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Suitable for academic tutors and support staff involved in teaching on Foundation Degrees throughout England and Wales, this guide explores the specific and diverse needs of Foundation Degree students, a unique client-group in Further Education (FE)/Higher Education (HE) who have differing academic qualifications and work-based experiences.

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A guide to citizenship education which challenges teachers to enable pupils to make a difference to themselves and to society. It introduces the central themes of the citizenship curriculum and evaluates the success of a number of delivery methods being used throughout the UK.

(Hardback)

A guide to citizenship education which challenges teachers to enable pupils to make a difference to themselves and to society. It introduces the central themes of the citizenship curriculum and evaluates the success of a number of delivery methods currently being used throughout the UK.

(Hardback)

An exploration of the issues in teaching controversial issues in classroom, drawing on international case studies sharing teachers' and pupils' experiences. It investigates the nature of this type of learning experience and also explores its contribution to the curriculum, particularly history and citizenship education.

(Paperback)

An exploration of the issues in teaching controversial issues in classroom, drawing on international case studies sharing teachers' and pupils' experiences. It investigates the nature of this type of learning experience and also explores its contribution to the curriculum, particularly history and citizenship education.

(Paperback, NIPPOD)

A study devoted to creativity in arts education and in particular visual arts, music, and creative writing.

(Paperback)

Want to get boys excited about poetry Try establishing a wiki-war on the use of form and structure. Or perhaps a podcast to develop close analysis of language. Based on established principles of the best ways to use ICT in English, this resource looks at when and how ICT can be used to engage and inspire students of English.

(Paperback, NIPPOD)

The first scholarly examination of distance and online learning in national, cultural and linguistic contexts.

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

Examines the philosophical debates surrounding the existance, teaching and transferability of thinking skills. This title debates issues such as: Do thinking skills exist What are the aims of education Can thinking skill be taught Are thinking skills transferable

(Hardback)

Presenting an account of 'Aristotle's Ethics', this book argues for the importance of the concept of 'techne' in constructing an understanding of Aristotle's moral philosophy. It explores the importance of 'techne' in the Platonic and pre-Platonic intellectual context in which Aristotle was writing.

(Paperback, NIPPOD)

Vocational education is central to the plans of policy makers around the world; it underpins the development of the poorest economies, and the continued competitiveness of the richest. This title debates the key issues surrounding vocational education.

(Hardback)

Focuses upon contemporary expressions and representations of televisual sex, discussing British, US and Asian television, to engage with ideas of gender, genre and dramatic politics.

(Paperback)

Focuses upon contemporary expressions and representations of televisual sex, discussing British, US and Asian television, to engage with ideas of gender, genre and dramatic politics.

(Hardback)

Presents a study of allusions to Alfred Tennyson's poetry in works of fiction from the Victorian period onwards. This title focuses on the poems of Tennyson and their reception history. It covers various novelists including Thomas Hardy, James Joyce, Evelyn Waugh, and Andrew O'Hagan, and looks at their approach to writing.

(Hardback)

Grounded in film studies, philosophical inquiry, and the emerging field of scholarship that combines the two disciplines, this title discusses Terrence Malick's films as individual objects, as a corpus, within contemporary film studies, and within a wider cultural discussion.

(Hardback, 3rd edition)

Explores the nature and possibility of revolution and civil strife in the context of international politics. This book reflects the drastic changes that have taken place in the world order since 2001. It focuses on terrorism and civil war, and looks into issues such as the use of force by the state in the international system, and more.

(Paperback, 3rd edition)

Explores the nature and possibility of revolution and civil strife in the context of international politics. This title analyzes the role of revolution and civil strife in the present day world. It looks into such key issues as the use of force by the state in the international system, challenges to states, wars of national liberation, and more.

(Hardback)

Looks at the role of media, terrorism and literature in Don DeLillo's fiction. Bringing together DeLillo scholars in Europe and in the US, this book focuses on DeLillo to position his work in a transatlantic context.

(Hardback)

Considers why summative assessment in English is difficult and explores viewing it as an arts subject rather than one which is quantifiable and assessable objectively. This title also considers some of the solutions that have been put in place to overcome the problem both in the UK and abroad.

(Paperback, NIPPOD)

Brings St Thomas Aquinas and Martin Heidegger into dialogue and argues for the necessity of Christian philosophy. Through the confrontation of Heideggerian and Thomist thought, this title offers an original and comprehensive rethinking of the nature of temporality and the origins of metaphysical inquiry.

(Hardback)

Through the confrontation of Heideggerian and Thomist thought, this book offers an original rethinking of the nature of temporality and the origins of metaphysical inquiry. It offers a treatment of the inception and deterioration of the four-fold presuppositions of Thomistic metaphysics: intentionality, causality, finitude, and ananke stenai.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Proposes an ethical framework for educators and school leaders who find their practice constrained by the demands of policies and structures created in response to accountability legislation.