Schools That Succeed, Students Who Achieve compares the academic achievements of students in the United States to those of students in other countries. Examining fundamental questions and educational issues, James Deneen identifies what all studentsshould learn and discusses wha…
"Schools That Succeed, Students Who Achieve compares the academic achievements of students in the United States to those of students in other countries. Examining fundamental questions and educational issues, James Deneen identifies what all students should learn and discusses w…
A unique comparative study in which the editors have brought together and international team of researchers from eight countries to develop case studies exploring inclusion and exclusion in schools and then in the national context.
A unique comparative study in which the editors have brought together and international team of researchers from eight countries to develop case studies exploring inclusion and exclusion in schools and then in the national context.
"The long-cherished assumption that parenting "matters" to the development of children took a round of empirical blows in the 1990s. These findings dovetailed with new emphases on school reform as the best remedy for the perceived decline in academic skills and increase in behav…
Applied Linguistics and Primary School Teaching
"Modern primary teachers must adapt literacy programmes and ensure efficient learning for all. They must also support children with language and literacy difficulties, children learning English as an additional language and possibly teach a modern foreign language. To do this ef…
"Teaching Young Children provides early childhood student teachers and practitioners with an excellent guide to everyday practice and reflective teaching."--Jacket
"Teaching Young Children provides early childhood student teachers and practitioners with an excellent guide to everyday practice and reflective teaching."--Jacket.
Most children engage with a range of popular cultural forms outside of school. Their experiences with film, television, computer games and other cultural texts are very motivating, but often find no place within the official curriculum, where children are usually restricted to c…