Featuring helpful checklists, models of good practice, templates and photocopiable resources that can be used in development work, this practical book provides a resource for anyone involved with implementing Every Child Matters in extended schools and children's centres.
This volume explores cross-cultural encounters with schooling among Chinese immigrant mothers in Canada. Using a narrative inquiry approach, the author sets out to spotlight the challenges facing immigrant parents and students as they begin to integrate into Western society and …
Like its predecessor, Dialects in Schools and Communities, this book illuminates major language-related issues that educational practitioners confront, such as responding to dialect related features in students' speech and writing, teaching Standard English, teaching students ab…