Teaching & Learning Books

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31. Evaluating Teaching and Learning

    A practical handbook for colleges, universities and the scholarship of teaching

    By David Kember, Paul Ginns

    Every semester, colleges and universities ask students to complete innumerable course and teaching evaluation questionnaires to evaluate the learning and teaching in courses they have taken. For many universities it is a requirement that all courses be evaluated every semester. The laudable...

    Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
32. Principles for Effective Pedagogy

    International Responses to Evidence from the UK Teaching & Learning Research Programme

    Edited by Mary James, Andrew Pollard

    The UK Teaching and Learning Research Programme (TLRP) worked for ten years to improve outcomes for learners in schools and other sectors through high quality research. One outcome of individual projects and across-Programme thematic work was the development of ten ‘evidence-informed’ principles...

    Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
33. Visible Learning for Teachers

    Maximizing Impact on Learning

    By John Hattie

    In November 2008, John Hattie’s ground-breaking book Visible Learning synthesised the results of more than fifteen years research involving millions of students and represented the biggest ever collection of evidence-based research into what actually works in schools to improve learning....

    Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
34. Everyday Maths through Everyday Provision

    Developing opportunities for mathematics in the early years

    By Elaine Bennett, Jenny Weidner

    Children are born naturally mathematical, so why is it sometimes so difficult to observe children being mathematical? Why do so many of us think we are ‘bad’ at maths and how does this subconsciously affect the provision, experiences and opportunities we provide for young children who are starting...

    Published December 6th 2011 by Routledge
35. Orchestrating Inquiry Learning

    Edited by Karen Littleton, Eileen Scanlon, Mike Sharples

    There is currently a rapidly growing interest in inquiry learning and an emerging consensus among researchers that, particularly when supported by technology, it can be a significant vehicle for developing higher order thinking skills. Inquiry learning methods also offer learners meaningful and...

    Published November 29th 2011 by Routledge
36. Storytelling across the Primary Curriculum

    By Alastair K Daniel

    Starting from the question ‘what is a story?’ Storytelling Across the Primary Curriculum leads the reader through the theory and practise of storytelling as an educational method – a method taught by the author over the last ten years through Primary English teaching programmes. This practical...

    Published November 17th 2011 by Routledge
37. Understanding Young Children’s Learning through Play

    Building playful pedagogies

    By Pat Broadhead, Andy Burt

    This timely and accessible text introduces, theorises and practically applies two important concepts which now underpin early years practice: those of ‘playful learning' and 'playful pedagogies'. Pat Broadhead and Andy Burt draw upon filmed material, conversations with children, reflection,...

    Published November 16th 2011 by Routledge
38. Theorising Teaching in Secondary Classrooms

    Understanding our practice from a sociocultural perspective

    By Beverley Bell

    Theorising Teaching in Secondary Classrooms is for all teachers who wish to fully understand and improve upon their own practice. It encourages you to reflect on and conceptualise your teaching, and helps you understand how your practice is connected to the social, cultural, political and...

    Published November 3rd 2011 by Routledge
39. Internationalization of Teacher Education

    Creating Globally Competent Teachers and Teacher Educators for the 21st Century

    Edited by Reyes Quezada

    This book proposes to excite readers to engage in conversations on how Schools and Colleges of Education can internationalize teacher education programs so that graduates have global teaching experiences, that teacher education curricula include global perspectives, and that there are...

    Published November 1st 2011 by Routledge
40. Critical Incidents in Teaching (Classic Edition)

    Developing professional judgement

    By David Tripp

    Series: Routledge Education Classic Edition

    What are the ‘instincts’ of a good teacher? Can they be taught? Good teachers use good techniques and routines, but techniques and routines alone do not produce good teaching. The real art of teaching lies in teachers' professional judgement because in teaching there is seldom one "right answer"...

    Published October 23rd 2011 by Routledge