This practical text supports early years students and practitioners to build confidence in planning for learning across all stages of the EYFS and in the many different contexts in which it is delivered.Â

The fourth edition of this popular book supports trainee teachers working towards primary QTS while taking account of the diverse professional issues in teaching.

This book inspires and supports new and beginning teachers to use talk-rich and open tasks that bring mathematics to life in the classroom.

Debunking common misconceptions and myths surround teaching and education.

This book supports trainee and beginning teachers to understand what 'mastery' is and how to effectively integrate it into class teaching. It explores how 'mastery' is viewed and supported in other countries and encourages a critical examination of this topical theme.

This book provides guidance and insight into 'what mathematics leadership looks like in practice' and shows readers how they can develop from a confident teacher into a curriculum subject leader.

Through teaching fabulous lessons teachers can help children to discover stories, create worlds, record events, mould characters and inspire each other as writers. This book provides the guidance and examples to help achieve this.

Exploring research methods in the context of early childhood, this popular guide approaches complex ideas in a clear style linking directly to practice. It covers all students need to know about undertaking research in early childhood, including action research, ethics and carrying out a research project.

This book provides the support that trainee and beginning teachers need to enable them to teach and assess writing. The book covers all the main aspects of writing, both compositional and transcriptional, including those where the National Curriculum has very little detail.

This book offers an accessible critique of recent Early Childhood Educational Research, taking an international perspective, and highlighting strengths and key focus areas within the field. It will also identify areas where researchers have yet to offer significant insights that support the development of theory, policy and practice.