Kirjahaku

There are many expert teachers working in the global South and we can learn a great deal from them. Neither of these claims should be surprising, yet to date there has been almost no research conducted on expert teachers working in Southern contexts. Instead, the huge sums of money invested in attempting to improve teacher quality in the South have frequently been directed towards introducing exogenous practices or interventions that may be culturally inappropriate, practically infeasible and ultimately unsustainable – often failing as a result. In this pioneering book, Jason Anderson provides an authoritative overview of the practices, cognition and professionalism of expert teachers working in low-income contexts. By drawing upon both systematic reviews of teacher expertise and effectiveness research, and his own fieldwork in India, he argues that without an understanding of expert teachers working in all contexts worldwide, we cannot truly understand expertise itself.

There are many expert teachers working in the global South and we can learn a great deal from them. Neither of these claims should be surprising, yet to date there has been almost no research conducted on expert teachers working in Southern contexts. Instead, the huge sums of money invested in attempting to improve teacher quality in the South have frequently been directed towards introducing exogenous practices or interventions that may be culturally inappropriate, practically infeasible and ultimately unsustainable – often failing as a result. In this pioneering book, Jason Anderson provides an authoritative overview of the practices, cognition and professionalism of expert teachers working in low-income contexts. By drawing upon both systematic reviews of teacher expertise and effectiveness research, and his own fieldwork in India, he argues that without an understanding of expert teachers working in all contexts worldwide, we cannot truly understand expertise itself.

As a clinical psychologist, Dr. Anderson is well aware that with close friendships come occasional conflict, and friendship is at the heart of 'Bunny and Bear Work It Out'. Bunny and Bear must communicate, negotiate, and work through a number of disagreements before settling on solutions to their various problems. 'Bunny and Bear Work It Out' is a thoughtful children's book with important messages regarding communication, conflict resolution and friendship. This is all wrapped in a beautifully illustrated package to make the reader laugh, smile, relax and long for more. Great as a gift or as a bedtime story for the little ones.

Project-based learning: Cultivating creativity in the language classroom explores the vital importance of creativity in the classroom, and how this can be achieved by adopting a project-based approach, whatever your context might be.