`Dorothy Langley's book offers a valuable overview of dramatherapy in all its applications. It provides evidence of many years' work as a teacher and practitioner. It is both clear and readable, and will serve as a useful introduction to this unique therapeutic approachr' - Roger Grainger, Senior Practitioner on the Register of Psychologists Specialising in Psychotherapy

Offers a theoretical examination of race and ethnicity that draws upon examples in Britain, US and Australia. This book examines: how race and ethnicity operate in the social world; the making of race and ethnicity by the connections between people, spaces and places; and the ways race and ethnicity articulate analytical themes in social science.

An up-to-date and global perspective exploring the socio-cultural issues facing Early Childhood today.

A user-friendly guide to the Philosophy of Education, its extent, its key thinkers and movements, and its potential contribution to a range of educational concerns.

By examining the historic background of observing and planning, and describing examples of good practice in different group settings, this book will help to monitor a child's progress - what is needed now and to work out what is needed next.

A handy five-step wellness guide helping busy teachers to optimize their classroom effectiveness and breeze through stressful and busy times.

The first teacher's guide to the proven counseling approach known as motivational interviewing (MI), this pragmatic book shows how to use everyday interactions with students as powerful opportunities for change.

New edition of this essential text for secondary teacher trainees covering all the key issues for learning and teaching in secondary schools. Linked to the new Teachers' Standards.

This book supports trainee and beginning teachers to develop their knowledge and understanding and enable them to plan and teach outstanding geography lessons in primary schools.

Teaching would be easy if there were clear recipes you could follow every time. The Ingredients for Great Teaching explains why this is impossible and why a one-size-fits-all approach doesn't work. Instead of recipes, this book examines the basic ingredients of teaching and learning so you can use them wisely in your own classroom in order to become a better and more effective teacher.

Taking an approach that is both evidence-based and practical, author Pedro de Bruyckere explores ten crucial...