Product Description: English in Urban Classrooms is a ground-breaking text that spans a range of issues central to school English today. It extends not only to the spoken and written language of classrooms, but also to other modes of representation and communication that are important in English teaching...read more

Product Description: The issues raised by the role of language in education are some of the most important and contentious faced by education systems across the globe. Language is embedded in the concepts of nationhood and identity, and is therefore directly linked to the very social and political fabric of a country...read more

This important sourcebook brings together almost forty key readings grouped around five main topics: learners, teachers, classrooms, curriculum and schools. Together, these readings highlight the major current topics and debates in primary education and provide insights into practical ways of meeting the challenges they pose.

Product Description: The emphasis on subject knowledge in primary curricula is a world-wide phenomenon and has become increasingly the focus of attention in England, with the introduction of the National Curriculum and the appointment of subject co-ordinators in schools...read more

Product Description: Offers a range of research into how primary classrooms actually work looking at the development of specific curriculum areas and how they can be taught and assessed across the ability range.