A01=Jane Mellanby
A01=Katy Theobald
Academies
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Author_Jane Mellanby
Author_Katy Theobald
automatic-update
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=JNC
cognition
comprehension
COP=United Kingdom
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
developmental neuroscience
Education
educational psychology
educational research
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
Free Schools
Language_English
learning
metacognition
PA=Available
pedagogy
Price_€20 to €50
PS=Active
psychology
softlaunch
teaching
Product details
- ISBN 9781118483619
- Weight: 667g
- Dimensions: 173 x 244mm
- Publication Date: 13 May 2014
- Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Education and Learning offers an accessible introduction to the most recent evidence-based research into teaching, learning, and our education system.
- Presents a wide range references for both seminal and contemporary research into learning and teaching
- Examines the evidence around topical issues such as the impact of Academies and Free Schools on student attainment and the strong international performance of other countries
- Looks at evidence-based differences in the attainment of students from different socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds, and explores the strong international performance of Finnish and East Asian students
- Provides accessible explanations of key studies that are supplemented with real-life case examples
Jane Mellanby is Emeritus Fellow in Experimental Psychology at St Hilda's College, University of Oxford. She is the creator of VESPARCH, a verbal and spatial reasoning test designed to identify children who are under-achieving relative to their potential.
Katy Theobald is a public service delivery consultant. She has experience teaching mathematics in both the UK and India, and her research includes exploration of the impact of careers guidance on secondary school students' educational progression.
