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Health and Wellbeing in Childhood
Third edition Edited by Susanne Garvis | Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden Health and Wellbeing in Childhood provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to a wide range of topics and issues in health and wellbeing education, including child safety, bullying and social emotional wellbeing, resilience, physical education, communication development and friendships. • Highly comprehensive introduction to health and wellbeing in childhood • Written by a team of experts and leading researchers in the field • Each chapter is supported by a range of pedagogical features, including case studies with questions, pause and reflect boxes, definitions of key terms, and end of chapter questions Contents: Part I. Context: 1. The importance of health and wellbeing; 2. Classifying health and wellbeing: applying the international classification of functioning, disability and health to early years learners; Part II. Dimensions of Health and Wellbeing: 3. Social determinants of health and wellbeing; 4. Physically educated: developing children’s health and wellbeing through learning in the physical dimension; 5. Body image and young children: seeing ‘self’ or seeing ‘other’; 6. Food for thought: the role of teachers and parents in children’s food choices; 7. Child safety; 8. Communication development; 9. Education for the prevention of sexual abuse in the early years; 10. Loose parts on the school playground: a playful approach to promoting health and wellbeing for children of all abilities; 11. Bullying and social emotional wellbeing in children; 12. Strengthening social and emotional learning in young children with special needs; 13. Teachers understanding and supporting of resilience in early years classrooms; 14. Friendships; Part III. Social and Emotional Wellbeing: 15. Teaching for social and emotional learning in the early years classroom; 16. Strengths-based, community-led approaches to physical and wellbeing with educationally disadvantaged children; 17. Talking circles; 18. Partnering with families for child’s health and wellbeing; 19. Using contemplative practices to enhance teaching, leadership and wellbeing. August 2020 255 x 190 mm c.452pp 52 b/w illus. 14 tables 978-1-108-71387-0 Paperback £59.99 / US$89.99 X
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Secondary English Subject and Method Rod Quin
Secondary English is a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of teaching English in secondary schools for pre-service teachers. Written by highly accomplished English teachers, the book’s practical approach to language, literacy and literature, fosters the skills of assessment, unit planning and teaching strategies. • Written by experienced English teachers • Comprehensive coverage of language, literacy and literature • Full of lesson plans and other classroom resources Contents: 1. The early development of English teaching: sixth to eighteenth centuries; 2. The later development of English teaching: nineteenth and twentieth centuries; 3. Language; 4. Literature; 5. Literacy; 6. Understanding reading; 7. Teaching strategies; 8. Learning activities; 9. Course planning; 10. Unit and lesson planning; 11. Assessment; 12. Writing; 13. Spelling, punctuation and grammar; 14. Oral language; 15. Reading: from comprehension to interpretation; 16. Prose; 17. Poetry; 18. Drama; 19. Visual language and visual texts; 20. Continuing your professional development. November 2020 255 x 190 mm c.292pp 978-1-108-74693-9 Paperback £49.99 / US$64.95 X
Case Learning for Teachers Strategic Knowledge for Professional Experience
Al Strangeways | Charles Darwin University, Darwin Case Learning for Teachers: Strategic Knowledge for Professional Experience is a unique resource for Australian pre-service educators, using a case stories approach to support pre-service teachers in developing the skills of observation and reflective practice necessary for professional experience placements and the transition to the classroom. • Unique approach informed by both research and classroom experience • Useful tools to develop pre-service teachers’ skill sets • Companion website offering student resources Contents: Introduction: How best to use this book; Part I. Approaching the case-stories; 1. Why cases for learning; 2. How best to interpret cases; 3. How best to write cases; Part II. The Case-stories; 4. What does it mean to know your learner?; 5. What does it mean to know your content?; 6. What does planning for learning involve?; 7. What does managing behaviour involve?; 8. What approaches meet the needs of diverse learners?; 9. What does meaningful assessment look like?; 10. What is necessary to build effective professional relationships? August 2020 255 x 190 mm c.260pp 46 b/w illus. 58 tables 978-1-108-74694-6 Paperback £44.99 / US$56.99 X
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Managing with Mindfulness Connecting with Students in the 21st Century
Tony Yeigh | Southern Cross University, Australia This book draws on educational psychology, duty-of-care principles and mindfulness practices to introduce the Control/Connect continuum as a model designed to foster inclusive classroom practices for the contemporary classroom. It addresses topics such as communication, positive relationships, emotional literacy, and classroom behaviours. • Provides a mindfulness and duty-of-care approach to inclusive classroom practice • Engages with positive psychology in education context • Framed by the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers Contents: Introduction. Developing a mindfulness approach to classroom and behaviour management; 1. Introduction to educational management: Historical context and positioning; 2. Shifting the goal posts: Setting the foundations for a mindful management approach; 3. Using mindfulness to support duty of care as a core management imperative; 4. Using positive motivation to engage all students; 5. Behavioural methods of management: Whole school to individual; 6. Mapping the control/connect continuum: Using differentiation to position your management style; 7. Managing bullying from a duty-of-care approach; 8. Inner connection: How to develop a personal philosophy; 9. Proactive management: Finalising the big picture. November 2020 255 x 190 mm c.312pp 978-1-108-72473-9 Paperback £49.99 / US$64.99 X
