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

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 text examines the underlying causes behind the key challenges facing schools, and argues that we need to move from knowledge transfer systems to a deliberately developmental approach that transforms capabilities including emotional regulation, systems thinking, critical analysis, and collaborative capability.

Explores major theories of learning, from behaviourism to constructivism to cognitivism, and how they can be used as tools to improve teaching.

The #1 resource for carrying out educational research as part of postgraduate study.

It has never been more important for trainee teachers to understand diversity, equity and inclusion from a teaching perspective. This text provides an up-to-date, grounded, and full understanding of the injustices and inequalities that impact our classrooms. It challenges trainees to rethink their own assumptions and biases and to take time to explore how schools and teachers can be active agents of positive change.

It empowers new teachers to be confident in their allyship of marginalised gr...

Een goede samenwerking tussen school en ouders bevordert de toekomstkansen van kinderen en de gelijke kansen tussen kinderen. School en ouders werken best samen tijdens de schoolloopbaan van het kind, ieder vanuit hun eigen aanvullende rol en met eigen verantwoordelijkheden. Een sterk ouder-schoolpartnerschap in een gunstig partnerschapsklimaat helpt de samenwerking tussen ouders en school vooruit. De effecten hiervan zijn zowel in de school- als thuiscontext voelbaar voor het kind, de ouders...