Written by a highly respected author team, this is a new textbook on play-based learning in primary education for students on primary initial teacher education courses.

What comes before phonics? looks in detail at the knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes that children need to enable them to come to phonics teaching ready to learn and with a good chance of success.

A core, comprehensive textbook for the Award and/or Certificate in Education and Training.

Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this seventh edition explores the ethical challenges of leadership, helping the reader make ethical decisions, lead with integrity and create an ethical culture.

Topically organized and written in a conversational tone, Infancy: The Development of the Whole Child unites cutting-edge theories and research to illustrate the development of the whole child from birth to age three.

The author describes the practical details of instructional coaching and provides all the tools needed to easily implement job-embedded instructional intervention.

An innovative new text for teaching introductory research methods that addresses emerging instructional needs.

Using Goleman's five components of emotional intelligence as a basis, this book shows teachers how to both develop and enhance their own emotional intelligence for use in the classroom.