Understanding the European Union is now more crucial than ever, and this text provides a succinct but nuanced account of its development and how it works. This book will be the ideal guide for all undergraduate and postgraduate courses in political science, global affairs and European Studies.

From a leading voice in the early years community comes an accessible, dip in, dip out guide to all the hot topics in the sector.

This book offers practical advice and guidance for teaching primary grammar, linked to the National Curriculum.

A Little Guide for Teachers: Teacher Wellbeing and Self-Care explains how wellbeing is essential to effective teaching, and gives teachers practical tools to take back control of the classroom.

What will you learn from this book?You know you don't want to reinvent the wheel, so you look to Design Patterns: the lessons learned by those who've faced the same software design problems. With Design Patterns, you get to take advantage of the best practices and experience of others so you can spend your time on something more challenging. Something more fun.

This book shows you the patterns that matter, when to use them and why, how to apply them to your own designs, and the object-oriente...

This edition of Teaching Sport Concepts and Skills: A Tactical Games Approach adds four new chapters and has over 350 lesson plans to help teachers-from elementary through secondary school-learn the tactics and skills of various sports. A web resource with video clips shows some lessons in action.

An encyclopedic introduction to research, showing students how to think about every stage of their project and equipping them with the tools they need to understand different research processes.

Converting curiosity into well-crafted questions is the start of learning. This guide provides tools to encourage students to ask their own insightful questions as they start to inquiry learning.

The Directions series has been written with students in mind. The ideal guide as they approach the subject for the first time, this book will help them: - Gain a complete understanding of the topic: just the right amount of detail conveyed clearly- Understand the law in context: with scene-setting introductions and highlighted case extracts, the practical importance of the law becomes clear - Identify when and how to evaluate the law critically: they'll be introduced to the key areas of debat...