The best kind of learning is that which never ends--and a culture of training means that staff will be more flexible and responsive to new ideas and strategies, imperative in today's libraries. In this practical resource, leading workplace trainers Reed and Signorelli offer guidance on improving the effectiveness of training programs. Their book…

The book is written for educators in both mainstream and special provision schools, as well as teachers who are new to the field or those who are working in isolation from other specialists, the book gives practical advice on how to employ appropriate teaching and learning strategies. The book includes: (1) an overview of autism and how it affects…

The goals of this book are to provide a foundation for using the Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA), a list of practical guidelines for designing a CALLA program, and suggestions for implementing CALLA in major subject areas of the curriculum. Four conditions for improving the education of language minority students are…

This book, written from a British perspective, offers several sets of teaching strategies at the university level strategies for acquiring information, for working with information to enhance understanding, for confirming learning, and for student self-management. In the first part, "Learning and Teaching at University," chapters cover various…