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“chris smethurst”

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  • Difficult Conversations in Education, Health and Social Care

    How to Talk About What Really Matters and What to Do When it All Goes Wrong

    by Becky Edwards, Chris Smethurst ...
    This accessible guide combines evidence-based research with practical experience to help develop effective communication skills for navigating difficult or challenging situations.The book delves into what it means to be an effective and confident communicator, before addressing how to approach those often-avoided ‘difficult conversations.’ Key features include:Strategies for tackling tough topics, ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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  • The Future of Teaching

    And the Myths That Hold It Back

    by Guy Claxton ...
    It’s time for the educational slugfest to stop. ‘Traditional’ and ‘progressive’ education are both caricatures, and bashing cartoon images of each other is unprofitable and unedifying. The search for a new model of education – one that is genuinely empowering for all young people – is serious and necessary. Some good progress has already been made, but teachers and school leaders are being held ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Communication

    Core Interpersonal Skills for Health Professionals

    by Gjyn O'Toole ...
    This text introduces health sciences students to the various interpersonal communication skills that are commonly used within health settings to establish relationships with clients and fellow professionals, and improve therapeutic outcomes. It focuses on developing self awareness and skills for use in health settings and covers the types of scenarios commonly encountered in health settings that ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • What's the Point of School?

    Rediscovering the Heart of Education

    by Guy Claxton ...
    Why the education system is failing our kids and how we can start the revolution that will save our schoolsWith their emphasis on regurgitated knowledge and stressful exams, today’s schools actually do more harm than good. Guiding readers past the sterile debates about City Academies and dumbed-down exams, Claxton proves that education’s key responsibility should be to create enthusiastic learners ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • From Discipline to Culturally Responsive Engagement

    45 Classroom Management Strategies

    by Laura E. Pinto ...
    The forward-thinking techniques you need to manage today’s diverse classroomsA well-managed classroom is a successful one. But as cultural diversity increases in schools, old classroom management strategies are growing ineffective—or even counterproductive. In a comprehensive, practical guide, Laura E. Pinto details why today’s classrooms are best managed by valuing culturally responsive ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

  • Communication - E-Book

    Core Interpersonal Skills for Health Professionals

    by Gjyn O'Toole, DipTEFL, DipOccThy, BA, MEdStud ...
    This text introduces health sciences students to the various interpersonal communication skills that are commonly used within health settings to establish relationships with clients and fellow professionals, and improve therapeutic outcomes. It focuses on developing self awareness and skills for use in health settings and covers the types of scenarios commonly encountered in health settings that ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • The Learning Power Approach

    Teaching learners to teach themselves (The Learning Power series)

    by Guy Claxton ...
    Series series The Learning Power series
    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. Foreword by Carol S. Dweck. Learning is learnable! Educators can explicitly teach not just content, knowledge, and skills, but ... Read more

    $23.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Creating Schools Where Teachers and Students Want to Be

    by Michael Lawrence, Fabio D'Agostin ...
    Creating Schools reminds us that while we argue about reading and instruction styles, the teaching profession is being strangled, and students (and teachers!) in record numbers are feeling alienated from education. The implications of this play out in crime, violence and an inestimable cost to society. “Creating Schools Where Teachers and Students Want to Be by Michael Lawrence and Dr. Fabio D ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Foundations of Primary Teaching

    by Denis Hayes ...
    Now in its fifth edition, Foundations of Primary Teaching will be an essential resource for any trainee or practicing primary teacher. Written in a friendly and accessible manner, this book has been updated in line with the new curriculum and provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of teaching within the primary school. It blends theory and practice to foster and develop effective ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Leadership with a Moral Purpose

    Turning Your School Inside Out

    by Will Ryan ...
    This book gives all primary heads - aspiring, newly appointed or those for whom the phrase 'There must be something more than this...!' rings a bell - the ideas, techniques, tools and direction to turn their schools Inside-Out and lead them from the heart and soul. What's more it will help give Heads the confidence to do those things they know are right because they are right for the children, ... Read more

    $24.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Putting the EYFS Curriculum into Practice

    Edited by Julian Grenier, Caroline Vollans ...
    How should practitioners and leaders set about designing and implementing their curriculum in the Early Years Foundation Stage?Written by experts in the field, this book provides clear, practical guidance on each of the 7 areas of learning and development in the revised (2021) EYFS.Chapters cover key topics including, assessment, inclusion of children with SEND, English as an Additional Language, ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Ethical Maturity in the Helping Professions

    Making Difficult Life and Work Decisions

    by Elisabeth Shaw, Dr Michael Carroll ...
    How do we, as humans, arrive at what we call morally or ethically good or bad decisions? What processes are involved in making ethical decisions? Is there a way to move towards ethical maturity and how will being ethically mature assist us with any future decisions we might make?Ethical Maturity in the Helping Professions provides a comprehensive overview of the most influential ideas in ethical ... Read more

    $49.99 USD