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Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research

Volume 30

Edited by Michael B. Paulsen ...

Series series Education (R0)
Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms of its conceptual and methodological rigor and sets ... Read more

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Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms of its conceptual and methodological rigor and sets
... Read more
Curriculum Theory, History, and Applications for Education

by J. Spencer Clark ...

Curriculum Theory, History, and Applications for Education serves as a comprehensive guide to curriculum history, theory, and contemporary curriculum applications, offering essential context for modern curriculum theories and courses. This textbook begins with a concise history of twentieth-century curriculum ideology and development, offering essential context for modern curriculum theories and ... Read more

$93.62 CAD

Curriculum Theory, History, and Applications for Education serves as a comprehensive guide to curriculum history, theory, and contemporary curriculum applications, offering essential context for modern curriculum theories and courses. This textbook begins with a concise history of twentieth-century curriculum ideology and development, offering essential context for modern curriculum theories and
... Read more
Creative English, Creative Curriculum

New Perspectives for Key Stage 2

by Paul Gardner ...

Combining theory with practical examples, Creative English, Creative Curriculum will stimulate students and teachers to be adventurous and creative in their teaching, while covering the mains strands of the Primary National Strategy for English: narrative, non-fiction and poetry.This book:reflects the new emphases on speaking and listeningcontextualises recent changes to the English curriculum, ... Read more

$61.59 CAD

Combining theory with practical examples, Creative English, Creative Curriculum will stimulate students and teachers to be adventurous and creative in their teaching, while covering the mains strands of the Primary National Strategy for English: narrative, non-fiction and poetry.This book:reflects the new emphases on speaking and listeningcontextualises recent changes to the English curriculum,
... Read more
Philosophy and Educational Policy

A Critical Introduction

by John Gingell, Christopher Winch ...

What are the concepts and theories behind current debates about education?This comprehensive introduction to philosophy of education discusses issues that are of current public interest and debate. It locates education at the heart of questions concerned with culture, ethics, politics, economics and shows how key educational issues have to be approached in a contextual way.Written in a clear and ... Read more

$71.45 CAD

What are the concepts and theories behind current debates about education?This comprehensive introduction to philosophy of education discusses issues that are of current public interest and debate. It locates education at the heart of questions concerned with culture, ethics, politics, economics and shows how key educational issues have to be approached in a contextual way.Written in a clear and
... Read more
The Education and Care of Children with Severe, Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities

Musical Activities to Develop Basic Skills

by Richard Aird ...

This is a practical guide to managing the whole curriculum for children with severe learning difficulties (SLD). Crucial guidance and effective strategies are provided on how to reconcile the rights, needs and aspirations of such children in light of recent national trends and QCA guidelines. ... Read more

$68.98 CAD

This is a practical guide to managing the whole curriculum for children with severe learning difficulties (SLD). Crucial guidance and effective strategies are provided on how to reconcile the rights, needs and aspirations of such children in light of recent national trends and QCA guidelines.
... Read more
Issues in Physical Education

Edited by Susan Capel, Susan Piotrowski ...

Series series Issues in Teaching Series
Issues in Physical Education stimulates student-teachers, NQTs and practising physical education teachers to reflect on issues important to improving teaching in physical education. It encourages reflection and debate as an important part of professional development. Issues discussed include:aims as an issue in physical educationbreadth, balance and assessment in the physical education ... Read more

$71.45 CAD

Issues in Physical Education stimulates student-teachers, NQTs and practising physical education teachers to reflect on issues important to improving teaching in physical education. It encourages reflection and debate as an important part of professional development. Issues discussed include:aims as an issue in physical educationbreadth, balance and assessment in the physical education
... Read more
Reinventing the Middle School

Edited by Thomas S. Dickinson ...

Series series Transforming Teaching
Many contemporary American middle schools are stuck in a state of "arrested development," failing to implement the original concept of middle schools to a varying, though equally corruptive degrees. The individual chapters of the book outline in detail how to counter this dangerous trend, offering guidance to those who seek immediate, significant, internal reforms before we lose the unique value ... Read more

$77.61 CAD

Many contemporary American middle schools are stuck in a state of "arrested development," failing to implement the original concept of middle schools to a varying, though equally corruptive degrees. The individual chapters of the book outline in detail how to counter this dangerous trend, offering guidance to those who seek immediate, significant, internal reforms before we lose the unique value
... Read more
Social Efficiency and Instrumentalism in Education

Critical Essays in Ontology, Phenomenology, and Philosophical Hermeneutics

by James M. Magrini ...

Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
Distinct among contemporary philosophical studies focused on education, this book engages the history of phenomenological thought as it moves from philosophy proper (the European phenomenological-hermeneutic tradition) through curriculum studies. It thus presents the "best of both worlds" for the reader; there is a "play" or movement from philosophy proper to educational philosophy and then back ... Read more

$71.45 CAD

Distinct among contemporary philosophical studies focused on education, this book engages the history of phenomenological thought as it moves from philosophy proper (the European phenomenological-hermeneutic tradition) through curriculum studies. It thus presents the "best of both worlds" for the reader; there is a "play" or movement from philosophy proper to educational philosophy and then back
... Read more
Social Pressures and Curriculum Innovation

A Study of the Nuffield Foundation Science Teaching Project

by Mary Waring ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Curriculum
Originally published in 1979. This book is a study of the problems of functional and ideological adaptation of the curriculum in response to social change, based on a close investigation of a particular significant curriculum innovation, set up in 1962: the Nuffield Foundation Science Teaching Project. The book focuses particularly on the development of the O-level chemistry curriculum, which was ... Read more

$61.59 CAD

Originally published in 1979. This book is a study of the problems of functional and ideological adaptation of the curriculum in response to social change, based on a close investigation of a particular significant curriculum innovation, set up in 1962: the Nuffield Foundation Science Teaching Project. The book focuses particularly on the development of the O-level chemistry curriculum, which was
... Read more
The Politics of Differentiation in Schools

by Martin Mills, Amanda Keddie, Peter Renshaw, Sue Monk ...

Series series Routledge Research in Education
In many English-speaking countries, teachers are encouraged to differentiate their classrooms, and in some cases, through various policy mechanisms. This encouragement is often accompanied by threats and sanctions for not making the grade. By exploring the ways in which one education system in Australia has mandated differentiation through an audit of teacher practices, this book provides a timely ... Read more

$56.66 CAD

In many English-speaking countries, teachers are encouraged to differentiate their classrooms, and in some cases, through various policy mechanisms. This encouragement is often accompanied by threats and sanctions for not making the grade. By exploring the ways in which one education system in Australia has mandated differentiation through an audit of teacher practices, this book provides a timely
... Read more
Health Promotion in Medical Education

From Rhetoric to Action

by Ann Wylie, Tangerine Holt ...

Health promotion has been a relatively overlooked area in modern medical and health professional vocational curricula. This practical and informative book aims to redress the balance towards health promotion being a visible, integrated curricular component, with agreed principles on quality in health promotion teaching across various faculties. Experienced and enthusiastic writers with expertise ... Read more

$99.78 CAD

Health promotion has been a relatively overlooked area in modern medical and health professional vocational curricula. This practical and informative book aims to redress the balance towards health promotion being a visible, integrated curricular component, with agreed principles on quality in health promotion teaching across various faculties. Experienced and enthusiastic writers with expertise
... Read more
The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in the History of Education

Edited by Gary McCulloch ...

This Reader brings together a wide range of material to present an international perspective on topical issues in history of education today. Focusing on the enduring trends in this field, this lively and informative Reader provides broad coverage of the subject and includes crucial topics such as: * higher education * informal agencies of education * schooling, the state and local government * ... Read more

$77.61 CAD

This Reader brings together a wide range of material to present an international perspective on topical issues in history of education today. Focusing on the enduring trends in this field, this lively and informative Reader provides broad coverage of the subject and includes crucial topics such as: * higher education * informal agencies of education * schooling, the state and local government *
... Read more
Excellence in Education

The Making of Great Schools

by Cyril Taylor, Conor Ryan ...

A thorough examination of the characteristics` belonging to a high-performing school, this book is written by the Chairman of the Specialist Schools Trust and the education advisor to the Prime Minister, Tony Blair. It draws on numerous case studies of successful schools, as well as showing how previously failing schools have been turned around. Looking at such areas as leadership, staffing, ... Read more

$55.43 CAD

A thorough examination of the characteristics` belonging to a high-performing school, this book is written by the Chairman of the Specialist Schools Trust and the education advisor to the Prime Minister, Tony Blair. It draws on numerous case studies of successful schools, as well as showing how previously failing schools have been turned around. Looking at such areas as leadership, staffing,
... Read more
The Teaching of Primary Science

Policy and Practice

Edited by Colin Richards, Derek Holford ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Curriculum
Originally published in 1983. This book provides the first overview of developments in primary science prior to and following the national survey of primary schools in 1978. Key issues central to contemporary policy and practice are identified, set in context and interrelated for teachers, students, tutors and policymakers. Contributors to the book include most of the leading figures in ... Read more

$29.56 CAD

Originally published in 1983. This book provides the first overview of developments in primary science prior to and following the national survey of primary schools in 1978. Key issues central to contemporary policy and practice are identified, set in context and interrelated for teachers, students, tutors and policymakers. Contributors to the book include most of the leading figures in
... Read more
Teaching Children’s Literature in the Primary School

by Geoff Fenwick ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
First published in 1990, Teaching Children’s Literature in the Primary School addresses a critical educational debate of its time. As literature teaching became an integral component of the National Curriculum, many primary school teachers, particularly those in nursery and infant departments, questioned whether literature could genuinely be taught to young children. This uncertainty often stemmed ... Read more

$52.97 CAD

First published in 1990, Teaching Children’s Literature in the Primary School addresses a critical educational debate of its time. As literature teaching became an integral component of the National Curriculum, many primary school teachers, particularly those in nursery and infant departments, questioned whether literature could genuinely be taught to young children. This uncertainty often stemmed
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Modern Languages for All

by Hilary McColl ...

This text demonstrates the substantial benefits that foreign language work has to offer students with special educational needs, whether in a mainstream or special school setting. The author offers practical advice on lesson planning, course design and methodology. ... Read more

$65.29 CAD

This text demonstrates the substantial benefits that foreign language work has to offer students with special educational needs, whether in a mainstream or special school setting. The author offers practical advice on lesson planning, course design and methodology.
... Read more
Television ',Critical Viewing Skills', Education

Major Media Literacy Projects in the United States and Selected Countries

by James A. Brown ...

Series series Routledge Communication Series
Representing a significant survey and evaluation of major media literacy projects in the U.S. and selected countries throughout the world, this book covers all aspects of critical viewing skills. It provides comprehensive, theoretical and historical background about the field, the criteria for its evaluation, and various structured programs including the CVS projects and programs sponsored by ... Read more

$117.03 CAD

Representing a significant survey and evaluation of major media literacy projects in the U.S. and selected countries throughout the world, this book covers all aspects of critical viewing skills. It provides comprehensive, theoretical and historical background about the field, the criteria for its evaluation, and various structured programs including the CVS projects and programs sponsored by
... Read more
Meta-Ethnographic Synthesis in Education

Challenges, Aims and Possibilities

Edited by Michalis Kakos, Bettina Fritzsche ...

Calls for “deparochialization of educational research” (Lingard 2006) have directed educational ethnography from the conventional research designs and from the study of single sites and local situations to the study of “the circulation of cultural meanings, objects and identities in diffuse time-spaces” (Marcus 1995: 96). In response to this call and following the already established tradition of ... Read more

$75.14 CAD

Calls for “deparochialization of educational research” (Lingard 2006) have directed educational ethnography from the conventional research designs and from the study of single sites and local situations to the study of “the circulation of cultural meanings, objects and identities in diffuse time-spaces” (Marcus 1995: 96). In response to this call and following the already established tradition of
... Read more
Curriculum and Assessment in English 3 to 11

A Better Plan

by John Richmond, Andrew Burn, Peter Dougill, Mike Raleigh, Peter Traves ...

Curriculum and Assessment in English 3 to 11: A Better Plan provides an overview of the subject in considerable breadth and depth, and offers a clear, balanced and forceful critique of the current language and literacy curriculum and its assessment arrangements for 3- to 11-year-olds in England, and of developments in the area during the past thirty years.The book restates fundamental truths about ... Read more

$50.50 CAD

Curriculum and Assessment in English 3 to 11: A Better Plan provides an overview of the subject in considerable breadth and depth, and offers a clear, balanced and forceful critique of the current language and literacy curriculum and its assessment arrangements for 3- to 11-year-olds in England, and of developments in the area during the past thirty years.The book restates fundamental truths about
... Read more
Class, Culture and the Curriculum

by Denis Lawton ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Education
It is often argued that education is concerned with the transmission of middle-class values and that this explains the relative educational failure of the working class. Consequently, distinctive culture needs a different kind of education. This volume examines this claim and the wider question of culture in British society. It analyses cultural differences from a social historical viewpoint and ... Read more

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It is often argued that education is concerned with the transmission of middle-class values and that this explains the relative educational failure of the working class. Consequently, distinctive culture needs a different kind of education. This volume examines this claim and the wider question of culture in British society. It analyses cultural differences from a social historical viewpoint and
... Read more
The Reading for Real Handbook

Edited by Martin Coles, Colin Harrison ...

The Reading for Real Handbook was very well received by both teachers and literacy specialists when it was published in 1992. Since its first publication there have been significant changes in the field of 'reading', not least of which has been governmental demands for higher standards in reading and the resultant National Literacy Strategy (NLS).As well as providing invaluable help for teachers ... Read more

$61.59 CAD

The Reading for Real Handbook was very well received by both teachers and literacy specialists when it was published in 1992. Since its first publication there have been significant changes in the field of 'reading', not least of which has been governmental demands for higher standards in reading and the resultant National Literacy Strategy (NLS).As well as providing invaluable help for teachers
... Read more
Religious Education in Asia

Spiritual Diversity in Globalized Times

Edited by Kerry J. Kennedy, John Chi-Kin Lee ...

Series series Routledge Series on Life and Values Education
The book examines ancient religious traditions and modernity in a globalized Asia that is as much in need of a moral compass as it is economic development. Religious education has been an aspect of many societies over time and irrespective of culture. Yet as globalization advances local values are challenged every day by internationalized discourses and global perspectives. It is this context that ... Read more

$75.14 CAD

The book examines ancient religious traditions and modernity in a globalized Asia that is as much in need of a moral compass as it is economic development. Religious education has been an aspect of many societies over time and irrespective of culture. Yet as globalization advances local values are challenged every day by internationalized discourses and global perspectives. It is this context that
... Read more
The Early Years Foundation Stage

Theory and Practice

Edited by Ioanna Palaiologou ...

The revised fifth edition of The Early Years Foundation Stage has been fully updated to cover revised EYFS, revised Development Matters and policy shifts in the sector.New to the book:· Brand new chapters on the Rights of the Child, Children’s Development & Learning Theories and Planning.· New content on diversity and inclusion throughout all chapters.· New and updated case studies throughout the ... Read more

$54.71 CAD

The revised fifth edition of The Early Years Foundation Stage has been fully updated to cover revised EYFS, revised Development Matters and policy shifts in the sector.New to the book:· Brand new chapters on the Rights of the Child, Children’s Development & Learning Theories and Planning.· New content on diversity and inclusion throughout all chapters.· New and updated case studies throughout the
... Read more
Sequencing the Primary Curriculum

by Seamus Gibbons, Emma Lennard ...

This book is an introduction to the primary curriculum for all trainee and early career teachers. It shows how to sequence and plan your teaching in every curriculum subject to ensure you are offering balanced and cohesive learning opportunities that align with the National Curriculum in England.Build your subject knowledge in line with the National CurriculumSequence your teaching so that key ... Read more

$39.59 CAD

This book is an introduction to the primary curriculum for all trainee and early career teachers. It shows how to sequence and plan your teaching in every curriculum subject to ensure you are offering balanced and cohesive learning opportunities that align with the National Curriculum in England.Build your subject knowledge in line with the National CurriculumSequence your teaching so that key
... Read more

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