This book explores the ways in which reading for pleasure is changing in the era of globalisation and datafication. Raising the next generation of engaged readers requires knowledge of the enduring characteristics of engagement and markers of quality in books and e-books.
The book explores recent research projects by the co-authors and the broader research community, highlighting significant national and international initiatives. It emphasizes the interconnectedness of these projects and their implications, offering insights into contemporary developments in the field.
This text encourages and enables teachers to adopt a more creative approach to the teaching of English in the primary school. Fully updated to reflect the changing UK curricula, the third edition of this popular text explores research-informed practice and offers new ideas to imaginatively engage readers, writers, speakers and listeners.
Jumpstart! Drama contains more than 40 engaging, practical, easy-to-do and highly motivating drama activities which will appeal to busy primary teachers hoping to enliven their practice and make more use of drama throughout primary teaching. Suitable across a variety of subjects and for a wide range of learning styles, the book introduces readers to a range of drama conventions and demonstrates how to use them in the primary classroom. With all activities connected to well-known texts, this fully updated second edition now reflects picturebooks and novels published in the last five years, and includes additional chapters such as drama and the curriculum and drama and spoken voice.
This book introduces some of the key scientific and technological aspects of the study of the environment, from ecosystems and agriculture to ecological sustainability and Eco-footprints.