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1. Teacher Leadership and Professional Development

   Edited by Alex Alexandrou, Sue Swaffield

   Interest in and knowledge of leadership and learning, separately and together, is an international and continuing phenomenon. This book adds to a somewhat under-researched aspect of the field. It focuses both on a particular form of leadership – teacher leadership, and on a particular form of...

   To Be Published July 25th 2013 by Routledge
2. Unlocking Assessment

   Understanding for Reflection and Application

   Edited by Sue Swaffield

   Series: Unlocking Series

   Assessment is inextricably linked with learning and teaching, and its profile in British schools has never been higher. Recently the value and importance of formative assessment in supporting learning and teaching has also become widely recognised. Although assessment is a prime concern of anyone...

   Published March 30th 2008 by David Fulton Publishers
3. Improving Learning How to Learn

   Classrooms, Schools and Networks

   By Mary James, Robert McCormick, Paul Black, Patrick Carmichael, Mary-Jane Drummond, Alison Fox, John MacBeath, Bethan Marshall, David Pedder, Richard Procter, Sue Swaffield, Joanna Swann, Dylan Wiliam

   Series: Improving Learning

   Learning how to learn is an essential preparation for lifelong learning. Whilst this is widely acknowledged by teachers, they have lacked a rich professional knowledge base from which they can teach their pupils how to learn. This book makes a major contribution to the creation of such a...

   Published October 10th 2007 by Routledge
4. Learning How to Learn

   Tools for Schools

   Edited by Mary James, Paul Black, Patrick Carmichael, Colin Conner, Peter Dudley, Alison Fox, David Frost, Leslie Honour, John MacBeath, Bethan Marshall, Robert McCormick, David Pedder, Richard Procter, Sue Swaffield, DYLAN WILIAM

   Series: Improving Practice (TLRP)

   Learning how to learn is an essential preparation for lifelong learning. This book offers a set of in-service resources to help teachers develop new classroom practices informed by sound research. It builds on previous work associated with ‘formative assessment’ or ‘assessment for learning’....

   Published October 11th 2006 by Routledge