Author Bio:
James Handscombe was educated at Silverdale School in Sheffield followed by maths degrees from Oxford and Harvard. Since emerging, blinking, from his own education he has been a (mostly) secondary (mostly) mathematics teacher in South Wales, Australia and London. Since 2014 he has been the founding principal of Harris Westminster Sixth form and since 2022 the Executive Principal of a sister school in Clapham.
By James Handscombe
Curiosity is a superpower: the more curious you are, the more questions you ask, the more answers you get, the more you know, and the more that further stimulates curiosity.
The pay-off is both the knowledge that is acquired (and knowledge, of course, is power) - and that virtuous circle.
Unfortunately, schools, qualifications and curricula are not always set up to encourage curiosity (and there are ways in which they actually discourage it).
The book covers some of the challenges encountered in trying to teach curiosity together with outlining a course that the author has designed and used to kick start that cycle of questioning.
Disc: Acad & Professional Paperback
208 X 144 mm 136 pages
Release Date: February 2026
9781036013479
AUD$: 33.99
By Silvia Bastow, Sinead Moxham
Unlock the secrets to effective teaching with "Teacher Hacks," an essential book series for educators dedicated to mastering the art of instruction.
In this book, Silvia Bastow and Sinead Moxham zoom in on the most challenging concepts in MFL providing innovative, research -backed strategies to demystify and demonstrate how to approach them in your classroom.
Perfect for both new and experienced teachers, this series is your go-to guide for enhancing student understanding and fostering a passion for learning.
Elevate your teaching, inspire your students, and make learning easier with "Teacher Hacks."
JOHN CATT EDUCATIONAL
Category: EDUCATION
Disc: ACAD & PROFESSIONAL Paperback 210 X 148 mm
Release Date: March 2026
By Bennie Kara
For over 40 years in New Zealand, prominent educational researcher Professor Emeritus Graham Nuthall studied the dynamics of learning in the classroom. His work culminated in the highly influential book, The Hidden Lives of Learners, which has guided teachers over the decades through the learning process for young people.
Through his meticulous research, we are made aware of the ‘worlds’ of our students, their contexts and their social interactions, and we are able to determine how these impact on long-term learning.
In this book, Bennie Kara explores the theoretical and practical elements of Nuthall’s extensive research, including the importance of feedback, how to focus effectively on individual student needs, how to maximise learning activities and how to create a classroom culture of enquiry.
Drawing on Nuthall’s findings, she also delves into the complexities of direct instruction and misconceptions about individualised instruction practices.
JOHN CATT EDUCATIONAL
Category: EDUCATION
Disc: ACAD & PROFESSIONAL Paperback
210 X 148 mm
THROUGHOUT
33.99
120 pages
Release Date: March 2026 B&W THROUGHOUT 9781036003586 AUD$: 27.99
By Sarah Cottingham
American psychologist and psychiatrist David Ausubel is well known for his famous quote: "The most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows. Ascertain this and teach him accordingly" (Ausubel, 1968, vi). But few know about the richness and importance of his assimilation theory of meaningful learning and retention, which holds many more instruction-altering insights. One of the main reasons why this theory is so important is because it focuses on the end goal teachers are after: teachers don’t want students to memorise distinct ideas; teachers want students to develop vast bodies of knowledge in the subjects they are taught. Ausubel explains that the only way to achieve this is through supporting students to learn meaningfully. This book explores the key elements of the theory and what it means to learn meaningfully.
By Oliver Lovell, Tom Sherrington
What is it that enables students to learn from some classroom activities, yet leaves them totally confused by others? Although we can't see directly into students' minds, we do have Cognitive Load Theory, and this is the next best thing. Built on the foundation of all learning, the human memory system, Cognitive Load Theory details the exact actions that teachers can take to maximise student outcomes. Written under the guidance, and thoroughly reviewed by the originator of CLT, John Sweller, this practical guide summarises over 30 years of research in this field into clear and easily understandable terms. This book features both a thorough discussion of the core principles of CLT and a wide array of classroom-ready strategies to apply it to art, music, history, chemistry, PE, mathematics, computer science, economics, biology, and more.
By Neil Gilbride
Bandura's theory of self-efficacy is one of the most important discoveries in modern psychology that has transformed how we understand human behaviour. Through years of research across different disciplines, we now know that our self-efficacy is a central concept in how we behave and is critical in determining the capacity that students have to shape their own lives. The belief that our behaviour can yield a positive result within a specific domain explains many experiences that teachers face in the classroom - why, in the face of good teaching, students still don't attempt the work; why, in some lessons, students are seen to work harder than in others; why some students struggle to bounce back from failure and why student behaviour can still present a challenge.
JOHN CATT EDUCATIONAL EDUCATION
Disc: ACAD & PROFESSIONAL Paperback
210 X 148 mm
120 Pages
B&W THROUGHOUT
Rel Date: October 2023
9781398341432
AUD$: 26.99
JOHN CATT EDUCATIONAL EDUCATION
Disc: ACAD & PROFESSIONAL Paperback
210 X 148 mm
140 Pages
Rel Date: December 2020
9781913622237
AUD$: 26.99
JOHN CATT EDUCATIONAL EDUCATION
Disc: ACAD & PROFESSIONAL Paperback
210 X 148 mm
160 Pages
Rel Date: February 2025
9781398388727
AUD$: 26.99
Author Bio:
Kate Jones is an experienced teacher, leader, bestselling author, blogger, and award-winning international speaker. As a secondary history teacher Kate has taught in the United Kingdom and in British Curriculum schools in the United Arab Emirates. She is currently Senior Associate for Teaching and Learning at Evidence Based Education and delivers training and support to schools across the UK and internationally. Kate writes extensively about education in various educational magazines including Teach Middle East Magazine and the TES and is also the founder of The Love to Teach Podcast.
By Kate Jones
Practical advice for teachers on using questioning in the classroom to maximise opportunities for teaching and learning. Linked to research evidence for the effectiveness of questioning as a teaching tool.
Equips teachers to improve their questioning techniques, develop oracy skills in their learners and enhance the consolidation and recall of learning.
A Little Guide for Teachers series is little in size but BIG on all the support and inspiration you need to navigate your day-to-day life as a teacher.
* Authored by experts in the field
* Easy to dip in-and-out of.
* Interactive activities encourage you to make it your own
* Read in an afternoon or take as long as you like with it!
SAGE PUBLICATIONS
Category: EDUCATION
Disc: Text
176 X 125 mm Paperback
Release Date: February 2026 120 pages
9781036230913 AUD$: 41.99
By Richard Selfridge
Teachers are expected to use data to inform their decisions in the classroom. This guide offers practical advice for teachers to help them gather useful student data, interpret the data schools generate, and act on their findings. The Little Guide for Teachers series is little in size but BIG on all the support and inspiration you need to navigate your day-to-day life as a teacher.
Date: June 2024
By Caroline Bentley-Davies
X 125 mm
Date: January 2025
A Little Guide for Teachers: Differentiation and Adaptive Teaching seeks to support readers with one of the most challenging parts of teaching. Drawing upon the authors’ extensive teaching and training experience, this book references key research and offers an in-depth discussion on how teachers can meet the needs of each pupil. Offering hints and tips and ideas for the classroom, this book offers effective teaching techniques that can be drawn upon in the classroom. The Little Guide for Teachers series is little in size but BIG on all the support and inspiration you need to navigate your day-to-day life as a teacher. SAGE PUBLICATIONS EDUCATION
By Laura Knight
Generative AI is poised to revolutionize education, lightening workloads, enriching learning experiences, and igniting creativity. But with these advancements come critical challenges and essential questions. This book is your guide to understanding generative AI: its mechanics, ethical considerations, and practical applications for both you and your students. Part of the “Little Guide for Teachers” series – compact in size, but brimming with the support and inspiration you need every day.
SAGE PUBLICATIONS
EDUCATION
Disc: TEXT
176 X 125 mm
120 Pages Rel Date: December 2024
9781036200794
41.99
By Richard M. Cash
Teach students essential skills like time management, organization, and goal setting Strategies and Tools for Self-Regulation in the Classroom provides resources to support students in developing self-regulation and executive-function skills they need to succeed in and beyond the classroom. This book follows the four phases of Engaging in Learning, providing concrete strategies and classroom activities to help students build confidence, set and manage goals, monitor progress, and reflect on their learning. Skills covered include note taking, active listening, taking breaks, balanced technology use, positive thinking, using a study buddy, staying healthy, and many more. You can easily incorporate teaching the strategies and activities into daily routines, making it easy to boost student achievement in small doses. FREE SPIRIT
279 X 216 mm
184 Pages
COLOUR SECTION(S)
Rel Date: March 2026
9798885549844
AUD$: 81.99
By Richard M. Cash
Grit. Determination. Mindset. Self-control. All these terms are attributes of self-regulated learning, which is the ability to manage impulses, stay focused on tasks through completion, and develop a sense of autonomy in learning to achieve academic success. In SelfRegulation in the Classroom, Richard M. Cash translates research and theory into easy-to-implement strategies and ideas you can use to help students with special needs and without become selfdirected learners, including ways for them to: increase their engagement in learning boost their confidence avoid meaningless distraction develop effective study habits set and achieve goals use failure as a learning tool reflect and relax A foundation for promoting positive behavior and executive function skills, this book can help you meet the needs of all your learners and help them reach their potential in the classroom and in the real world.
By Wayne Tennent
Reading comprehension is a vital part of literacy that all primary school teachers need to understand. Drawing from educational and psychological research, this book offers a detailed analysis of how reading comprehension happens combined with practical teaching strategies for the classroom. This heavily revised second edition explores the underlying linguistic and cognitive processes that support comprehension, from inference making to the role of metacognition. It builds on this procedural knowledge to examine text selection, classroom pedagogy and how to assess comprehension.
FREE SPIRIT PUBLISHING EDUCATION
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279 X 215 mm
184 Pages
COLOUR SECTION(S)
Rel Date: May 2016
9781631980329
AUD$: 81.99
SAGE PUBLICATIONS
EDUCATION
Disc: TEXT Paperback
242 X 170 mm
296 Pages
Rel Date: March 2026
9781526423795
AUD$: 72.99
The Strategies, Models, and Lessons to Teach the Big Ideas in Grades K-2
By Pamela Weber Harris
Math is not rote-memorizable. Math is not random-guessable. Math is figure-out-able. Author Pam Harris argues that teaching real math math that is free of distortions will reach more students more effectively and result in deeper understanding and longer retention. This book is about teaching undistorted math using the kinds of mental reasoning that mathematicians do. Memorization tricks and algorithms meant to make math “easier” are full of traps that sacrifice long-term student growth for short-lived gains. Students and teachers alike have been led to believe that they’ve learned more and more math, but in reality their brains never get any stronger. Using these tricks may make facts easier to memorize in isolation, but that very disconnect distorts the reality of math.
Avoiding the Trap of Algorithms
By Pamela Weber Harris
Math is not rote-memorizable. Math is not random-guessable. Math is figure-out-able. Author Pam Harris argues that teaching real mathmath that is free of distortions-will reach more students more effectively and result in deeper understanding and longer retention. This book is about teaching undistorted math using the kinds of mental reasoning that mathematicians do. Memorization tricks and algorithms meant to make math "easier" are full of traps that sacrifice long-term student growth for short-lived gains. Students and teachers alike have been led to believe that they've learned more and more math, but in reality their brains never get any stronger. Using these tricks may make facts easier to memorize in isolation, but that very disconnect distorts the reality of math. The mountain of trivia piles up until students hit a breaking point.
A Framework and Tools for Guiding Classroom Number Learning
By Lucinda MacCarty, Kurt Kinsey
This essential resource from the best-selling Math Recovery® series provides a K-5 classroom starter kit for transforming mathematics learning outcomes and empowering all students to achieve their full potential. Discover the latest version of the Learning Framework in Number, the structured approach that underpins Math Recovery professional development. This framework supports effective teaching and learning of number concepts, skills, and strategies in the elementary grades. Packed with practical pedagogical tools, accessible guidance, and helpful illustrations, this book is a must-have for every elementary or primary school mathematics teacher.
CORWIN PRESS, INC.
EDUCATION
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Paperback
254 X 177 mm
320 Pages NOT ILLUSTRATED
Rel Date: November 2025
9781071967546
AUD$: 83.99
CORWIN PRESS, INC.
EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL
Disc: TEXT Paperback
254 X 177 mm
336 Pages Rel Date: April 2025
9781071948262
AUD$: 84.99
SAGE PUBLICATIONS
EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL
Disc: TEXT Paperback
297 X 210 mm
216 Pages
Rel Date: March 2026
9781529770827
AUD$: 80.99
The SMARTS Program for Tiers 2 and 3
By Aaron M. Thompson, Keith C. Herman
Self-monitoring is a key life skill that can be beneficial for everyone especially children struggling with behavior challenges to learn and improve. This practical manual presents the Self-Monitoring And Regulation Training Strategy (SMARTS), a motivating and engaging Tier 2 or 3 behavior support program for grades K-5. The authors are prominent experts who explain the conceptual and empirical rationale for SMARTS and provide everything needed for implementation. Unlike traditional interventions that rely solely on teacher assessments, SMARTS actively involves students in their own behavioral improvement process, reinforcing their sense of agency and competence.
By Kathleen Lynne Lane, Holly Mariah Menzies
Now in a fully revised second edition, this acclaimed, highly practical book reviews the breadth of proven strategies for preventing and responding to problem behavior in grades K-12 classrooms. Meeting the needs of real-world practitioners, the expert authors address all three tiers of intervention within a Comprehensive, Integrated, Three-Tiered (Ci3T) model. Educators are guided to implement effective instructional and classroom management practices to meet students' learning, behavioral, and social and emotional well-being needs (Tier 1). Chapters also describe more intensive interventions for students who need more than Tier 1 efforts have to offer (Tiers 2 and 3 interventions). In a convenient large-size format, the volume includes more than a dozen reproducible and downloadable forms.
Building Integrated Academic and Behavioral Success in Schools
By Rachel Brown-Chidsey, Sarah Wilkinson
Now in a revised and expanded second edition, this established practitioner resource and text provides a framework for integrating schoolwide academic and behavioral supports to maximize outcomes for K-12 students. Best practices for developing and sustaining an integrated multi-tiered system of supports (iMTSS) are addressed, with attention to timely issues and diverse populations, including students who are English learners. Chapters cover team building, implementation science, evidence-based instruction, problem solving, assessment, and more. The book's utility is enhanced by a chapterlength case study, reproducible/downloadable tools, and boxed reflections and how-to recommendations from experienced implementers.
GUILFORD PUBLICATIONS EDUCATION
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GUILFORD
266 X 203 mm
250 Pages
Date: March 2026
9781462558995 AUD$: 87.99
GUILFORD PUBLICATIONS
EDUCATION
Disc: ACAD & PROFESSIONAL Paperback
254 X 178 mm
380 Pages
Rel Date: March 2026
9781462559015
AUD$: 108.00
By Chartered College of Teaching
Navigating vacancies, supporting new educators, and fostering career growth can feel overwhelming amidst competing priorities and tight budgets. This book provides practical strategies for recruitment and retention, with a particular focus on removing barriers for individuals.
SAGE PUBLICATIONS
Category: EDUCATION
Disc: TEXT
242 X 170 mm Paperback
Release Date: March 2026
176 pages
9781036212377 AUD$: 77.99
By The Chartered College of Teaching
Supports career-long development for all teachers, leaders, and mentors. These short companions to professional learning give equal weight to principles and practice to encourage teachers to find balance and reflect on their practice throughout their busy school lives.
JOHN CATT EDUCATIONAL
Category: EDUCATION
Disc: ACAD & PROFESSIONAL
210 X 148 mm
Release Date: January 2026
9781036008208
By Chartered College of Teaching
This handbook guides you through all aspects of the Early Career Framework (ECF), supporting you through the full twoyear programme. It is both useful and thought-provoking and includes chapters covering all aspects of the ECF from wellknown teachers and researchers across the world of education.
SAGE PUBLICATIONS
Category: EDUCATION
Disc: TEXT
232 X 186 mm Paperback
Release Date: April 2022
232 pages 9781529791174
69.99
Paperback
152 pages
35.99
EDUCATIONAL THEORY
By Karl Aubrey, Alison Riley
This textbook provides an accessible overview of 20 of the most influential thinkers on education. Explore the key individuals whose writing has shaped our views on teaching and learning. Each chapter includes practical examples showing how theories can be applied in the classroom, along with critiques of each theorist, exploring opposing viewpoints
SAGE PUBLICATIONS
Category: EDUCATION
Disc: TEXT
246 X 189 mm
Release Date: March 2026
Paperback
424 pages
9781036206918 AUD$: 77.99
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