Professional Development

Bridging the gap between research and practice A Little Guide for Teachers: Formative Assessment gives teachers practical tried and tested strategies to put formative assessment into action in their classrooms. The Little Guide for Teachers series is...

In A School Built on Ethos: Ideas, assemblies and hard-won wisdom, James Handscombe explores how schooling is more than gaining qualifications, how learning is more than exams, and how academic success comes more readily to those who have grasped this...

An essential tool for new teachers and trainers who want to use learning theories to develop their practice. The text explores key learning theories in a pragmatic way and encourages focused reflection to promote critical analysis of theories and their...

This book is for teachers of Media Studies and English who are responsible for delivering this exciting and demanding area of the curriculum. Suitable for both new and experienced teachers, it provides a range of approaches from the focused teaching of...

Shares high-impact guidance on how to maximise the potential of every square inch of the learning environment. Classrooms are private places. A lucky few - consultants and inspectors amongst them - get to visit hundreds of classrooms a year, yet many...

Uncertainty is a fact of life. You can never know enough to make perfect decisions. Understanding this helps us balance an awareness of our tendency towards overconfidence with an acceptance of our own fallibility. The book discusses two opposed models...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783173006Author Gary NottFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Brilliant PublicationsPublisher Brilliant Publications

Written by Steve Munby and Marie-Claire Bretherton, Imperfect Leadership in Action: A practical book for school leaders who know they don't know it all is designed to help leaders pursue imperfect leadership as something to be celebrated and as a...

There's plenty to do when planning the curriculum in primary schools. If it feels daunting, then one of the most helpful things is to talk to other people about how they have developed the curriculum for their particular subject or key stage.This is what...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997354737Author AndreattaFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint 7th Mind PublishingPublisher 7th Mind Publishing

Three instructional coaches share more than 200 of the most helpful problem-solving strategies they've used in their decades-long work with teachers, administrators, and coaches.The Instructional Coaching Handbook is not a new model of coaching. It...

researchED is an educator-led organisation with the goal of bridging the gap between research and practice. This accessible and punchy series, overseen by founder Tom Bennett, tackles the most important topics in education, with a range of experienced...

This book explores personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education and why it is crucial for young people. With a topic-by-topic guide, featuring the most contemporary themes, it shows what to cover in Key Stages 3-5 and how to cover it, including...

No matter what you teach, there is a 100 Ideas title for you! The 100 Ideas series offers teachers practical, easy-to-implement strategies and activities for the classroom. Each author is an expert in their field and is passionate about sharing best...

Improve student outcomes with collective teacher efficacy. Is your school climate promoting meaningful change? Recent research suggests that Collective Efficacy (CE) is the number one factor influencing student achievement. CE-the belief that,...

'Bursting with fresh ideas, packed with practical tips, filled with wise words, this is an inspiring guide for all teachers.' Lee Elliot Major, Professor of Social Mobility, University of Exeter and co-author of What Works? 50 tried-and-tested...

In this galvanizing follow-up to the best-selling Teaching with Poverty in Mind, renowned educator and learning expert Eric Jensen digs deeper into engagement as the key factor in the academic success of economically disadvantaged students.Drawing from...

This book guides students and practitioners through the wealth of information on cognition and language development by breaking the area down into manageable chunks and drawing these together into a full understanding of the holistic nature of child...

The CRAFT approach of assessment for learning is a strategy that can be applied at a subject level and at a whole school level to assess student learning from across the Key Stages. This accessible and innovative book provides a practical guide for...

Children are born explorers, full of wonder and hungry for stories about the world. What role might geography teaching play? What geographical stories do we tell about the world? What stories do we tell about geography itself? The book revisits an older...

Imagine having to draw dots each time we wanted to do a sum like 3+4. Or having to sound out every word we read, no matter how many times we've seen it before. Having well-consolidated memories for how to do these things can help us avoid these...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398389090Author David HopkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint John Catt Educational LtdPublisher Hodder EducationWeight(grams) 460g

Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that...

Nursery World Professional Book of the Year 2022 Children are naturally mathematical in their play. They play with mathematics. Early years' practitioners often struggle to make mathematics relevant and engaging for their young learners. In their...

Co-authored by Zoe Enser and Mark Enser, The CPD Curriculum: Creating conditions for growth shares expert and practical guidance for schools on designing and delivering continuing professional development (CPD) that truly lives up to its name. There...

Research evidence consistently shows that an outdoor learning environment can improve behaviour, engagement and encourage more active participation in learning. So why keep learning in a classroom? In reality, we know the challenges teachers face. ...

Providing in-depth insight into different types of knowledge and skills partnerships in youth justice, this book illustrates the importance of collaborative working between academics and professionals, drawing on empirical research and practice examples...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553419429Author Karen KelskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 437gDimensions(mm) 233mm...

_______________ 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...

'Looking to make a career change? Pivot is the book you will turn to again and again' Dan Pink, author of To Sell is Human and Drive'Now you, too, can think like a start-up and fix your ailing life' Sunday Times'A guide for people who want a career...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781036004811Author Rachel JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint John Catt Educational LtdPublisher Hodder EducationWeight(grams) 140g

From Ancient Greece to the present day, Trivium 21c explores whether a contemporary trivium (Grammar, Dialectic, and Rhetoric) can unite progressive and traditionalist institutions, teachers, politicians and parents in the common pursuit of providing a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915261410Author Lekha SharmaFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint John Catt Educational LtdPublisher Hodder EducationWeight(grams) 160gDimensions(mm)...

The current emphasis on the body of research known as the "Science of Reading" has renewed the reading wars and raised challenging questions for balanced literacy teachers about the best way to teach reading. Instead of fueling the debate, Dr. Jan...

'The A List Shaman' - The Times Magazine'A must-read packed full of aha moments.' - Naomie Harris OBE, Actor'It's interesting, fun and it's relevant to all of us ... Perhaps the key thing for me is the feeling that Jo is talking from her heart rather...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988217607Author Dave BurgessFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc.Publisher Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc.

"The literature on narrative inquiry has been, until now, widely scattered and theoretically incomplete. Clandinin and Connelly have created a major tour de force. This book is lucid, fluid, beautifully argued, and rich in examples. Students will find a...

researchED is an educator-led organisation with the goal of bridging the gap between research and practice. This accessible and punchy series, overseen by founder Tom Bennett, tackles the most important topics in education, with a range of experienced...

The Essential Guides for Early Career Teachers provide accessible, carefully researched, quick-reads for early career teachers, covering the key topics they will encounter during their training year and first two years of teaching. They complement and...

This collection of inspiration stories from America's top educators is sure to inspire, celebrate, and motivate the people who make the biggest difference in everyone's life.Everyone remembers that teacher who made a difference. The one who went the...