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Why Don't Students Like Schoolby Daniel T. Willingham
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2009; US$ 18.95Easy-to-apply, scientifically-based approaches for engaging students in the classroom Cognitive scientist Dan Willingham focuses his acclaimed research on the biological and cognitive basis of learning. His book will help teachers improve their practice by explaining how they and their students think and learn. It reveals-the importance of story, emotion, memory, context, and routine in building knowledge and creating lasting learning experiences. Nine, easy-to-understand principles with clear applications for the classroom Includes surprising findings, such as that intelligence is malleable, and that you cannot develop "thinking skills" without facts How an understanding of the brain's workings can help teachers hone their teaching skills... more...
Functional Behavioral Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatmentby Ennio Cipani
Springer Publishing Company 2007; US$ 62.00Professionals who work in mental health and educational settings are frequently faced with clients (children, adolescents, adults) who engage in serious problem behaviors. Such behaviors often impact the client's welfare and ability to live, work, and be educated in mainstream environments. Children and adolescents who manifest these behaviors are particularly vulnerable to these disruptions, which can have a far-reaching impact on their development and future prospects. This practical book, written both for clinician/educators and high-level students, creates a function-based behavioral diagnostic classification system, the first of its kind, as well as treatment protocols that fit such a diagnostic system. Heavily "practitioner-oriented,"... more...
Working Memory and Learningby Susan E Gathercole; Tracy Packiam Alloway
Sage Publications Ltd. 2008; US$ 30.95Dr Tracy Alloway has been awarded the prestigious Joseph Lister Award from the British Science Association. 'The authors have written a guide for practitioners that is both highly practical, and yet based upon sound theoretical principles .This book achieves a successful, yet often elusive, link between theory, research and practice, and deserves to have a high readership. I will have no hesitation in recommending it to a range of readers' - Jane Mott, Support for Learning. 'This book fulfils its aim to explain working memory and the limits it places on children's classroom learning. For teachers it gives a very clear guide and fills a gap in understanding that can only lead to more child-centred approaches to teaching and learning'... more...
Emotional Growth and Learningby Paul Greenhalgh
RoutledgeFalmer 1994; US$ 66.95A timely contribution to the debate, this book clarifies the processes involved in social interactions and relationships whilst serving as a practical and theoretical resource for teachers and other professionals. more...
Psychology & Adult Learning: 2nd editionby Mark Tennant
Routledge 1997; US$ 51.95This book examines the role of psychology in informing adult education practice. The approach is to examine the seminal traditions of some key psychological theories and the issues and problems in applying them. more...
Child's Mindby John White
RoutledgeFalmer 2002; US$ 37.95A fascinating introduction to the young learner's mind for teachers, parents, and students in philosophy of education. more...
Ethics and Law for School Psychologistsby Susan Jacob; Timothy S. Hartshorne
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 100.00"By integrating the fields of psychology and special education . . . [t]his book provides a valuable reference for graduate faculty members and students as well as practitioners." -Linda K. Knauss, PhD, Assistant Professor and Director of Internship Training Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology, Widener University "A must-read for any comprehensive school psychology law and ethics course. I could not imagine teaching the course without the support of this book." -Kara E. McGoey, PhD, Assistant Professor School Psychology Program, Kent State University This completely updated edition of the leading ethics and law guide for students, as well as practicing school psychologists, provides authoritative, timely information on professional... more...
Critical Readings on Piagetby Leslie Smith
Routledge 1996; US$ 235.00This new collection of distinctive studies tracks developments in the most recent published work during the period 1990-95, with an integral guide and editorial commentary by Leslie Smith. A useful and compact text for students and researchers. more...
Reading for Real Handbookby Colin Harrison; Martin Coles
RoutledgeFalmer 2001; US$ 55.95This best-selling literacy title has been updated to take into account the National Literacy Strategy and the Introduction of the Literacy Hour. more...
The Reading for Real Handbook, Second Editionby Colin Harrison; Martin Coles
RoutledgeFalmer 2002; US$ 26.95The Reading for Real Handbook was very well received by both teachers and literacy specialists when it was published in 1992. Since its first publication there have been significant changes in the field of 'reading', not least of which has been governmental demands for higher standards in reading and the resultant National Literacy Strategy (NLS). more...









