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A Teaching Handbook
Author: Sheila M oglethorpe
Publication Date: 1 January 2002
A teaching handbook...
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Education Studies
An Issues-based Approach
Author: John Sharp
Publication Date: 28 June 2006
Education Studies is becoming popular as an undergraduate degree option. This text presents coverage of the subject, with contributions from some of the key names and institutions in Education Studies. It considers a range of ideological, curriculum-based and thematic topics through an approach that is both practical and theoretical.
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Author: Roland Meighan
Publication Date: 25 January 2007
Intended to stimulate sociologically informed thinking about educating. This work explores five key areas of education such as: the hidden curriculum; ideologies of educating; sociological perspectives and the study of education; educational life chances; and, the next learning system.
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Author: suzie hayman
Publication Date: 1994
Synopsis "The Good Sex Guide I" showed how to improve those aspects of love-making which rely on knowledge and technique. "...
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Author: Angela Thody
Publication Date: 20000504
Teachers face a variety of difficulties which can lead to anxiety and stress. This guide provides the answers to questions such as: How do I deal with difficult behaviour? and How do I cope with the stress of work? This book could help provide tactics to combat the stresses felt by teachers.
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Play and Learning in the Early Years
Author: Jennie Lindon
Publication Date: 1 September 2008
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How Children Learn
From Montessori to Vygotsky - Educational Theories and Approaches Made Easy
Author: Linda Pound
Publication Date: 1 January 2005
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Doing it for Themselves (CPF4)
Focus on Learning Strategies and Vocabulary Building
Author: Vee Harris
Publication Date: 10 August 2004
this title focuses on enabling pupils to become more effective and independent learners. It reflects developments in learning strategies - increased emphasis on 'learner self-management', building on just teaching pupils the strategies they need to tackle a reading task, for example, towards a more holistic approach.
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After the Ark
Religious Understanding of Ourselves and Other Animals
Author: Martin Palmer
Publication Date: 1 January 1996
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Education
Culture, Economy and Society
Author: Hugh Lauder
Publication Date: 17 April 1997
In this reader, 52 of the best recent papers are drawn together by four leading figures in the area of education. Education: Culture, Economy, and Society draws upon the best research and critical analysis in the area in order to establish the sociology of education at the centre stage of political and sociological debate about post-industrial societies.
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Teaching English in the Key Stage 3 Literacy Strategy
A Practical Guide
Author: Geoff Dean
Publication Date: 15 February 2002
This text supplements the training currently being offered to all secondary English departments. It offers a view of the place of the English "strand" in the overall Key Stage 3 strategy and gives support to English departments in their preparations for a new way of working.
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English for Secondary Teachers
An Audit and Self Study Guide
Author: Alison Johnson
Publication Date: 24 December 1998
Comprehensive and practical series offering support for those working towards Qualified Teacher Status, breaking down the requirements of QTS into manageable units so that trainees can evaluate and improve their knowledge of each subject.
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Learning to Teach English in the Secondary School
Author: Jon Davison
Publication Date: 26 June 2003
This best-selling textbook has been thoroughly updated in light of new legislation and includes new chapters on the National Literacy Strategy and Media and ICT.
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Author: Gillian Chapman
Publication Date:
Great resource for the primary art class...
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how to become one of tomorrows doctors
Author: oliver caplin
Publication Date: 1 Jan 2010
Medical school is pretty hard to get into so any helping hand you can get is an advantage.This book will guide you throught the process....
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Learning to Teach in the Secondary School
Author: Susan Capel
Publication Date: 11 May 2009
An introduction to the knowledge and skills needed to qualify as a teacher. It helps you develop the qualities that lead to good practice and a successful future in education. It focuses on evidence-based practice and supporting theory which provide a framework for student teachers to critically reflect on their own learning and performance.
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Curriculum Studies in Post-compulsory and Adult Education
Author: Mary Neary
Publication Date: 11 July 2002
This Practical guide to curriculum studies will help to form a better understanding of curriculum planning and development. Written in line with FENTO and ILT guidelines for experienced and student teachers, this text encourages the user to learn through doing.
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Author: David Walton
Publication Date: 20 February 2003
This exam practice book for A2 contains detailed advice and tips on how to improve marks and overall grade. The author is a principal examiner for a major awarding body.
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Write Great Essays!
Reading and Essay Writing for Undergraduates and Taught Postgraduates
Author: Peter Levin
Publication Date: 1 September 2004
Offers practical suggestions so you can develop good study skills and build your confidence. This guide shows you how to: deal with 'academic-speak' and monster reading lists; choose and use an efficient reading and note-taking strategy; clarify awkward essay topics; find the right structure for your essay; and, avoid accusations of plagiarism.
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Early Years Management in Practice
A Handbook for Early Years Managers
Author: Maureen Daly
Publication Date: 24 September 2004
A practical handbook written specifically for students of Early Years Management. It covers all the recent issues in Early Years management and is suitable for a wide range of courses.
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The Teaching of Science in Primary Schools
Author: Wynne Harlen
Publication Date: 27 August 2000
The aim of this text is to help teachers to develop children's understanding through enquiry. The topics covered include: how teachers can help children to construct ideas; the importance and meaning of progression in learning science; and formative assessment as part of teaching and learning.
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Primary Science
Knowledge and Understanding
Author: Rob Johnsey
Publication Date: 27 June 2007
A useful text for the primary trainees wishing to consolidate and develop their science subject knowledge, to ensure they teach with confidence and authority.
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Involving Parents in Their Children's Learning
Author: Margy Whalley
Publication Date: 1 December 2000
This book is a comprehensive look at how the Pen Green Centre in Corby, works with and includes parents as partners and stak...
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primary science
Knowledge and Understanding
Author: Rob rob johnsey
Publication Date: 1 Jan 2002
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Never Too Late
My Musical Life Story
Author: John Holt
Publication Date: 8 October 1992
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Author: Ruth and Sarah Andreski and Nicholls
Publication Date: 1998 second edition
If you have ever had to cope with a temper tantrum, or a parent has asked for advice about her child's behaviour, you will already know what a tricky area behaviour management is. Written by expert authors Ruth Andreski and Sarah Nicholls, Managing children's Behaviour will help you to foster working practices that promote positive behaviour, as well as equip you with the ability to deal with e...
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Teach Yourself with Open Learning
Author: Derek Rowntree
Publication Date: 1 September 1993
This practical guide offers advice on what learners should expect from an open learning course. The author suggests ways in which readers can choose the best programme to suit their needs, get maximum support from tutors, develop skills and get the best possible examination results.
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Strawberry Fair
51 Traditional Songs
Author: Sue Williams
Publication Date: 1 Jan 1985
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The Gift of Dyslexia
Why Some of the Brightest People Can't Read and How They Can Learn
Author: Ronald D. Davis
Publication Date: 25 September 1997
Here at last is a book that brings real help to people who have dyslexia, a disorder that inhibits the reading and writing a...
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seeing spells achieving
Improve Your Spelling, Reading, Memory, Dyslexic Symptoms, in Any Language, by Using Your Brain the Way Nature Intended, Through NLP and Visualisation
Author: Andrew bendefy
Publication Date: 3 January 2006
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succeeding in the induction year
Author: Neil simco
Publication Date: 1 Jan 2000
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Contemporary issues in the early years
Working Collaboratively for Children
Author: Gillian pugh
Publication Date: 1 Jan 2001
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Primary Science
Knowledge and Understanding
Author: Rob Johnsey
Publication Date: 1 July 2002
This volume considers various issues involved in the theory and practice of teaching science at primary level.
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Primary Science
Teaching Theory and Practice
Author: John Sharp
Publication Date: 1 July 2002
This volume considers various issues involved in the theory and practice of teaching science at primary level.
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Bright Ideas for Managing the Positive Classroom
Author: Peter Clutterbuck
Publication Date: 28 February 2005
The kind of classroom environment that students experience is critical to the development of their behaviour. Peter Clutterb...
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Author: Louis Cohen
Publication Date: 19960808
This fully revised 4th edition of a well established textbook contains new material dealing with disruptive behaviour in schools, and management and control in the classroom.
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Understanding Early Years Policy
Author: Peter Baldock
Publication Date: 15 September 2005
Helps early years students or professionals working in the field to understand and implement the wealth of early years legislation. This book includes information on the main areas of early years policy; consideration of the impact changes have had on practice; guidance on the ways in which policy developments can be evaluated; and more.
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Primary School Physical Education
Author: Anne Williams
Publication Date: 23 March 2000
Aims to put right the fact that there is a dearth of texts written specifically for primary school teachers, which provides information about key issues and research evidence in ways which are comprehensible to a non-specialist and which guide practice.
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Author: Janet R. Moyles
Publication Date: 1 August 2005
Discusses the importance of play as a tool for learning and teaching.
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Supporting ICT in the Early Years
Author: John Siraj-Blatchford
Publication Date: 1 October 2003
This book helps readers understand how very young children (from birth to six) develop an early awareness, and subsequently develop their knowledge, skills and understandings of information and communication technologies (ICTs).
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Teaching and Learning Early Number
Author: Ian Thompson
Publication Date: 1 June 1997
A guide to research into the teaching and learning of early number concepts. It examines the beliefs and number understanding of nursery and reception children, and provides an account of the role of counting in the acquisition of number understanding and in the development of derived fact strategies for addition, subtraction and multiplication.
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Early Childhood
A Guide for Students
Author: Tina Bruce
Publication Date: 30 August 2006
Gives comprehensive coverage of various aspects of your early childhood course. This easy-to-use text explains theory in terms of classroom practice. It includes sections on: you and your learning; working with children; understanding child development; 0-3 Years; key stage 1; professional development; and, leading and managing.
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Effective Teaching
A Practical Guide to Improving Your Teaching
Author: Elizabeth Perrott
Publication Date: 28 February 1983
This book is a practical guide designed for teachers and trainee teachers to help them improve their teaching skills. It pre...
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wow! the visual encyclopedia of everything
Author: dorling kindersley
Publication Date: 2008
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Author: Peter F. Oliva
Publication Date: 1 Jan 2001
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Learning to Think Things Through
A Guide to Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum
Author: Gerald M. Nosich
Publication Date: 16 January 2008
How important is critical thinking in all areas of the curriculum? This short, inexpensive guide is designed to help studen...
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Doing Quantitative Research in Education
With SPSS
Author: Daniel Muijs
Publication Date: 24 March 2004
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Author: Ron Fry
Publication Date: 28 August 2004
Provides students with techniques for improving their study skills, such as reading effectively, excelling in class, using the library, doing research online, taking and organizing notes, time management, and taking tests.
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Author: Chris Kyriacou
Publication Date: 1 Jan 1994
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The O Level Book
Genuine Exam Questions from Yesteryear
Author: Martin Stephen
Publication Date: 1 July 2008
Settles that age-old argument between the generations: were the exams of yesteryear really harder than anything children have to face today in the age of calculators and spell checkers? This work tests you on old-school topics such as: English Language; General Science; Geography; History; Household Cookery; Mathematics; and Music.
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Learning to Teach Physical Education in the Secondary School
A Companion to School Experience
Author: Susan Capel
Publication Date: 22 July 2004
The new edition of this textbook draws together background information about teaching and about PE, basic teaching skills specifically related to physical education and broader knowledge and understanding of issues in the wider context of teaching physical education.
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Author: Jim Hall
Publication Date: 30 September 2002
This guide aims to engage children in developing control, co-ordination, balance, poise and elevation in the basic actions of travelling, jumping, turning and gesture and stillness. It aims to show them how to perform movements or patterns, including some from existing dance traditions.
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Author: Colin Harris
Publication Date: 1 Jan 1991
Offers a variety of practical ideas for helping children to understand conservation issues within the context of the National Curriculum and aims to provide activities that can be undertaken by both individuals and groups as well as suggesting policies which could be adopted by the entire school. Activities encompass all aspects of school life ranging from the school grounds and classroom material...
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Author: Andy Northedge
Publication Date: 19901001
Developing your learning skills is one of the best investments you can make. Whether you are an experienced student or just starting out, this book guides and support you. The topics included are: motivating yourself and managing your time, taking full advantage of your computer, reading with concentration and understanding, and more.
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Author: smith hogan
Publication Date: 1 Jan 2002
regarded as the leading text on criminal law for over 40 years...
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Help Your Child with Literacy Ages 3-7
Author: Caroline Coxon
Publication Date: 7 June 2007
Are you the parent or carer of a young child, keen to help with school work at home - but worried that you might not do a good job? This book gives you ideas for activities, shows you what children are expected to learn at a given age, and gives you an insight into phonics and the National Literacy Strategy.
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Help Your Child with Numeracy Ages 3-7
Author: Rosemary Russell
Publication Date: 7 June 2007
Are you the parent or carer of a young child, keen to help with school work at home - but worried that you might not do a good job? Presented as a colourful and easy-to-follow guide, this book demystifies what children are being taught in school and is brimming with ideas on how you can help your child with their numeracy at home.
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Gervase Phinn Giftset
No. 1 - "The Other Side of the Dale", "Over Hill and Dale"
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Author: Gervase Phinn
Publication Date: 20001005
Gervase Phinn is offered the post of County Inspector of Schools in North Yorkshire. As he reveals in these humorous accounts, his first and second years in the job were quite an educational experience.
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Author: Susan Griffith
Publication Date: 20021001
This guide is designed for all those interested in short- or long-term work abroad teaching English as a foreign language, whether or not they have English teaching qualifications. Information on teaching in many different countries is included, highlighting the role of recruitment agencies.
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Unmentionable Subjects
A Portrait of Reality
Author: Michael Walsby
Publication Date: 30 October 1986
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Oxbridge Entrance
The Real Rules
Author: Elfi Pallis
Publication Date: 4 April 2011
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Kingfisher Learning Adventure Library: Science/People and Places
Author: various Various
Publication Date: 1 Jan 1996
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Kingfisher Learning Adventure Library: My Body/Machines
Author: Various Various
Publication Date: 1 Jan 1996
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Kingfisher Learning Adventure Library: Plants/When Dinosaurs Lived
Author: Various Various
Publication Date: 1 Jan 1996
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Kingfisher Learning Adventure Library: The Sea/All Kinds Of Animals
Author: Various Various
Publication Date: 1 Jan 1996
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Kingfisher Learning Adventure Library: The Universe/Our Planet Earth
Author: various Various
Publication Date: 1 Jan 1996
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Kingfisher Learning Adventure Library: The Atlas
Author: Various Various
Publication Date: 1996
Ties in with Key Stage 1 of the National Curriculum. Excellent Maps and illustrations/ explanations/ tasks to do. Part of a ...
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Author: Chris Kyriacou
Publication Date: 28 April 1998
A practical approach to the nature and development of teaching skills. The third edition of this ever popular text takes into account the new 2007 QTS Standards. The book includes dedicated chapters on planning, preparing, presenting and managing lessons and sections on classroom climate and discipline to help promote positive pupil behaviour.
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Author: None
Publication Date:
If you have a child aged between 11 and 16 this is the book for you...
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Author: Susan Griffith
Publication Date: 20021001
This guide is designed for all those interested in short- or long-term work abroad teaching English as a foreign language, whether or not they have English teaching qualifications. Information on teaching in many different countries is included, highlighting the role of recruitment agencies.
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Author: Dennis Child
Publication Date: 19931200
In the CASSELL EDUCATION series the sixth revised edition of this textbook providing an introduction to psychology, aimed at students as well as experienced teachers and educationalists. Covers all areas of education, including class management, special needs, behaviour modification, and gifted children.
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Writing at University
A Guide for Students
Author: Phyllis Creme
Publication Date: 17 November 1997
This practical guide aims to help students to tackle writing assignments more confidently and competently. It aims to make students more aware of the complexity of the writing process, and suggests strategies and techniques that they can use to gain more control over their own writing.
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The Buzz
A Practical Confidence Builder for Teenagers
Author: David Hodgson
Publication Date: 2 November 2006
Packed with interactive activities, practical tips and humour, this work aims to blend the richness and energy of NLP and Personality type theory. It is a collection of interactive techniques developed with teachers and students, which informs and inspires young people to make positive life choices.
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Author: Louis Cohen
Publication Date: 19890800
This fully revised 3rd edition of a well established textbook contains new material dealing with disruptive behaviour in schools, and management and control in the classroom.
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Total Quality Management and the School
Author: Stephen Murgatroyd
Publication Date: 1 January 1993
Presents a school based management team with tools they need to become effective in meeting the goals of their stakeholders, and in creating a place that teachers want to work in. This book examines the practice of Total Quality Management in the context of schooling.
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Author: Florence Beetlestone
Publication Date: 19980417
Providing the early years educator with a structured programme of activities for their nursery or Reception class which will help to deliver the Desirable Outcomes for creative development. It includes information on curriculum planning and inspection requirements.
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Secrets of the Teenage Brain
Research-based Strategies for Rreaching and Teaching Today's Adolescents
Author: Shirley Feinstein
Publication Date: 28 February 2004
Let's face it - the weather is more predictable than the average teenager. Suddenly, even the brightest and most coopera...
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Author: Stella Cottrell
Publication Date: 25 April 2003
This practical guide aims to help students maximize their potential during their time at university. It shows how to develop good study habits, how to understand how learning, intelligence and memory work and it contains sensible suggestions, self-check tables and lots of illustrations.
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The Exam Skills Handbook
Achieving Peak Performance
Author: Stella Cottrell
Publication Date: 3 November 2006
The Exam Skills Handbook provides an easy-to-follow set of strategies and techniques that build to a plan for achieving your best possible exam performance. It provides practical step-by-step guidance in long-term planning for optimal performance through to last minute revision strategies.
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Teaching and Learning in the Primary School
Author: Andrew Pollard
Publication Date: 2 December 1993
Offers a summary into all that was important in primary education during the 1990s. This title provides almost fifty key readings on the field which are grouped around six major topics: learners; teachers; classrooms; curriculum; assessment; and, school and education policy.
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Issues in Teaching Numeracy in Primary Schools
Author: Ian Thompson
Publication Date: 1 September 1999
Suitable for teachers, mathematics co-ordinators and numeracy consultants involved in the implementation of the National Numeracy Strategy, this work includes studies of effective teachers of numeracy, ICT and numeracy, an evaluation of international primary textbooks, assessment, using and applying mathematics and family numeracy.
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Learning and Teaching the Humanities
Author: Penelope Harnett
Publication Date: 22 July 1999
This text focuses on religious education, history, geography and cross-curricular planning in the primary school. It includes discussion of the purpose of education, and how the humanities fit into this.
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Author: Gary thomas
Publication Date: 31 December 1988
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How to Develop Numeracy in Children with Dyslexia
Author: Pauline Clayton
Publication Date: 19 February 2004
Pauline Clayton is the principal tutor for mathematics at the Dyslexia Institute in London. Based upon her vast experience, this guide explores practical ideas and teaching techniques that can support children with dyslexia in the mathematics classroom.
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Division (Math Sticker Workbooks)
Author: Wendy & David Clemson
Publication Date:
Maths Key Stage 2. Ages 7 - 11. Parents and children will enjoy working together through this colourful sticker workbook, designed to support maths work in school and teach new maths skills. *Answer maths questions and puzzles with picture stickers. *Practice dividing numbers with exciting board game. *Learn new division concepts on every page. ...
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How to Survive Your First Year in Teaching
Author: Sue Cowley
Publication Date: 20 March 2003
Covering every aspect of the profession, this guide provides information, advice and tips on all the typical issues facing the new teacher during the school year, such as planning, controlling and teaching classes, coping with the administrative workload, and developing work relations.
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Author: DIANE MCGUINNESS
Publication Date: 1 Jan 1998
The author is cognitive development psychologist & professor at the University of South Florida & is designed to be read by teachers,educationalists & parents.She points out true scientific work on literacy only started around 1973,She proposes a scheme based on the sounds of the language teaching children to read in logical steps.The Wall Street Journal's Rita Kramer like the book & thought it a ...
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Teaching Reading to Children with Down Syndrome
A Guide for Parents and Teachers
Author: Patricia Logan Oelwein
Publication Date: 1 March 1995
Presents a recognised reading programme for children with Down syndrome which effectively meets each child's unique learning needs and style. This step-by-step guide to reading allows parents to work with their child at home and helps them coordinate reading lessons with teachers, ensuring the continuity of their child's education year after year.
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Understanding and Teaching the ICT National Curriculum
Author: Franc Potter
Publication Date: 31 January 2005
There is still great uncertainty in the teaching profession regarding the effective delivery of ICT. This introductory bo...
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Learning in the Early Years
A Guide for Teachers
Author: Jeni Riley
Publication Date: 1 September 2003
This book will help early years educators understand the nature, form, and content of the curriculum for children aged three to seven years and the most appropriate ways of presenting it. Expert contributors address issues surrounding continuity, progression, subject knowledge and age-phase specific
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Monitoring, Assessment, Recording, Reporting and Accountability
Meeting the Standards
Author: Rita Headington
Publication Date: 20 July 2000
Competence in monitoring, assessment, recording, reporting and accountability (MARRA), is one of the standards set out by the government for those seeking qualified teacher status. In this practical book, the author elucidates why to assess, what to assess amd how to access.
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AS Critical Thinking for OCR
Unit 1
unit 1
Author: Jacquie Thwaites
Publication Date: 2 October 2006
All of the AS and A2 Student Books will inspire your critical thinkers and provide support for you as a specialist or non-specialist in Critical Thinking.
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Cost-Effective Training A Manager's Guide
Author: Tony Newby
Publication Date: 01 January 1992
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Art fromthe past The Egyptians
Author: Gillian Chapman
Publication Date:
Great resource for the Primary art class...
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Author: Valsa Koshy
Publication Date: 26 July 2002
This text is a practical guide to the teaching of primary numeracy for students and teachers. Accessible and interactive in style, it offers strategies, activities and examples to develop understanding and confidence in teaching numeracy and implementing the National Numeracy Strategy.
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Primary Mathematics
Knowledge and Understanding
Author: Claire Mooney
Publication Date: 1 July 2002
This course book has been written specifically to help trainee primary teachers develop their mathematics subject knowledge.
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Author: Robert Fisher
Publication Date: 1 May 1995
Describing the ten teaching strategies linked to success in learning, this is a practical book on how to foster skills involved in learning. It not only provides a recipe book but also a framework for developing active learning in every community classroom and school.
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Author: Terry Burrows
Publication Date: 7 January 2010
Ever dreamed of being a rock superstar or the lead guitarist in a pop band? This title can help you start to make your dreams come true. It introduces you to the instrument, shows you how to read and understand written music, and master chords, with illustrated hand and finger positions.
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Brain Power
The 12-week Mental Training Programme
Author: Marilyn Vos Savant
Publication Date: 19990500
This resource contains a 12-week mental training programme, employing practical exercises which have been specially devised to stretch the mind and enlarge the power and capacity of brain and intelligence. Improvements in quality of life, career success and personal achievement are implied.
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