Michael Chiles and David Goodwin team up to present a comprehensive guide for all new teachers as they begin their journey, summarising a range of essential techniques. This book will be a key resource for all practitioners training to teach across subjects and phases.
An insider's guide for students and teachers on how to debate, ranging from how to deliver speeches confidently in a large room to how to respond to arguments effectively. Written by Lewis Iwu, former world university debating champion and a world championship winning coach with England.
The Death of the Comprehensive, by the Dirty Harry of Education
Sir Michael Wilshaw was a maverick headmaster at Mossbourne Community Academy, before five successful years as chief inspector of schools at Ofsted. He was often controversial, and never afraid to say what he thought, and this first book, written after discussions with renowned Sunday Times journalist Sian Griffiths, leaves no holes barred.
Written under the guidance and with the support of Dylan Wiliam, Kate Jones writes about five formative assessment strategies in action in the classroom. Building on the highly successful work of Wiliam and Siobhan Leahy, ideas are shared and misconceptions with formative assessment are addressed with lots of practical advice.
Ben Newmark brilliantly dissects the oddest and contradictory aspects of teaching. It's the perfect read for those who find themselves confused and frustrated, and want to know why things are as they are. It's for those who want to work out how to navigate the twisting mazes and halls of mirrors, and have ambitions loftier than survival.
Today, more than ever, students and teachers should be better able to address questions of perspective with more original sources at their fingertips. Whose History? raises and addresses important questions about how history is perceived, not only through aspects of historiography but by teachers deciding how and what to teach in this modern ......
Spanning the comprehensive perspective of self, school and system, this tour-de-force is both well-informed and uplifting whilst at the same time being full of practical advice and guidance, rooted in the author's front-line role leading a school.
First published in 1924, Which School? brings together in one volume a wealth of essential information aimed at guiding parents through the process of choosing the right independent school. The editorial section includes articles written by experts in their field. There are profiles of more than 100 featured schools. The directories ......
