This practical methods book provides future middle and high school English teachers with the direction they'll need to choose adolescent literature and to develop ideas for teaching it. Using a highly effective conversational tone, the book provides the latest information about young adult literatur[...]
Participation has become a rallying cry for those committed to respecting children and young people as social actors in their own right, as a part of communities and societies. Yet children and young people's participation has faced considerable challenges in realizing the rhetoric, with concerns be[...]
Kay Young knows more than anyone else I know about wild plants and their uses...If you are interested in wild plants, the Plains, and good eating, you will want a copy of Wild Seasons in your library."--Roger Welsch, Roger, Over and Out For nature lovers as well as cooks, there's plenty to whet the [...]
Covers various stages of the process of doing a research project, from research design and data collection, through to analysis and writing up. This book contains chapters, which include activities, discussion questions, tips and extended case studies to help readers to engage with the material and [...]
Focuses on the introduction and development of oral language skills and the particular needs of young 'additional English language learners' settling into a new environment. This book provides an introduction to the Foundation Stage curriculum and the ways in which links can be made with English as [...]
Social inclusion and participation have become policy mantras in the UK and Europe. As these concepts are being translated into policies and practice, it is a critical time to examine - and challenge - their interpretation, implementation and impacts. This book asks how far and in what way social in[...]
The 1972 Munich Olympics-remembered almost exclusively for the devastating terrorist attack on the Israeli team-were intended to showcase the New Germany and replace lingering memories of the Third Reich. That hope was all but obliterated in the early hours of September 5, when gun-wielding Palestin[...]
The 1972 Munich Olympics - remembered almost exclusively for the devastating terrorist attack on the Israeli team - were intended to showcase the New Germany and replace lingering memories of the Third Reich. That hope was all but obliterated in the early hours of September 5, when gun-wielding Pale[...]