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  • Nurturing Professional Judgement

    by Ben Knight ...
    Series series Critical Guides for Teacher Educators
    In-the-moment dilemmas and situational awareness are central to teachers' work, but these concepts may not always find their way into teacher education - as they often get pushed aside in favour of curriculum coverage and compliance agendas.This book challenges a technicist and mechanistic view of teaching and learning to examine how teacher educators might best prepare soon-to-be teachers to make ... Read more

    Was $35.99 USD Now $30.99 USD

  • Planning and facilitating group learning

    by Marcus Witt, Ben Knight ...
    Series series Critical Guides for Teacher Educators
    This is an innovative text for teacher educators exploring detailed research and information that novice teachers need to know about group work in school settings. There is more to learn about group work than simply sitting children together and letting them get on with it!Group work across schools is very common and trainee teachers will step into classrooms where small groups are a predominant ... Read more

    $37.99 USD

  • Active Reading

    Transformative Writing in Literary Studies

    by Professor Ben Knights, Dr Chris Thurgar-Dawson ...
    Series series Continuum Literary Studies
    The subject of this book is the crossover between critical study and creative writing. 'Active reading' is a structured process of writing activities using imitation, variation and experimentation. Through practical composition techniques such as 'transformational writing', 're-writing' or 'translation', students can use writing activities to develop their critical imagination.This book bridges ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Pedagogic Criticism

    Reconfiguring University English Studies

    by Ben Knights ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book argues that the history of English Studies is embedded in its classroom practice, and its practice in its history. Some of its foundational struggles are still being lived out today. English is characterized as a ‘boundary’ subject, active in dialogue across a number of imagined borders, especially those between academic and non-specialized readerships. While the subject discipline ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Teaching Literature

    Text and Dialogue in the English Classroom

    Edited by Ben Knights ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book comprises reflections by experienced scholar teachers on the principles and practice of higher education English teaching. In approaching the subject from different angles it aims to spark insights and to foster imaginative teaching. In the era of audit, and the Teaching Excellence Framework it invites teachers to return to the sources of their own teaching knowledge. The shift from a ... Read more

    $76.49 USD

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  • The Event of Literature

    by Terry Eagleton ...
    In this characteristically concise, witty, and lucid book, Terry Eagleton turns his attention to the questions we should ask about literature, but rarely do. What is literature? Can we even speak of "literature" at all? What do different literary theories tell us about what texts mean and do? In throwing new light on these and other questions he has raised in previous best-sellers, Eagleton offers ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Workplace Bullying

    Symptoms and Solutions

    Edited by Noreen Tehrani ...
    Is bullying really that bad? Why do some people just watch it happening? How do you know if it is bullying or strong management? What kind of leaders are able to create positive working environments?The effects of bullying on organisations and individuals can be devastating and can adversely affect both the workers themselves and the productivity of the organisation that they work for. This book ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • Beginning theory

    An introduction to literary and cultural theory: Fourth edition

    by Peter Barry, John McLeod ...
    Series series Beginnings
    Beginning theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary and cultural theory for over two decades. This new and expanded fourth edition continues to offer readers the best single-volume introduction to the field. The bewildering variety of approaches, theorists and technical language is lucidly and expertly unravelled. Unlike many books which assume certain positions ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Effective Teaching

    Evidence and Practice

    by Daniel Muijs, David Reynolds ...
    This new edition of the popular textbook digs into the research behind different aspects of teaching in order to give students an informed understanding of what underpins high quality teaching. It explores what the evidence shows about the effectiveness of different approaches, drawing from a variety of educational schools of thought.New to this edition:enhanced discussion of what we can learn ... Read more

    $52.19 USD

  • An Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy

    From Theory to Practice

    by Andrew Reeves ...
    This latest edition introduces you to the fundamentals of counselling and psychotherapy, accompanied by fresh research, perspectives and case-studies - ensuring comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the context, theories, skills and practice of counselling professions.This book also covers the latest developments in the world of counselling and psychotherapy, including:-Online counselling and ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • The Historical Novel

    by Jerome de Groot ...
    Series series The New Critical Idiom
    The historical novel is an enduringly popular genre that raises crucial questions about key literary concepts, fact and fiction, identity, history, reading, and writing. In this comprehensive, focused guide, Jerome de Groot offers an accessible introduction to the genre and critical debates that surround it, including:the development of the historical novel from early eighteenth-century works ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • REALIZING THE POWER OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

    by Helen Timperley ...
    Developing an approach to professional learning that has motivated teachers and resulted in impressive improvements in student learning, particularly for students who traditionally underachieve in school. ... Read more

    $39.59 USD