A clear, unbiased, and rigorous description of the major curriculum philosophies that have influenced educators and schooling over the last century.

Authoritative collection from the Open University team.

A critical overview of key issues and areas within early years for those training or working in the sector, focused on policy and practice.

Through the analysis of theory, research and practice, this Handbook provides the reader with a clear, global picture of workplace learning.

Enables practitioners, scholars and academics to understand how to re-design or suggest changes to curriculum structure, shape and content.

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.

This text covers all historically and current classroom assessment approaches and includes a review of compelling evidence for the use of each classroom assessment approach, demonstrating why the approaches are considered best practice and research-based.

In this essential resource, science educator Page Keeley provides teachers with guidance, suggestions and techniques for using formative assessment to improve teaching and learning in the science classroom.

This latest book in the bestselling Mathematics Recovery series gives mathematics educators a complete research-based framework for assessment, instruction and intervention in whole number arithmetic over the first 5-6 years of school.

This book offers pragmatic guidance to support academic and student services staff in both being proactive within their role to promote a positive approach to wellbeing, and understanding how to care appropriately for students who may not be flourishing in the university environment.