Richard Van Eck 
Gaming and Cognition: Theories and Practice from the Learning Sciences [PDF ebook] 

This book is the fourth in a series on research and theory dedicated to advancing our understanding of schools through empirical study and theoretical analysis. Scholars, both young and established, …

”A beautifully reasoned argument, in the age of cuts, as to why the arts absolutely must be at the very heart of primary education” – Jon Snow Studying the arts, including visual arts, music, dance …

The Innovative Business School formulates a blueprint for the innovative business school of the next decade, with proposed areas of innovation which will train executives to transform the coming tech …

Adult literacy teachers are constantly searching for effective, engaging and distinctly ”adult” ways to develop adult emergent reading and, for at least the past two hundred years, adults have form …

Teaching isn”t all about teaching; new teachers quickly realise that they need to be lion tamers too. Controlling a class isn”t something that comes naturally to everyone – but it can be learned. T …

Authority and the Teacher seeks to overturn the notion that authority is a restrictive force within education, serving only to stifle creativity and drown out the voice of the student. William H. Kit …

How did East and West Germany and Japan reconstitute national identity after World War II? Did all three experience parallel reactions to national trauma and reconstruction? History education shaped …

Learn how to use role-plays to bring history and literature to life! When students take on the roles of historical or literary figures, they develop a greater understanding of characters’ identities …