Primary/Elementary Education Books

New and Published Books – Page 2

11. Talking and Doing Science in the Early Years

    A practical guide for ages 2-7

    By Sue Dale Tunnicliffe

    Young children are intuitive, emergent scientists - they observe, raise hypotheses, experiment and notice patterns. Most of our everyday actions at home and in other settings, inside and outside, have a scientific basis and it is through these early experiences that children formulate their ideas...

    Published May 12th 2013 by Routledge
12. The Math Teachers Know

    Profound Understanding of Emergent Mathematics

    By Brent Davis, Moshe Renert

    What sorts of mathematics competencies must teachers have in order to teach the discipline well? This book offers a novel take on the question. Most research is focused on explicit knowledge–that is, on the sorts of insights that might be specified, catalogued, taught, and tested. In contrast, this...

    Published May 12th 2013 by Routledge
13. Debates in Design and Technology Education

    Edited by Gwyneth Owen-Jackson

    Series: Debates in Subject Teaching

    Design and Technology has long held a controversial place on the school curriculum, with some arguing that it shouldn’t be there at all. This book presents and questions considered arguments and judgements, and explores the major issues that all D&T teachers encounter in their daily...

    Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
14. Understanding and Managing Children’s Behaviour through Group Work Ages 7 - 11

    A child-centred programme

    By Cath Hunter

    'I would highly recommend the skills, expertise and delivery that Cath can bring to a school and can guarantee that any school following her advice will not regret it.' Carl McIver, Head of School, St. Willibrord's R.C. Primary, Manchester 'I have worked with Cath Hunter now in two schools and find...

    Published May 1st 2013 by Routledge
15. Helping Children Think about Bereavement

    A differentiated story and activities to help children age 5-11 deal with loss

    By Heather Butler

    Each year, 3,000 children and young people between the ages of 1 and 19, die as a result of illness or accident.Around 5% of children will have experienced the death of a parent by the time they are 16. Statistics indicate that up to 70% of schools have a bereaved pupil in their care at any given...

    Published April 22nd 2013 by Routledge
16. Handbook of Automated Essay Evaluation

    Current Applications and New Directions

    Edited by Mark D. Shermis, Jill Burstein

    This comprehensive, interdisciplinary handbook reviews the latest methods and technologies used in automated essay evaluation (AEE) methods and technologies. Highlights include the latest in the evaluation of performance-based writing assessments and recent advances in the teaching of writing,...

    Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge
17. Starting School (Routledge Revivals)

    By Brian Jackson

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    First published in 1979, this book considers the culture of a multi-racial community through the eyes of six children about to start school. Each child is from a different background but all live in the same street in a town in the north of England. Following the children from home into school,...

    Published April 4th 2013 by Routledge
18. Childminder (Routledge Revivals)

    A Study in Action Research

    By Brian Jackson, Sonia Jackson

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    First published in 1979, this book looks at the subject of childminding in Britain at the time it was written. It is based on a national survey that was commissioned by the Social Science Research Council and on action to help childminders funded by the Wates Foundation at Manchester University, UK...

    Published April 4th 2013 by Routledge
19. The Guided Reader to Teaching and Learning Music

    Edited by Jonathan Savage

    The Guided Reader to Teaching and Learning Music draws on extracts from the published work of some of the most influential education writers to provide insight, guidance and clarity about key issues affecting Music teachers. The book brings together key extracts from classic and contemporary...

    Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge
20. The Cambridge Primary Review Research Surveys

    Edited by Robin Alexander, Christine Doddington, John Gray, Linda Hargreaves, Ruth Kershner

    The Cambridge Primary Review Research Surveys is the outcome of the Cambridge Primary Review – England’s biggest enquiry into primary education for over forty years. Fully independent of government, it was launched in 2006 to investigate the condition and future of primary education...

    Published March 11th 2013 by Routledge