Continuing Professional Development Books

New and Published Books

1. Improving Your Reflective Practice through Stories of Practitioner Research

   Edited by Cath Arnold

   Series: Pen Green Books for Early Years Educators

   Improving Your Reflective Practice through Stories of Practitioner Research shows how research has informed and created effective and valuable reflective practice in early years education, and offers depth to the arguments for a research-orientated stance to this vital field of study. This...

   Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
2. Developing Advanced Primary Teaching Skills

   By Denis Hayes

   Do you believe that continuous improvement in teaching is essential? Do you wish to enhance your understanding of how children learn? Are you eager to become a well-informed professional? From the author of the hugely respected Foundations of Primary Teaching, this advanced textbook explores the...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
3. Becoming a Primary Mathematics Specialist Teacher

   By Gina Donaldson, Jenny Field, Dave Harries, Clare Tope, Helen Taylor

   What is the role of the mathematics specialist? What is deep subject knowledge in mathematics? What sort of pedagogical knowledge does a mathematics specialist need? How can you best support your colleagues to improve mathematics teaching and learning? Becoming a Primary Mathematics Specialist...

   Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Politics of Teacher Professional Development

   Policy, Research and Practice

   By Ian Hardy

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   The Politics of Teacher Professional Development: Policy, Research and Practice provides innovative insights into teachers’ continuing development and learning in contemporary western contexts. Rather than providing a list of "how-tos" and "must dos," this volume is premised on the understanding...

   Published May 8th 2012 by Routledge
5. The Teacher's Reflective Practice Handbook

   Becoming an Extended Professional through Capturing Evidence-Informed Practice

   By Paula Zwozdiak-Myers

   What do we mean by reflective practice? What does it involve? How can it help you develop as a teacher? The Teacher’s Reflective Practice Handbook is an essential source of advice, guidance and ideas for both student and practising teachers. Helping you to translate pedagogical knowledge into...

   Published May 3rd 2012 by Routledge
6. New Perspectives in Special Education

   Contemporary philosophical debates

   By Michael Farrell

   This book should be read by everyone who wants to understand special education today. New Perspectives in Special Education opens the door to the fascinating and vitally important world of theory that informs contemporary special education. It examines theoretical and philosophical...

   Published May 2nd 2012 by Routledge
7. Peer-Group Mentoring for Teacher Development

   Edited by Hannu L. T. Heikkinen, Hannu Jokinen, Päivi Tynjälä

   Supporting new teachers is a common challenge globally and the European Commission has recently emphasised the need to promote a lifelong continuum of teachers’ professional development by building bridges between pre-service and in-service teacher education. Peer-Group Mentoring for Teacher...

   Published April 22nd 2012 by Routledge
8. Trade Unions and Workplace Training

   Issues and International Perspectives

   Edited by Richard Cooney, Mark Stuart

   Series: Routledge Research in Employment Relations

   Trade Unions and Workplace Training examines the changing role of trade unions in the provision of vocational education, workplace training and skill development. It reflects upon: the role that unions have played in the reform of vocational education and training systems; the nature of union...

   Published April 17th 2012 by Routledge
9. Teaching Contemporary Themes in Secondary Education: Technology, Culture and Communication

   By Jonathan Savage, Clive McGoun

   Series: Teaching contemporary themes in secondary education

   The media has a huge impact on how we view society and the world, and new technologies continue to transform the way in which we work and learn. It is therefore essential that young people can engage critically in their consumption of media and the internet and are able to make informed decisions...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
10. Understanding Undergraduates

    Challenging our preconceptions of student success

    By Celia Popovic, David A. Green

    Series: SEDA Series

    Most university teachers have ideas about the typical good or not-so-good student in their classes, but rarely do they share these thoughts with others. By keeping quiet about the preconceptions – or stereotypes – they harbour, teachers put themselves at risk of missing key evidence to help them...

    Published March 20th 2012 by Routledge