Offers practical advice on how Geography teachers can develop approaches to curriculum and learning which help students understand the nature of the contemporary world. This book sets out a model for teaching and learning that allows teachers to examine existing approaches to teaching.

Presenting a practical and balanced introduction to the "teaching" of speaking and listening, this best-selling text will help teachers keep up-to-date with recent government initiatives and how to put these changes into a classroom context through: A concise overview of the DfES/ QCA "Speaking, Listening and Learning" guidelines; A focus.

This text looks at the development of technology as a school subject. It reviews the ways in which pupils learn and teachers teach the subject; discusses technology's place within the wider context of education; and examines the society which technological developments help to shape.

Drawing on many popular and literary texts, the contributors to this book write with enthusiasm about opportunities for creative teaching and learning, and provide many examples of good practice both inside and outside the Literacy Hour

Explores the multiple social, political, and epistemological domains that comprise learning-to-teach

Featuring lots of jargon-free activities, checklists and points for deeper reflection, the guidance in this book will help teachers encourage their learners to become more engaged, creative and motivated through the use of emotional intelligence.

For teachers, aspiring teachers and other professionals in upper secondary schools, further education colleges and universities who wish to increase learner motivation and to create opportunities for greater learner autonomy.