Providing help and guidance on how to foster constructive relationships with students, this book assesses teachers' attributes, gives advice on how to become an assertive teacher, develop new skills and refine...

This book is an interdisciplinary approach for the teaching of Science and Language (Reading). The book includes two short stories and a detailed science education component. It is an excellent way to develop students' critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills. Also lovers of mystery stories will be...

This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

This book helps teachers assess current classroom techniques and suggests alternatives in order to establish effective working relationships with individual students and the whole class. It includes case studies and...

This book recognises the importance of continuing to refine the readers skills and expertise. It examines several techniques and strategies which will make the learning in the readers classroom easier, more...

When a group of teachers meets, there are common areas of concern that exist within the group. This pack is intended to help find ways of uncovering and bringing to the surface those which are considered important.

Produced by the Learning Skills Improvement Service, these materials help to demonstrate effective practice. This case study, written by Options 2, looks at the themes of embedding of functional skills and the wider sector.

Options 2 provides training for young people to enable them to achieve the skills...

This booklet contains a number of case studies of lessons that emphasise working with what students already know and working from concrete ideas to the abstract. Each case study explains the task, contains examples of students’ work and explains how the lesson was followed up. [b]The function game[/b] is one way in...

This National Strategies study guide offers tried and tested practical suggestions for teachers to use in the classroom when considering the teaching of How Science Works. A variety of tasks help teachers to focus on developing their own creativity and critical thinking, transferable skills which they can pass on...

Published in 2009 by LSIS, this report describes research at Stockton Riverside College, Bede Sixth Form. The report had several aims: * to explore attitudes to e-learning for learners studying AS biology * to evaluate learner perceptions of the usefulness of e-learning resources * to develop new e-learning...

Produced by the Learning Skills Improvement Service, these materials help to demonstrate effective practice. From Grantham College, this case study looks at the themes of knowledge and technology transfer (KTT) and STEM skills for the future. This case study describes an activity to update staff knowledge and...

This article, from the Association of Teachers of Mathematics (ATM) publication ‘Mathematics Teaching’, and is taken from MT180.

Judith Steven and Kym Scott argue the importance that primary school teachers plan activities for children’s mathematical development out-of-doors. The activities should be...

In September 2002, eight new General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) courses in vocational subjects were introduced: applied art and design; applied business; engineering; health and social care; ICT; leisure and tourism; manufacturing; and applied science. This report covers the introduction of these...

This report, published by LSIS, describes a research project by Family Learning, Cheshire East Council. The research looked at resources and strategies for improving parental numeracy skills. This then tied in with tutor professional development.