Learning how to be critical and think for one's self are key development steps in the education process. Developing critical thinking is vital for supporting children to become independent learners.
 This fun, practical book is very easy to use in the classroom and is designed to help children:
<ul>
<li>Understand key critical thinking concepts. </li>
<li>Develop critical thinking skills. </li>
<li> Understand different types of reasoning and knowledge in all areas of the curriculum. </li>
<li>Draw on their natural wonder and curiosity to engage in philosophical discussion. </li>
<li> Develop reasoning skills in relation to moral dilemmas and the choices of every day life.</li>
</ul> The authors present original beautifully illustrated children's stories that take abstract ideas, philosophical questions and critical skills as their central themes. They make the unfamiliar and complex ideas concrete and easily understandable. Drawing on the stories and additional photocopiable resources, each chapter then offers a wealth of learning activities. These are designed to help you develop children's critical thinking and practice relevant tools such as asking good questions, giving good reasons or categorising material.
 The activities and resources include both subject specific and cross-curricular links and are differentiated for Key Stage 1 and 2. There are also extension activities for enthusiastic, gifted and talented children.

Critical Thinking Across The Curriculum: Developing Critical Thinking Skills, Literacy And Philosophy In The Primary Classroom

Education & Teaching

Taylor, Denise

Leicester, Mal

Schools & Teaching

Open University Press

In Environmental Learning for Classroom and Assembly at KS1 & KS2, the highly successful and popular author Mal Leicester teams up with the conservationist Denise Taylor to teach children about wildlife and environmental conservation through the art of storytelling. Reflecting the child’s world, the book works outwards from home to garden to neighbourhood to the countryside and seaside and to the planet as a whole. At each level, appreciating, conserving, and enhancing our environment is considered.  The authors follow the tried and tested format of Stories for Classroom and Assembly and Stories for Circle Time and Assemblies. Each of the ten chapters includes an original themed story and is packed with lesson plans and cross-curriculum learning activities designed to save teachers’ valuable time. Leicester and Taylor combine the wonder of storytelling with topical environmental issues, covering plants, creatures and the planet. The book covers the full range of conservation, protection and enhancement themes, concepts and values whilst developing the following skills:   literacy (including oracy) numeracy knowledge of the natural world imaginative development creative expression.    Making a highly topical and on-going subject accessible to children, this beautifully illustrated resource offers teachers assembly ideas, lesson plans and art activities all in one book.

Environmental Learning for Classroom and Assembly at KS1 & KS2: Stories about the Natural World

Computers & Technology

Programming

David Fulton Publishers

It’s a competitive jobs market and coming second will not get you the job. This revised and updated 2nd edition of How to Get a Job in a Recession provides practical advice with masses of free bonuses is an easy to follow, straightforward guide It’s like a one-to-one job search coaching session providing expert advice and a structured plan. This book will be relevant for you whether you are at the start of your career or a job changer who needs both a reminder of the basics and an introduction to the most effective ways to find a job. HINT: it’s not sat at your computer all day! Too many people fail to get the job they want. They put too much energy into traditional ways of applying for a job. In this dramatically revised 2nd edition you will get a systematic practical guide through all aspects of job search. Learn: • Why you have to be clear on what you want to do, and how to create a message. • The importance of research and why you need to go far beyond a review of the company website. • How to effectively target an application through a customised CV and cover letter. • Why you must be on LinkedIn and how to use it as part of your job search campaign. • Why you have to be found and how to do this. • How to prepare for a Skype interview. • How to stay motivated. … And MUCH MORE Alongside the 23 chapters of practical advice you also get access to: • Orientation welcome video. • 15+ forms to download for your own personal use in managing your job hunt. • 6 audio interviews discussing subjects such as thinking yourself to success, body language, and using career assessments. • Mock interview brief to use in your interview practice. • Easy access to all the web links referred to in the book. Don’t waste another day - get focused on a targeted job search now!

How to Get a Job in a Recession: A Comprehensive Guide to Job Hunting in the 21st Century, Complete with Masses of Free Downloadable Bonuses

Business & Money

Job Hunting & Careers

Brook House Press

Rethinking Retirement for Positive Ageing is a practical guide that shows you how to make retirement successful, based on the most up-to-date research available. It encourages a deeper and wider view of retirement and reveals how retirement can be a time of transition, renewal, and re-imagination.Written by career coach Dr Denise Taylor, it considers the psychological factors that impact a successful adjustment to retirement and offers a deeper analysis of how people can find meaning and purpose after full-time work. It examines retirement as an event that often brings about great changes in a person's personal and social life, and how to move forward with meaning in life. Illustrated with interviews, activities, and case studies, and with exercises and questions for reflection, it covers key topics including identity, health, well-being, finances, and relationships.This insightful guidebook is for all prospective and current retirees as well as employers, careers professionals, and counsellors who want to help people reflect on their approaches to retirement. You can visit the website and find publication resources linked to the book here: https: //denisetaylor.co.uk/rethinking-retirement/

Rethinking Retirement for Positive Ageing: Creating a Meaningful Life After Full-Time Work

Self-Help

Happiness

Routledge

Rethinking Retirement for Positive Ageing

This comprehensive resource is written to cover the Cambridge IGCSE ICT syllabus (0417). Cambridge IGCSE® ICT Second edition provides a complete course for developing and practising the skills required for students of Cambridge IGCSE ICT. The coursebook contains detailed explanations of concepts, worked examples and exercises to consolidate knowledge. The accompanying CD-ROM contains the source files required to complete the practical tasks set in the chapters. This Revised edition incorporates changes made to the syllabus for examination from 2020. Answers to the coursebook questions are in the teacher's resource.

Cambridge IGCSE® ICT Coursebook with CD-ROM Revised Edition (Cambridge International IGCSE)

Wright, Victoria

Cambridge University Press

Developed by an experienced teacher and examiner team, this scaffolded support guides you through the coursebook chapter by chapter, allowing you to teach with confidence whether new or experienced at teaching ICT. This resource includes over 400 teaching activity ideas, as well as teaching plans, language support, differentiated worksheets, homework ideas, links to useful digital resources, and exam-style papers, which save you much-needed time.

Cambridge Igcse?äó Ict Digital Teacher's Resource Access Card

Children's Books

Cambridge Univ Pr

Support teachers and learners through the Cambridge IGCSE(tm) Information & Communication Technology syllabuses (0983/0417). This coursebook with digital access strengthens practical skills and allows learners to apply theory to real-life scenarios, building core skills they will use in all areas of life. A three-tiered approach to practical tasks develops fundamental skills with 'Getting started' and 'Practice' tasks, and stretches more confident students with 'Challenge' tasks. Students are given a taste of the industry through 'ICT in context', adding relevancy to students' learning. As well as this, learners develop autonomous learning skills through the 'Reflection' feature, encouraging students to evaluate their learning journey. Answers are freely accessible to teachers on the Cambridge GO platform.

Cambridge IGCSE™ ICT Coursebook with Digital Access (2 Years) (Cambridge International IGCSE)

Waller, David

This comprehensive resource is written to cover the Cambridge IGCSE ICT syllabus (0417). Cambridge IGCSE ICT Second Edition provides a complete course for developing and practising the skills required for students of the IGCSE ICT syllabus (0417). The coursebook contains detailed explanations of concepts, worked examples and exercises to consolidate knowledge. The accompanying CD-ROM contains the source files required to complete the practical tasks set in the chapters.

Cambridge IGCSE® ICT Coursebook with CD-ROM (Cambridge International IGCSE)

This comprehensive resource is written to cover the Cambridge IGCSE ICT syllabus (0417). This Teacher's Resource CD-ROM accompanies the Cambridge IGCSE® ICT Coursebook Second edition. It has been written to offer teachers support and guidance for the 0417 syllabus and includes chapter-by-chapter support, ideas and advice, homework tasks, additional extension activity worksheets.

Cambridge IGCSE® ICT Teacher's Resource CD-ROM (Cambridge International IGCSE)

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