Becoming a Teacher

This classic text is known and trusted for being a practical, user-friendly, and approachable introduction to the profession of teaching. These hallmark features are continued and strengthened in the new edition.

Global Directions in Inclusive Education pushes the conceptual boundaries of 'inclusive education' and explores new ways to research and envision inclusion and diversity in education for all children. This pioneering book problematizes 'inclusive education' as a global currency, as another form of deficit-thinking, and as a universal application.

This book exposes, based on one of the most current and advanced theories for analyzing identity change -the theory of the dialogic self-, what changes should take place and how to promote them in eleven fundamental professional profiles in current education

Academic Success is designed to help students on their university journey. It is divided into four parts, each reflecting different aspects of a student's tertiary experience.

Questioning what a good assignment actually looks like? With encouraging, jargon-free advice and a clearly defined seven-step plan to getting better grades, this book takes the fear out of academic writing and gives you the tools you need to succeed.

This indispensable guide takes students through each step of the essay writing process, enabling them to tackle written assignments with confidence..

Write Here, Right Now: An interactive Introduction to Academic Writing and Research utilizes PressBooks to create and host a writing e-textbook for first year university students that would effectively integrate into the flipped classroom model.

This text will help your students get to grips with the core academic skills they need to succeed at written assignments, including critical thinking, reading, note-making and assignment planning. It also equips students with practical strategies for reflecting on their learning and placement experiences and using observational data from their placements in written assignments.

Education is of relevance to everyone but it involves a specialized vocabulary and terminology which may be opaque or unfamiliar to those new to the field. This UK-focused Dictionary of Education provides clear and concise definitions for over 1,100 terms, from A* to zero tolerance, that anyone studying education or working in the field is likely to encounter.

The authoritative, multi-volume reference work on child and adolescent development and psychology The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development presents the major theories, key concepts, disorders, and evidence-based practices.

This peer reviewed eBook introduces readers to foundational concepts in neuroscience, cognitive psychology, personality psychology and social psychology to help explain why conflict occurs, how it develops and how it may be managed and/or resolved.

This guide was hacked together by several contributors over the course of Open Access Week 2022 in an exercise of collective librarianship to create a guide to resources on climate science and climate justice with a local focus.

The focus of this textbook is on play and learning through a Conceptual PlayWorld. This evidence informed model helps teachers to plan innovative practices relevant for a range of discipline concepts.

This book has been written as a useful companion for students in high school, vocational, and higher education to understand the world of work and how to establish a career.

Outdoor education is a unique and well-established field of study with significant local and international literature to support it. This serves as a handbook for pre-service teachers and those working in schools alike, to develop contemporary units of work and assessment tasks as part of their schools outdoor education curriculum.

Mathematical Reasoning and Investigation is designed to help you develop the ability to use mathematics to solve the kinds of problems that don't come with answers in the back of the book. The work will be useful for anyone wanting to develop their own skills in reasoning and problem solving using mathematics, and for teachers and preservice teachers hoping to help their students to develop these same skills.

The teaching and learning activities in this book were designed by pre-service History teachers at Deakin University, Australia. The activities cover a wide range of topics from ancient history through to early twenty-first century history and are designed to develop students' historical thinking.