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  • Outdoor Learning Across the Curriculum

    Theory and Guidelines for Practice

    by Simon Beames, Peter Higgins, Robbie Nicol, Heidi Smith ...
    Following the acclaim for Learning Outside the Classroom in 2012, this latest book more deeply explains how well constructed outdoor learning experiences can benefit children and young people’s academic development and health and wellbeing.Outdoor Learning Across the Curriculum outlines the theory and practice to enable preservice and experienced primary and secondary school teachers to ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Adventure and Society

    by Simon Beames, Chris Mackie, Matthew Atencio ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This undergraduate textbook provides a broad overview of the ways in which ‘adventurous practices’ influence, and are influenced by, the world around them. The concept of adventure is one that is too often tackled within subject silos of philosophy, education, tourism, or leisure. While much of the analysis is strong, there is little cross-pollination between disciplines. Adventure & Society pulls ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Outdoor Adventure and Social Theory

    Edited by Elizabeth C.J. Pike, Simon Beames ...
    Adventure and outdoor sports - from rock climbing to freestyle kayaking – are a modern social phenomenon that can tell us much about the relationship between sport, culture and contemporary society. In this engaging new introductory text, adventure sports are used to illustrate key concepts in social theory and to demonstrate why an understanding of social theory is essential for any student ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Adventurous Learning

    A Pedagogy for a Changing World

    by Simon Beames, Mike Brown ...
    Adventurous Learning interrogates the word ‘adventure’ and explores how elements of authenticity, agency, uncertainty and mastery can be incorporated into educational practices. It outlines key elements for a pedagogy of adventurous learning and provides guidelines grounded in accessible theory. Teachers of all kinds can adapt these guidelines for indoor and outdoor teaching in their own ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Learning Outside the Classroom

    Theory and Guidelines for Practice

    by Simon Beames, Robbie Nicol, Peter Higgins ...
    Learning Outside the Classroom outlines theory and practice that will enable and encourage teachers to systematically and progressively incorporate meaningful outdoor learning opportunities into their daily teaching activities in a wide variety of environments and with diverse populations of pupils. This is the first textbook based around the curriculum for prospective and practising primary and ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

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  • Making Schools Different

    Alternative Approaches to Educating Young People

    Edited by Kitty te Riele ...
    With a foreword by Professor Stephen BallWhat can we do with students who don′t succeed in the typical classroom, and what are the alternatives to full-time schooling?With contributions from leading academics from Canada, America, the UK, The Netherlands and Australia, this internationally-minded book helps the reader to reflect on the ways young people are taught, and presents possible ... Read more

    $79.19 USD

  • Psychology for a Better World

    Working with People to Save the Planet. Revised and Updated Edition.

    by Niki Harré ...
    Can you save the planet and have some fun along the way? Aimed at the teacher who updates students on the latest climate change negotiations, the conservationist who works to protect endangered species, the office manager who buys fair-trade coffee, or the city counselor who lobbies for cycle lanes, this book is a guide for everyone who is trying to create a more sustainable planet. Based on the ... Read more

    $23.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Teachers' Work in a Globalizing Economy

    by Alistair Dow, Robert Hattam, Alan Reid, Geoffrey Shacklock, John Smyth ...
    Extended critical case studies provide a tangible working expression of the labour process of teaching, showing how teachers are simultaneously experiencing significant changes to their work, as well as responding in ways that actively shape these processes. For teachers and researchers, this book shows what processes are at work in the global economy which impact on, and sometimes control, the ... Read more

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  • Popular Education Practice for Youth and Community Development Work

    by Rod Purcell, David Beck ...
    Series series Empowering Youth and Community Work PracticeýLM Series
    Drawing on the legacy of Paulo Freire and the insights of Antonio Gramsci, this book provides new ways of working with communities which put people at the heart of the development agenda. In addition, it offers a strong theoretical basis for action and an insight into the practical application of popular education methods and is based upon strong traditions of practice experience from both the ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Promoting Equity in Schools

    Collaboration, Inquiry and Ethical Leadership

    by Jess Harris, Suzanne Carrington, Mel Ainscow ...
    Around the world, countries are searching for ways of making their schools more effective for all children and young people. This book offers a new way of thinking about how to address this challenge. It sees improvement as requiring a collective effort that involves contributions from all members of a school community. Crucial to this is the idea of ethical leadership.Promoting Equity in Schools ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • The Routledge Handbook of Placemaking

    Edited by Cara Courage, Tom Borrup, Maria Rosario Jackson, Kylie Legge, Anita Mckeown, Louise Platt, Jason Schupbach ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    This Handbook is the first to explore the emergent field of ‘placemaking’ in terms of the recent research, teaching and learning, and practice agenda for the next few years. Offering valuable theoretical and practical insights from the leading scholars and practitioners in the field, it provides cutting-edge interdisciplinary research on the placemaking sector.Placemaking has seen a paradigmatic ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Youth Sociology

    by Alan France, Julia Coffey, Steven Roberts, Catherine Waite ...
    Falling somewhere between childhood and adulthood, 'Youth' is a key period of transition. It can be difficult to define and make sense of this period in one's life.However it is categorised, young people face a number of challenges and issues growing up in today's world. From the pressures created by social media to the increasing precarity of employment, the major social, cultural and economic ... Read more

    $38.99 USD