How can you effectively motivate young people to engage with foreign language learning?How can young people engage with new ideas and cultural experiences within and outside the classroom?The new and fully revised edition of A Practical Guide to Teaching Foreign Languages in the Secondary School offers straightforward advice and inspiration for training teachers, newly qualified teachers (NQTs) and teachers in their early professional development. Offering a wide range of strategies for succe...

In this groundbreaking book, one of the world’s leading authorities on ways of developing equitable education systems addresses the greatest challenge facing education systems around the world, that of developing schools that are effective in educating all children.

This text examines the underlying causes behind the key challenges facing schools, and argues that we need to move from knowledge transfer systems to a deliberately developmental approach that transforms capabilities including emotional regulation, systems thinking, critical analysis, and collaborative capability.

Accessible and supportive introductory textbook for a wide range of foundation degrees in the children and young people's workforce.

Dynamics of News Reporting and Writing shows students how to approach their stories and think on their feet in the evolving media landscape, with foundational elements like lead writing, structure, and storytelling, as well as how to think critically and determine what matters in a story.

Dial back and make room for impact

With teacher and leader workloads and burnout at an all-time high, it’s time for de-implementation: de-prioritizing and deleting the less effective, higher-cost initiatives we implement in schools. De-implementation allows us to focus on practices that have more supporting evidence and a higher probability of positive impact on students, and at the same time gain much-needed work-life balance.

In this book, the internationally respected education experts a...

Now in its fourth edition, this indispensable guide helps students to create their own personal development programme and build the skills and capabilities today's employers want. Step by step, it takes students from the initial stages of setting goals and defining success through to the application process for their dream job. Part 1 prompts students to think about what 'success' means to them and to think more deeply about what matters to them, what inspires them, and what will help them to...

Activities and reproducible formative assessments to match your current instructional goals "The Formative Assessment Handbook is a great addition to any teacher's library. This book fills in the background behind assessments and how to craft assessments toward student learning. For any teacher or new teacher, this book will be a great resource to improve their work with students."

-- Dr. Kyle Dresback, Regional Superintendent for Secondary and Alternative Schools, Former President - Flo...