September 23, 2014
Issue 4 of Volume 40 of the Association’s flagship journal has just been published on-line at: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjie20/current#.VCE5QudB4Wk Edited by Professor Howard Stevenson, Associate Editor, who contributes a very thoughtful editorial article. This Issue re-publishes John Harland and Kay Kinder’s seminal Read more…
September 14, 2014
Cost: $30.95 This book advocates, and offers models for, a revised system for the assessment of history for secondary aged pupils as currently practiced within the US school system. It also intends to promote an approach to historical pedagogy that Read more…
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…
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…
July 21, 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…
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…
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…
July 15, 2014
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…
June 25, 2014
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…
June 23, 2014
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…
May 26, 2014
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…
April 30, 2014
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…
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…
April 17, 2014
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…
April 8, 2014
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…
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…
April 2, 2014
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…
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…
March 26, 2014
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…
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…
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…
March 22, 2014
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…
March 19, 2014
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…
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…
March 18, 2014
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…
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…
February 6, 2014
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…
February 3, 2014
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…
February 2, 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…
