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Looks ar different types of public land and how they are used and cared for.

Provides an introduction to some of the tricks of the trade of advertisng and how advertisements are made.

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

Follow the Karvan as they go about their Saturday activities and see how this family is connected to the world.

Looks at different groups that make up the community and how they contribute to community life.

Aims to increase the creativity of therapists who are working with children and need to involve the cooperation of parents. This book also aims to enable therapists to help parents be more creative in their own approach, to help their children overcome emotional and behavioural difficulties.

Teachers who are searching for ways to extend student's language skills will find this material valuable. Will also fit into other areas of the curriculum such as studies in society and the environment.

A practical guide designed for all practitioners who work with children and their families, with the aim of providing concise, up-to date information on children's problems.

This title provides ways of working with teenagers to help them regain confidence and feel positive about their future and to make their therapeutic journey a stimulating yet emotionally stabilising time.

Offers an overview of a wide range of disabilities that have an impact on students' learning and development. This book contains topics including: intellectual disability, autism, Asperger syndrome, other pervasive developmental disorders, language disorders, physical and health impairments, and vision and hearing impairments.

Outlines how Guided Inquiry, as an instructional framework in 21st century schools, can be developed and implemented to enable students to learn meaningfully from diverse and complex information sources.

Discusses how we develop effective learning spaces with an emphasis on understanding the needs of the major stakeholders of these spaces students. In this book, designing learning spaces and, in particular, designing school libraries as learning spaces, is presented as an approach to understanding learning needs.

Combines the consonants, vowels, colour coding and demonstrative images of the Cued Articulation system under one cover. The Cued Articulation system has, over the last three decades, proved an invaluable teaching tool.

An in-depth, research-based examination of The Method of Shared Concern, which describes the multi-stage process in which suspected bullies and their victims are individually interviewed, and eventually brought together in an effort to reach resolution. It demonstrates how the method can be applied in any school environment.

Examines teachers' use of the major instructional technologies from the days of silent film, radio and slide shows through to the modern interactive whiteboard and the Web. This book explores the reasons why so few teachers have used these technologies and why the most commonly used classroom tools are the pen, paper and teaching board.

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.

Contains five case studies of successful schools in the US and examines the reasons for their success. This title examines how these schools achieved transformation and success by developing and building strength in four kinds of capital: intellectual, social, financial and spiritual - and aligning them to their mission through governance.

Contains seven case studies of successful schools in Australia and examines the reasons for their success. This title also examine how these schools achieved transformation and success by developing and building strength in four kinds of capital: intellectual, social financial and spiritual - and aligning them to their mission through governance.

Contains five case studies of successful schools in Finland and examines the reasons for their success. This title also examines how these schools achieved transformation and success by developing and building strength in four kinds of capital: intellectual, social, financial and spiritual - and aligning them to their mission through governance.

Allows teachers to apply a planned approach to issues in an informed, positive and effective manner for body sensitive young people.

This comprehensive collection of essays is designed to assist doctoral supervisors through candidate selection to thesis examination post- doctoral life. It includes chapters on supervision-candidature agreements, ways to build effective supervision relationships, helping candidates write and think, and more.

Using up-to-date studies, Bullying in Schools helps us to understand the nature of bullying and why it so often takes place in schools. Importantly, it examines and evaluates what schools can do to promote more positive peer relationships within the school community and take effective and sustainable action to deal with problems that may arise.

Becoming a grandparent is something that most people look forward to. There is the joy of the birth and anticipation of the fun the grandparents will have with the new grandchild, without the responsibility that being a parent involves.