Critical Thinking Skills For All

Jonathan Glazzard and Michael Green We wrote this book to unpack our understanding of an ambitious secondary curriculum. The Education Inspection Framework rightly places a significant emphasis on the curriculum as the substance of education. In recent years, schools have focused on raising academic attainment and this has led to unintended consequences, including teaching to … Continue reading An Ambitious Secondary School Curriculum Read More

Jonathan Glazzard and Michael Green We wrote this book to unpack our understanding of an ambitious secondary curriculum. The Education Inspection Framework rightly places a significant emphasis on the curriculum as the substance of education. In recent years, schools have focused on raising academic attainment and this has led to unintended consequences, including teaching to … Continue reading An Ambitious Secondary School Curriculum Read More

What is CBT? Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a highly used psychological intervention which is based on the premise that our... Read More

Having co-authored Effective Personal Tutoring in Higher Education which detailed what we thought was happening in the sector at that point, what I personally found exciting about co-editing (with Andy Stork and Ben Walker, two of my previous co-authors) The Personal Tutor’s and Advisor’s Companion was that it details what is happening in the sector … Continue reading The Higher Education Personal Tutor and Advisor’s Companion Read More

The latest issue of MAPP Magazine focuses on educational applications: applying Hope Theory with students on an immersive Holocaust education trip to Poland; making Positive Psychology accessible to high schoolers; and building resilience strengths in COVID-weary summer campers. Read More

Our homes were our first classroom, where we learnt to walk and talk, and where we later practiced reading and writing. Studies have... Read More

If you are a teacher or a parent wanting to make sure that you are giving young people every chance to be creative, this book by Dr Karen Hosack Janes looking at how creativity can be nurtured is for you. First it explores the early creative experiences of some people well-known for being creative and … Continue reading Do you want to develop your own creativity and the creative skills of children? Read More

The practical problem with emotional contagion is not just in spotting the outbreak. By then it might be too late to save either self or a contact community from ill effect. But are there strategic tools to spot ominous spreads from afar? If you or people close to you do catch an emotional infection, how should it be treated? Can this kind of wave be contained? This book explores detection, identification, and containment of emotional contagion.. Read More

We look at why critical thinking is so hard to teach and what the solutions are for teachers! Read More

Available NOW in Paperback, PDF, EPUB, and on Kindle for just £20.00! ISBN : 9781914171093Edition No : 1Publication : Sep 3, 2021Extent : 96 pgs Read More

Today is the launch day for the eBook of Kathryn Britton’s new must-read guide to writing: Sit Write Share This book should be a resource in your personal library like a great cookbook is a staple in your kitchen. Kathryn suggests that people approach writing with an experimental mindset. Likely some of her 55 experiments will become favorite go-to staples that appear frequently on your writing menu, while others will help you think holistically about planning a dinner party -- presumably the book or long-form piece that you want to write. Read More

The English education system has a variety of school types available (from privately owned to publicly funded, academies and free schools, single-sex and mixed, grammar schools and comprehensives), and deciphering the differences between them can be confusing to many parents. Too much choice can be overwhelming, but the best way to deal with the confusion … Continue reading Why is choosing the right school for your child important? The differences between school types in England Read More

The latest issue of MAPP Magazine has been published by graduates of the MAPP Program at the University of Pennsylvania. This edition has more articles on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. It also addresses the value of mastermind groups and the journey to happiness via film. Read More

By Abbi Jackson Independent Social Work Consultant, Senior Planning Officer, Practice Educator, Lecturer I have written this book to help guide students and newly qualified social workers in applying theory to practice.  I aim to help people learn from the experience of established workers, firstly to gain insight into practice in areas they have no … Continue reading How do social workers really make decisions? Read More

Is this book going to help you dissent and defy? Quite possibly. This is also a book about excellent communication, effective change management, and meaningful interpersonal and emotional intelligence. At its core, this book is designed to change the way that its readers see the world and act within it. Read More

I had been teaching on online or blended programmes for eight years and, when COVID-19 hit, in our centre we found ourselves in demand, to support colleagues with the ‘pivot’ to online or virtual. But there was a tension between the requests for ‘how to’ and our lived experience of the ‘why’ and all of … Continue reading How has COVID-19 impacted Higher Education? Questions over Online Learning Read More

While we cannot change our biology, we can still make progress toward our goals by developing a deeper awareness of what drives us, accepting what can and cannot be changed, and taking action to change what we can. This can be iterative process that moves us toward actually doing what we know is good for us. Read More

This jargon-free book is suitable for all trainee and registered health professionals who require knowledge and understanding of drugs used in the treatment of mental health conditions for prescribing or administering purposes. Whilst there are various alternative interventions to managing moderate to severe mental health presentations, psychotropic medications remain the mainstay interventions used in various … Continue reading The long awaited second edition Psychopharmacology: A mental health professional’s guide to commonly used medications by Herbert Mwebe Read More

The latest issue of MAPP Magazine has been published by graduates of the MAPP Program at the University of Pennsylvania. This edition has more articles on Positive Humanities. It also explores the factors that lead to habit formation. Read More

This book is for anyone who cares about children, why they learn, how they learn and what they learn. So, why Education: the Rock and Roll Years? I was born at the birth of the modern education system and grew up in a period when rock and roll stormed on to the scene. I am … Continue reading EDUCATION: THE ROCK AND ROLL YEARS by Les Walton Read More

August 31 is the launch date for the new book, The Business of Race: How to Create and Sustain an Antiracist Workplace and Why It's Actually Good for Business. At first blush, the title says it all: who the book is for, why it matters, and what we can aspire to achieve. But as a curious person and a long -time friend of Margaret Greenberg, I wanted to know more. Read More

Who should be involved in deciding what school-based practice in teacher education should look like? Often it is the provider of initial teacher education – a team of teacher educators working at a central base, university or school. Including in this dialogue the school-based teacher educators who are supervising all students in their school and … Continue reading School-based practice in teacher education Read More

The latest issue of MAPP Magazine has been published by graduates of the MAPP Program at the University of Pennsylvania. This edition is dedicated to the Positive Humanities. Read More

In recent years, scholars within positive psychology have been adopting a more nuanced view of positive and negative, recognizing that positive qualities can sometimes be harmful and negative mental states can sometimes contribute to human flourishing. Read More