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Youth, Education and Risk: Facing the Future
"Youth, Education and Risk: Facing the Future" is a provocative and valuable insight into how the dramatic social and economic changes of the last twenty years have affected the lives of Western youth. The book reviews ten years of research, …
Indian Mythology: Tales, Symbols, and Rituals from the Heart of the Subcontinent
HINDUISM / MYTHOLOGYThe Hindu spiritual landscape is populated by multidimensional characters whose embodiment of both positive and negative aspects finds no parallel within the good versus evil mythology of the Western world. From the goddess …
More publicly accountable than ever, teachers, school managers and governors are expected to know how their school is performing and how to improve that performance. By exploring target setting, this book helps achieve these goals.
Teaching and Learning in Multicultural Classroom
Teachers and student teachers wishing to gain a better understanding of the theory and practice of educating children in multicultural classrooms will find this book invaluable. By integrating the theory and practice of EAL teaching and …
Mental, Emotional and Social Health Promoting School
clear and practical overview of ways in which mainstream schools can promote the health of all who work and learn in them. Evidence is supported by the latest research findings from the UK, Europe and USA.
This title has been revised, with Internet links offering opportunities to hear the language spoken by a native speaker. Grammar is clearly explained, and puzzles provide plenty of practice. This title is part of a series providing a thorough …
The Life Divine - U.S. Edition
The Life Divine explores for the modern mind the great streams of Indian metaphysical thought, reconciling the truths behind each and from this synthesis extends in terms of consciousness the concept of evolution. The unfolding of Earth's and man'…
The book provides significant insight into the factors that affect the careers of these scientists and, importantly, gives voice to the many men and women who overcame discrimination, prejudice, and racism to build successful scientific careers…
The Behavior Survival Guide for Kids: How to Make Good Choices and Stay Out of Trouble
The Behavior Survival Guide for Kids: How to Make Good Choices and Stay Out of Trouble offers advice for youngsters.
Take our latest Take-Along Guide outside at night! Planets, Moons and Stars provides an introduction to the bodies in our solar system. Young astronomers and explorers will learn to identify our nine planets and how to seek out the shapes in the …
Now with fabulous new covers, Usborne's Everyday Words books help readers learn, revise and enrich their vocabulary.
Infant Development: Ecological Perspectives
This collection of essays by leading scholars in the field of childhood development focus on the critical issues and questions that need to be addressed at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Topics covered include the ecology of fetal …
The theories of Vygotsky are central to any serious discussion of children's learning processes. Vygotsky argues that children do not develop in isolation, rather learning takes place when the child is interacting with their social environment. …
The Survival Guide for Kids with LD
First published in 1990, this survival guide has helped countless young people labeled "learning disabled" — and the adults who care about them. Meanwhile, laws have changed and technology has advanced. This revised and updated edition retains …
Multicultural Education: A Source Book
This book contains essays and annotations on a number of issues related to multicultural education. Inherent in the authors' definition of multicultural education is a commitment to create a more just and equitable society for all people.
The What's in it for Schools series has been written by experts in the field for an audience of busy practitioners. The books present research and thinking about topical education issues and present it in an accessible and relevant way. _ What …
Making Special Education Inclusive: From Research to Practice
The aim of this book is to consider how schools and LEAs can develop inclusive policies and practices for students who experience a range of difficulties in learning or behavior. it highlights debates and contradictions about the realities of …
Tourism and Transport: Issues and Agenda for the New Millennium
Within the tourism field, transport research specifically related to tourism remains substantially neglected despite its dynamic role in the creation of tourist movements at different geographical scales. This volume of edited essays is a seminal …
What Do You Really Want?: How to Set a Goal & Go for It! a Guide for Teens
Why do some people accomplish so much more than others? It's not because they're smarter or more talented. It's because they know how to set and reach goals. Research shows that effective goal setters have less stress, concentrate better, and are …
You're Smarter Than You Think: A Kid's Guide to Multiple Intelligences
Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences has revolutionized the way we think about being smart. Written by an award-winning author and leading expert on multiple intelligences, this book helps kids make the most of their own learning …
Radical Equations: Bring the Lessons of the Civil Rights Movement to America's Schools
Through personal narrative and impassioned argument, activist Bob Moses shows the lessons of the civil rights movement at work in a remarkable educational movement today, a math literacy program called the Algebra Project.
Getting It Right for Boys and Girls
This book offers clear and practical strategies to headteachers, classroom teachers and other professionals for ways to address the issue of boys' underachievement.
Respect: A Girl's Guide to Getting Respect and Dealing When Your Line Is Crossed
This smart, savvy book helps teen girls get respect and hold on to it no matter what. It covers such topics as body image, school, and rumors. It also confronts issues like sexual harassment, drugs, and alcohol, and debunks the myths and …
Learning to Teach in Higher Education
The classic text has a simple message: to become a good teacher, first you must understand your students' experiences of learning. Out of this grow a set of principles for effective teaching in higher education. This fully revised and updated new …
Helping Teachers Develop Through Classroom Observation
Enhancing the quality of teaching and learning in schools for the benefit of the teacher and pupil is not a matter of quick 'tips for teachers.' It requires a fundamental review by every teacher of his or her own performance and its effects on …
Schaum's Outline of Latin Grammar
Master the fundamentals of Latin grammar with Schaum's—the high-performance study guide. It will help you cut study time, hone problem-solving skills, and achieve your personal best on exams and projects! Students love Schaum's Outlines because …
Day-To-Day Dyslexia in the Classroom
Dyslexia cuts across class, age and intelligence. All schools will have pupils with dyslexia and teachers of children of all ages need to be aware of the teaching methods and approaches which are most effective with these children. This fully …
Analyzing Media Messages: Using Quantitative Content Analysis in Research
"Analyzing Media Messages" provides a comprehensive and comprehensible guide to conducting content analysis research. It establishes a formal definition of quantitative content analysis; gives step-by-step instruction on designing a content …
Teaching Language and Literacy in the Earl
The early years are increasingly recognized as a priority time for the education of children and language and literacy are key elements of any early childhood program. This second edition provides an accessible text on the current research and …
Making Sense of Secondary Science: Research Into Children's Ideas
When children begin secondary school they already have knowledge and ideas about many aspects of the natural world from their experiences both in primary classes and outside school. These ideas, right or wrong, form the basis of all they …