A practical, step-by-step guide designed to justify, inspire and support the whole process of clearing out the sheer amount of stuff that schools accumulate.

Shortly after the statue of Cecil John Rhodes came down at the University of Cape Town, protestors called for the decolonisation of universities. What exactly is decolonisation? This book brings together some of the most innovative thinking on curriculum theory to address this important question.

A practical guide to self-evaluation in schools enabling senior and middle leaders and teachers to begin to develop the processes, tools and techniques of self-evaluation. It introduces the main tools of self-evaluation and looks at how schools and individuals in different contexts and roles have successfully used these tools in a holistic way.

This book is central to subject development and has a strong focus on combining curriculum theory and translating this to a practical approach schools can adapt and implement with ease. Full of practical strategies and examples, it is an essential read for teachers, curriculum leaders, senior leaders and headteachers.

Focusing on organisation improvement and strategical leadership, this book offers a bank of creative ideas and guidance for teachers already in management positions, and those just starting out reflect on their leadership development.

This text should help teachers identify and develop the knowledge and skills needed to manage teams effectively in primary or secondary schools. It does this by focusing on staff management, management skills, professional development and change, and stress management.

Provides the information needed to begin to create an emotionally literate ethos within a school, along with tools to develop emotionally literate staff and practices over the course of a year. This book contains a range of training modules to create a programme of CPD through staff meetings and INSET.

Presents arguments about the nature of expert school leadership, paralleling developments from the early 1980s, when the emphasis was on identifying the behaviours of effective principals, to the early 1990s, when the focus had shifted to

Inclusion has been adopted as an overall aim for compulsory education in most countries.This book explores the way teachers are prepared for inclusion in their initial and in-service teacher education.

Learn practical methods for developing a collaborative environment where teachers and administrators work together to enhance teachers' practices, increase student learning, and produce valuable school processes.

This book provides practical guidelines and a framework for teachers as they try to develop their schools. Leadership, the management of curriculum change and INSET for development are areas covered and supported by case study illustrations.

Suitable for Childhood Studies leadership modules and NPQICL courses, for professionals who work to become leaders and managers for services that support young children and their families (including childcare, education, health and family support), this textbook draw on the authors' own experiences in education and the public services sector.

Developing a teaching portfolio is becoming central to a career in education in the United States, and this practical handbook is a useful guide through the process. The text focuses on the needs of early childhood practitioners, and the demands placed on their learning and continuing career development.

Education systems in developed countries have come to prioritise the raising of standards, while also pursuing some degree of social inclusion and inclusive schooling. This book integrates empirical research and includes a case study that examines the perspectives of education practitioners and policy makers in specific school systems.

Gives an overview of relevant contemporary social theories, including poststructuralism, cultural studies, postcolonialism, feminist perspectives and queer theory. This book covers a number of issues impacting on children's lives, including globalization, new racisms, immigration, refugees, homophobia, heterosexism and constructions of childhood.

Diversity and inclusion are issues very much at the forefront of education policy, and are covered in every childhood course. This book explains the issues and helps trainee teachers demonstrate good practice in this area.

Is your school dyslexia-friendly? Looking at understanding dyslexia, this book shows you how to involve the whole school in order to achieve a dyslexia-friendly environment. It helps to use an audit tool to discover how dyslexia-friendly your school is, and looks at examples of successful dyslexia-friendly initiatives.

Offers a reconsideration of key educational experiences including those of: being judged and assessed, both formally and informally, adapting to different groups for different purposes, struggling to think under pressure, and learning to recognise and adapt to the expectations of others.