A collection of essays which re-examine the work of Paul Willis, 25 years after the publication of his seminal 'Learning to Labor'. They examine the relationship between schooling and work, the lives of working class youth, the role of school as productive site of struggle and other important themes.

Fully updated to reflect changes in teacher education and the curriculum, the fifth edition of Learning to Teach English in the Secondary School explores the background to debates about teaching the subject, alongside tasks, teaching ideas and further reading to expand upon issues and ideas raised in the book.

This book has become the widely recommended textbook for student and new teachers of geography. It helps you acquire a deeper understanding of the role, purpose and potential of geography within the secondary curriculum, and provides the practical skills needed to design, teach and evaluate stimulating and challenging lessons.

This book addresses the generic principles by which each and every kind of life form-from single celled organisms to multi-celled organisms-perceives the circumstances of their living so that they can behave adaptively.

Giving a comprehensive critique of Cholmondeley's writings, Oulton analyzes the inspiration and influences behind some of her greatest work and provides an appealing biography on a writer whose work is of increasing interest to modern scholars.

This book uses basic principles of human psychology to offer a refreshing approach to study skills and learning techniques. Professional Coach and Psychologist Gary Wood offers a fast and effective way of building confidence and resilience for study skills based on psychological principles.

Literary Analysis: The Basics is an insightful introduction to analysing a wide range of literary forms. Providing a clear outline of the methodologies employed in twenty-first century literary analysis, it introduces readers to the genres, canons, terms, issues, critical approaches, and contexts that affect the analysis of any text.