Educational Psychology Books

Enhancing Classroom-based Talk provides an overview of the major research and theoretical perspectives that underpin the development of classroom-based talk. It outlines specific dialogic strategies...

This inspirational book gives strategies and ideas to educators who work with wounded students--students who are beyond the point of "at-risk" and who suffer from hopelessness. It shows teachers and...

Motivation, Educational Policy and Achievement seeks to theorise and critique current trends in education through the lens of key ideas from motivational theory. Its purpose is to argue that current...

This unique and engaging resource describes, critiques and analyses the significance of a wide range of contemporary and classic ideas about how young children learn. Organised in a handy A – Z...

This volume makes a philosophical contribution to the application of neuroscience in education. It frames neuroscience research in novel ways around educational conceptualizing and practices, while...

Brief Coaching with Children and Young People: A Solution Focused approach is the first book of its type to describe the thinking and practice of Solution Focused coaching with these age groups.The...

This indispensable book critically sets out the skills and knowledge required by a specialist educator for students who present with dyslexia. The British Dyslexia Association Professional Criteria...

Programmes in higher education tend to focus attention on the student’s first year (because of concerns about student transition and retention) and on their final year (because of student exiting for...

Supporting Student Transitions 14-19 offers transition focused approaches to planning, teaching, learning and assessment designed to meet the needs of these unique learners. Drawing upon the latest...

Contemporary and stimulating, Looking into Special Education provides an engaging overview of the key areas of special education, with each chapter providing valuable insight into the nature and...

Beyond Bullying offers guidance and advice on conducting practitioner research into bullying and provides resources to assist practitioners and researchers in doing so. It draws on a case study of...

Dialogic Readers: Children talking and thinking together about visual texts celebrates the sophisticated and dynamic discussions that primary-aged children can have as they talk together to make...

The book demonstrates the hopeful stance the young take in response to ordinary suffering and significant trauma when adults talk with them about their losses. Its underlying themes convey the truth...

Why do I need a teacher when I’ve got Google? is just one of the challenging, controversial and thought-provoking questions Ian Gilbert poses in this urgent and invigorating book.Questioning the...

A central dilemma for teachers is finding ways to deal with the multiple perspectives and demands of pupils, parents, school management, and external forces.The Art of Teaching explores the tension...

This book contains a selection of articles on measuring the quality of education from the perspective of the importance of theories on education, changing effects of education, curriculum dependent...

This book provides higher education faculty and administrators a scholarly resource on the most salient aspects and emerging trends in creative learning in higher education today. International...

Over recent years the field of Science of Learning has increased dramatically. Unfortunately, despite claims that this work will greatly impact education, very little research makes it into teacher...

Keeping Minds Happy and Healthy is a practical resource for teachers and shows how pupils can achieve and maintain excellent mental health. It focuses on identifying the main causes of unhappiness,...

How to Be a Brilliant Teaching Assistant draws on knowledge from very experienced teaching assistants and Susan Bentham’s own extensive research to explore the common denominators that unite all...

Originally published in 1983, the purpose of Teacher and Student Perceptions: Implications for Learning was to advance the emerging interdisciplinary dialogue regarding the origin and consequences of...

Disruptive pupil behaviour was a major concern to teachers, parents, and education authorities in the 1980s. The Elton committee (1989) reported that serious violence to teachers was rare but that...

Researchers navigate dynamic transitions throughout their careers, moving between roles, institutions, countries, and career stages while assuming leadership positions. These transitions reflect the...

Supply or substitute educators play a crucial role in keeping classrooms running and student learning on track. However, stepping into an unfamiliar classroom, with students you’ve never met and...

Originally published in 1985, Teacher Expectancies is a study of teacher expectancy effects on children’s learning and school performance. In the mid-1980s there were renewed concerns over the...

Originally published in 1978, Aggression in the Schools: Bullies and Whipping Boys is widely considered to be the first scientific study of bullying. This was an investigation of a largely hidden and...

Bullying affects children's well-being, academic success, and social development. This practical handbook equips teachers and parents with the knowledge, skills, and strategies they need to help...

Researchers navigate dynamic transitions throughout their careers, moving between roles, institutions, countries, and career stages while assuming leadership positions. These transitions reflect the...

This book throws light on the cultural situatedness of education, the understanding of which enables the attainment of sustainable development goals for education. It is aimed at sharpening the core...

Bullying affects children's well-being, academic success, and social development. This practical handbook equips teachers and parents with the knowledge, skills, and strategies they need to help...

This comprehensive textbook provides a clear introduction to the major theoretical frameworks and key theories that shape how we understand development, learning, and teaching in young children. By...

This book examines parental educational anxiety in contemporary mainland China, offering a systematic analysis of its cultural roots, conceptual structure, formation mechanisms, and consequences...

Group work is used extensively in general education, and particularly in the language classroom where interaction is an essential part of learning another language. This text guides language teachers...

Teachers make decisions every lesson based on what they think students understand. However, without reliable ways to check understanding, teachers risk teaching to an illusion, and those most likely...

The Conscious Classroom draws on both the author's deep and comprehensive experience of schools and the incredible work of educators who are helping students to develop greater critical and creative...

Teachers make decisions every lesson based on what they think students understand. However, without reliable ways to check understanding, teachers risk teaching to an illusion, and those most likely...

This book calls for a fundamental re-examination of how education, health, and care systems respond to autistic children and young people. Rather than focusing on how to manage behaviour or address...

This comprehensive textbook provides a clear introduction to the major theoretical frameworks and key theories that shape how we understand development, learning, and teaching in young children. By...

The Conscious Classroom draws on both the author's deep and comprehensive experience of schools and the incredible work of educators who are helping students to develop greater critical and creative...

This handbook provides a foundational, comprehensive, and systemic overview of the current research on learning and instruction in university education.Offering a synthesis of current essential...

This evidence-based guide examines the relationship between wellbeing and inclusive education. The authors argue that these fields have evolved in parallel, like tram tracks, but rarely intersect in...

This evidence-based guide examines the relationship between wellbeing and inclusive education. The authors argue that these fields have evolved in parallel, like tram tracks, but rarely intersect in...

This essential guide is tailored for tertiary practitioners aiming to enhance their learners' employability. It presents the latest research on the discussions about graduate identities, forms of...

Group work is used extensively in general education, and particularly in the language classroom where interaction is an essential part of learning another language. This text guides language teachers...

This essential guide is tailored for tertiary practitioners aiming to enhance their learners' employability. It presents the latest research on the discussions about graduate identities, forms of...

The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children remains the only book that provides a comprehensive summary of the empirical research on the social and emotional development of gifted...

This work shows how primary schools can cost-effectively enable children from damaging backgrounds to have real access to a full curriculum through nuture groups. It draws on experience of these...

The second edition of Handbook for Counselors Serving Students With Gifts and Talents provides the definitive overview of research on the general knowledge that has been amassed regarding the...