This text investigates UK policy issues and strategies in an international context, highlighting the importance of educational exclusion and disaffection on the international agenda. The authors examine the problems and key areas of policy development for education.

Tackling Truancy in Schools is an up-to-date comprehensive text on the subject of truancy. It synthesises and brings together in a practical way recent knowledge and ideas on truants and truancy.

This OU Reader looks at how guidance and counselling in the context of learning is developing. It focuses on the different types of guidance and counselling in learning available to students and practitioners alike.

Douglas Newton emphasises the need for teachers to use a variety of different kinds of talk, often in conjunction with practical activity, to support children's learning and understanding in primary science.

This practical, classroom-focused guide takes you through all the different aspects of English teaching offering clear, straightforward advice on classroom practice, lesson planning and working in schools.

This practical, classroom-focused guide takes you through all the different aspects of history teaching.