`Very accessible - not too technical or jargon-ridden. The practical suggestions were useful too - if professionals feel inspired to promote change in...
`This is a clear, jargon-free analysis of current National Curriculum and National Literacy strategy documents, combined with sensible and creative...
`Some interesting ideas for Literacy Hour.... A useful introduction and source of ideas' - NATE This accessible and practical guide to teaching young...
`This book does provide a useful, concise discussion of the legislative background to science in schools from the nineteenth century to the present...
This book enables teachers to develop a complete range of basic investigations for science with students aged five to 11 years. It demonstrates how...
The author reasserts the importance of children's relationships and communications with people who care about them, spend time with them, and share in...
`Improving Literacy at KS2 and KS3 is all about primary-secondary transfer, seen mostly through the eyes of secondary teachers, but with some...
`This excellent book provides the reader with comprehensive coverage of all aspect of poetry teaching. The book does more than inform us - it inspires...
`I found this a fascinating book to read, I could identify with my time at school when I would often write with my paper almost in at right angles to...
In any area of the curriculum, children need to learn concepts, facts and skills through first-hand experience. In art, such learning depends on...