The complete guide to teaching systematic synthetic phonics in primary schools.

A key text to help students examine the role and value of play in learning and childhood development, including contemporary research and international examples.

Shows the reader how to create exciting outdoor experiences for children, and incorporate the wilder and riskier elements of outdoor play into their planning, while adhering to health and safety requirements.

Het boek is verdeeld in zes hoofdstukken en meerdere subhoofdstukken. Elk hoofdstuk wordt ingeleid door twee vooraanstaande Nederlandse hoogleraren:

Chapter 1. On education - prof. dr. Gert Biesta en prof. dr. Monique Volman

Chapter 2. On teachers - dr. Femke Geijsel en prof. dr. Paulien Meijer

Chapter 3. On students - prof. dr. Rob Martens en prof. dr. Luc Stevens

Chapter 4. On school leaders - prof. dr. Marc Vermeulen en prof. dr. Sietske Waslander

Chapter 5. On parents - p...

Undertaking Capstone Projects in Education provides students with all of the information required to successfully design and complete a capstone project. Guiding the reader in a step-by-step process, this book covers how to create a question, select a topic of interest, and apply the best possible design solutions. Structured in a way that will help readers build their skills, chapters explore all aspects of the capstone project from the inception of the idea, to laying the foundations, desig...

Understanding Signed Languages provides a broad and accessible introduction to the science of language with evidence drawn from signed languages around the world.

How can you effectively motivate young people to engage with foreign language learning?How can young people engage with new ideas and cultural experiences within and outside the classroom?The new and fully revised edition of A Practical Guide to Teaching Foreign Languages in the Secondary School offers straightforward advice and inspiration for training teachers, newly qualified teachers (NQTs) and teachers in their early professional development. Offering a wide range of strategies for succe...

In this groundbreaking book, one of the world’s leading authorities on ways of developing equitable education systems addresses the greatest challenge facing education systems around the world, that of developing schools that are effective in educating all children.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to both traditional learning theory and the newest international research into learning processes, while at the same time being an innovative contribution to a new and more holistic understanding of learning, including discussion on school-based learning, e-learning, workplace learning and educational politics.