academics from across the world that share an interest in higher education policy. Temple recognises that Read more…


Said, S.B. and Zhang, L.J.(Eds.) (2014) Language Teachers and Teaching: Global Perspectives, Local Initiatives, New York: Routledge

345 pages Cost: £85 hardcover This volume forms part of the well-established series ‘Routledge Research in Education’ and is a companion piece to the earlier linguistics centred ‘Language Teaching through the Ages’ (Wheeler, 2013). As its title promises, Said’s and Read more…


Yancy G and del Guadalupe Davidson (eds) (2014) Exploring Race in Predominantly White Classrooms: Scholars of Color Reflect

239 pages ISBN 978 0 415 83669  Effectively this text consists of seventeen papers written specifically for this book by ‘scholars of color’ working as faculty (academic staff) in institutions of higher education in USA.  Each paper contains examples and Read more…


Bevis T B (2014) A History of Higher Education Exchange: China and America, London: Routledge

Routledge in International and Comparative Education ISBN 978-0-415-83990-3 235 pages This book is part of the series that offers a ‘global platform to engage scholars in continuous academic debate on key challenges and the latest thinking on issues in the Read more…


Fuller K (2014) Gender Identity and Educational Leadership, London: Bloomsbury

Cost: £75.00 hardback ISBN: 978144116607490100  In her exploration of Gender. Identity and Educational Leadership, Kay Fuller discusses ‘how head teachers’ social identities – particularly pertaining to gender, social class and ethnicity – influence their leadership of diverse populations of pupils Read more…


Murphy D (2013) Professional School Leadership: Dealing with Dilemmas, Second edition, London: Dunedin

Number of pages: 196 ISBN: 978-1-78046-018-5 Cost:  £17.95 Dilemma: (a solution involving choice between two unsatisfactory alternatives; (b) a problem seemingly incapable of a satisfactory solution. New Penguin English Dictionary (2000) (p.1) This quote takes the reader on a journey Read more…


Newton, Douglas P. (2014) Thinking with Feeling London: Routledge

204 pages Cost: £22.99 Douglas Newton combines scholarship and accessibility to produce a worthwhile addition to the literature on the relationship between thinking and feeling. He begins with a concise introduction to some of the issues in the interaction of Read more…


Kucer, S. (2014) Dimensions of Literacy: A conceptual base for teaching reading and writing in school settings 4th Edition London: Routledge

ISBN: 978 0 415 82646 4 372 pages           £30.99 This book is well structured and guides the reader through the inter-relationship between four key themes relating to literacy: the Linguistic and Other Sign Systems Dimensions of Literacy; the Cognitive Dimension Read more…


Kennedy K J, Fairbrither G P and Shenzhou Z (2014) Citizenship Education in China: Preparing Citizens for the “Chinese Century” London: Routledge

Edited by Kerry J. Kennedy, Gregory P Fairbrother, Zhenzhou Zhao. Routledge 2013. 268 pages. Series on Schools and Schooling in Asia. Hardback: £80.00. ISBN13: 978-0-415-50272-6 The reader is left in no doubt as to the problematic nature of the term Read more…


Krogh, S.L & Morehouse, P. (2014) The Early Childhood Curriculum: Inquiry Learning Through Integration. New York: Routledge

ISBN 978-0-415-82822-2 358 pages £55.99 This book explores the philosophy of ‘Inquiry Based Learning’ through an integrated curriculum, within the context of early years practice. It is written with a North American audience in mind, but the underlying principles of Read more…


Pollard A with Black-Hawlins K, Cliff Hodges G, Dudley P, James M, Linklater H, Swaffiled S, Swann M, Turner F, Warwick P, WInterbottom M and Wolpert M (2014) Reflective Teaching in Schools. 4th Edition, London: Bloomsbury

558 pages ISBN:   978 1 4411 9170 0 AND Pollard A (ed) (2014) Readings for  Reflective Teaching in Schools  2nd Edition  London: Bloomsbury 484 pages ISBN:  978 1 4725 0974 1  It is very difficult to write a review of Read more…


Meyer H-D. & Benavot A. (eds.) (2013) PISA, Power, and Policy: the emergence of global educational governance. Oxford: Symposium Books

335 pages ISBN 978-1-873927-96-0 The book is a series of essays from 23 different authors. After an overview in the introduction, and an insight into how PISA data has been used, the book is divided into four main sections: The Read more…


Marks, G. (2014) Education, Social Background and Cognitive Ability. Abingdon: Routledge

ISBN 978-0-415-84246-4 292 pages (242 without references and index) Cost £74.50 From the outset, Gary Marks, the author of Education, Social Background and Cognitive Ability makes clear his intention in writing this book; to challenge commonly held views on the Read more…


Professional Development in Education 40.2 Published

Issue 2 of Volume 40 of the Association’s flagship journal has just been published on-line at: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjie20/current. This Issue, edited by Dr Alex Alexandrou, Associate Editor, identifies four clear themes: “Firstly, professional development activities, courses and initiatives must adhere to Read more…


Smith P and Bell L (2014) Leading Schools in Challenging Circumstances: Strategies for Success London: Bloomsbury

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…


Holliman A J (ed) (2014) The Routledge International Companion to Educational Psychology London: Routledge

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…


Early P (2014) Exploring the School Leadership Landscape: Changing demands, changing realities London: Bloomsbury

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…


2013 International Conference Keynotes now downloadable

If you missed the 2013 Conference you can now access the Keynote presentations from Professor Mick Waters, Professor Mark Hadfield and Mr Tom Johnstone. These are all downloadable in our previous conferences pages.  In addition there is a photo gallery, Read more…


Professional Development in Education 40.1 Published

Issue 1 of Volume 40 of the Association’s flagship journal has just been published on-line at: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjie20/current. As part of the celebrations of such a milestone a number of seminal articles will be re-published throughout the year in subsequent Issues. “Continuing Read more…


Partap International Conference 21-22 February 2014

Challenges for Learning Professionals – New Directions ipda is pleased to endorse and publicise the above International Conference being organized by Partap College of Education, Punjab, India in association with ipda. Representatives of the ipda International Committee including Professor Ken Read more…


Singre A J and the Hofstra New Teachers Network (2014) Teaching to Learn. Learning to Teach 2nd Edition. London: Routledge

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…


Winkle-Wagnrer R and Locks A M (2014) Diversity and Inclusion on Campus: Supporting racially and ethnically under-represented students. London: Routledge

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…