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A practical guide designed for all practitioners who work with children and their families which aims to provide concise, up-to-date information on children's problems.

A practical guide designed for all practitioners who work with children and their families which aims to provide concise, up-to-date informationon children's problems.

Charts the recent shifts in Australian education, focusing on their implications for teachers. Incorporating a range of new research, this book also examines contemporary issues facing educators, including: the multicultural classroom; pressures faced by the new teacher; and how to make their induction easier.

Informs educational leaders about the developments in the use of digital technologies and presents a number of case studies demonstrating their value and complexity. This title encourages leaders to engage in the process of successful change for their own school community by providing guidelines and advice drawn from research.

A guide for teachers who want to improve relationships with the parents of their students. It addresses a range of issues that affect children's functioning and achievement. It presents solution-based approaches to collaboration which draw on the inherent strengths that individuals have, no matter how bleak their personal situation.

Engagement Matters provides a step-by-step, practical guide for teachers, emphasising student engagement, empowerment and achievement, and importantly, personalised learning. The transition from Grade 2 into the middle and upper primary years is made seamless through the provision of tips, activities and explanatory theory.

Draws on international research about learning difficulties to present a picture of the issues involved. This title focuses on early identification, so that intervention can prevent or minimise the negative outcomes of persistent failure and explains how teachers can address problems effectively.

An Academic Life assists in the process of orienting new academics to the nature of academic life, particularly greater accountability in all aspects of academic life, growth in the numbers of academic staff, and increasing demands and expectations from the growing student population.

A set of 40 illustrated advice sheets that offer parents practical solutions to the problems they deal with in raising children aged 10- 18 years of age. Full of humour and insight, psychologists, counsellors and parent educators will also find these sheets indispensable.

This book is written for early childhood educators, teachers, carers and parents of young children. Its goal is to answer frequently asked questions about teaching maths and providing simple, easy-to-follow guidelines on introducing and building on mathematical concepts in young children from birth to five.

Explores current research into brain development in adolescence and the changes in the brain as humans move into adulthood. This book seeks to use neuroscience to help parents, teachers and adults better understand the changes that occur in the brain during the transition from childhood to adulthood.

Provides an overview of early childhood development from birth to age eight. In addition to developmental guidelines, it offers ideas about suitable activities and toys for children as they grow. Tips and advice on issues to do with behaviour, emotions, temperament, toilet training, new siblings, sexual development and starting school are all provided.

Explores the ways in which children and young people's participation in society operates as a good in itself. It also explores the ways in which social participation and change making by children and young people have positive outcomes for other domains that are central to their wellbeing as well as to the wider social good.

Provides information, examples and practical strategies for classroom teachers wishing to explore and implement the Developmental Curriculum (play and project based curriculum) into the learning environment.

This book explains the different theories of teaching and learning, together with their underlying principles and methods. It defines the role of a teacher in the learning process and looks at the latest research on what contributes to effective practice.

If this book provided a set of rules to be learned and applied, writing a thesis might seem pleasingly easy. But because writing a thesis is seldom easy, the book instead offers a more complex mapping of the process. The purpose is to raise awareness of, and provide grist for reflection on, the critical choices research and thesis writing involves.

In ancient times, people studied the night sky to predict the seasons. Today, technology has given us greater power than ever to study the cosmos and tackle such questions as How big is the universe? and Are we alone?. Exploring Space takes a fascinating look at how we continue to discover more about our solar system, galaxy and universe.

Every day, billions of people communicate though a variety of mass media. Television, the Internet, mobile phones and newspapers are just some examples of technologies that people use to talk to each other, exchange information, entertain themselves and make transactions.

Explores the motion of how ideas of number have grown throughout history. Illustrates some of the real problems and subtleties of number, including calculation, measuring, counting, and using machines.

Looks at some of resouces found in the Earth's crust and explores how these treasures are found.

The Action Literacy and Numeracy series focuses on teaching the basics of literacy and numeracy across the curriculum in middle and upper primary schools.

The Action Literacy and Numeracy series focuses on teaching the basics of literacy and numeracy across the curriculum in middle and upper primary schools.

Looks at all the things that go towards making us happy and healthy and examines personal behaviour and how to make healthy, safe choices.