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Medieval Literature: An Introduction to Type-Scenes is the first book-length exploration of the type-scenes of western medieval literature from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries, spanning both the Latinate and Germanic traditions. Type-scenes are the...

This book brings attention to the understudied and often overlooked question of how curricula and classroom practices might inadvertently reproduce exclusionary discourses and narratives that omit or negate particular cultures, histories, and wisdom...

Rochester and the pursuit of pleasure provides a reading of Rochester’s poems, dramatic works, and letters in a biographical context. In doing so, it sheds light on a central vexed issue in Rochester criticism, the relationship of the poet to his speaker...

This book explores early childhood teacher educators’ lived experiences in designing and implementing intentional play-based approaches in teaching pre-service teachers. Chapters cover action research, teaching stories about playful classroom practices,...

Neurodivergent students of color are often overlooked, as research and teaching strategies predominantly focus on white males in the classroom. How can we help teachers reach all students to honor their full humanity, and to understand how ableism –...

Based on the latest research and covering key recent developments in supervisory practice, the third edition of A Handbook for Doctoral Supervisors is designed to support new and established supervisors in reviewing how they may make their supervision...

This book offers a comprehensive guide to the impact of Professional Development Schools and School-University Partnerships (PDSs-SUPs), articulating both the major issues that confront PDSs-SUPs and the various research methods shaping the field...

Narrative Inquiry in Language Teaching and Learning Research is the only entry-level introduction to research methods using stories, either as data or as a means of presenting findings, and a practical guide for those interested in carrying out narrative...

From leading scholar and applied linguist Paul Nation, this book describes and explains the twenty most effective and efficient language teaching techniques and why they work. Backed by decades of research and expertise, Nation examines the principles of...

The social novel in nineteenth-century Britain has been considered the effort of a predominantly male canon of writers. In this ground-breaking study, originally published in 1985, Joseph Kestner challenges that assumption, arguing that it was a...

Learn Russian through Contemporary Short Film is a book with 12 modules, based on modern Russian and Kazakh short films released between 2014 – 2022.The films immerse students in various aspects of culture and daily life. This greatly assists the...

Delivering professional development to teachers is an exciting opportunity to share strategies and ideas, but how do you ensure your audience will care what you have to say and find it worth their time? In this helpful book, Marcus Stein shows how you...

The Book of Positive Quotations is an invaluable tool for writers, public speakers, coaches, business leaders—anyone who needs to communicate a positive message to an audience. It is conveniently organized by subject and thoroughly indexed for ease of...

Delivering professional development to teachers is an exciting opportunity to share strategies and ideas, but how do you ensure your audience will care what you have to say and find it worth their time? In this helpful book, Marcus Stein shows how you...

Curriculum development occupied an increasingly important place on the educational scene in the mid 1960’s, foreshadowing much of the national debate initiated by the Prime Minister of Britain in late 1976. The agencies for development take different...

This book attacks the conventional history of the press as a story of progress; offers a critical defence and history of public service broadcasting; provides a myth-busting account of the internet; a subtle account of the impact of social media and...

Offering the first book-length study in English on Tsubouchi and Shakespeare, Gallimore offers an overview of the theory and practice of Tsubouchi’s Shakespeare translation and argues for Tsubouchi’s place as "the Japanese Shakespeare." Shakespeare...

How did Victorian novelists engage with the new theories of human intelligence that emerged from late nineteenth-century psychology and evolutionary science? Assessing Intelligence traces the genealogy of the modern concept of IQ. It examines how five...

Surveillance Education explores the pervasive use of digital surveillance technologies in schools and assesses its pernicious effects on students. Recognising that the use of digital technologies will persist, the authors instead offer practical ways to...

Incidental language acquisition is the language that is learned informally, outside the constraints of the typical classroom, and vocabulary is one of the key elements in language learning and knowledge. This unique text is the first comprehensive...

Surveillance Education explores the pervasive use of digital surveillance technologies in schools and assesses its pernicious effects on students. Recognising that the use of digital technologies will persist, the authors instead offer practical ways to...

If children are to access all phonics teaching effectively, they first need to know how to tune into and manipulate the sounds specifically needed for reading. The Right Start to Phonics shows readers how they can support children in gaining the skills...

Love, lust, prostitution and slavery in a 19th-century Quaker household. A devout Quaker, her wealthy husband, a freed American slave and her emancipator come together in 1840s Dublin. As they interact, each is revealed to be rather less high-minded...

Continuous Teacher Education in Russia examines the history, recent developments and direction of the modernization of continuous teacher education in Russia, providing a critical insight into the structure and development trajectory of teacher education...

This book explains both the theory and practice of e-Portfolio pedagogy and assessment in second and foreign language classroom contexts. The author addresses how e-Portfolios can help instructors make the most of the challenges and opportunities by the...

This deluxe, colour atlas is a complete guide to the weird and wonderful geography of Tolkien's world. A gorgeous gilt-edged, foiled and embossed hardback volume full of exquisite sketches, with beautifully illustrated maps throughout, charting the...

This comprehensive guide provides practical strategies and essential insights for anyone working with young adults, revealing the importance of nurturing mental health and wellbeing needs of students in the post-16 education sector. An invaluable...

This timely and compelling volume furthers understandings of contemporary art education in international contexts and the position of alternative art colleges in relation to the neoliberal academy and arts economy.Defining the concept of ‘cooperative...

This truly accessible resource shows secondary school practitioners how to help make every child and young person feel like they really matter when they are in school, so they can develop confidence, resilience, love of learning, a positive sense of self...

Introduction to Korean as a Second Language introduces the basic linguistic make-up of Korean and provides basic knowledge of second language acquisition and up-to-date research on how Korean is learned by adult second language learners (L2 Korean...

Othello famously supplicates, 'Speak of me as I am', pleading for the Venetians to 'nothing extenuate', leave out, or make thin (5.2.352). Othello's anxiety about narrative accuracy exposes his fear over his story's potential misrepresentation. As the...

Data Journalism and the COVID-19 Disruption offers an international, multidisciplinary account of how and to what extent the COVID-19 pandemic has been a blessing for data journalism.Bringing together insights into current developments in data journalism...

This innovative study compares nineteenth-century Arabic translations of the Bible to determine how it emerged as a foundational text of Arab modernity. Bible translation gained global traction through the work of Anglophone Christian missionaries, who...

Teaching Religion and Worldviews Education (RWE) Creatively offers a fresh perspective on the Religious Education (RE) curriculum. This second edition is crammed full of practical lesson ideas underpinned by cutting edge research authored by specialists...

Being a parent of a neurodivergent child can be challenging and exhausting. It can feel like a constant battle to be heard and to gain the support that you and your child need. This book provides an accessible overview of the SEND system and how it...

Being a parent of a neurodivergent child can be challenging and exhausting. It can feel like a constant battle to be heard and to gain the support that you and your child need. This book provides an accessible overview of the SEND system and how it...

Inviting readers on a journey of self-reflection, Educaring from the Heart offers an approach to education which places care, empathy, and compassion at the core of the educator’s role.Within the book, the reader is introduced to the principles...

The education system does not always promote or give primacy to play within the curriculum, yet research and policy alike acknowledge the importance of play for children and young people. Empowering Play in Primary Education addresses this issue,...

Presenting cutting-edge research from around the world, this book demonstrates how critical pedagogy is shaped by social-political contexts and ideological constructions of knowledge and power.The edited collection brings together a global author team...

Scottish Gaelicː A Comprehensive Grammar is a definitive description of contemporary Gaelic.The volume presents a definitive description of modern Gaelic grammar, attending to both idealised usages - as typically taught in formal education - and more...