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Becoming an academic can be an overwhelming, if not a completely consuming, experience, and conceptualising this process is often fraught with a lack of understanding of both the process and the subsequent implications. Many academics struggle with the...

In contemporary educational discourse, the language of holism and whole person learning has become increasingly prevalent. Yet the deeper philosophical and pedagogical foundations of holistic teaching and learning are often overlooked. Holistic Education...

In contemporary educational discourse, the language of holism and whole person learning has become increasingly prevalent. Yet the deeper philosophical and pedagogical foundations of holistic teaching and learning are often overlooked. Holistic Education...

This volume highlights cutting-edge research bringing together insights from psychophysiology and (im)politeness studies, showcasing the state of the art and future directions for this interdisciplinary area of study.The book opens with foundational...

The best and most practical advice for new teachers often comes not from those working outside the classroom, but from trusted and experienced colleagues who are teaching just down the hall from their new teacher colleagues. Jennifer Orr, a classroom...

School development and staff development are fundamentally interdependent. First published in 1994, Developing Teachers, Developing Schools presents a comprehensive examination of how In-Service Education and Training (INSET) was being utilized to...

This book addresses how pre-service mathematics teachers (PMTs) can be better prepared to design and teach lessons that engage students in reasoning and proving (R&P), a core yet persistently challenging aspect of mathematics education. Building on the...

First published in 1967, Local History and the Teacher explores the opportunities and the difficulties presented by the study and teaching of historical aspects of the local environment. The author treats the development and value of local history...

Doing Learning Development in Higher Education is an essential introductory companion for those new to working in this emerging and exciting field. Filled with actionable tips, real-world advice, and illuminating anecdotes, this book will help readers...

Originally published in 1989 (the second edition), Reading and Learning from Text tackles challenges in reading instruction by delivering research-based solutions for teaching students to read and learn effectively from text across all content areas. The...

The world is evolving at an unprecedented pace, driven by the transformative forces of the Integrated Industrial revolution (4th-5th Industrial Revolutions)—a new era where data, connectivity, and human-machine interaction define progress. For libraries,...

In an ever-evolving health and fitness landscape, educators need tools that bridge theory with practice. A Reference Guide for Teaching Kinesiology through Problem-Based Learning: Case Studies and Insights is designed to transform how students engage...

Reader Positioning and Social Context investigates how writers in diverse online social contexts construct relationships with their readers, drawing on Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) to offer a fine-grained model of interpersonal meaning. ...

This book is a bold, timely and deeply human call to action for one of Australia's most trusted - and most undervalued - professions. Teachers are not just leaving classrooms; they're leaving a profession they once loved. Brad Gaynor explains why - and...

In today's world of being able to find answers at the click of a button, students need to learn how to grapple with complex concepts. But when is that struggle actually productive, and when is it just frustrating or discouraging? In this important book,...

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Active and Engaging Classrooms: A Practical Exploration of P-12 School Contexts empowers educators to transform their classrooms into vibrant spaces where students actively lead their own learning. This edited volume explores how teachers can design and...

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New from renowned author team Renn, Haynes, Lange, Salinas, and Perez, College Student Development Theory in Action is a timely and accessible go-to source for teaching and learning college student development theory. Designed for Student Affairs and...

'Thank you for trusting us with your pleasure!' The Dancing Bears strip club is failing. Meanwhile, the new club down the street is welcoming fifty women a night with their twelve-inch synchronised dicks. When the boss's daughter shows up, she...

Suck Less in the Classroom Tomorrow is an honest and comprehensive guide for struggling classroom teachers looking to improve their craft. Part narrative, part guidebook, it offers an overview of the profession, with practical advice, easy-to-implement...

Through a fusion of autoethnography and critical theory, this bold, cutting-edge volume examines how South African universities, instead of fulfilling their post-apartheid promise of democratic transformation, have become sites of bureaucratic control,...

Focusing on social robots, play, and democracy, this volume explores how AI can be used in connective ways to advance the common good and support democratic practice. This innovative collection puts play at the center of how we think about AI and...

From a preeminent literacy scholar, this book provides a research-based framework to guide teachers on how the sciences of reading and writing can be merged to strengthen instruction in both areas. Young-Suk Grace Kim explains the essential skills and...

This research-grounded guide helps college educators use generative AI to strengthen, not sideline, what they already know about effective teaching.Drawing on decades of experience in faculty development and learning science, Ludwig and Zakrajsek propose...

Aesthetic Transaction, Digital Answerability and Literature: Contact Light brings the theories of John Dewey, Mikhail Bakhtin, and Louise Rosenblatt into the evolving world of digital culture, where texts, images, and performances move through widening...

While Deafness can function as a cultural-linguistic identity with its own language and community norms, Deaf individuals may belong simultaneously to other social groups while sharing a Deaf identity. Throughout this work, Belenyi and Flora interpret...

This graphic novel is a beautiful reimagining of the classic text about reaching and teaching African American children. The Dreamkeepers has been a perennial favorite with teachers and programs of teacher education for over 30 years. Like the original...

The first book to investigate what writers, publishers, and editors knew about the Stasi and how, rethinking the relationship between knowledge, secrecy, intuition, trust, and agency under an authoritarian regime. While much scholarship has explored...

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Michigan's education system has been transformed by the rapid growth of charter schools and school choice since 1993. A New Type of Public School: Primary Source Interviews and Essays on Michigan Charter Schools traces the state's journey from...

The new and fully revised second edition of Enduring Issues in Special Education is aimed at any course in the undergraduate or graduate special education curriculum that is wholly or partly devoted to a critical examination of current issues in special...

Participation in education is essential in fostering the full agency of people within society. Higher education is subject to a variety of rights for students, and often these rights are protected by law or by university policy. Rights and...

This manuscript examines Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire, widely regarded as his most challenging and critically acclaimed work. While Lolita remains Nabokov's best-known novel, Pale Fire has generated the most sustained scholarly attention and interpretive...

Through stories, research, and practical tips, this book includes a variety of communication anxiety and apprehension materials providing information, insight, and guidance to effectively navigate and manage communication anxiety. Offering effective...

Without Christians discipling others, there is no Christ-centered education.In this book, Steven F. Hyatt argues that Christian education must move beyond the limitations of instrumentalism, worldview reductionism, and dualistic thinking to embrace a...

The first comprehensive overview of Hispanic chivalric romance in English. Hispanic romances of chivalry dominated Spanish and European fiction between the fifteenth and the seventeenth centuries. They became a cultural sensation which had a crucial...

Terence's Eunuchus (first shown on stage in the second century BCE) was extremely successful at its first performance and has been influential ever since, having inspired allusions and remakes by writers and artists from the ancient world into the modern...

AI Unplugged: The Hype and Hope in Education Futures addresses a comprehensive range of challenging and potential-rich scenarios for the integration of generative artificial intelligence into curriculum, instruction and assessment in schools. It does so...