Arts & Humanities

Do the arts improve academic achievement? What does it mean to 'teach' art? What should the balance of classic and pop be in the music curriculum? Should we encourage young children on the stage? How do we judge whether what a child produces is good? How...

A subject as moving and powerful as humanity's past should be inviting, and when it is told well, it is. Susan Wise Bauer succeeds in telling the captivating story of history with her best-selling history series. Parents and young readers have fallen in...

Organized around the coherent and cohesive Generalist Intervention Model, this guide to generalist social work practice incorporates the knowledge, skills, and professional values you need to work with individuals and families, as well as the foundation...

This open access edited volume provides theoretical, practical, and historical perspectives on art and education in a post-digital, post-internet era. Recently, these terms have been attached to artworks, artists, exhibitions, and educational practices...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807031414Author Wendy EwaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 178mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781959851844Author International Code CouncilFormat PaperbackImprint International Code CouncilPublisher International Code CouncilWeight(grams)...

Writer and teacher Leaf Seligman encourages students to use writing as a way to "deepen connection, make meaning or clarify it." In this pocket-sized book she asks more than seventy questions intended as invitations to plumb, to look, to listen, and to...

The first edition of Delmar's Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Test Preparation Manual for the G1 Auto Maintenance and Light Repair certification exam contains an abundance of content designed to help you successfully pass your ASE exam. This manual...

Grounded in progressive pedagogy, this essential resource leads creative writing instructors through each step of designing, teaching, and trouble-shooting a course. A Practical Guide to Teaching Creative Writing offers applied strategies and innovative...

Unlock the secrets to developing an expert English department with Leading Secondary English.Written in an accessible, conversational tone, and providing real-life experience through a variety of case studies, Leading Secondary English is the ultimate...

This well researched volume tells the story of music education in Japan and of the wind band contest organized by the All-Japan Band Association. Identified here for the first time as the world's largest musical competition, it attracts 14,000 bands and...

Mentoring Music Teachers in the Secondary School helps mentors of trainee and newly qualified music teachers in both developing their own mentoring skills and providing the essential guidance their beginning teachers need as they navigate the...

Instrumental Music Education presents insights from instrumental and vocal teaching, including one-to-one and group contexts with learners of varied ages, levels and backgrounds across cultures and genres. Many of the chapters in this open access book...

In this practical, project-based book, music students, educators, and coders receive the necessary tools to engage with real-world experiences in computation and creativity using the programming language Scratch. Designed to teach students the...

One of eighteen timeless classics for independent student reading and preparation for mainstream classrooms. Also thematically linked to core series such as Visions.Book InformationISBN 9781111220129Author Classical ComicsPage Count 32Imprint Cengage...

Developed by the University of Cambridge School Classics Project, this bestselling Latin program provides an enjoyable and carefully paced introduction to the Latin language, complemented by background information on Roman culture and civilization...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952468216Author International Code CouncilFormat PaperbackImprint International Code CouncilPublisher International Code CouncilWeight(grams)...

Succeed in your course, improve your problem-solving skills, and enrich your understanding of the world around you with COLLEGE PHYSICS, Volume 1, 11th Edition! This proven text combines a logical presentation of physical concepts with a consistent...

Enhance student appreciation of music and literature while building listening (i.e., reflecting and analyzing), composition, and performing skills. After experiencing a variety of songs, child-centered art, and stories, students explore elements of each...

This book looks at the backstage of the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development's (OECD) educational agendas. By explaining the rise and fall of its first educational agenda - Recurrent Education - it explores the organisation's...

Checkpoint World English Stage 7 has been endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education.This series offers full coverage of the learning objectives for the Cambridge Lower Secondary English as a Second language curriculum framework (0876) and...

The idea of teaching writing through genres - rather than, say, through prescriptive forms, templates, and rhetorical modes - is intuitively appealing. Yet many teachers have questions, and they are absolutely right to ask them: What are genres? What is...

Across the humanities and the social sciences, "cultural analysis" is a vibrant research practice. Since its introduction in the 1990s, its main principles have remained largely the same: interdisciplinarity, political urgency, a heuristic use of...

This is an updated edition of the first book to focus on teaching visual culture. The author provides the theoretical and practical basis for developing a curriculum that lays the groundwork for art education at all levels (K-12 and higher education) and...

This is an updated edition of the first book to focus on teaching visual culture. The author provides the theoretical and practical basis for developing a curriculum that lays the groundwork for art education at all levels (K-12 and higher education) and...

Grounded in research and theory, Sparking Joyful Learning: A Teacher's Guide to Connecting Play and Reader Response highlights the connections between play and literacy and provides teachers with resources for building upon children's playful reading...

Grounded in research and theory, Sparking Joyful Learning: A Teacher's Guide to Connecting Play and Reader Response highlights the connections between play and literacy and provides teachers with resources for building upon children's playful reading...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997937626Author Jayanti TambeFormat HardbackPage Count 142Imprint Jayanti TambePublisher Jayanti TambeWeight(grams) 630gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997937602Author Jayanti TambeFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Jayanti TambePublisher Jayanti TambeWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

The Teaching Guide to The Ancient Greek World is a complete, all-in-one resource that provides teachers with the support they need to help all their students access the content of the books. It contains a collection of important instructional tools for...

The practical guide to building an engaging, evidence-led geography curriculum through the power of enquiry.The Power of Geographical Enquiry is an accessible guide to transforming your geography curriculum through the enquiry approach, using...

What is Geography Teaching, Now? is a comprehensive guide compiling teaching methods for over 40 aspects of geography teaching, from everyday topics such as assessment, pedagogy and resources, to the challenges facing modern geography teachers such as...

How can pupils and students learn to interact with others? How can they interact with others to learn? How do teachers organize the various forms of interaction in a discursive dynamic within their classrooms? The different ways in which social and...

This book explores intersections between sense of place, the formation of identity, indigeneity and colonisation, literature and literary study, the arts, and a revisioned school curriculum for the Anthropocene. Underpinning the book is a conviction that...

This book addresses and demonstrates the importance of critical approaches to autoethnography, particularly the commitment that such approaches make to theorizing the personal and to creating work that embodies a social justice ethos. Arts-based and...

This book examines how Massachusetts Normal Art School became the alma mater par excellence for generations of art educators, designers, and artists. The founding myth of American art education is the story of Walter Smith, the school's first principal...

This book presents a selection of case studies of pioneers in arts education who were working in the United Kingdom in the period 1890 to 1950. Focusing on music, drama, and visual arts and crafts, the editors and contributors examine the impact these...

This book presents a selection of case studies of pioneers in arts education who were working in the United Kingdom in the period 1890 to 1950. Focusing on music, drama, and visual arts and crafts, the editors and contributors examine the impact these...

This book fills a gap in the literature of 21st century international visual arts education by providing a structured approach to understanding the benefits of Philosophical Realism in art education, an approach that has received little international...

Based on over a decade of collective teaching, this volume explores the hybrid use of online and in-person collaboration as a means of offering international experience to university-level arts students. Chapters articulate a collective learning based on...