Film as Text: Bend it Like Beckham

Bend It Like Beckham is a practical and detailed examination of this energetic and thought-provoking film, exploring issues such as gender roles, the influence of culture and tradition and the nature of competition. Film techniques and language are contextualised and demystified with ample opportunity for engaging, high-interest level activities and tasks.

Essentials of English Language Teaching

Essentials of English Language Teaching is part of a series designed for teachers and teacher trainees who wish to improve their classroom teaching. It provides practical suggestions for lessons and activities, adopting an integrated approach which examines teaching across the skills, rather than one skill at a time.

Dyscalculia Assessment

A complete assessment tool for investigating maths difficulties in children, this book also provides advice for implementing the findings into teaching plans. Dyscalculia is a specific learning disability involving difficulty in acquiring numeracy skills. A significant group of children fail to progress beyond counting in ones; they cannot calculate efficiently or learn their tables. This assessment tool is designed to explore which aspects of numeracy the child is struggling to acquire. 

Comprehending Math: Adapting Reading Strategies to Teach Mathematics, K-6

For those who devour Comprehending Math as I did, their teaching will be clearer, bolder, more connected. And for the ultimate beneficiaries, they will have a chance to understand just how integrally our world is connected. Ellin Oliver Keene, author of Mosaic of Thought No matter the content area, students need to develop clear ways of thinking about and understanding what they learn. But this kind of conceptual thinking seems more difficult in math than in language arts and social studies. 

Activities for Individual Learning through Shape and Colour: Resources for the Early Years Practitioner

This title features over 70 highly practical activities looking at the themes of shape and colour for early years practitioners to use with little or no preparation. Containing over 70 tried-and-tested activities, "Activities for Individual Learning through Shape and Colour" is a practical resource which takes a cross-curricular thematic approach and uses the themes of shape and colour to explore the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). This thematic approach saves preparation and teaching time for practitioners and provides children with more effective and engaging activities.