Education : Adult & Continuing Education

This book contains over 500 practical suggestions designed to help tutors establish active learning amongst their students. Divided into useful sections the tips cover the gamut of teaching and learning situations and comprise a 'start anywhere', dip-in resource suitable for both the newcomer and the old hand. Intended mainly for the university or college lecturer involved in learner-centred learning, the book offers fresh ideas and food for thought on six broad areas of the job: * Getting your students going * Starting off, and working together * The programme itself - lectures, assignments and feedback * Helping students to learn from resources * Assessment: demonstrating evidence of achievement * Skills for career and life in general This lively and stimulating book will prove valuable to lecturers, tutors, teachers, trainers and staff developers. more...

Price: $28.49

Rita Cheminais has once again written a practical resource to help educational settings deliver positive outcomes for all pupils..Settings should consider that working towards the achievement of these standards will complement their existing process of evaluation, review and development' - Special. 'This book focuses on practical approaches to achieving Every Child Matters Standards in a wide range of educational settings..[It] is likely to be particularly useful to educational management teams in schools and related settings, especially where they are embarking on the process of applying the standards or evaluating their efforts in achieving them' - Early Years Update. `This very practical book is a must for anyone working towards achieving the Every Child Matters Standards. Local authorities, schools, early years settings, children's centres and post 16 providers will find this book invaluable in supporting their goal to meeting the standards. It is easy to use and contains all the information needed at each step of the process. All the forms described in the book are included in the appendix which will build up an extensive evidence base to support the self evaluation process' - Lorraine Petersen, CEO of NASEN. In this book Rita Cheminais shows you how your setting can achieve the Every Child Matters (ECM) Standards. Paying attention to the practical details, she provides advice and guidance on: -applying the ECM standards to mainstream primary and secondary schools, special schools, Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) and Children's Centres; -undertaking the ECM Standards audit; -monitoring and evaluating progress; -building a portfolio of evidence; -the assessment process. The evidence gathered towards meeting the ECM Standards can be fed into and inform the OFSTED school self-evaluation form (SEF). The author has also included: -full evidence descriptors for each of the 12 ECM Standards in table format, aligned with the relevant ECM outcomes; - more...

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This book examines the entire higher education industry and includes the rapidly growing for-profit schools. more...

Price: $24.00

An invaluable dip-in aid for hard-pressed lecturers and teachers in further and higher education. It should be read, enjoyed and seriously considered by all those concerned about the quality and appropriateness of their assessment methods. more...

Price: $42.95

Part of the well-known Staff and Educational Development Series, this practice oriented book brings together leading research and evaluation approaches and supporting case studies from leading educational researchers and innovative teachers more...

Price: $58.95