The sequel to the ground-breaking Learning Stories, this book further discusses the philosophy behind the notion of narrative assessment while being practical guide on how to write ‘good stories’ and engage with a range of audiences.

This new edition brings together leading authorities from across the globe to provide a truly international perspective into educational leadership and management in school and post-school sectors.

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

An understanding of child development is an essential part of teaching. This new text supports trainee teachers and Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs) to understand how children develop and how their development impacts on their learning. It is written specifically for teachers and focuses on what they need to know to be effective in the classroom.

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

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.

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.

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.

This book presents clear and concise practical activities that are detailed and closely linked to early years specifications and requirements. The Learning threads and practical activities in this book embrace early years play and exploration whilst recognising the preparation needed for Key Stage 1, Year 1.