A book with nearly 300 images of six unconventional schools.

What does it look like when school happens outside in a forest, at a soldering bench, or in a pig shed? When school leaders make a curriculum that follows the way a child thinks and grows, not the other way around? When class means building a roller coaster, robotics, or a biodiesel motorbike? What do we see when school truly engages kids, all the while really helping them develop the skills they need in life? This book is here to ...

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This new edition provides a comprehensive overview of assessment that is used to support learning, practice-based theory on assessment for learning, and formative assessment to support individual development and motivate learners.

This comprehensive and accessible guide is written by experts on intitial teacher training and provides all the information needed to apply to initial teacher training in England.

This is a core textbook designed to prepare literacy educators to conduct reading and writing assessments and to help them develop appropriate corrective literacy strategies for use with their students.

Offering an in-depth study of validity, which forms an important part of education assessment, this book addresses complex concepts in a straightforward manner, while guiding the reader through the evolution of validity from the 19th century to the present day.

A growing body of evidence suggests that many traditional grading practices are ineffective and potentially damaging. This book provides teachers with practical alternatives to traditional methods, and guiding questions to help them decide on the best practices for their schools.

This book explains why and how diversity can be taught through the primary National Curriculum.

Combined with new coverage on mental health, resilience, and mindset, Your College Experience speaks to the real needs of today's students, helping them overcome their barriers to success and become successful students in academic communities they can call their own.

Including a new section on evaluation accountability, this Third Edition details 30 standards which give advice to those interested in planning, implementing and using program evaluations.