Learning Styles

This textbook gives readers a clear overview of a selection of 19 of the most influential thinkers on education, including established names (Vygotsky, Bruner, Dewey), more recent thinkers (Freire, hooks, Claxton) and other key names whose writing has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143129981Author Erika ChristakisFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Now in its third edition, Educational Psychology offers a comprehensive overview of how key advances in social, developmental and cognitive psychology impact upon the role of educational psychologists working today. Written by leading researchers, the...

How can I design training so that it makes a real difference to employees' skills and development? This book gives L&D professionals everything they need to build effective learning experiences. How People Learn provides L&D professionals a new way of...

Why do some adults think it's fine to hit children? Why does the school system fail so many pupils? And when their future is on the line, why can't children vote? How we treat children isn't fair. Despite the lip service paid to their rights, children...

Joanne Morgan's fascinating and practical book presents a selection of mathematical methods for twenty topics in the secondary maths curriculum. Some of the methods featured are used widely in schools around the world, others are only used in a small...

Role-play is a fun and creative way to engage with children in EYFS, and is fundamental in developing children's learning and communication skills. This new addition to the 50 Fantastic series is filled with great ways to make the most of play-based...

One day, third-grade teacher Kyle Schwartz asked her students to fill-in-the-blank in this sentence: I wish my teacherknew _____." The results astounded her. Some answers were humorous, others were heartbreaking-all were profoundly moving and...

The Psychological Impact of Boarding School is a collection of research-based essays answering a range of questions about boarding school and its long-term impact.Through a combination of original in-depth first-person narratives as well as larger scale...

Polyvagal Power in the Playroom shows therapists how to treat children using play therapy to address the hierarchy of autonomic states. What do children need and how do play therapists purposefully use the principles of play to increase the feeling...

Teaching students with learning challenges just got easier with this groundbreaking guide! More and more students are having difficulty acquiring basic reading, writing, and computation skills. If you seek effective strategies to meet their needs,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733646826Author Trevor MacKenzieFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint ElevatePublisher ElevateWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 150mm * 13mm

An insightful, myth-busting book based on one core belief: maths doesn't have to be scary! Exploring the many myths around teaching and learning mathematics, this book offers practical strategies to implement new ways of thinking and inspire teacher...

Now in its second edition, this comprehensive textbook presents a rich overview of approaches to educational psychology, through an in-depth exploration of both existing and emerging practice frameworks.Covering established techniques such as the Monsen...

While most teachers are skilled in providing opportunities for the progression of children's learning, it is sometimes without fully understanding the theory behind it. With greater insight into what is currently known about the processes of learning and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998716718Author Richard, Benson, Kate BandlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint New Thinking PublicationsPublisher New Thinking Publications

It is hard to conceive of a classroom activity that does not involve working memory - our ability to work with information. In fact, it would be impossible for students to learn without working memory. From following instructions to reading a sentence,...

Become an independent, lifelong learner and feel supported through the Community Project, while strengthening and practising your ATL skills. - Engage in practical explorations through a cycle of inquiry, action and reflection. - Build ATL skills with...

Necessary Conditions of Learning presents a research approach (phenomenography) and a theory (the variation theory of learning) introduced and developed by Ference Marton and taken up by his wide and varied following around the world-together with their...

The book suggests a transition from a relational worldview premised on the socio-political ethos of adaptation towards a transformative worldview premised on the ethos of solidarity and equality. Expansively developing Vygotsky's revolutionary project,...

As part of the discovery of cognitive science, teachers are waking up to the powers of dual coding - combining words with visuals in your teaching. But cognitive scientists aren't graphic designers, and so their books don't show teachers how to be...

***A WINNER OF THE 2023 OUTSTANDING WORKS OF LITERATURE (OWL) AWARDS*** In this revolutionary guide to learning, Professor Dan Willingham uses fascinating brain science to help you study more efficiently and effectively, shrug away exam stress and...

Teachers want more. Daniel Shindler's In Search: Reimagining What it Means to be a Teacher, is an optimistic, necessary book that invites us to identify our core values as teachers, school leaders, and policy-makers. With those values, we journey with...

The 50 Fantastic Ideas series is packed full of fun, original, skills-based activities for Early Years practitioners to use with children aged 0-5. Each activity features step-by-step guidance, a list of resources, and a detailed explanation of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559570435Author Russell A BarkleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 89Imprint PESI Publishing & MediaPublisher PESI Publishing & MediaWeight(grams)...

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...

'The first, last, best, and only scientific guide to learning in the classroom' Daniel Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Stumbling on Happiness In this revolutionary guide to learning, Professor Dan Willingham helps you study more...

Kids are important They need safe places to live, and safe places to play. For some kids, this means living with foster parents. In simple words and full-color illustrations, this book explains why some kids move to foster homes, what foster parents...

Much of what we do in classrooms is intuitive, steered by what 'feels right', but all too often intuition proves a poor, sometimes treacherous guide. Although what we know about the workings of the human brain is still pitifully little, the science of...

Improving Learning Through Dynamic Assessment is a practical tool for helping to assess and support children aged 4+ with learning challenges based on an innovative approach.Contrasting with traditional 'static' assessment methods, this resource enables...

"The first in time I shall call Preparation , the stage during which the problem was 'investigated ...in all directions'; the second is the stage during which he was not consciously thinking about the problem, which I shall call Incubation; the third,...

This book is a selection of papers by the author, a professional psychologist who operated a school psychological service. They represent the development over some forty years of a psychological practice based on the then relatively unknown Personal...

Knowing when children and young people are struggling, and identifying the best ways of supporting them is vital. This is all the more important when working with children with varying learning difficulties who may not always be able to communicate their...

"This remarkable set of essays defines the role of imagination in general education, arts education, aesthetics, literature, and the social and multicultural context.... The author argues for schools to be restructured as places where students reach out...

A taboo subject in today's society, death is something that we do not like to talk about and especially do not like young people talking about. Yet, without opportunities to talk, young people's anxieties about death can manifest themselves in all sorts...

The Magic of Metaphor also gives you 16 suggestions for effective story telling, and advice on organization, style, and story-telling skills. This is an excellent resource for teachers.About the AuthorWhat are we called to do in our lives and how can we...

This book is the ultimate guide to differentiation and adaptive teaching in early years, schools and further education settings by Sue Cowley, bestselling author of Getting the Buggers to Behave. It offers over 90 practical and time-saving strategies in...

Unpack the Personal Project objectives to gain a clear understanding of the overall process, while building the ATL skills required to become an independent, lifelong learner. - Updated to reflect the new Guide for first teaching 2021. - Packed with...

The Psychology of Starting School offers a highly accessible, practical guide to cutting-edge research from developmental science to guide parents and professionals through this exciting but sometimes tricky period.Written by expert developmental...

Do you spend too much time learning with disappointing results? Do you find it difficult to remember what you read? Do you put off studying because it's boring and you're easily distracted? This book is for you. Dr. Barbara Oakley and Olav Schewe have...