Western societies face many challenges. The growing inequality and the diminishing role of the welfare state and the rapid accumulation of the resources of a finite planet at the top 1% have made the world an inhospitable place to many families. Parents are left alone to deal with the big societal problems and reverse their impact on their children's educational achievement and life chances. The 'average' working family is sliding down the social ladder with a significant impact on children's learning and wellbeing. We now know that parental involvement with children's learning (although...
Western societies face many challenges. The growing inequality and the diminishing role of the welfare state and the rapid accumulation of the resourc...
Although often termed the 'invisible disability', up to ten per cent of school children experience some degree of difficulty with their language and communication skills. This book provides teachers with practical strategies for supporting such children in the classroom. Topics covered include scaffolding communication and how language and communication difficulties relate to other special educational needs. Accessible and informative, this book will be of interest to teachers and trainees everywhere.
Although often termed the 'invisible disability', up to ten per cent of school children experience some degree of difficulty with their language an...
In this study, Dimitra Hartas analyses contemporary childhood. She discusses the plurality inherent in childhood and the forces that shape children's experience of growing up in the 21st century. She engages with new lines of argument about diversity, difficulty and difference, and critiques the issues that affect children's quality of life such as market-driven values, poverty and civic engagement.
Hartas shows how the right to childhood is being violated in both the developed and the developing world and how our consumerist culture is shaping children's lives in ways that are not...
In this study, Dimitra Hartas analyses contemporary childhood. She discusses the plurality inherent in childhood and the forces that shape children...
This comprehensive textbook encourages the reader to contextualise their understanding of quantitative and qualitative research methods by drawing links between the research question and its theoretical framework with the choice of the quantitative/qualitative methodology and analyses. It encourages a theoretical appreciation of the field of inquiry and to balance the emphasis on methods with reviewing the literature and understanding the wider context of research.
Each chapter contains user-friendly features, such as: key terms, summaries, case studies, examples and suggested...
This comprehensive textbook encourages the reader to contextualise their understanding of quantitative and qualitative research methods by drawing ...
Western societies face many challenges. The growing inequality and the diminishing role of the welfare state and the rapid accumulation of the resources of a finite planet at the top 1% have made the world an inhospitable place to many families. Parents are left alone to deal with the big societal problems and reverse their impact on their children's educational achievement and life chances. The 'average' working family is sliding down the social ladder with a significant impact on children's learning and wellbeing. We now know that parental involvement with children's learning (although...
Western societies face many challenges. The growing inequality and the diminishing role of the welfare state and the rapid accumulation of the resourc...
Packed full of activities, real-life case studies, tasks and suggestions, this informative book will equip teachers with the kind of practical knowledge needed to teach young children with dyslexia effectively.
Tackling the subject in a clear and realistic way, the author encourages teachers to think critically in terms of the changing nature of special educational needs, and teaching and learning in early years. She addresses a variety of classroom issues, such as:
assessment and identification of dyslexia summarising and commenting on current debates exploring the links between dyslexia,...
Packed full of activities, real-life case studies, tasks and suggestions, this informative book will equip teachers with the kind of practical knowled...
First published in 2005, this timely volume challenges those who see faith schools as contributing positively to the well-being of society and responding to parent choice to think through the implications of September 11 for our multi-ethnic and multi-faith society without taking a position on the ultimate necessity of faith schools. The authors conducted research in several faith-based schools representative both of older religious traditions in England and Wales, and of those which have been more recently established. The focus was on state-funded faith-based schools, but a range were...
First published in 2005, this timely volume challenges those who see faith schools as contributing positively to the well-being of society and respond...
