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  • Research with Children and Young People in Physical Education and Youth Sport

    This innovative book presents a new framework for researchers in the field of physical education and youth sport. By examining the complex interplay between values, voice and ethics within the research process, it showcases how the CREATE Principles for Research Design can facilitate meaningful research with/for children and young people.Adopting a design thinking approach – and underpinned by ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Conducting Practitioner Research in Physical Education and Youth Sport

    Reflecting on Practice

    There is now a widespread expectation that teachers and coaches should be reflective practitioners, an expectation written into national standards of education in many countries. This innovative book introduces the methods by which teachers and coaches can conduct research into their own professional practice and therefore become more effective reflective practitioners, improving their students’ ... Read more

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  • Narrative Conceptions of Knowledge

    Towards Understanding Teacher Attrition

    Series Book 23 - Advances in Research on Teaching
    "The book volume shares six narrative accounts, which offer glimpses into the teachers' lives, which are composed with attention to place, temporality, and personal and social dimensions. By inquiring narratively into the experiences of these teachers, the book identifies the complex ways in which the teachers' personal practical knowledge is shaped by their personal knowledge landscapes as well ... Read more

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  • Who Are You, Really?

    The Surprising Puzzle of Personality

    Series series TED Books
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    What makes a great teacher great? Who are the professors students remember long after graduation? This book, the conclusion of a fifteen-year study of nearly one hundred college teachers in a wide variety of fields and universities, offers valuable answers for all educators.The short answer is—it’s not what teachers do, it’s what they understand. Lesson plans and lecture notes matter less than the ... Read more

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  • Make Just One Change

    Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions

    The authors of Make Just One Change argue that formulating one’s own questions is “the single most essential skill for learning”—and one that should be taught to all students.They also argue that it should be taught in the simplest way possible. Drawing on twenty years of experience, the authors present the Question Formulation Technique, a concise and powerful protocol that enables learners to ... Read more

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    How People You Don't Know Can Transform You

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    Series series TED Books
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  • The Future of Teaching

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