Professional Development

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915080899Author James ColemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Critical Publishing LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 160g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781338789072Author Penny KittleFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Scholastic USPublisher Scholastic USWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 187mm * 9mm

Putting the soul into curriculum: A practical teaching guide for English teams and leaders Are you looking to create an inspiring and joyful curriculum for your department and students? Are you wondering how to make...

The Elephant in the Staffroom is the survival guide that every busy teacher needs for practical advice on teacher wellbeing. Written in an informal, conversational style, the book is divided into 40 bite-size chunks, covering a range of essential topics...

The Digital Ecosystem will take you on a journey to develop your own sustainable digital strategy - one that is right for your school and yours alone, acknowledging that every school is different, just like every child. Covering all elements in order to...

If the sky was the limit, what would you do to become the best educator that you can be? In 2016, Ollie Lovell asked himself this same question, and concluded that asking the world's foremost leaders in education what they do would be a great place to...

We all have biases and our biases, whether conscious or not, can prevent us from teaching and supporting children equitably. We cannot turn a blind eye to this, no matter how uncomfortable it may feel to tackle the difficult questions.This groundbreaking...

Ed tech has so much potential, both for teachers and learners, so why hasn't it yet had the transformative impact on education that has long been promised? Daisy Christodoulou tackles both sides of the ed tech debate in answering this question,...

Mark Chater's brilliant new book diagnoses the reasons why RE urgently needs radical reform, and looks ahead to a time when the subject will have a new identity based on a clear democratic purpose. The book shines a light on how key leaders can make this...

In Cognitive Load Theory: A handbook for teachers, Steve Garnett brings clarity to the complexity surrounding CLT and provides a user-friendly toolkit of techniques to help teachers optimise their pupils' learning. Cognitive load theory (CLT) is...

The Little Book of Reflective Practice is bursting with big ideas which will encourage you to be curious, reflective and courageous in your professional learning journey. It introduces the key reflective theories alongside case studies from educators to...

This book is for new or aspiring computer science teachers wishing to improve their subject knowledge and gain confidence in the classroom. And it's for experienced computer science teachers who wish to hone their practice, in particular in the areas of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781946444523Author Wade KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc.Publisher Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc.Weight(grams)...

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...

_______________ 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...

An inspirational book that studies the development of mark-making skills in relation to 'talk' and provides age-appropriate activities to use with young children that will have a significant impact on their learning. There is so much that you can do...

Drawing together the worlds of classroom practice, school leadership and scientific research, this is an essential how-to guide for initiating and maintaining a school improvement journey based on the science of learning.What we now know about learning...

_______________ 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...

Supporting you to prepare for Ofsted 'deep dives' into modern foreign languages, Tried and Tested offers practical, easy-to-implement ideas and strategies for teaching and leading MFL in primary school. Wendy Adeniji and Juliet Park provide a huge number...

'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...

John Dunford was general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders from 1998 to 2010. Prior to that, he was a member of the leadership team of three secondary schools in the north-east of England from 1974 to 1998, including 16 years as...

What is English as a school subject for? What does knowledge look like in English and what should be taught? Making Meaning in English examines the broader purpose and reasons for teaching English and explores what knowledge looks like in a subject...

Treasure House Comprehension Pupil Books are aimed at ages 5-11. They cover all the text types specified in the 2014 National Curriculum, with follow-up activities that build the skills necessary to develop critical thinking. This Treasure...

_______________ 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913622220Author Jamie ThomFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint John Catt Educational LtdPublisher Hodder EducationWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 208mm...

In this book, Mary Heritage shows how mentoring can have a powerful impact on the speech and language therapist and their professional development. The text sets out the impact of mentoring at each stage of the speech and language therapist's career -...

"Jim Knight is one of the wise men of coaching. His well is deep; he draws from it the best tools from practitioners, the wisdom of experience, and research-based insights. And he never loses sight of the bigger picture: the point of all this is to have...

Being prepared to teach every subject in the curriculum is an essential skill for all primary school teachers, and good lesson planning is a critical tool for coping with the workload, as well as for wowing your pupils, your colleagues, and Ofsted...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991002818Author Richard SheppardFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Tragedy's WorkshopPublisher Tragedy's WorkshopWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm)...

How to Teach is the most exciting, most readable, and most useful teaching manual ever written. It is not the work of a dry theorist. Its author has spent half a lifetime working with inner city kids and has helped them to discover an entirely new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781338038545Author Barbara L BorosonFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Teaching StrategiesPublisher Teaching StrategiesWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm)...

Filled with key concepts, prompts, and exercises, this guide will prove indispensable to coaches who wish to accelerate progress and leaders of coaches looking for a simple, effective model to get all stakeholders on the same page. Join the hundreds of...

We differentiate instruction to honor the reality of the students we teach. They are energetic and outgoing. They are quiet and curious. They are confident and self-doubting. They are interested in a thousand things and deeply immersed in a particular...

Powerful Questioning: Strategies for improving learning and retention in the classroomby Michael Chiles is an evidence-based examination of the power of questioning in the classroom and how it can be improved.About the AuthorAn experienced school leader...

Why does the city of Reggio Emilia in northern Italy feature one of the best public systems of early education in the world? This book documents the comprehensive and innovative approach that utilizes the "hundred languages of children" to support their...

Talking Points: Discussion Activities in the Primary Classroom encourages and supports classroom discussion on a range of topics, enabling children to develop the important life-skill of effective group communication. Children who can explain their own...

The Primary Music Leader's Handbook is the essential resource for any music subject leader working in a primary setting. It explains and supports with every aspect of the role - defining your vision, curriculum design, assessment, extra-curricular...

What's the scarcest resource in schools? Almost any educator will answer, "Time." The lack of time for colleagues to work together is one of the biggest barriers to improving teaching and learning. All too often, educators also say that the...

How do you choose mentor texts for your students? How do you mine them for the craft lessons you want your students to learn?In Craft Moves: Lesson Sets for Teaching Writing with Mentor Texts , Stacey Shubitz, co-founder of the Two Writing Teachers ...

The beginnings of all things are small, but the possibilities for our primary pupils are infinite.Many books explore the wonders of science and education research but few are rooted in the reality of the primary classroom, what it is really like to run a...