This accessible, practical guide rooted in attachment principles helps you get to grips with this cornerstone of good practice - what it is, the theory behind it and the practicalities of implementation.

This huge international bestseller, fully revised for non-American readers, is now in paperback. Last Child in the Woods shows how our children have become increasingly alienated and distant from nature, why this matters, and what we can do to make a difference. It is unsentimental, rigorous and utterly original.

Ever wondered what would happen if you stopped teaching in your lessons? You might be surprised. This book provides you with the arguments and evidence you need to become a lazy, but outstanding teacher. It shifts the emphasis away from the teaching and onto the learning.

Deals with how to utilise Teaching Assistants effectively. This book offers strategies for managing TAs. It includes examples of good practice, real-life accounts, research evidence, sources of help and suggestions for reading.

This book provides KS2/3 teachers with thoughtful and stimulating ideas to engage children in challenging learning situations outside the classroom.

An essential book for all secondary trainees, showing how ICT can enhance teaching and learning across the curriculum.

With more and more PGCE Students required to produce masters' level work, this book guides students through the process of thinking about their study, their practice, and undertaking research, all at masters level.

The current challenges facing higher education are addressed, and the authors provide a new way of thinking about the many aspects of learning and teaching.

An essential text for all primary trainees, covering the fundamental issues for learning and teaching in primary schools today.

A practical guide, giving trainees the technical and pedagogical knowledge and understanding to make effective use of this new technology (VLEs) in their teaching.

Known by many as the Learning Pit, the Learning Challenge is used around the world to promote challenge, dialogue, and a growth mindset. It encourages a depth of inquiry from students and nurtures a love of learning.

Learning in groups allows students to have greater scope to negotiate meaning and express themselves and their own ideas. This book offers advice and practical exercises to develop group learning skills for learners and tutors. It also features material on action research, the role of reflection and emotional intelligence.

The case studies in this book show that learning mentors are indispensable to supporting school improvement. Thirty five studies of best practice included in it, illustrate the day to day experience of learning mentors, and how they improve children's learning, participation, personal development and well-being.

Providing everything a learning mentor needs, including printable worksheets to use with children, this is a must-have kit for all those working with children with a variety of issues.

It is now officially acknowledged that outdoor play is extremely important for young children's development and that a few old bikes and a climbing frame just will not do. This book shows how to develop an outdoor learning environment properly for young children and how adult supporters should behave in this space.

This book outlines theory and practice that will enable and encourage teachers to systematically and progressively incorporate meaningful outdoor learning opportunities into their daily teaching activities in a wide variety of environments and with diverse populations of pupils.

In The Learning Power Approach: Teaching learners to teach themselves Guy Claxton sets out the design principles of a pedagogical formula that aims to strengthen students' learning muscles and develop their independence, initiative, determination, and love of learning.

The Learning Rainforest is renowned educator Tom Sherrington's attempt to capture various different elements of our understanding and experience of teaching. It is a celebration of great teaching - the joy of it and the intellectual and personal rewards that teaching brings.

The move to school-based initial teacher education has opened up exciting opportunities for student teachers to learn from practising teachers' expertise. This book explores the implications of different approaches to helping student teachers to learn from practising teachers.

An essential and aspirational text for all beginning teachers, with a clear focus on learning in order to support you becoming an outstanding teacher who makes a difference to learners, colleagues, schools and policy.

A framework for the successful teaching of Primary PE for all trainees and teachers, based on the Professional Standards.

A book of fun activities and games to get your children outdoors, to explore, have fun, make things and learn about nature and help them grow up happy and healthy. Suitable for groups of children aged between 3 and 16.

Focussing on children aged from 2-11, this book centres on outstanding outdoor practice and how children can learn and develop in natural environments.