By Subject Books

New and Published Books

1. Encouraging Learning

   How you can help children learn

   By James Nottingham

   ‘I recommend this book to anyone wishing to help children learn. In it you will find some lovely ideas for improving the way we encourage, support and praise all young people.’ Professor Carol Dweck, author of Mindset, Stanford University, USA ‘James has developed a rare skill for blending...

   Published May 19th 2013 by Routledge
2. Literacy Activities for Classic and Contemporary Texts 7-14

   The Whoosh Book

   By Gill Robins, Laura-Jane Evans-Jones

   English teachers are always keen to explore new ways of motivating their pupils to engage with reading, both for learning and for pleasure. Literacy Activities for Classic and Contemporary Texts 7-14 is a practical, friendly book which uses the ‘whoosh’ to cover some of our best known classic and...

   Published May 16th 2013 by Routledge
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. Lifelong Engagement in Sport and Physical Activity

   Participation and Performance across the Lifespan

   Edited by Nicholas Holt, Margaret Talbot

   Series: ICSSPE Perspectives

   Sport and physical activity should now be understood as lifelong activity, beginning in childhood, and accessible to participants of all levels of ability. This book offers an overview of some of the core concerns underlying lifelong engagement in sport and physical activity, encompassing...

   Published April 28th 2013 by Routledge
7. 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
8. 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
9. Descriptosaurus

   Supporting Creative Writing for Ages 8–14, 2nd Edition

   By Alison Wilcox

   Reviews of the first edition "This book is a treasure trove of descriptive language... Highly recommended for both teachers and parents. I wish I’d had a copy of this book when I was a full time English teacher! Invest in a copy today; you’ll be glad you did." Sue Cowley, bestselling author,...

   Published March 4th 2013 by Routledge
10. Pedagogies, Physical Culture, and Visual Methods

    Edited by Laura Azzarito, David Kirk

    Series: Routledge Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport

    To understand and more creatively capture the social world, visual methods have increasingly become used by researchers in the social sciences and education. However, despite the rapid development of visual-based knowledge, and despite the obvious links between human movement and visual forms of...

    Published February 4th 2013 by Routledge