An in-depth guide for pre-service primary teachers on children′s literature exploring each major type of children’s book, examining the form, structure and approach of each. It′s packed with recommendations of books to use in your classroom.

How do we ensure that the curriculum truly is Broad and Balanced? This book provides both discussion of the current challenges and practical guidance and support on how to tackle them.

This book shows how educational theories can be used to support social justice and encourage engagement with contemporary societal issues.

A rich resource covering all core topics of learning and childcare in the Early Years. Designed to guide you throughout your studies and career to become a reflective, evidence-based practitioner.

Understand what metacognition is and how you can apply it to your secondary school teaching to support deep and effective learning in your classroom.

This text is an introduction to learning and teaching in the post compulsory sector, going further than other texts in its exploration of the sector.

Unpacking the vital elements of SEND, Special Educational Needs in the Early Years seeks to empower students to not only understand the impact of policy on practice, but to question it.

Drawing on international examples from the UK, US, Australia and South East Asia, this book offers a commentary on fairness that is highly relevant to the changing context of assessment today.

Bringing together two core areas of the curriculum, play and literacy, this book offers an innovative approach to examining literacy and language development within the context of children's play.

This new text for education undergraduates covers a broad range of themes from across the education sector and focuses on some key contemporary issues. The text includes links to both up-to-date research and more seminal, often cited research and theories.