This thoroughly updated and extended eighth edition of the long-running bestseller Research Methods in Education covers the whole range of methods employed by educational research at all stages. Its five main parts cover: the context of educational research; research design; methodologies for educational research; methods of data collection; and data analysis and reporting. It continues to be the go-to text for students, academics and researchers who are undertaking, understanding and using e...

Looking in Classrooms uses educational, psychological, and social science theories and classroom-based research to teach future classroom teachers about the complexities and demands of classroom instruction. While maintaining the core approach of the first ten editions, the book has been thoroughly revised and updated with new research-based content on teacher evaluation, self-assessment, and decision-making; special emphases on teaching students from diverse ethnic, cultural, class, and gend...

In order for students to become experts and innovators, they need a strong understanding of how the world works. This book helps learners uncover conceptual relationships and how to transfer them to new situations.

This book demonstrates how the outdoor environment is enriching learning opportunities for children and deepening their connections with the natural world.

Scholen krijgen steeds meer autonomie om vorm te geven aan hun beleid. Positief is dat daardoor rekening kan worden gehouden met de lokale context. Tegelijk stelt dit de school ook wel voor uitdagingen en wordt er een beroep gedaan op het beleidsvoerend vermogen van de scholen. Doeltreffend schoolbeleid is een herwerking en tegelijk update van het eerder uitgegeven Pei/ijlen naar succesvol schoolbeleid. Het boek biedt een houvast aan alle personeelsleden van scholen en schoolgemeenschappen en...

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Veel leerkrachten zitten met vragen rond wat het betekent om leerlingen met autisme in de klas te hebben. Ze vragen zich af hoe ze hiermee kunnen omgaan zonder de andere leerlingen te benadelen. Ze zijn vaak op zichzelf aangewezen en moeten zich een weg banen in de veelheid van informatie die over autisme ...

Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this book explores what it means to be a 21st century child. Enduring topics as well as new concepts of childhood are unpicked to see how they influence practice, policy and education in an ever changing environment.

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 topic. They are academically advanced and ""kids in the middle"" and struggling due to cognitive, emotional, economic, or sociological challenges.

More of them than ever speak a different language at home. They learn at different rates and in di...

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This new edition of the European adaptation of Anita Woolfolk's market-leading US text, Educational Psychology, is essential reading for anyone studying or interested in education and learning from a psychology perspective. The second edition includes new work in the areas of Assessment for Learning and Attachment Theory, as well as reflecting recent changes in Special Educational Needs provision. The text shows how information and ideas drawn from cutting-edge research in educational psychol...