Essential reading to support principled assessment decisions in the classroom.

Thoughtfully curated by bestselling author and blogger Alistair Bryce-Clegg, this beautiful Pinterest-worthy book is brimming with 365 days worth of inspiration for early years practitioners. .

This book supports ITE students with academic writing and enables them to approach their assignments with confidence and understanding.

This text presents the key learning theories and theoriests in children's learning with a balanced but critical review of each perspective.

The SAGE Handbook of Sociology of Education offers a diverse and timely perspective on the intricate relationships between education and society, with expert contributions covering topics such as social stratification, educational policy, and the impact of COVID-19 on early childhood education.

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.

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.