Arts, general Books

Sex education is rarely out of the news. Despite this, there exist surprisingly few studies of the principles, policies and practice of sex education. This book provides such an examination, focusing on the values to which children are exposed in sex...

Scene by Scene guides are teaching resources. They are short books of questions, designed to save teachers time and lead to rewarding classroom experiences. Each guide is broken down by scene or chapter, to match and complement the text it accompanies...

Scene by Scene guides are teaching resources. They are short books of questions, designed to save teachers time and lead to rewarding classroom experiences. Each guide is broken down by scene or chapter, to match and complement the text it accompanies...

The Arts & You has more than a thousand quotations of artists and art critics, compiled from journal articles and books of the last two hundred years, on painting, sculpture, photography, garden arts, architecture, poetry, music, dance, theater, and...

In several cultures, grandparents have been revered as the wisdom keepers. In recent years, changes have occurred in many families due to developments in transportation, new technologies, and the pursuit of lucrative careers. As a result, many families...

Imagine a classroom where students put away their smart phones and enthusiastically participate in learning activities that unleash creativity and refine critical thinking. Students today live and learn in a transmedia environment that demands...

Practicing Futures: A Civic Imagination Action Handbook is a practical guide for community leaders, educators, creative professionals and change-makers who want to sharpen their visions for the future and understandings of the how the past affects them.

The authors in this volume explore how images of mothers have expanded beyond the good/bad dichotomy, simultaneously and sometimes paradoxically serving to reinforce, fracture, and/or transcend the ideology of good motherhood.

Forgotten Places: Critical Studies in Rural Education critically investigates and informs the construction of the rural, rural identity and the understanding of the rural internationally.

In Youth Culture Power, the authors put forth their C.A.R.E. Model of youth pedagogy to help teachers create a positive learning environment by building relationships and lessons around students' own culture.

Choosing and Using Fiction and Non-Fiction 3-11 is a guide for primary teachers to the many kinds of texts children encounter, use and enjoy in their nursery and primary school years, providing an invaluable insight into the literature available...

The Young Cook's Guide is a textbook on cookery that was prepared for the Young Women's Christian Association of Brooklyn in 1896 by Miss A.C. Cruikshank. The book is aimed at young cooks who are just starting to learn the basics of cooking and provides...

Teaching Caribbean Poetry will inform and inspire readers with a love for, and understanding of, the dynamic world of Caribbean poetry. This unique volume sets out to enable secondary English teachers and their students to engage with a wide range of...

"The study of acting should not begin with an exploration of feeling, perception, imagination, memories, intention, personalization, self-identification... or even performance-but physical action."Michael Lugering's The Expressive Actor presents a...

This book is designed to give students and newly qualified teachers a contextual and theoretical background to this subject, by exploring and challenging assumptions about the place of religion in education.The book is divided into the following...

This entire book revolves around my personal learnings, experiences, observations, inspiration, teachings, and thoughts in education.

Philosopher avec les enfants en toute simplicité !Qu'est-ce que le mal ? Un monde sans violence est-il possible ? Qu'est ce qui fait qu'une personne est une bonne personne ?Dans cet ouvrage, vous trouverez les 44 meilleures questions sur cette grande...

Philosopher avec les enfants en toute simplicité !Qu'est-ce que le temps ? Est-il possible de prédire l'avenir ? Pour quelles choses faut-il prendre son temps ?Dans cet ouvrage, vous trouverez les 44 meilleures questions sur cette grande question qu'est ...

Philosopher avec les enfants en toute simplicité !Qu'est-ce que la liberté ? Est-ce qu'un oiseau est plus libre que toi ? Est-on libre si l'on doit quand même travailler ?Dans cet ouvrage, vous trouverez les 44 meilleures questions sur cette grande...

How did a group of higher education applied theatre placement students learn to connect with patients living with dementia, in an acute hospital setting, during a global pandemic? How did they navigate the liminal spaces of inhabiting a virtual space...

If you are looking for a simple and easy way to prepare a play or pantomime then this is the book for you. With readymade stories that can be easily updated to suit your performance this is more than a 'how to' book - it gets you most of the way there...

How to overcome stage fright and performance anxiety and perform at your peak -using NLP and visualisation.

This curriculum guide provides hands-on activities that integrate Architecture as a theme for instruction and as an ideal springboard to engage students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Each activity integrates...

This resource enables biblical studies instructors to facilitate engaging classroom experiences by drawing on the arts and popular culture. It offers brief overviews of hundreds of easily accessible examples of art, film, literature, music, and other...

Easy piano arrangements of classical masterpieces. Perfect supplementary material to accompany all method books

The Grand Dickens Cosmorama is a book written by George Bradford Bartlett in 1884. It features several unique entertainments that can be used separately or in combination for school, home, and hall. The book is designed to provide a complete and...

Intimacy Directing for Theatre provides much needed strategies on how teachers and artists can do intimacy work in the classroom and rehearsal room that is safe and just.

This book explores why and how the personal creative practice of arts teachers in school matters. It responds to ethnographic research that considers specific works-of-art created by teachers within the context of their classrooms. Through a...

Humanizing Education with Dramatic Inquiry provides a comprehensive rationale for why and how dramatic inquiry can be used by any teacher to humanize classroom communities and the subject areas being explored with students.Written by teacher educators...

This timely volume addresses current debates surrounding the transition from the teaching of religious education (RE) to the more holistic subject of Religion and Worldviews (R&W) in England, and posits criteria for best practice among educators in...

The problem of the comical is one of the most interesting issues in aesthetics. Its significance extends well beyond the sphere of aesthetic studies and has at­ tracted the attention of the scholars working in other fields such...

This book addresses the need to rethink the concept and enactment of professionalism in music, and how such concepts underpin professional higher music education. There is an urgent imperative to enable the potential of professional musicians in our...

Fertile Ground in Middle Level General Music guides music educators to inspire their middle level students (grades 5-8) to engage more deeply in the general music classroom, where students are given the opportunity to "try on" a range of roles: musician,...

Looking for a fun and engaging music activity workbook? Look no further! Our brilliant music activity workbook is tailor-made by experienced teachers who graduated from Conservatories, pouring years of knowledge and secrets into this single material to...

Kinderlyrik bewegt sich zwischen den Polen Oralität und Literalität. Dieses Dasein im Dazwischen spiegelt sich auch in den kindlichen Umgangsweisen mit Kinderlyrik wider. Neben einer historisch-hermeneutischen Verortung der Gattung Kinderlyrik wird in...

How to Teach Non-Fiction Writing at Key Stage 3 is a practical manual to help teachers of 11-14 year-olds to focus on key aspects of developing their pupil's non-fiction writing. The book presents a clear teaching sequence that emphasizes the link...

This revised and updated edition takes into account the greater recognition of language users in schools and the working parties which have been set up to enable the more able to enjoy opportunities to display and develop their special talents. This new...

Walking to Wellbeing is an experiential guide that introduces walking with embodied receptivity as the grounding principle of ecologically-minded wellbeing. The book presents twenty-four walks as guides to self-care outdoors, which form the first part of...

An engaging introduction to the art of listening, starting with folk music familiar to all, and proceeding to the ways musical pieces are constructed from parts. Using a conversational style, the author draws out from the reader the points he wants to...

This instructor's companion guide to L'Etranger (The Stranger) provides an organized, step-by-step approach to making the classic French text readily accessible to students. Instructors can choose from a wide scope of activities at multiple levels of...

A music and coloring book that teaches children the beauty and magic of music making. This book will teach students the basics of music theory such as: Notes, Scales, and Chord Progressions. Students will learn all the notes in the C major scale, the...

Dynamic Play and Creative Movement offers effective and accessible methods to supplement elementary education for young children using dance, movement, and play. Imagination, physical energy, and the need for self-expression are childhood qualities...

Mentoring History Teachers in the Secondary School supports mentors to develop the knowledge, skills and understanding essential to the successful mentoring of beginning history teachers.

Ecopedagogies showcases a range of creative approaches that educators across multiple disciplines use to empower students to access and engage with nature, an increasingly important consideration in a post-COVID world in environmental crisis.The volume...

A companion to Aspects of Teaching Secondary Modern Foreign Languages, this book charts developments during the past few decades of reform in MFL teaching, considering the origins of these reforms and analysing their impact on the classroom. The reader...

Die Bildtafeln der Kunstgeschichte in den Lesebüchern der Weimarer Republik begleiten die Texte und unterstreichen die Absichten, den Deutschunterricht zu einer Deutschkunde auszuweiten. Die Gemälde und Künstler beleuchten den Kunstgeschmack der...

Der Band setzt sich mit Michael Endes weltbekannten Hauptwerken auseinander und umreißt sein Projekt einer Neuen Mythologie. Das Buch ordnet sein Werk zwischen Fantastik und Fantasy ein, verfolgt Endes Kooperation mit dem Komponisten Wilfried Hiller und...

Das Buch führt in die rekonstruktive Fremdsprachenforschung auf Grundlage der dokumentarischen Methode ein. Im Fokus steht die Unterrichtsforschung mit Audio- und Videografie. Der Blick ist auf die Praktiken der Vermittlung und Aneignung von...