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`The book is a useful introductory reader for any initial post-compulsory teacher training programme, or the early stages of a degree in post-compulsory education and training. It would also be...

First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Education Service was a vital arm of the British Colonial Service while the British Council has been paramount in promoting the English language and culture overseas. But are both...

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As personal computers have become more available, there has been a great deal of optimism for educational reform through wide computer use, both at school and in the home. Beyond...

Every winter night the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter brings together society's most privileged and marginalized groups under one roof: Harvard students and the homeless. What makes the shelter unique is...

From the author of the #1 bestseller Three Cups of Tea , the continuing story of this determined humanitarian's efforts to promote peace through education In this dramatic first-person narrative,...

Let the Sunday Times bestselling authors and hosts of Two Mr Ps in a Pod(cast) lead you through the school year... Does the phrase 'back to school' fill you with...

LtGen John F. Sattler USMC (Ret.): The Character of a Leader is now a dog-eared, yellow-highlighted "leadership reference book" with notes in the margins that I carry with me to...

This is a book for teaches and all involved in teaching. All teachers are springtime workers in trusting that the seeds they sow in their students will produce one day...

The 1988 Education Reform Act requires that the majority of schools acts of worship be "broadly Christian". The aim of this book is to provide the busy teacher with high-quality...

A heartrending and beautiful trilingual book that gives voice to the children of war-torn Ukraine, interspersed with moving works of art. What is it like to be a child living...

'Beautifully written, Hidden Lessons is both a heart-rending account of the challenges in our education system, and a heart-warming celebration of teachers and students who have triumphed through adversity. The...

Thoroughly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers, this classic guide to enjoying literature to its fullest-a lively, enlightening, and entertaining introduction to a diverse range of writing...

In a fit of idealism, Ed Boland left a twenty-year career as a non-profit executive to teach in a tough New York City public high school. But his hopes quickly...

Discover 100 inspiring and extraordinary jobs in this illustrated book for kids! Why not become a cat behaviourist? Or a rollercoaster engineer? How about a coral reef gardener? Find out...

A fully revised and updated edition of the classic bestseller. Each year, more and more emphasis is placed on achieving good results in the end-of-school exams. This can lead to...

Eva Moskowitz, founder of the highly lauded Success Academy Charter Schools, shares her advice for raising smart, successful, and intellectually engaged children. Eva Moskowitz has built a national reputation as...

Let the Sunday Times bestselling authors and hosts of Two Mr Ps in a Pod(cast) lead you through the school year... Does the phrase 'back to school' fill you with...

The cover illustration is the Palace of Fine Arts at the Worlds Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago in 1893. As part of the International Congress on Engineering, 70 men convened...

"[C]harming and surprising. . . The work of Admissions is laying down, with wit and care, the burden James assumed at 15, that she - or any Black student, or...

These extra large and thick write & wipe flash cards allow children to count abstract objects (dots) and identify them with a numeral. Using a dry-erase marker and following the...

From the author of Sunday Times bestsellers 'One Child', 'Ghost Girl' and 'Twilight Children' comes a heartbreaking story of one teacher's determination to turn a chaotic group of damaged children...

Thoroughly revised edition of the bestselling resource for new teachers--complete with discussion questions, downloadable handouts, and a staff development guide This award-winning book gives beginning educators everything they need to...

What would a classroom look like if understanding and respecting differences in race, culture, beliefs, and opinions were at its heart? If you were inspired to become a teacher because...

Sex Positive Now is a book for everyone wanting to learn more about being Sex Positive. This collection of writings has the potential to change your life and those around...

The book is a guide to personal development in the context of the teaching profession. To be able to negotiate in such a fast-changing world, people need to be creative,...

With the first cup of tea you are a stranger. With the second...a friend. With the third cup of tea, you are family. In 1993, Greg Mortenson tried to climb...

When students believe that dedication and hard work can change their performance in school, they grow to become resilient, successful students. Inspired by the popular mindset idea that hard work...

Teaching Boys Who Struggle in School: Strategies That Turn Underachievers into Successful Learners responds to growing concerns about a crisis in boys' academic achievement. Kathleen Palmer Cleveland seeks to help...

Creating and sustaining a classroom where every learner succeeds is a challenge for any teacher-especially when the elements of diversity and inclusion are added to the mix. How can teachers...

What year are you preparing your students for? 1973? 1995? Can you honestly say that your school's curriculum and the program you use are preparing your students for 2015 or...

The benefits of collaborative learning are well documented-and yet, almost every teacher knows how group work can go wrong: restless students, unequal workloads, lack of accountability, and too little learning...

At a time when globalization and technology are dramatically altering the world we live in, is education reform in the United States headed down the right path? Are schools emphasizing...

At last, a book that forever solves the debate over whether homework is an essential component of rigorous schooling or a harmful practice. Veteran teacher, trainer, professor, consultant, and author...

It's one of the great mysteries of teaching: Why do some students ""get it"" and some students don't? In this book, Betty K. Garner focuses on why students struggle and...

This book for elementary and middle school teachers and literacy methods courses articulates a powerful theory of critical literacy instruction. Critical literacy practices encourage students to use language to question...

In this sequel to his classic Mindstorms Papert, the inventor of the programming language LOGO, explains how computers have the potential to revolutionize education.. In his classsic book, Mindstorms: Children,...

As the presence of computers in the primary classroom increases and IT becomes a bigger part of learning, the book takes a realistic look at the role of the computer...

"Sociomedia" continues the assessment of hypertext and hypermedia systems begun in "Text, Context, and HyperText" and "The Society of Text". It examines the use of integrated multimedia to support social...

Tips and ideas to help you survive your uni years, from freshers week to final exams You've been waiting for the time you head off to university since you started...

Are computers effective learning tools for young children? Can computers help our children to learn to read and write, and think? This is the first book ever to address these...

First book to link children's technology use to important new findings about stages of child development and brain maturation. Through concrete examples and guidelines, Jane Healy clearly illustrates how computers...

Born in Africa, at the age of twelve Fiori Giovanni's marriage was already arranged. By fourteen, she was recruited into the Eritrean army. Her destiny, like that of so many...

Mindstorms has two central themes: that children can learn to use computers in a masterful way and that learning to use computers can change the way they learn everything else....