Transforming Education: Reimagining Learning, Pedagogy and Curriculum (Jefferson Miranda)(Paperback)

Transforming Education: Reimagining Learning, Pedagogy and Curriculum (Jefferson Miranda)(Paperback)

Working away from trends in government policy, this book takes a future-oriented re-imagining of schools with a focus on four innate human capacities: collaboration, critical reflection, communication and creativity. Miranda Jefferson and Michael Anderson draw together examples of practice from

Inclusive Education: Perspectives on Pedagogy, Policy and Practice (Brown Zeta)(Paperback)

Inclusive education is complex, multi-faceted and ever-changing and to date there has been no fixed definition of what is meant by the term 'inclusion', leading to confusion about what inclusive education actually means in practice.　 This key text introduces readers to the underlying knowledge

Co-creating Learning and Teaching - Towards relational pedagogy in higher education (Bovill Catherine)(Paperback / softback)

Co-creation of learning and teaching, where students and staff collaborate to design curricula or elements of curricula, is an important pedagogical idea within higher education, key to meaningful learner engagement and building positive student-staff relationships. Drawing on literature from

Transforming Universities with Digital Distance Education: The Future of Formal Learning (Nichols Mark)(Paperback)

Transforming Universities with Digital Distance Education explores the ways in which higher education stakeholders can apply and leverage the benefits of online learning. Systems-wide access, scale and quality are achievable goals but require forms of teamwork and financial modelling beyond those

Drama-based Pedagogy (Dawson Katie)(Paperback)

Drama-Based Pedagogy examines the mutually beneficial relationship between drama and education, championing the versatility of drama-based teaching and learning designed in conjunction with the classroom curriculum. Written by seasoned educators and based upon their own extensive experience in

Learning, Curriculum and Employability in Higher Education (Knight Peter)(Paperback / softback)

How can universities ensure that they are preparing their students for today's competitive job market?This book tackles the highly topical subject of graduate underemployment with insight and clarity. The authors argue the case for more sophisticated research into employability with passion and

Mastering Primary Physical Education (Howells Kristy)(Paperback)

Mastering Primary Physical Education introduces the primary physical education curriculum and helps trainees and teachers learn how to plan and teach inspiring lessons that make physical education irresistible. Topics covered include: - Current developments in physical education- Physical education

Education Policy Unravelled (Forrester Gillian)(Paperback)

Education Policy Unravelled examines the nature of contemporary education policy, its purposes and political formation. This thoroughly revised edition charts the continuity of policy development along neo-liberal lines, taking a historical perspective broadly from the 19th century and towards the

Transforming University Education: A Manifesto (Ashwin Paul)(Paperback)

Curriculum and Students in Classrooms: Everyday Urban Education in an Era of Standardization (Gershon Walter S.)(Paperback)

This book explores overlooked aspects of education via relationships among curriculum, teachers, and students. It shows how curriculum causes discriminatory practices, how a need for correctness narrows academic and social life in classrooms, and how the bargains teachers and students make trade

Transforming Infant Wellbeing: Research, Policy and Practice for the First 1001 Critical Days (Leach Penelope)(Paperback)

Transforming Infant Wellbeing brings together science and policy to highlight the critical importance of the first 1001 days of infancy: the period from conception to the second birthday. Introduced and edited by Penelope Leach, who uniquely combines academic knowledge of infant development with

Transforming Primary Mathematics: Understanding Classroom Tasks, Tools and Talk (Askew Mike)(Paperback)

Fully updated to reflect the new curriculum, the revised edition of Transforming Primary Mathematics sets out key theories and cutting-edge research in the field to enable teachers to take a fresh look at how they teach mathematics. The book encourages teachers to reflect on their own beliefs and

Enabling Critical Pedagogy in Higher Education (Seal Mike)(Paperback)

An introduction to critical pedagogy for all those working within higher education.Critical Pedagogy is an approach that is fundamentally democratic, informal, non-hierarchical, determined by participants, privileges the oppressed and their perspectives and is committed to action. Higher education

Dance Education: A Redefinition (Koff Susan R.)(Paperback)

Dance Education redefines the nature of dance pedagogy today, setting it within a holistic and encompassing framework, and argues for an approach to dance education from a soci-cultural and philosophical perspective. In the past, dance education has focused on the learning of dance, limited to

Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations (Feldmann Dorothy)(Pevná vazba)

Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations publishes both non-empirical and empirical articles dealing with accounting pedagogy. All articles explain how teaching methods or curricula/programs can be improved. Non-empirical papers are academically rigorous, and

World Music Pedagogy, Volume V: Choral Music Education (Bartolome Sarah)(Paperback)

World Music Pedagogy, Volume V: Choral Music Education explores specific applications of the World Music Pedagogy process to choral music education in elementary, middle, and high school contexts, as well as within community settings. The text provides clear and accessible information to help

Reforming Religious Education - Power and Knowledge in a Worldviews Curriculum(Paperback / softback)

Reforming RE: Power and Knowledge in a Worldviews Curriculum is a surge of energy for radical reform in what is now called Religious

Re-Imagining Education for Democracy (Riddle Stewart)(Paperback)

Contemporary education research, policy and practice are complex and challenging. The political struggle over what constitutes curriculum and pedagogy is framed by quasi-markets and technocratic models of education. This has had a significant effect on larger issues of policy. But it has also had

Developing Young Children's Mathematical Learning Outdoors: Linking Pedagogy and Practice (Keith Lynda)(Paperback)

Developing Young Children's Mathematical Learning Outdoors provides detailed guidance and practical advice on planning mathematical experiences for young children outdoors. By examining the key features of a mathematically rich outdoor environment, it illustrates how this can motivate children in

Teaching Primary Physical Education (Lawrence Julia)(Paperback)

Physical education is an important part of the primary curriculum and one that provides unique challenges for those involved with its teaching. This book offers a balanced and comprehensive overview of the subject, covering issues such as safe practice in PE, inclusion, subject leadership, and

Pharmacy Education: What Matters in Learning and Teaching (Sylvia Lynne M.)(Paperback)

Pharmacy Education: What Matters in Learning and Teaching is an essential resource for any pharmacy faculty member. More than a narration of the philosophical aspects of teaching and personal perspectives on life as a faculty member, it explores 'what matters', 'why it matters', and 'how to apply'

Powerful Pedagogy - Teach Better Quicker (Powley Ruth)(Paperback / softback)

How can we teach better quicker? In Powerful Pedagogy, Ruth Powley, Love Learning Ideas blogger and experienced teacher and school leader, debunks teaching and learning myths and shows how the more we know about pedagogy, the more able we are to make informed and efficient choices about our

Arts in Primary Education - Breathing life, colour and culture into the curriculum (Kenyon Lady Ghislaine)(Paperback / softback)

Instructional Rounds in Education: A Network Approach to Improving Teaching and Learning (City Elizabeth A.)(Paperback)

Instructional Rounds in Education is intended to help education leaders and practitioners develop a shared understanding of what high-quality instruction looks like and what schools and districts need to do to support it. Walk into any school in America and you will see adults who care deeply