The Education of the Whole Child (Issues in Education)

Are the needs of children catered for by current educational systems? Is it important to seek out or act upon the opinions of children? This book is an account of a project prompted by such questions. It discusses the implications of the research for educational policy and provision.

Politics & Social Sciences

Sullivan, Danny

Erricker, Jane

Ota, Cathy

Fletcher, Mandy

Sociology

Continuum Intl Pub Group

Erricker,Clive

UNKNO

Packed with valuable strategies for teachers and fun activities for children, this book is a must for any school wishing to make group work a more effective and successful way of learning. Teachers who have become more confident with the approaches developed for this book find that their classes are better behaved, children spend more time on task and they become less dependent on the teacher.  The book shows teachers how to create an inclusive and supportive classroom by developing the social, communicative and group working skills of all pupils. Tried-and-tested, step-by-step approaches encourage both children and their teachers to develop supportive relationships that have been found to facilitate academic performance, positive social behaviour and motivation. Strategies for setting up and running effective group work are a key feature of the book.    

Promoting Effective Group Work in the Primary Classroom: A Handbook for Teachers and Practitioners (Improving Practice (TLRP))

Education & Teaching

Blatchford, Peter

Baines, Ed

Kutnick, Peter

Chowne, with Anne

Berdondini, Lucia

Schools & Teaching

Routledge

How a staff team works together and how effective and cohesive they are impacts significantly on the children that they care for as well as having implications for the general early years practice and the success of the business of the setting. Drawing together theory and practice this book provides comprehensive guidance on recruiting, supervising and leading an early years team in line with the most recent national guidance. Focusing on all aspects of leading and supporting a team, the book aims to inspire managers and increase their confidence. It looks at the day-to-day demands of running a setting and the reflective thinking that is needed to establish a vision for a team. The authors consider the skills needed to lead and support a team and offers practical guidance on: <ul>
<li>recruitment, induction, ongoing staff training and supervision</li> <li>disciplinary processes including handling difficult conversations, refocusing a team after a critical incident</li> <li>staff relationships with parents and other professionals</li> <li>involving the team in problem solving and implementing change</li> <li>engaging with the community</li> <li>how to get support for yourself as a manager</li> </ul>
This book will be invaluable support for both new and experienced managers wanting to establish a cohesive and dynamic staff team and provide outstanding childcare provision.

Leading and Supporting Early Years Teams: A practical guide

Price, Deborah

How a staff team works together and how effective and cohesive they are impacts significantly on the children that they care for as well as having implications for the general early years practice and the success of the business of the setting. Drawing together theory and practice, this book provides comprehensive guidance on assertive communication and offers a range of clear, practical strategies that are easy to implement in the early years setting.
The Assertive Practitioner aims to distinguish between assertive, passive, aggressive and passive aggressive communication so that early years practitioners can gain confidence, become more self-aware, reflect on their own practice and develop their effective communication skills. Divided into three parts: ‘what is assertiveness’, ‘using it’ and ‘developing it’, the authors consider the skills of good communication and assertiveness in the early years setting, offering practical guidance on: <ul>
<li>Recruitment, induction, ongoing staff training and supervision;</li> <li>Disciplinary processes including handling difficult conversations and refocusing a team after a critical incident;</li> <li>Staff relationships with parents and other professionals;</li> <li>Involving the team in problem solving and implementing change;</li> </ul>
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<li>Engaging with the community;</li> <li>How to get support for yourself as a manager.</li> </ul>
Packed full of practical strategies and case studies, this timely new book will be invaluable support for all those wanting to enhance and improve professional practice and relationships in the early years setting.

The Assertive Practitioner: How to improve early years practice through effective communication

Social Sciences

Spiritual Education: Literary, Empirical and Pedagogical Approaches (Spirituality in Education)

Volume III of the Spirituality in Religious Education series bring together textual, empirical and pedagogical approaches to enriching spiritual education as a significant multi-disciplinary and cross-curricular influence in the modern world. The chapters presented have been selected from international contributions presented at the 3rd International Conference on Spiritual Education. The writers include prominent international researchers in the discipline from the UK, the US, Canada, Australia and China. The strengths of the book lie in its international appeal, research-based orientation, and interdisciplinary character. This book furthers the presentation of spiritual education as a distinctive field of academic enquiry in its own right.

Religion & Spirituality

Religious Studies

Liverpool University Press

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