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BERA/SAGE Practitioner Research Awards 2009
SAGE and BERA are delighted to announce the opening of submissions for the 2009 awards. The BERA/SAGE awards support and encourage excellence in the application of research in practice. For more information, visit: British Educational Research Association - BERA/SAGE Practitioner Research Awards 2009
Our selection of new and forthcoming titles
- How to Manage Children's Challenging Behaviour
Second Edition
Bill Rogers
‘It’s easy to see why Bill Rogers is revered by generations of teachers across the world. The stories assembled here are compelling and reflective...Bill’s overview and commentary will as usual resonate with schools and teachers. It deserves a place along with his other books in the staff library’ - Sir Tim Brighouse, Advisor, Hamlyn Foundation and Visiting Professor, Institute of Education, University of London -
PB Price: £20.99 
- Overcoming Difficulties with Number
Supporting Dyscalculia and Students who Struggle with Maths Cd-Rom
Ronit Bird
‘The best part of the book for me is the range of resources in the appendices and the discussion of classroom activities. I like the way the activities are tightly focused on the four operations and yet have a wide variety of approaches e.g. Suduko, Connect 4 etc.’ - Claire Creason, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics Education, Edge Hill University -
PB Price: £23.99
- Making Schools Different
Alternative Approaches to Educating Young People
Kitty te Riele
This internationally-minded book helps the reader to reflect on the ways young people are taught, and presents possible alternative approaches. Global social and economic changes and technological developments are driving the need for change within education, so that we better cater for a diversity of young people. This book offers a forward-looking overview of where we are now and where we might want to go in the future. PB Price: £22.99
- Motivating Your Secondary Class
Maurice Galton, Susan Steward, Linda Hargreaves, Charlotte Page & Anthony Pell
‘This is a very important book. It should be read by teachers, headteachers and all those with policy responsibilities for curriculum and school development at the secondary level. The Cambridge team are global leaders in research in education. Their findings merit very close scrutiny’ - Bob Moon, Professor of Education, The Open University, UK -
PB Price: £22.99
- Cross-curricular Approaches to Teaching and Learning
Chris Rowley & Hilary Cooper
With practical ideas on how to join-up the primary curriculum, this book uses history and geography to explore different contexts and strategies for making links between the full range of primary subjects, so that learning can be more integrated and relevant to learners. The authors demonstrate how these subjects can serve as the basis upon which values can be developed in the curriculum. PB Price: £19.99
New Titles
- Digital Literacies
Social Learning and Classroom Practices
Victoria Carrington & Muriel Robinson
Digital technologies are an everyday part of life for students and Understanding Digital Literacies explores the ways in which they can be used in schools. Carrington and Robinson provide an insight into the research on digital technologies, stressing its relevance for schools, and suggest ways to develop new, more relevant pedagogies, particularly for social learning, literacy and literate practices. -
PB Price: £20.99
- The SAGE Handbook of Writing Development
Roger Beard, Debra Myhill, Jeni Riley & Martin Nystrand
‘The scope of the book is unprecedented, dealing with writing development from the early years through to secondary and beyond...[T]his volume represents the most comprehensive and authoritative overview to date of current research, theory and practice - as well as challenges - in the area of writing development’- Beverly Derewianka, Director, Centre for Research in Language and Literacy, University of Wollongong, Australia HB Price: £90.00
- Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
The Reflective Professional Second Edition
Greg Light, Roy Cox & Susanna Calkins
‘This book provides teachers in higher education with what they need - a compelling framework for improving student learning. It combines a comprehensive synthesis of the latest research on learning and teaching with practical strategies for implementing it in their classrooms’ - Professor Ken Bain, Author of What the Best College Teachers Do, Vice Provost for Instruction, Montclair State University -
PB Price: £23.99
- Teaching Science
Tony Liversidge, Matt Cochrane, Bernard Kerfoot & Judith Thomas
‘The informative content and informal writing style make this a useful and easy to read book. The content is well suited to those training to be secondary science teachers. It covers a broad range of material and does so in a logical, easy to follow manner.’ - Ian Abrahams, Lecturer in Science Education, Institute of Education, University of London -
PB Price: £19.99
- Modern Languages in the Primary School
Philip Hood & Kristina Tobutt
How can foreign language learning be developed in primary schools? In what ways can it be integrated into the primary classroom? Modern Languages in the Primary School Curriculum tackles these questions, challenging current perceptions of primary modern languages, arguing that modern languages should be fully integrated into the primary curriculum, and looking at ways in which this can be achieved. -
PB Price: £19.99
Featured Titles
- Constructing History 11-19
Hilary Cooper & Arthur Chapman
‘This book is full of hidden treasures. It is written by a community of practitioners who are all experts in creating history teaching that stretches and engages students. The book is designed to inspire action. It does this as ideas flow through the pages generating in the history teacher thoughts of how to apply and adapt. This book creates ‘spin off’: actual process that hits our classrooms’ - Katy Allen, Head of History, Lancaster Girls' Grammar School PB Price: £19.99
- Recognising and Planning for Special Needs in the Early Years
Cd-Rom
Chris Dukes & Maggie Smith
Making sure that young children with special educational needs have the right support is a top priority for all early years settings, but spotting additional needs can be tricky. This book is the ultimate resource for busy practitioners, who want good, clear advice on what to look for and how to set up the necessary provision. -
PB Price: £19.99
- Building Better Behaviour in the Early Years
Cd-Rom
Chris Dukes & Maggie Smith
Every early years setting strives to create a calm and positive atmosphere, where children can thrive and develop as successful and confident learners. By asking you to reflect on how the ethos, practice and general approach in your setting impacts on the behaviour of both children and adults, this book suggest sensible ways to achieve an exciting and stimulating environment for all. PB Price: £19.99
- The Coaching Toolkit
A Practical Guide for Your School
Shaun Allison & Michael Harbour
‘The Coaching Toolkit is an extremely practical guide for anyone wishing to embed coaching within their school or workplace...I would recommend this book to professionals seeking an in-depth introduction to the realities and models of coaching. It also provides sound guidance for those involved in a more traditional model of ‘mentoring’ and who wish to reflect upon and understand their practice in more detail ’ - Penny Sweasey, Head of Secondary and Post-Compulsory Education Programmes, Manchester Metropolitan University -
PB Price: £21.99
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Become a Write Dance Trainer - dates for 2010
Featured Titles
- Martian in the Playground
Understanding the Schoolchild with Asperger’s Syndrome Second Edition
Clare Sainsbury
‘This deceptively little book contains more truth and provides more insight into what it is like to have Aspergers Syndrome than many a weighty tome on the subject. It offers a view from the inside, but it is not yet another autobiography’ - The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry PB Price: £16.99
- Achieving Positive Outcomes for Children in Care
R J (Seán) Cameron & Colin Maginn
For over a decade and with the best of intentions, the U.K. government has spent millions attempting, but largely failing, to improve personal, social and educational outcomes for children and young people in public care. In this book, the authors explain why the problems of this highly vulnerable group have resisted such effort, energy and expenditure and go on to show how achieving positive outcomes for children in care is possible when the root causes of failure are tackled. PB Price: £21.99
- Pupil Friendly IEPs and Target Sheets
And Other Pupil-Friendly Resources Second Edition
Gillian Shotton
This new edition of Gillian Shotton’s best selling book, has been updated to include new templates for teachers looking to involve children in writing their Individual Education Plan (IEP), as well as the introduction of target sheets applicable for all primary and secondary students. The resource provides a useful tool for helping teachers put some of the Assessment for Learning strategies into practice. PB Price: £29.99
- Raising Self-Esteem in Primary Schools
A Whole School Training Programme Cd-Rom
Margaret Collins
Children with low self esteem will have difficulty in partaking in classroom lessons and succeeding. If we want to help children in the primary school to achieve the positive outcomes set out in the Every Child Matters agenda, we need to ensure all children have a healthy self esteem. This book seeks to give adults in schools tools to look at the way they could enhance self esteem in children. PB Price: £29.99
- More Write Dance
Extending the Development of Write Dance for Children Aged 4 to 8
Ragnhild A. Oussoren
More Write Dance provides even more resources and teaching materials on this lively, exciting and tremendously fun approach to developing prewriting and writing skills. The theory and the philosophy are explained in much greater depth, and more music, instructions and illustrations are provided to guide and inform teachers and children on how to develop their movements and their drawings to achieve fluent letter strings, with ease and speed. PB Price: £51.99
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Featured Titles
- The Fourth Way
The Inspiring Future for Educational Change
Andy Hargreaves & Dennis Shirley
This volume offers a plan for viable and sustainable educational reform that reflects research on traditional methods and new findings from successful school initiatives around the globe. PB Price: £13.99
- Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms
Second Edition
Will Richardson
The author provides real-life classroom examples and how-to guidance on integrating Web-based tools with teaching. PB Price: £14.99
- How the Brain Influences Behavior
Management Strategies for Every Classroom
David A. Sousa
Top-selling author David Sousa helps teachers to turn information on brain functions into practical classroom management strategies and activities. PB Price: £21.00
- Super Teaching
Fourth Edition - Over 1000 Practical Strategies
Eric P. Jensen
Completely rewritten and revised, Super Teaching revitalizes perspectives on teaching and combines best practices with brain-friendly teaching. PB Price: £17.99
