The 500 Tips series offers sound practical advice in a tried and tested format. Each book has a wealth of practical tips to assist both those new to teaching in higher education and experienced lecturers who want to hone their professional skills. Each book groups the tips into logical sections designed to build confidence in a particular area of teaching. These sections will be enhanced in the new editions and brought to life by the new addition of real-life mini-case studies, which will clearly show readers how the techniques can be applied to great effect in a variety of educational settings. A detailed bibliography will lead readers to further reading should they want to delve deeper into particular areas of teaching or learning. Written by some of the best-known experts in the field of staff development the books offer instant ways to add professionalism and impact to readers' higher education teaching skills. Not tied to any particular teaching system, the advice is as applicable in Ohio State as it is in Oxford, Singapore or Johannesburg.
By Paul Buhle
December 05, 2016
This collection brings together the labor and cultural studies of the author over the past 20 years, during which time the fields of social history, women's history, ethnic studies, public history, and oral history have all been transformed. The essays, some rewritten or newly available and the ...
By Stuart Kellogg
December 05, 2016
An important contribution to the rapidly growing field of gay literary criticism and scholarship, this volume contains well-written and intelligently argued essays on the the homosexual tradition in Western literature. The first book of its kind, Essays on Gay Literature investigates the ways in ...
By Susan M. Doll
December 05, 2016
Although the importance of Elvis Presley's Southern heritage has long been recognized, few have considered the complex connection between the performer's career and his Southern roots. This study investigates how that identity affected each stage of Presley's career. Elvis Presley's career can be ...
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By Tehran J. Davis, Pedro Passos, Matt Dicks, Julie A. Weast-Knapp
May 11, 2016
Since 1991, the edited book series Studies in Perception and Action has appeared in conjunction with the biennial International Conference of Perception and Action (ICPA). ICPA provides a forum for researchers and academics who share a common interest in ecological psychology to come together, ...
By Phil Race, Wharton, Sue
February 01, 1999
There has been a growth in the number of teachers involved in teaching English as a foreign or second language. This handbook contains practical suggestions for EFL teachers, and aims to lead to ideas which can be tried out at once. Lists of useful resources and pro-formas are included....
By Wim van Binsbergen
May 06, 2016
First published in 1992. This is a book about ethnicity among the Nkoya people in central western Zambia, and about the historical background out of which that ethnicity is made. It studies in detail the fascinating ways in which ethnicity both creates, and feeds upon, ethno-history. At the same ...
By Brown, Sally (Head of Quality Enhancement, University of Northumbria, Newcastle), Harwood, Sally, Vahid, Betty
September 01, 1998
This text provides practical advice and support for people involved in working with children with Special Educational Needs (SEN). It takes a broad-based approach, aiming to combine pragmatic advice with theoretical underpinning, to provide SEN and classroom teachers with insight into support....
By David G. Bolgiano, L. Morgan Banks, III, James M. Patterson
August 08, 2015
"It pulls no punches, shuns no controversial topic, and glosses over no issues or problems that beset America’s law enforcement community in our day. For those who may be prone to suspect the motives of these self-confessed lovers of cops and warriors, the title of this book…should be sufficient to...
By Diana Jackson-Dwyer, Craig Roberts
July 10, 2015
Written by two experienced psychology teachers and examiners, this textbook provides thorough coverage of both the AQA and OCR GCSE Psychology specifications. The user-friendly layout clearly identifies which sections are pertinent to each specification. The book is produced in attractive full ...
By Anderson, David, Brown, Sally (, Race, Phil
January 01, 1998
Following changes in education over the years, lecturers are under increased pressure with heavier workloads and more complex assessment duties. This practical manual seeks to provide ideas on all aspects from coping with heavier workloads to working with support staff, and has a "dip-into" format....
By Renée Dickinson
August 21, 2012
This study considers the work of two experimental British women modernists writing in the tumultuous interwar period--Virginia Woolf and Olive Moore--by examining four crucial incarnations of female embodiment and subjectivity: female bodies, geographical imagery, national ideology and textual...
By Jan Foale, Linda Pagett
September 25, 2008
Creative Approaches to Poetry for the Primary Framework for Literacy supports teachers in planning, teaching and, most importantly, enjoying poetry with their pupils. With an emphasis on creative, cross curricular approaches the authors explore tried and tested methods of teaching poetry in an ...