Schools are complex institutions. They do not easily reveal themselves to researchers who rely on only one or two methods. Understanding a school, its neighbourhood and its students requires a researcher with a more complex repertoire of verbal, statistical and visual research strategies. Place-Based Methods for Researching Schools shows how multiple methods can be used together to research schools, rather than dealing with decontextualised methods, one by one. Taking a novel theoretical approach to the school as a 'place', the book offers grounded illustrations of schools as places from real case study and ethnographic research conducted in both Australia and the UK. A practical guide, this book explores the on-the-ground questions researchers are likely to face in the order they are likely to face them. The chapters not only look at data generation approaches, but also address analysis of the data and writing about the school, topics that are often ignored. Methods explored for use include those drawn from urban planning and geography to explore neighbourhoods, visual surveys, mapping, classroom observation, ethnographic observation, interviews, focus groups, sociograms and linguistic corpora. Including research tips from the authors, case studies, a glossary and annotated further reading list, this book is essential reading for students and scholars approaching their research project.
Autism Spectrum Disorder Assessment in Schools serves as a guide on how to assess children for autism spectrum disorders (ASD), specifically in school settings. Dilly and Hall offer a general overview of ASD, describe ASD assessment best practices, and explain the process of identifying ASD in schools. Current research and up-to-date science is incorporated in a practitioner-friendly manner, and short case vignettes will increase the accessibility of the book content and illustrate principles. As the rates of ASD reach 1/59 children, and school psychologists are increasingly expected to possess expertise in the assessment of ASD, this book serves as a must have for school psychologists, school social workers, and other practitioners.
In 1849, a cholera epidemic devastated Cincinnati, taking the lives of 4,114 residents. The First German Protestant Aid Association proposed creating a home for the orphaned children and established the German General Protestant Orphan Asylum in Mount Auburn. In 1851, the annual Orphan Feast and parade began and was one of the largest one-day festivals in Cincinnati for 137 years. In 1949, the desire to move the children from the city to the country drove the purchase of 60 acres in Anderson. The orphanage's name changed to Beech Acres after the beech trees lining the property. In the 1980s, with the need to serve children in a community setting, Beech Acres Parenting Center closed its residential services and expanded into the community and schools with parenting programs, classes, mental health services, foster care, and parent coaching to strengthen families for children.
‘Why study the arts at school?’ This book offers a fresh perspective on this question. Informed by rigorous research, the book argues that the arts help young people to develop key skills, knowledge and practices that support them to become both critical appreciative audiences and socially engaged cultural producers. Drawing on a three-year study in partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company and Tate art museum, Schools and Cultural Citizenship sets out an ecological model for cultural citizenship that goes beyond the classroom to include families, the media and popular culture. The authors introduce new, interrelated concepts to change how we consider arts education. Chapters provide fresh insights, guidance and practical recommendations for educators, including: An introduction to the Tracking Arts Learning and Engagement research Detailed case studies featuring arts-rich schools and arts-broker teachers Analysis of the importance of immersive professional development for teachers and the benefits of partnerships with arts organisations An ecological model for cultural citizenship Focusing on the ways in which cultural citizenship can be taught and learnt, this is an essential read for arts educators, education staff in arts organisations, researchers, postgraduate students, arts education activists and policy makers.
The definitive guide to genetic bone disorders, now revised and expanded with glossy photographs and radiographs "Brilliantly written and produced and deserves to be on the shelves of all pediatric radiologists. It should also be available to geneticists, counselors, and pediatricians." --Radiology This updated and expanded fourth edition of Bone Dysplasias presents age-related radiographs, photographs and clinical guidelines for more than 250 rare constitutional skeletal diseases. Focusing on diagnostically essential imaging and clinical features, each chapter is supplemented with prognostic and therapeutic information, a guide to differential diagnoses, and a short list of the most relevant publications. Organized in accordance with the most recent International Nosology and Classification of Genetic Skeletal Disorders, this new Bone Dysplasias distills the insights of a small, world-class author team on diagnosis and clinical approaches to this most difficult class of disorders.
Genre Range for ages 5-11: *Provides exciting and engaging texts from all the fiction genres children need to experience and understand.*Offers rich opportunities for speaking and listening through playscripts and poetry ranging from classics to contemporary.*Provides easily manageable drama for study and performance in the classroom and an introduction to Shakespeare in Key Stage 2.*Especially motivates and supports reluctant readers through accessible, visual genres such as comic strips and Access texts for ages 9-11.*Provides varied models for writing for comparison, discussion and practice with letters and diaries providing particularly supportive examples of written communication.*Simple integration of assessment for learning into class teaching is provided in the Teaching Notes which ensure children's reading and writing skills progress at word, sentence and text level.*Accessible Teaching Notes and Activity sheets ensure teachers, teaching assistants and parents are all able to contribute to teaching and learning.
Recognising performance and accountability pressures on schools, Inspiring School Change shows how a commitment to the arts in education can meet core school agendas of pupil and parent engagement, attainment, improved teaching and inclusion. Schools are under pressure to develop their students’ creativity and to improve their cultural education. This book fills a gap by marshalling the arguments and evidence for a form of education in, through and with the arts that moves beyond individual projects to become central to teaching, learning and school reform. When the arts are taken seriously, schools become different - and better - places. Using research evidence to promote greater awareness of the capacity of the arts to promote educational change, this text captures four key themes that run through all of the chapters: • Inspiration - sharing experiences and the way they happened, documenting inspiring pedagogy by understanding the reason it was done, the factors and the people involved in making it work. • School change - the need for schools to better prepare young people for the lives they will live in the twenty-first century; to engage young people more effectively and so educate them better, and the recognition that in an unequal society schools can contribute to making things fairer. • Creative arts - demonstrates, through international research, how the arts can facilitate whole school learning, meet core agendas, such as attainment, inclusion and promote lifelong learning. • Transforming education - marshals the arguments and evidence for a form of education in, through and with the arts that moves beyond individual projects to become central to teaching, learning and school reform. Tackling the hot topics of parent and pupil engagement, standards and accountability in a fresh way, Inspiring School Change offers those engaged in the research and practice of improving teaching and learning with insight into the educational value and possibilities of arts-based teaching and an arts-rich curriculum
Children's Reading Choices discusses the reading habits of children aged between 10 and 14. The book reports the findings of the Children's Reading Choices project - conducted by the authors from the University of Nottingham and the largest national survey of children's reading choices since the 1970s. The book includes reports and discussion on: * girls' and boys' reading preferences and the differences between their reading habits * the place of series books, teenage magazines and comics in children's reading * the most popular authors and titles at different ages * purchasing habits and library use.
The radiological abnormalities associated with suspected child abuse can be extremely subtle. If missed, a baby or child may be returned to an environment where episodes of abuse may escalate. Similarly, a wrongful diagnosis can lead to an infant being removed from loving carers. This atlas will be of particular use to radiologists (both in training and at consultant level), and also to other doctors who may be first in line to encounter suspected abuse, including paediatricians, accident and emergency doctors, orthopaedic surgeons and pathologists. It uses numerous radiographs from Professor Hall's collection amassed over three decades, including many examples of the sorts of difficult cases and normal variants that are found in day to day practice. It offers assistance with the initial interpretation of what are often difficult and subtle findings in the emotionally charged environment that frequently exists when child abuse is suspected.
This guide explains which visas and permits are required, the right way to apply and the best places to find jobs in Germany. It covers education, housing, shopping, socializing, and more. There are more than 300 contact addresses listed, with many websites for further information.
This atlas is intended to give obstetricians, paediatricians, neonatologists, radiologists, molecular and clinical geneticists and anatomo-pathologists, a thorough insight into conditions (and variants) of skeletal dysplasias. Clinical and imaging findings are properly illustrated, enriched by updated genetic information. This acclaimed text returns in a revised form, with updated material, particularly on the new knowledge surrounding the genetic basis and mechanism for the various skeletal dysplasias. No clinician dealing with fetal or neonatal skeletal diagnosis or treatment will want to be without access to the wealth of illustrations and detail condensed here. Presents a clear and consistent rubric for approaching approximately 150 types of skeletal dysplasias Meets the needs of clinical gynaecologists, obstetricians, paediatricians, radiologists and geneticists Offers an essential, concise resource for the diagnosis of skeletal dysplasias which present prenatally and perinatally
Genre Range for ages 5-11: *Provides exciting and engaging texts from all the fiction genres children need to experience and understand.*Offers rich opportunities for speaking and listening through playscripts and poetry ranging from classics to contemporary.*Provides easily manageable drama for study and performance in the classroom and an introduction to Shakespeare in Key Stage 2.*Especially motivates and supports reluctant readers through accessible, visual genres such as comic strips and Access texts for ages 9-11.*Provides varied models for writing for comparison, discussion and practice with letters and diaries providing particularly supportive examples of written communication.*Simple integration of assessment for learning into class teaching is provided in the Teaching Notes which ensure children's reading and writing skills progress at word, sentence and text level.*Accessible Teaching Notes and Activity sheets ensure teachers, teaching assistants and parents are all able to contribute to teaching and learning.
Genre Range for ages 5-11: *Provides exciting and engaging texts from all the fiction genres children need to experience and understand.*Offers rich opportunities for speaking and listening through playscripts and poetry ranging from classics to contemporary.*Provides easily manageable drama for study and performance in the classroom and an introduction to Shakespeare in Key Stage 2.*Especially motivates and supports reluctant readers through accessible, visual genres such as comic strips and Access texts for ages 9-11.*Provides varied models for writing for comparison, discussion and practice with letters and diaries providing particularly supportive examples of written communication.*Simple integration of assessment for learning into class teaching is provided in the Teaching Notes which ensure children's reading and writing skills progress at word, sentence and text level.*Accessible Teaching Notes and Activity sheets ensure teachers, teaching assistants and parents are all able to contribute to teaching and learning.
Genre Range for ages 5-11: *Provides exciting and engaging texts from all the fiction genres children need to experience and understand.*Offers rich opportunities for speaking and listening through playscripts and poetry ranging from classics to contemporary.*Provides easily manageable drama for study and performance in the classroom and an introduction to Shakespeare in Key Stage 2.*Especially motivates and supports reluctant readers through accessible, visual genres such as comic strips and Access texts for ages 9-11.*Provides varied models for writing for comparison, discussion and practice with letters and diaries providing particularly supportive examples of written communication.*Simple integration of assessment for learning into class teaching is provided in the Teaching Notes which ensure children's reading and writing skills progress at word, sentence and text level.*Accessible Teaching Notes and Activity sheets ensure teachers, teaching assistants and parents are all able to contribute to teaching and learning.
Genre Range for ages 5-11: *Provides exciting and engaging texts from all the fiction genres children need to experience and understand.*Offers rich opportunities for speaking and listening through playscripts and poetry ranging from classics to contemporary.*Provides easily manageable drama for study and performance in the classroom and an introduction to Shakespeare in Key Stage 2.*Especially motivates and supports reluctant readers through accessible, visual genres such as comic strips and Access texts for ages 9-11.*Provides varied models for writing for comparison, discussion and practice with letters and diaries providing particularly supportive examples of written communication.*Simple integration of assessment for learning into class teaching is provided in the Teaching Notes which ensure children's reading and writing skills progress at word, sentence and text level.*Accessible Teaching Notes and Activity sheets ensure teachers, teaching assistants and parents are all able to contribute to teaching and learning.
Genre Range for ages 5-11: *Provides exciting and engaging texts from all the fiction genres children need to experience and understand.*Offers rich opportunities for speaking and listening through playscripts and poetry ranging from classics to contemporary.*Provides easily manageable drama for study and performance in the classroom and an introduction to Shakespeare in Key Stage 2.*Especially motivates and supports reluctant readers through accessible, visual genres such as comic strips and Access texts for ages 9-11.*Provides varied models for writing for comparison, discussion and practice with letters and diaries providing particularly supportive examples of written communication.*Simple integration of assessment for learning into class teaching is provided in the Teaching Notes which ensure children's reading and writing skills progress at word, sentence and text level.*Accessible Teaching Notes and Activity sheets ensure teachers, teaching assistants and parents are all able to contribute to teaching and learning.
Comprising three strands (Story Street, Genre Range and Info Trail) Literacy Land was written to match the genre and text types specified by the NLS and contains both fiction and non-fiction. As well as providing complete support for each book, these notes also offer photocopiable activities for the books for pupils to practise independent writing and comprehension.
Genre Range for ages 5-11: *Provides exciting and engaging texts from all the fiction genres children need to experience and understand.*Offers rich opportunities for speaking and listening through playscripts and poetry ranging from classics to contemporary.*Provides easily manageable drama for study and performance in the classroom and an introduction to Shakespeare in Key Stage 2.*Especially motivates and supports reluctant readers through accessible, visual genres such as comic strips and Access texts for ages 9-11.*Provides varied models for writing for comparison, discussion and practice with letters and diaries providing particularly supportive examples of written communication.*Simple integration of assessment for learning into class teaching is provided in the Teaching Notes which ensure children's reading and writing skills progress at word, sentence and text level.*Accessible Teaching Notes and Activity sheets ensure teachers, teaching assistants and parents are all able to contribute to teaching and learning.
Creativity and Giftedness are fluid definitions we use to measure students' intellectual ability in order to best support their intellectual, social and emotional growth throughout their schooling. The paradox though is by their very nature creativity and giftedness cannot be strictly defined or measured, and each student's abilities and combinations of gifts as well as familial and cultural environment are different. The idea of what makes ideas or works creative too is subjective and open to interpretation based on prior experience and cultural norms. How then, if creativity and giftedness and the way they interact in students cannot truly be measured or defined, can we cater for students demonstrating gifted traits combined with creative potential in the classroom?The contributors whose chapters comprise this book are all educators with broad and deep experience, who combine teaching theory and research with practical suggestions and examples to help educators support all students, especially the creatively gifted ones, to realise their full potential. These writers are educators of widely diverse specialisations, but they all serve as examples of the creatively gifted adult, through their writing and their great passion for their fields. It is in them we see examples of what this book is trying to help teachers inspire: teaching that is informed by the latest research, that supports gifted students of all shapes and sizes, and which encourages creativity and passion both within and outside the classroom to inspire the next generation.
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