Educational Policy & Reform

An urgent manifesto for re-defining human potential in our turbulent times, from the bestselling author of The Element 'As we face an increasingly febrile future, the answer is not to do better what we've done before. We have to do something else . . ...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A Guardian, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman and Daily Express Book of the Year 'Hugely, highly and happily recommended' Stephen Fry 'You should read Humankind. You'll learn a lot (I did) and you'll have good reason to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398388659Author Jamie ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint John Catt Educational LtdPublisher Hodder EducationWeight(grams) 264gDimensions(mm)...

Level: EYFS Learn the easy way with this Starting School workbook! Including lots of fun activities, this book provides reassurance whilst helping children develop their skills for starting school and...

The genesis for this book, and the strategy within it, is a longstanding commitment from Essex County Council to improve the life chances and life choices of disadvantaged pupils being educated in Essex.The purpose of the book is to set out a strategic,...

Globalisation of world trade, international media, technological innovation and social change are creating opportunities and challenges that today's pupils will inherit and build on. A pupil's academic, technical and social capacity will define their...

From the international bestselling author of The ElementKen Robinson is one of the world's most influential voices in education. In this inspiring, empowering book, he sets out a new vision for how education can be transformed to enable all young people...

A teacher's job is to create an environment where our students' engagement in learning proceeds towards an intended direction. In order for this to occur, we must form a bridge between the teaching of material in the classroom and how the learning of...

All teachers and trainee teachers need to work towards and within the framework of the Teachers' Standards. This is the essential guide to the application of these standards in the classroom. *Supports teachers and trainee teachers to interpret the...

In his newest book, Charles Murray fearlessly states two controversial truths about the American population: American whites, blacks, Hispanics, and Asians have different violent crime rates and different means and distributions of cognitive ability. If...

'Comprehensive and groundbreaking.' Dylan WiliamEquity in Education sets out a new equity-based approach in education to help teachers improve the prospects of under-resourced and working-class pupils.The equity approach recognises that we must address...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997977004Author President Lawprose Inc Bryan a GarnerFormat HardbackPage Count 230Imprint Rosepen BooksPublisher Rosepen BooksWeight(grams) 826g

Educators in the UK and around the world are uniting behind the need for the profession to have access to more high-quality research and evidence to do their job more effectively. But every year thousands of research papers are published, some of which...

'A compelling, fast-moving narrative . . . delivers real emotional impact' Telegraph'A literary provocateur' GuardianSHORTLISTED for the POLARI PRIZE 2023WINNER of DIVA Magazine's 2023 'Author of the Year' AwardIsobel lives an isolated life in North...

Shooting Down Gun Violence Misinformation"Don't tell me there's no such thing as gun violence. It happened in Parkland." Fred Guttenberg#1 New Release in School SafetyFred Guttenberg, who lost his beloved daughter Jaime in the 2018 Parkland school...

Previously known as Baldock: Understanding Early Years Policy is in its Fourth Edition. This best-selling textbook continues to provide fully updated coverage of all the latest developments in early years policy such as the revised Early Years Foundation...

A complete and updated all-in-one guide to the Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training, suitable for use with any awarding organisation. This fourth edition of the bestselling text for all those working towards the Level 4 Certificate in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781662905407Author Sean WorkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 362Imprint Gatekeeper PressPublisher Gatekeeper PressWeight(grams) 485gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

This is a book about educational fads, why they arise, and how we might learn to live with them.Those working in schools are subject to perpetual waves of novelty in the name of school improvement. And yet, in the long term very little actually changes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915643438Author Anthony O'HearFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint The University of Buckingham PressPublisher Legend Press LtdWeight(grams) 500g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789585155Author Kit ElliotFormat PaperbackPage Count 28Imprint Imagine That Publishing LtdPublisher Imagine That Publishing LtdDimensions(mm) 280mm *...

Did your school encourage a life-long love of reading?Children who identify as readers are three times more likely to have good mental wellbeing. A reading culture that permeates a school can transform it into a space where reading is supported,...

Written by Bob Cox with Leah Crawford, Angela Jenkins and Julie Sargent,Opening Doors to Ambitious Primary Englishprovidesboth big principles and a toolkit of strategies all carefully selected to support the design of a deeper, more creative and more...

This book enables and supports teachers to deliver the content of the new statutory guidance for relationships and sex education (RSE) in secondary schools, operational from 2020. It is case study rich and provides clear and practical advice for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789895292Author Miles KellyFormat HardbackImprint Miles Kelly Publishing LtdPublisher Miles Kelly Publishing Ltd

A thought-provoking and fearless exploration of how we can dismantle racism in the classroom and do better by all our students.An Amazon Best Non-Fiction Book of The Year'Essential reading' - The Guardian'Sharp and witty with moments of startling...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993064463Author Shurville PublishingFormat PaperbackImprint Shurville PublishingPublisher Shurville Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780980639780Author Helen StreetFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Wise SolutionsPublisher Wise SolutionsWeight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

A year in the life of a Chicago high school with one of the nation's highest proportions of refugees, told with "strong novel-like pacing" (Milwaukee Magazine)"A stunning and heart-wrenching work of nonfiction."-Chicago ReaderWinner of the Studs and Ida...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992834159Author Shurville PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Shurville PublishingPublisher Shurville Publishing

Bringing Up Bebe meets Last Child in the Woods in this "fascinating exploration of the importance of the outdoors to childhood development" (Kirkus Reviews) from a Swedish-American mother who sets out to discover if the nature-centric parenting...

There are few subjects these days that cause parents more stress than the education of their children. In his new book, Peter Hitchens describes the misjudgements made by politicians over the years that have led to the increase of class distinction...

'A must-read for those who are seeking God, wishing to refresh their own faith, or hoping to lead others into the loving arms of Jesus Christ.' William van der Hart Who was Jesus? Why was he crucified? Did he really rise from the dead? Is it plausible...

How the expansion of primary education in the West emerged not from democratic ideals but from the state's desire to control its citizensNearly every country today has universal primary education. But why did governments in the West decide to provide...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618083459Author Alfie KohnFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 408g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781035825462Author Jon MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley PublishersWeight(grams) 159g

*2023 BERA Educational Research Book of the Year*Around the world, governments, charities, and other bodies are concerned with improving education, especially for the lowest-attaining and most disadvantaged students. Making Schools Better for...

Relationship building is often described as being key to a teacher's success in and outside the classroom but rarely is its nuanced nature analysed or practical advice ever given on how to get the best from working relationships. This book covers...

Every generation faces challenges, but never before have young people been so aware of theirs. Whether due to school strikes for climate change, civil war, or pandemic lockdowns, almost every child in the world has experienced the interruption of their...

Merging cognitive science with educational agenda, Gardner makes an eloquent case for restructuring our schools by showing just how ill-suited our minds and natural patterns of learning are to the prevailing modes of education. This reissue includes a...