Rakuten Kobo

How to Read Poetry Like a Professor

A Quippy and Sonorous Guide to Verse

by Thomas C. Foster ...

From the bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes this essential primer to reading poetry like a professor that unlocks the keys to enjoying works from Lord Byron to the Beatles.No literary form is as admired and feared as poetry. Admired for its lengthy pedigree—a line of poets extending back to a time before recorded history—and a ubiquitous presence in virtually all ... Read more

£4.99

From the bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes this essential primer to reading poetry like a professor that unlocks the keys to enjoying works from Lord Byron to the Beatles.No literary form is as admired and feared as poetry. Admired for its lengthy pedigree—a line of poets extending back to a time before recorded history—and a ubiquitous presence in virtually all
... Read more
French Short Stories for Beginners:20 Exciting Short Stories to Easily Learn French & Improve Your Vocabulary

Learn French for Beginners and Intermediates, #3

by Touri Language Learning ...

Series Book 3 - Learn French for Beginners and Intermediates
Do you know the biggest secret to learning French quickly?To enjoy the material! If you are struggling with French conjugations or having trouble finding helpful and engaging reading material you can actually understand… You're not alone. This is exactly what inspired us to write another book in our highly-praised French learning series.Let's be honest, how is a student supposed to learn when ... Read more

£4.49 or Free with Kobo Plus

Do you know the biggest secret to learning French quickly?To enjoy the material! If you are struggling with French conjugations or having trouble finding helpful and engaging reading material you can actually understand… You're not alone. This is exactly what inspired us to write another book in our highly-praised French learning series.Let's be honest, how is a student supposed to learn when
... Read more
Completing Your EdD

The Essential Guide to the Doctor of Education

Edited by Jodi Roffey-Barentsen, Iona Burnell Reilly ...

Undertaking a Professional Doctorate in Education (EdD) can be a daunting yet career-defining task. Through engaging with research, increasing your networks, and conducting your own research project, you will advance your professional practice and understanding of your field.This second edition of Completing Your EdD is the newly updated essential text to guide you through your doctorate. It ... Read more

£25.99

Undertaking a Professional Doctorate in Education (EdD) can be a daunting yet career-defining task. Through engaging with research, increasing your networks, and conducting your own research project, you will advance your professional practice and understanding of your field.This second edition of Completing Your EdD is the newly updated essential text to guide you through your doctorate. It
... Read more
Going It Alone

A guide for solo mums in the UK

by Emily Engel ...

Every year, several thousand single women turn to UK fertility clinics in order to start a family using donor conception, and many more consider adoption. This book considers the choices available and their implications for mothers and children throughout childhood and beyond. ... Read more

£5.99

Every year, several thousand single women turn to UK fertility clinics in order to start a family using donor conception, and many more consider adoption. This book considers the choices available and their implications for mothers and children throughout childhood and beyond.
... Read more
Teaching and Assessing Writing in the Primary School

A Whole School Approach

by Eithne Kennedy, Gerry Shiel ...

The capacity to write well is fundamental to success in school and beyond. Yet many children struggle to become proficient writers. Teaching and Assessing Writing in the Primary School provides a comprehensive guide to the theory, practice and pedagogical research behind teaching children to write. Supported by case studies and real-world examples of teaching and learning writing in the classroom, ... Read more

£28.99

The capacity to write well is fundamental to success in school and beyond. Yet many children struggle to become proficient writers. Teaching and Assessing Writing in the Primary School provides a comprehensive guide to the theory, practice and pedagogical research behind teaching children to write. Supported by case studies and real-world examples of teaching and learning writing in the classroom,
... Read more
Teaching Story Writing in Primary

Curriculum-aligned, classroom-ready resources and strategies

by Christopher Youles ...

'This is a rich addition to the subject of story writing' Pie Corbett, poet, storyteller and educational consultant @PIeCorbettEverything you need to teach story writing to primary pupils, packed full of effective, curriculum-aligned, classroom-ready resources and strategies.To be used as a standalone oralongside existing writing schemes, this book contains comprehensive practical guidance on ... Read more

£15.99

'This is a rich addition to the subject of story writing' Pie Corbett, poet, storyteller and educational consultant @PIeCorbettEverything you need to teach story writing to primary pupils, packed full of effective, curriculum-aligned, classroom-ready resources and strategies.To be used as a standalone oralongside existing writing schemes, this book contains comprehensive practical guidance on
... Read more
Sentence models for creative writing: A practical resource for teaching writing

by Christopher Youles ...

Teaching at sentence level is essential to improve writing. Knowing this, I desperately searched for a book packed full of sentence models that I could use to inspire my students. On discovering that no such book existed, I spent the next year poring over hundreds and hundreds of books to tap into the magic formula of what makes a great sentence. I sorted all these fantastic sentence structures ... Read more

£6.49

Teaching at sentence level is essential to improve writing. Knowing this, I desperately searched for a book packed full of sentence models that I could use to inspire my students. On discovering that no such book existed, I spent the next year poring over hundreds and hundreds of books to tap into the magic formula of what makes a great sentence. I sorted all these fantastic sentence structures
... Read more
The Writing Revolution 2.0

A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades

by Judith C. Hochman, Natalie Wexler ...

Lead a writing revolution in your classroom with the proven Hochman MethodBuilding on the success of the original best-seller, this new edition of The Writing Revolution adds valuable guidance for teachers seeking a way to bring their students' writing ability up to rigorous state standards. As thousands of educators have already discovered, The Writing Revolution provides the road map they need, ... Read more

£20.99

Lead a writing revolution in your classroom with the proven Hochman MethodBuilding on the success of the original best-seller, this new edition of The Writing Revolution adds valuable guidance for teachers seeking a way to bring their students' writing ability up to rigorous state standards. As thousands of educators have already discovered, The Writing Revolution provides the road map they need,
... Read more
Writing for Pleasure

Theory, Research and Practice

by Ross Young, Felicity Ferguson ...

This book explores what writing for pleasure means, and how it can be realised as a much-needed pedagogy whose aim is to develop children, young people, and their teachers as extraordinary and life-long writers. The approach described is grounded in what global research has long been telling us are the most effective ways of teaching writing and contains a description of the authors’ own research ... Read more

£29.99

This book explores what writing for pleasure means, and how it can be realised as a much-needed pedagogy whose aim is to develop children, young people, and their teachers as extraordinary and life-long writers. The approach described is grounded in what global research has long been telling us are the most effective ways of teaching writing and contains a description of the authors’ own research
... Read more
Test Your Higher Chemistry Calculations 3rd Edition

by John Anderson ...

Exam Board: SQALevel: HigherSubject: ChemistryFirst Teaching: September 2014First Exam: Summer 2015Ideal practice material for one of the most challenging areas for Higher Chemistry candidates.This edition of Test Your Higher Chemistry Calculations provides:Extensive overview of all types of questions likely to be testedExploration of the theory behind each topic in each chapterWorked examples a.. ... Read more

£6.99

Exam Board: SQALevel: HigherSubject: ChemistryFirst Teaching: September 2014First Exam: Summer 2015Ideal practice material for one of the most challenging areas for Higher Chemistry candidates.This edition of Test Your Higher Chemistry Calculations provides:Extensive overview of all types of questions likely to be testedExploration of the theory behind each topic in each chapterWorked examples a..
... Read more
The Littlest Library

A heartwarming, uplifting and romantic read

by Poppy Alexander ...

'Friendship, community and a little bit of romance - what's not to love?' Mandy Baggot'Books, bats and romance...a perfect escape. I loved spending time with the characters of Middlemas.' Liz Fenwick'My first Poppy Alexander book but definitely not my last. What a lovely, engaging, perceptive story The Littlest Library is' Sue Moorcroft'Five of the biggest stars for The Littlest Librar... ... Read more

£5.49

'Friendship, community and a little bit of romance - what's not to love?' Mandy Baggot'Books, bats and romance...a perfect escape. I loved spending time with the characters of Middlemas.' Liz Fenwick'My first Poppy Alexander book but definitely not my last. What a lovely, engaging, perceptive story The Littlest Library is' Sue Moorcroft'Five of the biggest stars for The Littlest Librar...
... Read more
Make It Stick

The Science of Successful Learning

by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel ...

To most of us, learning something "the hard way" implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, should be creatively tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on their head. Drawing on recent discoveries in cognitive psychology and other disciplines, the authors offer ... Read more

£20.89

To most of us, learning something "the hard way" implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, should be creatively tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on their head. Drawing on recent discoveries in cognitive psychology and other disciplines, the authors offer
... Read more
Teaching Words and How They Work

Small Changes for Big Vocabulary Results

Edited by Elfrieda H. Hiebert ...

Research shows that vocabulary is the best support for students’ comprehension of narrative and information texts. Often, vocabulary instruction focuses on a few target words in specific texts. However, to understand the many new words in complex texts students need to know how words work. This book, written by an award-winning authority on reading instruction, shows teachers how to make small ... Read more

£18.99

Research shows that vocabulary is the best support for students’ comprehension of narrative and information texts. Often, vocabulary instruction focuses on a few target words in specific texts. However, to understand the many new words in complex texts students need to know how words work. This book, written by an award-winning authority on reading instruction, shows teachers how to make small
... Read more
The Hungry Mind

The Origins of Curiosity in Childhood

by Susan Engel ...

Despite American education’s recent mania for standardized tests, testing misses what really matters about learning: the desire to learn in the first place. Curiosity is vital, but it remains a surprisingly understudied characteristic. The Hungry Mind is a deeply researched, highly readable exploration of what curiosity is, how it can be measured, how it develops in childhood, and how it can be ... Read more

£14.39

Despite American education’s recent mania for standardized tests, testing misses what really matters about learning: the desire to learn in the first place. Curiosity is vital, but it remains a surprisingly understudied characteristic. The Hungry Mind is a deeply researched, highly readable exploration of what curiosity is, how it can be measured, how it develops in childhood, and how it can be
... Read more
On Poverty and Learning

On Poverty and Learning: Readings from Educational Leadership (EL Essentials)

by Marge Scherer ...

Series series EL Essentials
This collection of articles from Educational Leadership brings together fifteen insightful and passionate pieces that will help you better understand how poverty affects learning and what educators can do to make a positive difference for each learner every day. The authors examine the existence and persistence of economic inequality, demythologize poverty as a culture, explore interventions large ... Read more

£10.99

This collection of articles from Educational Leadership brings together fifteen insightful and passionate pieces that will help you better understand how poverty affects learning and what educators can do to make a positive difference for each learner every day. The authors examine the existence and persistence of economic inequality, demythologize poverty as a culture, explore interventions large
... Read more
Hidden Lessons

Growing Up on the Frontline of Teaching

by Mehreen Baig ...

You're in at 7am, there until 7pm and marking into the late hours. You've got one student who's a full time carer, another who's pregnant, and a third who's just joined a gang. You haven't got enough textbooks to go around, and one of the parents just called you an 'extremist'. You've just gone through a devastating heartbreak and you have to teach Romeo and Juliet to 30 hormonal 14 year olds ... Read more

£2.99

You're in at 7am, there until 7pm and marking into the late hours. You've got one student who's a full time carer, another who's pregnant, and a third who's just joined a gang. You haven't got enough textbooks to go around, and one of the parents just called you an 'extremist'. You've just gone through a devastating heartbreak and you have to teach Romeo and Juliet to 30 hormonal 14 year olds
... Read more
Higher English: Reading for Understanding, Analysis and Evaluation

by Ann Bridges, Colin Eckford ...

Exam Board: SQALevel: HigherSubject: EnglishFirst Teaching: September 2014First Exam: June 2015A brand new edition of the former Higher English Close Reading, completely rewritten for the new Higher element - worth 30% of marks in the final exam. Written by two highly experienced authors, this book shows you how to practise for the Reading for Understanding, Analysis and... ... Read more

£5.99

Exam Board: SQALevel: HigherSubject: EnglishFirst Teaching: September 2014First Exam: June 2015A brand new edition of the former Higher English Close Reading, completely rewritten for the new Higher element - worth 30% of marks in the final exam. Written by two highly experienced authors, this book shows you how to practise for the Reading for Understanding, Analysis and...
... Read more
NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Supporting Teaching and Learning

Get expert advice from author Louise Burnham

by Louise Burnham ...

Make a difference to classroom learning with this textbook, written for the CACHE qualification by highly respected and experienced author Louise Burnham.-Develop your skills as a teaching assistant with coverage of all units in the new CACHE qualification.-Build confidence in your role with practical advice and full explanations from best-selling author Louise Burnham.-Translate theory into ... Read more

£18.99

Make a difference to classroom learning with this textbook, written for the CACHE qualification by highly respected and experienced author Louise Burnham.-Develop your skills as a teaching assistant with coverage of all units in the new CACHE qualification.-Build confidence in your role with practical advice and full explanations from best-selling author Louise Burnham.-Translate theory into
... Read more
Pearson Edexcel A Level UK Government and Politics Sixth Edition

by Neil McNaughton, Toby Cooper, Eric Magee ...

This fully updated Textbook for Pearson Edexcel A-level Politics will help your students develop a critical understanding of the latest developments in UK Government and Politics. This trusted textbook by Neil McNaughton, revised by Toby Cooper, is specially designed to reflect the Edexcel specification and help your students approach complex topics with confidence. This Student Textbook:- ... Read more

£22.99

This fully updated Textbook for Pearson Edexcel A-level Politics will help your students develop a critical understanding of the latest developments in UK Government and Politics. This trusted textbook by Neil McNaughton, revised by Toby Cooper, is specially designed to reflect the Edexcel specification and help your students approach complex topics with confidence. This Student Textbook:-
... Read more
Reading Planet - Beneath the Surface Tales from Welsh Legend - Level 7: Fiction (Saturn)

by Eloise Williams ...

Illustrated by Dragan Kordic ...

Series Book 7 - Rising Stars Reading Planet
Over more years than you or I can count, people have smiled as they were told tales of drowned cities and shapeshifting creatures. These Welsh legends are just stories, they say. They couldn't possibly be true ... could they? Dion and Cariad are listening to two very different tales unfold. Both are convinced that the incredible events they are hearing about couldn't possibly have occurred in real ... Read more

£4.49

Over more years than you or I can count, people have smiled as they were told tales of drowned cities and shapeshifting creatures. These Welsh legends are just stories, they say. They couldn't possibly be true ... could they? Dion and Cariad are listening to two very different tales unfold. Both are convinced that the incredible events they are hearing about couldn't possibly have occurred in real
... Read more
How to Dazzle at Grammar

How to Dazzle at Grammar

by Irene Yates ...

Series Book 1 - Brilliant how to ...
Blackline masters for use with junior high school students with special needs. The sheets give students the tools to be able to talk about and understand language development. The activities will help students to deconstruct language, and through this, to improve their own use of language. Students will practise: building sentences; identifying the subject and predicate of sentences; picking out ... Read more

£10.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

Blackline masters for use with junior high school students with special needs. The sheets give students the tools to be able to talk about and understand language development. The activities will help students to deconstruct language, and through this, to improve their own use of language. Students will practise: building sentences; identifying the subject and predicate of sentences; picking out
... Read more
Running the Room: The Teacher’s Guide to Behaviour

by Tom Bennett ...

Good behaviour is the beginning of great learning. All children deserve classrooms that are calm, safe spaces where everyone is treated with dignity. Creating that space is one of the most important things a teacher needs to be able to do. But all too often teachers begin their careers with the bare minimum of training – or worse, none. How students behave, socially and academically, dictates ... Read more

£9.99

Good behaviour is the beginning of great learning. All children deserve classrooms that are calm, safe spaces where everyone is treated with dignity. Creating that space is one of the most important things a teacher needs to be able to do. But all too often teachers begin their careers with the bare minimum of training – or worse, none. How students behave, socially and academically, dictates
... Read more
Cracking Key Concepts in Secondary Science

by Adam Boxer, Heena Dave, Gethyn Jones ...

Series series Corwin Ltd
The perfect companion to help you crack some of secondary science’s most challenging concepts in your teaching.Secondary science teaching is a heroic task, taking some of humanity’s greatest discoveries and explaining them to the next generation of students. Cracking some of the trickiest concepts in biology, chemistry and physics, with walkthrough explanations and examples inspired by direct ... Read more

£21.29

The perfect companion to help you crack some of secondary science’s most challenging concepts in your teaching.Secondary science teaching is a heroic task, taking some of humanity’s greatest discoveries and explaining them to the next generation of students. Cracking some of the trickiest concepts in biology, chemistry and physics, with walkthrough explanations and examples inspired by direct
... Read more
Trigonometry: A Complete Introduction

The Easy Way to Learn Trig

by Hugh Neill ...

Trigonometry: A Complete Introduction is the most comprehensive yet easy-to-use introduction to Trigonometry. Written by a leading expert, this book will help you if you are studying for an important exam or essay, or if you simply want to improve your knowledge.The book covers all areas of trigonometry including the theory and equations of tangent, sine and cosine, using trigonometry in three ... Read more

Was £4.99 Now £2.99

Trigonometry: A Complete Introduction is the most comprehensive yet easy-to-use introduction to Trigonometry. Written by a leading expert, this book will help you if you are studying for an important exam or essay, or if you simply want to improve your knowledge.The book covers all areas of trigonometry including the theory and equations of tangent, sine and cosine, using trigonometry in three
... Read more

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

Teaching Methods eBooks

Show: