For Introduction to Educational Psychology courses. Forty-four easy-to-read modules facilitate students' learning and retention In clear and jargon-free prose, Educational Psychology, 14th Edition, explains and illustrates educational psychology's practical relevance for teachers and learners. Theory and practice are considered together, showing how research on child development, learning, cognition, motivation, instruction, and assessment can be applied to solve the everyday problems of t...

Visible Learning in Early Childhood investigates the critical years of early childhood and, backed by evidence from the Visible Learning (R) research, explores seven core strategies for learning success.

A comprehensive guide to support, challenge and develop trainee teachers' understanding of evidence-based teaching in primary schools.

The Primary Teacher's School Year Planner is a wellbeing, professional learning, inspiration and organisation tool for teachers.

Exploring how ideas and concepts from psychology can be applied smartly to the classroom to meet the needs of different learners.

This book makes an intervention in a long-standing discussion by arguing that education should be world-centred rather than child-centred or curriculum-centred. This is not just because education should provide students with the knowledge and skills to act effectively in the world, but is first and foremost because the world is the place where our existence as human beings takes place. In the seven chapters in this book Gert Biesta explores in detail what an existential orientation to educati...

This guide gives realistic, reassuring support for the complexities and challenges you face when undertaking a part-time doctorate while working full-time in higher education.

All trainee teacher's need to know about the theory and practice of teaching primary English.

This book explains 'big ideas' in mathematics in simple terms supported by classroom examples to show how they can be applied in primary schools to enable learning.