This comprehensive guide explores key themes and theories in childhood studies, helping students transition from personal experiences to academic success. It covers lecture engagement, assignment writing, independent study, and career opportunities in early years. The updated edition includes new chapters on placements, plagiarism avoidance, and multi-agency collaboration.
Focusing on Assessment for Learning (AfL) in Higher Education, this practical guide offers educators effective strategies to enhance student learning and engagement. It emphasizes the importance of formative assessment and provides tools for implementing AfL principles in various teaching contexts. The book addresses challenges educators may face and presents solutions to foster a supportive learning environment, ultimately aiming to improve educational outcomes and promote a culture of continuous feedback and improvement.
This comprehensive guide addresses key themes and theoretical perspectives in childhood and early childhood studies. It provides a clear roadmap for students, outlining expectations and essential skills necessary for success in the field. Key areas include various approaches to understanding childhood, equipping readers with the knowledge and tools to navigate their studies effectively.
Having moved to London from Durham with his mum, Lenny finds his new environment somewhat scary and daunting. Matters are seemingly made worse when he spots the rather fierce-looking elderly neighbour, Mrs Portman, glaring at him from behind her dirty windows. Telling his mum, she is inspired to start a cleaning company and Lenny is persuaded to help his mum sort out the rubbish in Mrs Portman's pantry. There, the discovery of an old recipe book leads to Mrs Portman teaching Lenny how to make apple crumble, which he subsequently shares with his class at school the next day. The sequence of events helps Lenny to realise that things are not always as scary as they may at first seem.
When Worsooz meets her estranged father Nick, her mother Alberta is immersed in a secret relationship with girlfriend Anne and building their plan to rid the world of domestic violence. Isolated and disgusted by her mothers relationship, Worsooz is lured into criminality by her father Nick and immerses herself into a secret world where only men can belong. Set in the late 1980s Worsooz is a semi-autobiographical story of how far one girl will go for the love of her father.
Key Directions in Higher Education Learning, Teaching and Assessment
This book acts as a highly practical guide for new and experienced lecturers, learning supporters and leaders in Higher Education; and offers plentiful examples and vignettes showing how learning can be brought to life through activity and engagement. It offers numerous pragmatic illustrations of how to design and deliver an engaging curriculum, and assess students’ learning authentically. Sound scholarship and research-informed approaches to Higher Education teaching and learning underpins the myriad accessible and readily recognizable examples of how real educators solve the challenges of contemporary Higher Education. Additionally, guidance is offered on how to present evidence for those seeking accreditation of their teaching and leadership in Higher Education, as well as useful advice for experienced HE teachers seeking to advance their careers into more senior roles, on the basis of their strong teaching and pedagogic leadership. The book will be of great interest to studentsand researchers working in Education, and will be invaluable reading for both new and experienced lecturers working in HE institutions.