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  • The West Indian Language Issue in British Schools (1979)

    Challenges and Responses

    by Viv Edwards ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1979.The performance of West Indian children in British schools has been the subject of enquiries by both a parliamentary select committee and the Department of Education. It is widely believed that an important factor in the relative failure of West Indian children is the language they use, West Indian Creole, and while teachers and others who work with them are aware that ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • At Home in School (1988)

    Parent Participation in Primary Education

    by Viv Edwards, Angela Redfern ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 1988, this book discusses the gradual move from the separation of home and school to an increasing acceptance of the central role of parents as partners in their children's education. The book looks at the progress made towards real partnership with parents. An eminently practical account of the advantages of working with parents and the ways in which this can be achieved, ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • English 7 - 14 (1991)

    Every Child's Entitlement

    Edited by Viv Edwards, Jagiro Goodwin, Angela Wellings ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 1991. The central aim of this book is to make English in the National Curriculum accessible and relevant to all pupils. In attempting to meet this aim, the authors set out to bring together a theoretical basis for the main English profile components and practical suggestions for good practice for all schools.In the first section oracy, reading and writing are examined and ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Learning to be Literate

    Multilingual Perspectives

    by Prof. Viv Edwards ...
    Series Book 3 - MM Textbooks
    This textbook brings together research on literacy and multilingualism from a variety of settings: the learning of English in migrant destinations, immersion and bilingual education, and the maintenance of heritage languages. Designed to be accessible to students from a wide range of disciplines, the book explores multilingualism as a global phenomenon at both the individual and societal level, ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Learning to be Literate

    by Viv EDWARDS ...
    This textbook brings together research on literacy and multilingualism from a variety of settings: the learning of English in migrant destinations, immersion and bilingual education, and the maintenance of heritage languages. Designed to be accessible to students from a wide range of disciplines, the book explores multilingualism as a global phenomenon at both the individual and societal level, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    A Study of Professional Identity in Art and Education

    by Alan Thornton ...
    Artist, Researcher, Teacher explores the relationship of three professional identities that often intersect in the lives of art practitioners, educators, and students.Challenging conventional wisdom about specialization and professional identity, Alan Thornton shows that many individuals have complex, varied, and evolving relationships with visual art—relationships that do not fit into any single ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • Critical Language Awareness

    by Norman Fairclough ...
    Series series Real Language Series
    The proliferation of language awareness has now led to a need for a reassessment of the nature and functions of language awareness. This accessible collection of essays addresses that need in developing a more rigorous and critical theoretical underpinning for what language awareness is and should do. In particular, it argues that there needs to be a greater awareness of the social and political ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Language Myths

    by Laurie Bauer ...
    A unique collection of original essays by 21 of the world's leading linguists. The topics discussed focus on some of the most popular myths about language: The Media Are Ruining English; Children Can't Speak or Write Properly Anymore; America is Ruining the English Language. The tone is lively and entertaining throughout and there are cartoons from Doonesbury andThe Wizard of Id to illustrate some ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • The Wife Drought

    by Annabel Crabb ...
    'I need a wife'It’s a common joke among women juggling work and family. But it’s not actually a joke. Having a spouse who takes care of things at home is a Godsend on the domestic front. It’s a potent economic asset on the work front. And it’s an advantage enjoyed – even in our modern society – by vastly more men than women.Working women are in an advanced, sustained, and chronically under ... Read more

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  • Attitudes to Language

    by Peter Garrett ...
    Series series Key Topics in Sociolinguistics
    Just about everyone seems to have views about language. Language attitudes and language ideologies permeate our daily lives. Our competence, intelligence, friendliness, trustworthiness, social status, group memberships, and so on, are often judged from the way we communicate. Even the speed at which we speak can evoke reactions. And we often try to anticipate such judgements as we communicate. In ... Read more

    $56.59 USD

  • Action Research

    All You Need to Know

    by Jean McNiff ...
    This book gives you all you need to know about action research, why you need to know it and how it can help you become a self-reflective practitioner-researcher. It provides the ideas and frameworks to understand action research, combined with a practical workbook to guide you through the practicalities and complexities of doing action research in your own context.Inside you will find:An action ... Read more

    $69.29 USD

  • Free Schools

    by David Gillespie ...
    The bestselling author of Sweet Poison shows us how to get the better of an education system that is costing a fortune in fees, yet failing to deliver.David Gillespie has six kids. When it came time to select high schools, he thought it worth doing some investigation to assess the level of advantage his kids would enjoy if he spent the required $1.3 million to send them all to private schools ... Read more

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