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Foundations of Primary Mathematics Education

An introduction to curriculum, pedagogy and content

by John West ...

Many pre-service teachers admit to feeling unsure about the mathematics they will have to teach in primary school. Others find it difficult to know how to apply the theories of teaching and learning they study in other courses to the teaching of mathematics.This book begins by outlining some of the key considerations of effective mathematics teaching and learning. These include understanding ... Read more

$78.29 AUD

Many pre-service teachers admit to feeling unsure about the mathematics they will have to teach in primary school. Others find it difficult to know how to apply the theories of teaching and learning they study in other courses to the teaching of mathematics.This book begins by outlining some of the key considerations of effective mathematics teaching and learning. These include understanding
... Read more
The Art and Science of Teaching Primary Reading

by Christopher Such ...

Series series Corwin Ltd
The essential guide to the science behind reading and its practical implications for classroom teaching in primary schools.Teaching children to read is one of the most important tasks in primary education and classroom practice needs to be underpinned by a secure foundation of knowledge. Teachers need to know what reading entails, how children learn to read and how it can be taught effectively ... Read more

$53.35 AUD

The essential guide to the science behind reading and its practical implications for classroom teaching in primary schools.Teaching children to read is one of the most important tasks in primary education and classroom practice needs to be underpinned by a secure foundation of knowledge. Teachers need to know what reading entails, how children learn to read and how it can be taught effectively
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Home Education

by Charlotte Mason ...

Home Education consists of six lectures by Charlotte Mason about the raising and educating of young children (up to the age of nine), for parents and teachers. She encourages us to spend a lot of time outdoors, immersed in nature and handling natural objects and collecting experiences on which to base the rest of their education. She discusses the use of training in good habits such as attention, ... Read more

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Home Education consists of six lectures by Charlotte Mason about the raising and educating of young children (up to the age of nine), for parents and teachers. She encourages us to spend a lot of time outdoors, immersed in nature and handling natural objects and collecting experiences on which to base the rest of their education. She discusses the use of training in good habits such as attention,
... Read more
The Knowledge Gap

The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System--and How to Fix it

by Natalie Wexler ...

**“Essential reading for teachers, education administrators, and policymakers alike.” —STARRED Library JournalThe untold story of the root cause of America's education crisis**It was only after years within the education reform movement that Natalie Wexler stumbled across a hidden explanation for our country's frustrating lack of progress when it comes to providing every child with a quality ... Read more

$14.44 AUD

**“Essential reading for teachers, education administrators, and policymakers alike.” —STARRED Library JournalThe untold story of the root cause of America's education crisis**It was only after years within the education reform movement that Natalie Wexler stumbled across a hidden explanation for our country's frustrating lack of progress when it comes to providing every child with a quality
... Read more
Running the Room: The Teacher’s Guide to Behaviour

by Tom Bennett ...

Good behaviour is the beginning of great learning. All children deserve classrooms that are calm, safe spaces where everyone is treated with dignity. Creating that space is one of the most important things a teacher needs to be able to do. But all too often teachers begin their careers with the bare minimum of training – or worse, none. How students behave, socially and academically, dictates ... Read more

$25.99 AUD

Good behaviour is the beginning of great learning. All children deserve classrooms that are calm, safe spaces where everyone is treated with dignity. Creating that space is one of the most important things a teacher needs to be able to do. But all too often teachers begin their careers with the bare minimum of training – or worse, none. How students behave, socially and academically, dictates
... Read more
Mindset Mathematics

Visualizing and Investigating Big Ideas, Grade 5

by Jo Boaler, Jen Munson, Cathy Williams ...

Series series Mindset Mathematics
Engage students in mathematics using growth mindset techniquesThe most challenging parts of teaching mathematics are engaging students and helping them understand the connections between mathematics concepts. In this volume, you'll find a collection of low floor, high ceiling tasks that will help you do just that, by looking at the big ideas at the fifth-grade level through visualization, play, ... Read more

$29.99 AUD

Engage students in mathematics using growth mindset techniquesThe most challenging parts of teaching mathematics are engaging students and helping them understand the connections between mathematics concepts. In this volume, you'll find a collection of low floor, high ceiling tasks that will help you do just that, by looking at the big ideas at the fifth-grade level through visualization, play,
... Read more
Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Edition

The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling

by John Taylor Gatto ...

Transform your child's education from institutional compliance to intellectual freedom. Former New York State Teacher of the Year John Taylor Gatto reveals how compulsory schooling creates dependent workers instead of independent thinkers, replacing natural curiosity with rule-following conformity. Over 30 years of classroom experience led to his revolutionary discovery: genius is as common as ... Read more

$15.73 AUD

Transform your child's education from institutional compliance to intellectual freedom. Former New York State Teacher of the Year John Taylor Gatto reveals how compulsory schooling creates dependent workers instead of independent thinkers, replacing natural curiosity with rule-following conformity. Over 30 years of classroom experience led to his revolutionary discovery: genius is as common as
... Read more
Reading Lessons

An English Teacher’s Love Letter to the Books that Shape Us

by Carol Atherton ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2025An English teacher's love letter to reading and the many ways literature can make us, and our lives, better.How can a Victorian poem help teenagers understand YouTube misogyny? Can Jane Eyre encourage us to speak out? What can Lady Macbeth teach us about empathy? Should our expectations for our future be any greater than Pip’s? And why is it so important ... Read more

$18.99 AUD

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2025An English teacher's love letter to reading and the many ways literature can make us, and our lives, better.How can a Victorian poem help teenagers understand YouTube misogyny? Can Jane Eyre encourage us to speak out? What can Lady Macbeth teach us about empathy? Should our expectations for our future be any greater than Pip’s? And why is it so important
... Read more
Project Based Learning

Real Questions. Real Answers. How to Unpack PBL and Inquiry

by Ross Cooper, Erin Murphy ...

Countless educators from across the globe would love to leverage project based learning to create learner-centered opportunities for their students, but, believe it or not, PBL has yet to go mainstream.If project based learning can benefit so many students, why isn't this approach the norm in teaching? Because educators have questions.Since the release of their first book, Hacking Project Based ... Read more

$13.16 AUD

Countless educators from across the globe would love to leverage project based learning to create learner-centered opportunities for their students, but, believe it or not, PBL has yet to go mainstream.If project based learning can benefit so many students, why isn't this approach the norm in teaching? Because educators have questions.Since the release of their first book, Hacking Project Based
... Read more
Beyond the Science of Reading

Connecting Literacy Instruction to the Science of Learning

by Natalie Wexler ...

In this provocative and timely book, education writer Natalie Wexler argues that the best way to end the “reading wars” is to recognize that learning to read is inextricably linked to learning in general.The science of reading movement has done much to improve instruction in foundational skills. But that hard-won progress may be reversed unless we also help children acquire the knowledge and ... Read more

$51.17 AUD

In this provocative and timely book, education writer Natalie Wexler argues that the best way to end the “reading wars” is to recognize that learning to read is inextricably linked to learning in general.The science of reading movement has done much to improve instruction in foundational skills. But that hard-won progress may be reversed unless we also help children acquire the knowledge and
... Read more
Mindset Mathematics

Visualizing and Investigating Big Ideas, Grade 4

by Jo Boaler, Jen Munson, Cathy Williams ...

Series series Mindset Mathematics
Engage students in mathematics using growth mindset techniquesThe most challenging parts of teaching mathematics are engaging students and helping them understand the connections between mathematics concepts. In this volume, you'll find a collection of low floor, high ceiling tasks that will help you do just that, by looking at the big ideas at the first-grade level through visualization, play, ... Read more

$29.99 AUD

Engage students in mathematics using growth mindset techniquesThe most challenging parts of teaching mathematics are engaging students and helping them understand the connections between mathematics concepts. In this volume, you'll find a collection of low floor, high ceiling tasks that will help you do just that, by looking at the big ideas at the first-grade level through visualization, play,
... Read more
More Good Questions

Great Ways to Differentiate Secondary Mathematics Instruction

by Marian Small, Amy Lin ...

We know that Differentiated Instruction helps all students to learn. Yet DI challenges teachers, and nowhere more than in mathematics. In this new book, written specifically for secondary mathematics teachers, the authors cut through the difficulties with two powerful and universal strategies that teachers can use across all math content: Open questions and Parallel tasks. Showing teachers how to ... Read more

$39.29 AUD

We know that Differentiated Instruction helps all students to learn. Yet DI challenges teachers, and nowhere more than in mathematics. In this new book, written specifically for secondary mathematics teachers, the authors cut through the difficulties with two powerful and universal strategies that teachers can use across all math content: Open questions and Parallel tasks. Showing teachers how to
... Read more
Place-Based Education in the Global Age

Local Diversity

Edited by David A. Gruenewald, Gregory A. Smith ...

"Polished, clear, insightful, and meaningful.... This volume amounts to nothing less than a complete rethinking of what progressive education can be at its best and how education can be reconceptualized as one of the central practices of a genuinely democratic and sustainable society.... It is the kind of book that has the potential to be transformative."Stephen Preskill, University of New Mexico ... Read more

$102.05 AUD

"Polished, clear, insightful, and meaningful.... This volume amounts to nothing less than a complete rethinking of what progressive education can be at its best and how education can be reconceptualized as one of the central practices of a genuinely democratic and sustainable society.... It is the kind of book that has the potential to be transformative."Stephen Preskill, University of New Mexico
... Read more
Ecoliterate

How Educators Are Cultivating Emotional, Social, and Ecological Intelligence

by Daniel Goleman, Lisa Bennett, Zenobia Barlow ...

A new integration of Goleman's emotional, social, and ecological intelligenceHopeful, eloquent, and bold, Ecoliterate offers inspiring stories, practical guidance, and an exciting new model of education that builds - in vitally important ways - on the success of social and emotional learning by addressing today's most important ecological issues.This book shares stories of pioneering educators, ... Read more

$31.99 AUD

A new integration of Goleman's emotional, social, and ecological intelligenceHopeful, eloquent, and bold, Ecoliterate offers inspiring stories, practical guidance, and an exciting new model of education that builds - in vitally important ways - on the success of social and emotional learning by addressing today's most important ecological issues.This book shares stories of pioneering educators,
... Read more
Teaching with AI

A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning

by José Antonio Bowen, C. Edward Watson ...

Now completely revised! An essential guide on how AI is revolutionizing the future of learning and how educators can adapt to this new era of human thinking.Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way we learn, work, and think. Its integration into classrooms and workplaces is already underway, transforming ideas about creativity, authorship, and education. In this practical guide, ... Read more

$33.55 AUD

Now completely revised! An essential guide on how AI is revolutionizing the future of learning and how educators can adapt to this new era of human thinking.Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way we learn, work, and think. Its integration into classrooms and workplaces is already underway, transforming ideas about creativity, authorship, and education. In this practical guide,
... Read more
Being an Early Childhood Educator

Bringing theory and practice together

by Felicity McArdle, Lyn Zollo ...

'This book will be an invaluable resource for pre-service early childhood educators as they prepare not only for their placements but also their future careers. The examples, activities and reflection points are realistically representative of events and contexts across the birth to 8 years age range. These features effectively scaffold the pre-service teacher's preparation and thinking for ... Read more

$64.30 AUD

'This book will be an invaluable resource for pre-service early childhood educators as they prepare not only for their placements but also their future careers. The examples, activities and reflection points are realistically representative of events and contexts across the birth to 8 years age range. These features effectively scaffold the pre-service teacher's preparation and thinking for
... Read more
STEM Road Map

A Framework for Integrated STEM Education

Edited by Carla C. Johnson, Erin E. Peters-Burton, Tamara J. Moore ...

STEM Road Map: A Framework for Integrated STEM Education is the first resource to offer an integrated STEM curricula encompassing the entire K-12 spectrum, with complete grade-level learning based on a spiraled approach to building conceptual understanding. A team of over thirty STEM education professionals from across the U.S. collaborated on the important work of mapping out the Common Core ... Read more

$78.13 AUD

STEM Road Map: A Framework for Integrated STEM Education is the first resource to offer an integrated STEM curricula encompassing the entire K-12 spectrum, with complete grade-level learning based on a spiraled approach to building conceptual understanding. A team of over thirty STEM education professionals from across the U.S. collaborated on the important work of mapping out the Common Core
... Read more
Key Concepts in Curriculum Studies

Perspectives on the Fundamentals

Edited by Judy Wearing, Marcea Ingersoll, Christopher DeLuca, Benjamin Bolden, Holly Ogden, Theodore Michael Christou ...

Offering an accessible entry into curriculum theory, this book defines and contextualizes key concepts for novice and experienced students. Leading scholars in curriculum studies provide short anchor texts that introduce, define, and situate contemporary curriculum theory constructs. Each anchor text is followed by two concise, creative keyword responses that demonstrate varied perspectives and ... Read more

$83.88 AUD

Offering an accessible entry into curriculum theory, this book defines and contextualizes key concepts for novice and experienced students. Leading scholars in curriculum studies provide short anchor texts that introduce, define, and situate contemporary curriculum theory constructs. Each anchor text is followed by two concise, creative keyword responses that demonstrate varied perspectives and
... Read more
Writing Speculative Fiction: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror

Teacher's Edition

by Lelia Rose Foreman ...

This textbook develops an 18-week program designed to guide prospective students through creating their own speculative fiction story, that is, a science fiction, fantasy, or horror story. Designed for homeschoolers and small-school settings, this textbook draws on excerpts from dozens of speculative fiction authors and writing experts. It gives detailed information about genre, cultural world ... Read more

$11.87 AUD

This textbook develops an 18-week program designed to guide prospective students through creating their own speculative fiction story, that is, a science fiction, fantasy, or horror story. Designed for homeschoolers and small-school settings, this textbook draws on excerpts from dozens of speculative fiction authors and writing experts. It gives detailed information about genre, cultural world
... Read more
Deciding What to Teach and Test

Developing, Aligning, and Leading the Curriculum

by Fenwick W. English ...

"This book makes the reader think deeply about the role of curriculum planning and its connection to assessment in this age of accountability."—J. Jeannette Lovern, Associate Professor of Curriculum and InstructionEastern Kentucky University"For educators who want students and schools to be successful, this book provides a clear and proven process to accomplish this goal. It is succinct, yet ... Read more

$45.04 AUD

"This book makes the reader think deeply about the role of curriculum planning and its connection to assessment in this age of accountability."—J. Jeannette Lovern, Associate Professor of Curriculum and InstructionEastern Kentucky University"For educators who want students and schools to be successful, this book provides a clear and proven process to accomplish this goal. It is succinct, yet
... Read more
Changing Australian Education

How policy is taking us backwards and what can be done about it

by Alan Reid ...

Australian education policy for the past 40 years has been heading in the wrong direction and is entirely unsuitable for preparing young people for the 21st century. Exaggeration? Sadly not.For a teacher, there is nothing more exhilarating than encouraging young people to realise the power of learning. But in our schools today, teachers spend so much time preparing their students for high-stakes ... Read more

$69.90 AUD

Australian education policy for the past 40 years has been heading in the wrong direction and is entirely unsuitable for preparing young people for the 21st century. Exaggeration? Sadly not.For a teacher, there is nothing more exhilarating than encouraging young people to realise the power of learning. But in our schools today, teachers spend so much time preparing their students for high-stakes
... Read more
Mindset Mathematics: Visualizing and Investigating Big Ideas, Grade 8

by Jo Boaler, Jen Munson, Cathy Williams ...

Series series Mindset Mathematics
Engage students in mathematics using growth mindset techniquesThe most challenging parts of teaching mathematics are engaging students and helping them understand the connections between mathematics concepts. In this volume, you'll find a collection of low floor, high ceiling tasks that will help you do just that, by looking at the big ideas at the eighth-grade level through visualization, play, ... Read more

$29.99 AUD

Engage students in mathematics using growth mindset techniquesThe most challenging parts of teaching mathematics are engaging students and helping them understand the connections between mathematics concepts. In this volume, you'll find a collection of low floor, high ceiling tasks that will help you do just that, by looking at the big ideas at the eighth-grade level through visualization, play,
... Read more
The Sustainability Curriculum

The Challenge for Higher Education

Edited by John Blewitt, Cedric Cullingford ...

The links between education and sustainable development are deepening, although subject to much controversy and debate. The success of the sustainability discourse depends both on the pedagogic and research functions of higher education. Similarly, for higher education itself to remain relevant and engaged it faces pressure not only to integrate the insights and lessons drawn from the perspective ... Read more

$85.28 AUD

The links between education and sustainable development are deepening, although subject to much controversy and debate. The success of the sustainability discourse depends both on the pedagogic and research functions of higher education. Similarly, for higher education itself to remain relevant and engaged it faces pressure not only to integrate the insights and lessons drawn from the perspective
... Read more
Understanding Contemporary Education

Key themes and issues

by Tom O'Donoghue ...

Understanding Contemporary Education offers an essential exploration of key concepts and issues in education that will allow education studies students, as well as trainee and practising teachers to engage in reflection, not only on work at the classroom level, but on education more broadly. Using detailed examples, the book problematises many popular and taken-for-granted views, allowing the ... Read more

$78.29 AUD

Understanding Contemporary Education offers an essential exploration of key concepts and issues in education that will allow education studies students, as well as trainee and practising teachers to engage in reflection, not only on work at the classroom level, but on education more broadly. Using detailed examples, the book problematises many popular and taken-for-granted views, allowing the
... Read more

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