Informed by international research along with contrasting perspectives on different forms of play, this book emphasises the importance of play to children, and the opportunities that play provides for learning and development.

This book is designed to help Education students gain confidence in analysing and interpreting quantitative data and using appropriate statistical tests, by exploring, in plain language, a variety of data analysis methods.

In this book, teacher, education consultant and researcher Jon Tibke fact-checks prevailing 'neuromyths' by shining a light on what scientific research is truly relevant for the classroom and exploring the current limits of our understanding.

This text will provide trainee teachers with the subject knowledge, expert advice and practical solutions needed to offer children the best possible experiences in art, craft and design.

Offering a clear but critical overview and interrogation of the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Code of Practice 2015, this book provides the context for understanding recent developments in SEND policy reform.

This is a clear, comprehensive, systematic and practical guide to achieving Early Years Teacher Status and meeting the EYT Standards and requirements.

This new texts supports trainee and beginning teachers to teach for, assess and evidence mastery through the use of high quality 'rich' lesson activities that allow for mastery level learning in primary science.

Sue Roffey's evidence-based approach to building a healthy classroom environment has proven to be a unique and invaluable intervention worldwide, enhancing the social and emotional well-being of both students and teachers. The new edition has been updated with many more activities and exercises as well as explicit instruction on how to structure and implement SEL.

This book explores the key skills required, helping trainees begin use them in their teaching, reflect on their development of these skills (with their mentors) and evaluate their impact on learning.

It provides a comprehensive coverage of issues and debates in qualitative research applied to a purely educational context.