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Exams, grades, league tables, Ofsted reports. All of them miss the point of school and together they are undermining our whole approach to education.'An essential read - as entertaining as it is insightful - for anyone who cares about the way we treat...

This guide contains an overview of existing successful appraisal practices and practical suggestions for both those managing and undertaking appraisal. The book takes into account up-to-date policies and changes in appraisal.Book InformationISBN...

A handbook to inform school premises staff, business managers, headteachers and governors in England of their legal responsibilities around buildings compliance. As well as exploring the impact of school buildings and grounds on student learning, The...

Catalyzing Change in Middle School Mathematics is part of the Catalyzing Change Series, a collection of three books intended to initiate the critical conversations on policies, practices, and issues that impact mathematics education. In 2018, the first...

Each year, Israel's young men and women are drafted into compulsory military service and are required to engage directly in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This conflict is by its nature intensely complex and is played out under the full glare of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909963290Author Ralph LucasFormat PaperbackPage Count 453Imprint Lucas PublicationsPublisher Lucas Publications

Drawing on three case studies of K-12 public schooling in London, Sydney and Vancouver, this book examines the geographies of neoliberal education policy in the inner city. Gulson uses an innovative and critical spatial approach to explore how the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780968331071Author Marjan GlavacFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint NimaPublisher NimaWeight(grams) 145g

Restorative practice is a proven approach to discipline in schools that favours relationships over retribution, and has been shown to improve behaviour and enhance teaching and learning outcomes. However, in order for it to work, restorative practice...

The Art of Standing Out is the culmination of 18 years' experience as a headteacher for Andrew Morrish, who has a proven and unblemished record for transforming challenging schools - and one that few Headteachers can match. As a founder CEO of a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645042990Author Alexander-Passe Dr NFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Dio Press IncPublisher Dio Press Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781855391406Author Mike HughesFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Network Educational Press LtdPublisher Network Educational Press Ltd

This is not a book about the school system as a whole or how governments can help or hinder school improvement. It is a book about supporting and inspiring leaders and teachers to help schools achieve ever greater success. By combining their extensive...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992834111Author Shurville PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Shurville PublishingPublisher Shurville Publishing

The essence of John Holt's insight into learning and small children is captured in Learning All The Time. This delightful book by the influential author of How Children Fail and How Children Learn shows how children learn to read, write, and count...

Adam Braun began working summers at hedge funds when he was just sixteen years old, sprinting down the path to a successful Wall Street career. But while traveling as a college student, he met a young boy begging on the streets of India who would change...

Indigenous Methodologies is a groundbreaking text. Since its original publication in 2009, it has become the most trusted guide used in the study of Indigenous methodologies and has been adopted in university courses around the world. It provides a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640855717Author Cheri DottererFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Therapy Services, LLCPublisher Therapy Services, LLC

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909963283Author Ralph LucasFormat PaperbackPage Count 778Imprint Lucas PublicationsPublisher Lucas Publications

How can you use the Forest School ethos for the benefit of all your students? Forest School is now being used with a wide range of different age groups and in many different settings, and it can address issues such as obesity, public health and social...

With nearly two decades of school governance experience across Infant, Primary, Secondary, All Through and Alternative Provision schools and academies, distilled into an easy-to-read format, Al Kingsley's My School & Multi Academy Trust Growth Guide aims...

Every early years practitioner should be able to captivate and maintain the interest of young children in their setting, through the provision of a playful learning experience. Covering age ranges 3-8 years, this textbook explores the importance of...

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A sequel to Nicholas Orme's widely praised study, Medieval Children Children have gone to school in England since Roman times. By the end of the middle ages there were hundreds of schools, supporting a highly literate society. This book traces their...

Innovate and implement new, effective ways of teaching in your school In Iterate: The Secret to Innovation in Schools, veteran educator, MIT professor, and incorrigible innovator Justin Reich delivers an insightful bridge between contemporary educational...

How to teach big understandings and the ideas that matter most Everyone has an opinion about education, and teachers face pressures from Common Core content standards, high-stakes testing, and countless other directions. But how do we know what today's...

Good mental health is essential for students to manage the challenges that university life presents. This book offers pragmatic guidance to support academic and student services staff in engaging with this critical issue, both in terms of being proactive...

Every student and teacher is different but there's one thing each has in common: a responsive nervous system ready for action. Whether it's a fight breaking out in the playground, a difficult conversation with a parent or an impromptu fire drill,...

'Hank Rubin translates complex, contextually driven processes into digestible bites. The text is compelling, refreshing, and a joy to read' -Chris Ferguson, Program Associate Southwest Educational Development Laboratory 'Rubin's book provides an eloquent...

The most trusted guide to school culture, updated with current challenges and new solutions Shaping School Culture is the classic guide to exceptional school leadership, featuring concrete guidance on influencing the subtle symbolic features of schools...

Paul Garvey uses his experience as a teacher, inspector and a National Strategies consultant to advise educators and schools on how his Talk For Teaching method can help them take control of their Professional Development - without it increasing costs or...

Safeguarding Children and Schools explains how schools are able to contribute to keeping children safe from harm and promoting their welfare, in line with Government Every Child Matters guidelines.The contributors, who are all experts in the field of...

Drawing on material from eighty archives in six different countries worldwide, as well as eyewitness testimonies from over 100 former pupils, Helen Roche presents the first comprehensive history of the Third Reich's most prominent elite schools, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986011979Author Blake BolesFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Tells Peak PressPublisher Tells Peak PressWeight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...

This book takes Jamie Oliver's campaign for better school meals as a starting point for thinking about morally charged concerns relating to young people's nutrition, health and well-being, parenting, and public health 'crises' such as obesity. The...

Many children are challenged by anxiety at some time in their school career. Bringing together knowledge from her years of teaching and parenting, Marianna Csoti shows how parents and professionals can help children aged five to sixteen move away from...

This book, dedicated to boarding schools, contains over 350 of The Good Schools Guide's highly informative and famously frank reviews. Whether parents are interested in big names, local treasures, state boarding schools or country preps, this is their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643890593Author Baden-PowellFormat HardbackPage Count 430Imprint Doublebit PressPublisher Doublebit PressWeight(grams) 798gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Schoolyards have come a long way from the barren playgrounds that many people remember. Today's school campuses often feature gardens in which students can learn about native plants and wildlife, grow vegetables and fruit, explore cultural traditions,...