Maps out the professional, political and theoretical landscape of reflective practice, its nature and purposes and the claims being made for it. The authors centre their text on a model of the teacher as a reflective learner, with enlightenment and empowerment as central themes.

Maps out the professional and theoretical landscape of reflective practice, its nature and purposes and the claims being made for it. This book takes readers through a systematic process where the initial focus on learning, developing and growing, starts from an understanding of one's strengths, not weaknesses and problems.

Teaching and Learning: Pedagogy, Curriculum and Culture is designed to share important theory with readers in an accessible but sophisticated way. It offers an overview of the key issues and dominant theories of teaching and learning as they impact upon the practice of education professionals in the classroom.

More publicly accountable than ever, teachers, school managers and governors are expected to know how their school is performing and how to improve that performance. By exploring target setting, this book helps achieve these goals.

Offers a basis for designing and using learning technologies at the higher education level.

Provides a range of materials and practical advice on how to demonstrate competence in the classroom. This book covers: setting the scene - describing a common teaching situation through a case study or dialogue; gathering evidence - how a candidate can gather evidence to meet performance indicators from the featured case studies; and more.

Teaching assistants play a vital role in today's schools. This book will help them to get to grips with the main issues relating to psychology and its role in the processes of teaching and learning.

This book, specially written with Teaching Assistants in mind, looks at common behaviour problems in schools, explains typical causes of misbehaviour and shows what Teaching Assistants can do to tackle and tame disruptive children in their care.