This book offers a six-step model that harnesses the skills of popular young people to help others who may have low social status.

Formerly a SkyLight publicationIn this teacher-friendly manual, educators learn how to foster the three essential thinking skills in teaching and learning to measurably improve student performance.

Provides a theoretical framework for teaching science that is firmly grounded in classroom practice, and covers various stages of education for students aged 5 to 12. The author details a constructivist view of learning, and gives advice on how teachers can help children change their perception to a more scientific view.

The emphasis is on planning for a team approach to problem solving within the context of whole-school improvement.

The authors examine current technology usage for students with disabilities and the successes and obstacles for special education technology implementation.

This book traces the major stages of thinking in the development of inclusive education. It provides a synopsis and critique of the last 50 years of the 20th century, including the introduction of the term 'special educational needs', the practice of integration and the present processes of inclusive education.

Argues that sociology has lost its ability to provide critical diagnoses of the human condition because sociology has stopped considering the philosophical requirements of social enquiry. This book attempts to restore that ability by retrieving some of the key questions that sociologists tend to gloss over, inescapability and attainability.

What, exactly, is promoting public health activity? How should we promote public health? Whose values are most important? Which theories can help inform health promoting practice? This text addresses these questions, exploring the key concepts, debates and issues involved in multi-disciplinary public health.