Author: Peter S. Westwood
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415156238
Category : Children with disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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This is a book that should be required reading for all Secretaries of State for Education. It was easy to read and ought to find a place in as many staff libraries as possible." Education Review
Author: Peter S. Westwood
Publisher: Aust Council for Ed Research
ISBN: 086431390X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 146
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This book is a guide to teaching reading more effectively to a wide range of children. It presents various research-supported approaches to teaching, explains why learning problems sometimes occur, and what can be done to prevent or overcome these difficulties.-- back cover, ed.
Author: Peter Westwood
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136604332
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 146
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First Published in 2005. All teachers recognise how crucial is the acquisition of good reading skills. This book will help teachers understand how pupils learn and will help them to meet those pupils' different needs through appropriate intervention. It includes: Clear explanation of different learning difficulties; Guidelines on types of assessment; Advice on how to select the best type of intervention and support. For teachers, TAs, Numeracy Co-ordinators and SENCOs.
Author: Peter Westwood
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134019130
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 101
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First Published in 2005. Provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the teaching and learning of spelling and helps students develop and improve their spelling skills. The assessment section in the second half of the text will enable teachers to determine and assess the individual's progress and instructional needs in spelling.
Author: Gunther Kress
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1134908296
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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First published in 1982, this influential and classic text poses two questions: what is it that a child learns when he or she learns to write? What can we learn about children, society and ourselves, by looking at this process? The book is based on a close analysis of a series of written texts by primary school children and is written for student teachers with little or no knowledge of linguistics. In this new edition, Gunther Kress has made extensive revisions in the light of recent developments in linguistics and in education. The theoretical focus is now a social semiotic one, which allows a fundamental rethinking of issues such as 'preliteracy' and broad social and cultural questions around the making of texts.
Author: Robert A. Cummins
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429954077
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 311
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For the 25 years before publication a form of therapy known as the ‘Doman-Delacato Techniques’ had been applied to children with disabilities. The therapy originated from the work of Glen Doman and Carl Delacato who established the Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential in Philadelphia. The institutes claim to be able to treat a wide range of disabilities, and their best known technique is called ‘Patterning’ and is prescribed for children who have no capacity for voluntary movement. Yet many professional bodies and associations have denounced the approach as overly-expensive, ineffective, creating false hopes, being destructive to family life and based on false theoretical assumptions. Originally published in 1988, this book was the first to offer a detailed analysis and critique of the Doman-Delacato approach. The author draws on data from evolution, neuroanatomy and neurophysiology to challenge its theoretical assumptions. He shows that there is no sound scientific basis to the techniques. Any improvements in a child's condition can be attributed to the increased energy and attention given to that child, rather than the content of the programme. At the same time parents become emotionally ransomed and deluded by false expectations. Written in a style that will be accessible to non-specialists, the book is an important work for both parents and professionals concerned with the welfare of neurologically-impaired children.
Author: Peter Westwood
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136774424
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 193
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This text explores a number of different perspectives and theories on human learning and motivation. The author gives significant attention to different types of learning across the curriculum and examines effective types of teaching to facilitate different forms of learning. Detailed consideration is given to factors that contribute to common learning problems in school; and many practical suggestions are provided for preventing or overcoming some of these difficulties.
Author: Peter S. Westwood
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134427115
Category : Children with disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Author: Peter Westwood
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134427107
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author: Garry Hornby
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134094388
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 193
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First published in 1997. This book provides practitioners in the field of special education with the information they need to decide whether controversial diagnoses and treatments in this field are valid. The aim of this book is to review the literature on each topic and comment on the current state of the art of each in a way which is accessible to teachers, other professionals and parents. The book is of relevance to all teachers and other professionals who are concerned with the education of children with SEN, including teachers in mainstream and special schools.
