Education

Every parent wants their child to be healthy, happy and successful but sometimes it can be difficult to understand how to help them achieve their full potential. This book helps parents find the right approach to communicating with and teaching their child.

In many societies today, educational aims or goals are commonly characterized in terms of "equality," "equal opportunity," "equal access" or "equal rights," the underlying assumption being that "equality" in some form is an intelligible and sensible educational ideal.

A practical guide for teachers, offering a host of ways to help all their students to improve their writing skills. It also offers advice on improving skills and confidence, and getting students excited about writing - not just in literacy or English, but across the curriculum.

This series provides fun and accessible careers information for young people choosing what to study post-14. Each title offers a behind-the-scenes tour of a high-interest job typically entered through a vocational route. Snappy, easy-to-digest information and real case studies are supported by a comprehensive guide to training and entry routes.

Highlights the fundamental connections between assessment, teaching and learning, and offers suggestions for maximising assessment in schools. Drawing on empirical research, this book focuses on the purpose of assessment, and suggests strategies for managing assessment in an effective way. It considers the role of assessment in promoting learning.

This book describes the various strategies and procedures for collecting, analyzing, and organizing information to improve education.

Carrying on in Key Stage 1 is written to help teachers continue key practical activities and child focused learning throughout Key Stage 1. The activities are mapped onto the National Curriculum Programmes of Study for this age group.

Written by the man whose signature is on millions of exam certificates, Cheats, Choices & Dumbing Down lifts the lid on the UK's complex exams and qualifications system. Whether you're studying for exams, or are a parent, teacher, governor or administrator, this eye-opening book will be a valuable guide. ...

The Brilliant Support Activities series contains reproducible activities for use with slower learners or pupils with various learning difficulties operating at the lower levels of understanding at Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. The activities in the books follow the areas of science outlined in the Programmes ...

The Brilliant Support Activities series contains reproducible activities for use with slower learners or pupils with various learning difficulties operating at the lower levels of understanding at Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. The activities in the books follow the areas of science outlined in the Programmes ...

The Brilliant Support Activities series contains reproducible activities for use with slower learners or pupils with various learning difficulties operating at the lower levels of understanding at Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. The activities in the books follow the areas of science outlined in the Programmes ...

Focusing on what it means to study English in higher education, this book guides students through key aspects of English Studies including major topics and approaches, subject-specific study skills and assessment, including seminar presentations, assignments, and exams.

Exposes the government's city academies project: the ways in which companies and rich individuals have been persuaded to sponsor academies, their real reasons for sponsoring them, the lies that have been told in support of the academies project, and the disastrous effect it will have on Britain's schools.

What is the relationship between education, aid and aid agencies? Drawing on international research in numerous countries, this book considers, conceptually and empirically, the provision of education to aid and aid agencies, analyzing the internal and external factors affecting educational provision during and after emergencies.

Introduces how science works, the way science is now taught in secondary schools, to all teachers - whether trainee, recently qualified or established. This title provides the opportunity for pupils not only to understand the facts of science, but also to develop as critical thinkers and to become creative problem-solvers.

Examines the issues that confront teachers of academic writing classes. Containing ten teacher-focused chapters, this book offers practical advice and solutions in areas of teaching, assessment and feedback.

Examines the philosophical debates surrounding the existance, teaching and transferability of thinking skills. This title debates issues such as: Do thinking skills exist? What are the aims of education? Can thinking skill be taught? Are thinking skills transferable?

Examines the educational needs of bilingual children, and the methods that can be used to improve and develop literacy and literature in the classroom. This book argues that bilingual children's literacy learning in English is an intercultural process.