Effective lesson planning is a crucial skill for all primary school teachers and is key to fostering engaging and focused learning. So how can new teachers ensure that their plans are motivating and impactful so that their students can make good progress? This book serves as a comprehensive roadmap for planning dynamic and effective English lessons and clearly explains key principles and concepts that underpin effective teaching in all aspects of the primary English curriculum. Covering a wid...

Wide ranging text offering a developmental approach and contextual understanding of intellectual disabilities, with chapters dedicated to specific conditions such as autism, ADHD, Down syndrome, and foetal alcohol spectrum conditions.

The textbook provides a practical and accessible overview of qualitative research methods and their philosophical underpinnings. It will empower you with the knowledge and skills needed to navigate the dynamic landscape of qualitative research.

Combining a critical survey of the field with a finely judged assessment of cutting-edge developments, this book is the ′must have′ text for any undergraduate student studying media and communication studies.

This book offers an accessible and comprehensive new introduction to the subject and practise of creativity in early years education. Taylor takes a uniquely rights-based and inclusive approach to creativity, providing students with a holistic, internationally-minded overview of creativity and its place both inside and outside the classroom. Sections focus on:Defining creativity and its benefitsDifferent modes of creativityCreativity in a policy and social contextCreative pedagogy in practice...

This book introduces major aspects of comparative and international education, giving readers a nuanced understanding of key debates and thinkers, as well as the tools necessary to conduct comparisons using secondary sources.Â

Challenges in ethnographic fieldwork are ubiquitous, yet rarely discussed. This book breaks the silence on these issues and, in revisiting ethnography through the lens of diversity, equity and inclusion, seeks to better equip researchers in conducting fieldwork that is safe for them and their research participants.

A truly comparative introduction to the field of public sector management. This is the perfect textbook for upper undergraduate and postgraduate students to explore the evolving landscape of public administration.

An anthology of textual analysis methodologies, this book outlines the advantages and challenges of each approach and demonstrates how to use it so readers have both the tools to decide which methodology would work best for them and the understanding of how to implement it successfully. Â