Every Child Matters

A Practical Guide for Teaching Assistants

By Rita Cheminais

This essential and ground-breaking resource for all practising and aspiring teaching assistants brings together all the crucial information necessary to support the full diversity of...

April 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45876-4 (David Fulton Publis)

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On Ethnography

Approaches to Language and Literacy Research

By Shirley Brice Heath, Brian Street

"The authors’ broad experience and examples from their work illustrate sound theoretical advice. This book is sure to become required reading for research courses." -...

April 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47207-4 (Routledge)

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Postmodern Picturebooks

Play, Parody, and Self-Referentiality

By Lawrence R. Sipe, Sylvia Pantaleo

Over the past 15 years, there has been a pronounced trend toward a particular type of picturebook that many would label "postmodern." Postmodern picturebooks have...

April 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-96210-0 (Routledge)

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A Practical Guide to Teaching Science in the Secondary School

By Douglas P. Newton

This practical and accessible workbook is designed to support student teachers as they develop their basic teaching skills and increase their broader knowledge and understanding...

March 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45364-6 (Routledge)

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Creating a Learner-centred Primary Classroom

Learner-centered Strategic Teaching

By Kath Murdoch, Jeni Wilson

Creating a Learner-centred Primary Classroom is an essential resource to improve teaching practice, examining the key elements that contribute to a learner-centred classroom and offering strategies...

March 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45432-2 (David Fulton Publis)

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Research With Children

Perspectives and Practices

Edited by Pia Christensen, Allison James

Research with Children is a unique resource book on the methodology of childhood research. Leading and new researchers within the social studies of childhood discuss...

March 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-41684-9 (Routledge)

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Cyber-Bullying

Issues and solutions for the school, the classroom and the home

By Shaheen Shariff

This book looks in depth at the emerging issue of cyber-bullying. In this increasingly digital world cyber-bullying has emerged as an electronic form of bullying...

March 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42491-2 (Routledge)

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Using Social Theory in Educational Research

A Practical Guide

By Mark Dressman

Using Social Theory in Educational Research is organised to help practising educators and novice researchers who have little familiarity with social theory to:

• be introduced to...

March 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-43641-0 (Routledge)

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Don’t Touch!

The Educational Story of a Panic

By Heather Piper, Ian Stronach

This is the first book in the UK to explore the problems involved in ‘touching’ children in an educational environment. The book uses real-life examples...

March 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42008-2 (Routledge)

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Developing School Leaders

An International Perspective

Edited by Mark Brundrett, Megan Crawford

Many countries face a crisis in recruitment to the most senior positions in schools at a time when arguments rage about the best way to...

March 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-43572-7 (Routledge)

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