by Peter Scott (Editor) Hardcover: 224 pages ISBN-13: 978-0750709781 Was: TT$695.00 Specially commissioned contributions edited by some of the most respected academics currently working in the field of higher education, drawing the situation as it is now and looking forward to the developments of the coming years. It asks questions such as will 'Dearing' prove to be little more than a stop-gap? What will be the balance of power between education...

by Carol Gestwicki  (Author) Paperback: 668 pages ISBN-13: 978-1418029746 Was: TT$795.00 Home, School, and Community Relations, is a comprehensive textbook designed to meet the needs of students and teachers of children of all ages who are trying to create effective partnerships with families. It provides an overview of modern families and their complex roles to sensitize teachers to the diversity and needs of families they will encounter...

by M. D. Roblyer     (Author) Paperback: 480 pages ISBN-13: 978-0131195721 Was: TT$695.00     For courses in Computers in Education and Educational Technology. Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching, 4th edition, by M.D. Roblyer, provides hands-on practice with technology tools to illustrate how to integrate technology into the curriculum to support and shape learning.  The author’s five-part...

    by Anouschka Bergmann (Editor) Paperback: 700 pages ISBN-13: 978-0814251638 Was: TT$375.00     This course book is designed to give valuable information to students in Linguistics courses. It highlights many of the basic concepts such as phonology, syntax, word order typology, grammatical structure, etc.

by John R. Anderson  (Author) Hardcover: 487 pages ISBN-13: 978-0471249252 Was: TT$545.00   From one of the leading researchers in the field of human memory comes the new edition of a truly integrative perspective on learning and memory! Rather than forge a simple synthesis, Anderson integrates learning research on animals and memory research on humans without distorting the character of either one. The result is a more complete picture...

by Jean M. Shaw     (Author) Paperback: 273 pages ISBN-13: 978-0024097644 Was: TT$595.00 Appropriate for undergraduate and graduate courses in teaching mathematics in the primary grades or in early childhood. Intended for pre-service and in-service teachers, this book discusses how mathematics should be taught to children ages three to eight. Based on ideas from effective practice, the book supports the importance of quality early...

by Charles M. Dorn  (Author) Hardcover: 296 pages ISBN-13: 978-0805830781 Was: TT$850.00 This book is for the reader who believes that thinking about and making art is intelligent behavior and that art as a subject in the K-12 school curriculum should not be used as an alibi for other curricular objectives. It examines and makes explicit those cognitive behaviors normally associated with most higher order thinking and problem solving activity...

by Debra Ahola (Author) Paperback: 336 pages ISBN-13: 978-1418015367 Was: TT$375.00 Observing and Understanding Child Development: A Child Study Manual is a text with the benefits of a resource and workbook, designed to help students and practitioners learn to gather and interpret data to gain insight into child development. The reader is first introduced to the importance and techniques of observation, being taught why, how, and when to observe...

by Kathleen A. Roskos (Author) Paperback: 108 pages ISBN-13: 978-0872075498 Was: TT$125.00 Oral language is the foundation of learning to read and write. In the preschool years, development of oral language skills—including both speaking and listening skills—is crucial to children’s future reading achievement and school success. This book, part of the Preschool Literacy Collection, provides preschool educators and...

by Nancy K. Freeman  (Author) Paperback: 504 pages ISBN-13: 978-0132656924 Was: TT$1,075.00 For courses covering Administration in Early Childhood Education. A practical guide to becoming a successful administrator of effective programs for Early Care and Education. Here’s the practical, hands-on information current and future educators need in order to become successful administrators of childcare centers and child development...

by Cathie Robertson (Author) Paperback: 672 pages ISBN-13: 978-1305088900 Was: TT$545.00 SAFETY, NUTRITION, AND HEALTH IN EARLY EDUCATION, uses theory, practical applications, and resources to prepare readers for a career in working with children from birth to age eight in multicultural and socioeconomically diverse early childhood settings. This book emphasizes healthy development, including environmental health and safety, active...

by Joseph M. Peters  (Author) Paperback ISBN-13: 978-1292041346 Was: TT$650.00 Substantially rewritten to focus on inquiry teaching and learning as espoused in the National Science Education Standards, the new edition of Science in Elementary Education: Methods, Concepts, and Inquiries will prepare pre-service teachers to plan, facilitate, adapt, and assess inquiry experiences consistent with today’s science classroom. ...

by Jeremy Tanner  Hardcover: 288 pages ISBN-13: 978-0415308847 Was: TT$1,565.00 Introducing the fundamental theories and debates in the sociology of art, this broad ranging book, the only edited reader of the sociology of art available, uses extracts from the core foundational and most influential contemporary writers in the field. As such it is essential reading both for students of the sociology of art, and of art history. Divided into five sections,...

by Betty D. Roe  (Author) Hardcover: 605 pages ISBN-13: 978-0618349005 Was: TT$1,450.00 This market-leading text sets the standard for reading instruction and provides preservice teachers with extensive coverage of strategies, examples, and study devices. The book balances new approaches to reading--such as language arts integration and emergent literacy/literacy as a continuum with the more traditional foundations of strong skills...

by Stephen Kucer (Author) Hardcover: 424 pages ISBN-13: 978-0805850208 Was: TT$425.00 Teaching the Dimensions of Literacy provides the conceptual knowledge to support teachers' instructional decisions in the reading/literacy classroom and features a multitude of instructional strategy lessons for classroom use with both monolingual and bilingual students. Its premise is that literacy comprises four dimensions--linguistic,...

by Tom Roeper (Author) Hardcover: 372 pages ISBN-13: 978-0262182522 Was: TT$260.00 Every sentence we hear is instantly analyzed by an inner grammar; just as a prism refracts a beam of light, grammar divides a stream of sound, linking diverse strings of information to different domains of mind—memory, vision, emotions, intentions. In The Prism of Grammar, Tom Roeper brings the abstract principles behind modern grammar to life by...

by Dave Hill (Editor) Hardcover: 290 pages ISBN-13: 978-0415957755 Was: TT$1,050.00 Advancing a powerful critique of neoliberalized education in many of the rich countries of the world (USA, Canada, Finland, Greece, Israel, Japan, England and Wales, and others), the chapters in this book, written by an international array of acclaimed and emerging radical educators and policy analysts, critically examine and evaluate: What neoliberal changes...

by Michelle Lowe (Editor) Paperback: 176 pages ISBN-13: 978-0415345682 Was: TT$295.00 This textbook, designed to meet the needs of students on the teaching assistant foundation degree, provides an accessible overview of the teaching assistant's role, incorporating practical tasks that will challenge students to reflect on and improve their day-to-day practice.  Set within a wider educational context, and full of thoroughly grounded...

by Douglas Reimondo Robertson Paperback: 384 pages ISBN-13: 978-0470180884 Was: TT$270.00 An annual publication of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD), To Improve the Academy offers a resource for improvement in higher education to faculty and instructional development staff, department chairs, faculty, deans, student services staff, chief academic officers, and educational consultants...

by Rosalind Charlesworth (Author) Paperback: 800 pages ISBN-13: 978-1418038106 Was: TT$995.00 Understanding Child Development, 7e is a text designed for students in early childhood teacher preparation programs, and for teacher's in-service and those in related in-service and preparation programs. It is now available in the seventh edition, and includes many new features and benefits. For students, it introduces the unique qualities of...