Thirty Three Ways to Help with Numeracy

Supporting children who struggle with basic skills

By Brian Sharp

Thirty Three Ways to Help with Numeracy equips teachers and teaching assistants with a wide range of practical resources to help children who are having...

October 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46896-1 (Routledge)

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Global Perspectives in the Geography Curriculum

Reviewing the Moral Case for Geography

By Alex Standish

‘For geographers across the globe this book provides the arguments for a return to the teaching of geography and why they should reject the politicisation...

October 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47549-5 (Routledge)

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Mathematical Literacy

Developing Identities of Inclusion

By Yvette Solomon

Why do so many learners, even those who are successful, feel that they are outsiders in the world of mathematics? Taking the central importance of...

October 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-4687-4 (Routledge)

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Interpreting National History

Race, Identity, and Pedagogy in Classrooms and Communities

By Terrie Epstein

How do students’ racial identities work with and against teachers’ pedagogies to shape their understandings of history and contemporary society? Based on a long-term ethnographic...

September 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-96084-7 (Routledge)

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Toward a Literacy of Promise

Joining the African American Struggle

Edited by Linda A. Spears-Bunton, Rebecca Powell

"[This book] gives us strategies for bringing life back to school; it allows us to think creatively about connecting instruction to the lives of children...

September 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-4536-5 (Routledge)

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Global Linguistic Flows

Hip Hop Cultures, Youth Identities, and the Politics of Language

By H. Samy Alim, Awad Ibrahim, Alastair Pennycook

Located at the intersection of sociolinguistics and Hip Hop Studies, this cutting-edge book moves around the world – spanning Africa, Asia, Australia, the Americas and...

September 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-6285-0 (Routledge)

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Multimedia and Literacy Development

Improving Achievement for Young Learners

Edited by Adriana G. Bus, Susan B. Neuman

Representing the state of the art in multimedia applications and their promise for enhancing early literacy development, this volume broadens the field of reading research...

September 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-98842-1 (Routledge)

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Unequal By Design

High-Stakes Testing and the Standardization of Inequality

By Wayne Au

Unequal By Design critically examines high-stakes standardized testing in order to illuminate what is really at stake for students, teachers, and communities negatively affected by...

August 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-99071-4 (Routledge)

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Social Studies for Secondary Schools

Teaching to Learn, Learning to Teach, Third Edition

By Alan J. Singer, Hofstra New Teachers Network

This popular text advocates an inquiry and activity-based view of social studies teaching that respects the points of view of students and teachers. Based in...

August 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-6446-5 (Routledge)

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Teaching ESL/EFL Listening and Speaking

By I.S.P. Nation, Jonathan Newton

Using a framework based on principles of teaching and learning, this guide for teachers and teacher trainees provides a wealth of suggestions for helping learners...

August 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-98970-1 (Routledge)

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