Search Results: EDUCATION & TEACHING from Bookhome Sydney

Bristol: Technical and Educational Services, 1988. 3rd ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, covers lightly scratched, top corner front cover little creased, minor edgewear, sticker mark rear cover. 156 pp. Graham Gibbs and colleagues provide 53 suggestions to make your lectures more interesting and effective. The book will be helpful for teachers, schools of nursing and management training, government instructors and others. Third edition (1988).

Bristol: Technical and Educational Services Ltd, 1992. Paperback trade, very good condition, tables. 162 pp. The purpose of the series is to help teachers with practical ideas for their teaching, in this case, teaching large classes.

London: Routledge / Taylor & Francis, 2005. Paperback octavo, very good condition, figures, minor edgewear. 350 pp. This book, edited by Bill Atweh and two colleagues from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), firstly describe their Parapet project, which combines action research and partnerships to improve social justice in education. Then follows chapters that are case studies (narratives) from a rich collection of action research projects in Australian schools and a university. (A printed copy of a print-on-demand, POD, book.).

Sydney: Principal and Councillors, St Andrews College, 1970. Revised ed.. Hardback octavo, no jacket, very good condition, light blue pictorial cover, black & white photos, pages faintly toned, faint foxing edges, owner's written name free flyleaf. 127 pp. About the history of St. Andrews College at the University of Sydney. The compiler, Alan Dougan, graduated from resident student to Principal of the College. Dr Nish's history is the foundation on which the book has been written, and the photos add the interest to the history.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1912. Reprint ed.. paperback small, good plus condition, card cover (concealed staples), drawings, pages little creased (during manufacture), covers & pages lightly toned, edgewear, spine repaired (archival tape), owner's written name front cover, bookplate. 80 pp. A scarce early issue of this popular history of Australasia for Australian school children. This revised edition was originally published in 1910. (Bookplate of Brian W. McDonald, Australian History Promotions. Written name of Annie Donnison, dated 28.10.12.).

Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. 4th ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition. 208 pp. Fourth edition. This popular textbook has been thoroughly updated to include many new debates and developments in the theory, practice and education of anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive social work. By respected former British professor of social work.

Sydney: George B. Phillip & Son, 1930. Paperback small, stapled pamphlet (staples concealed), good condition, card cover, top corner tips worn covers, slight loss top of spine, bottom corners covers creased, few creases in covers, pages toned, minor edgewear, rubber stamp. 32 pp. (Estimated date, 1930, or perhaps earlier.) This little booklet consists of a number of separate stories, held together by a framework. The nature of this framework is told in the prologue. Retells the myth of the Greek princess, rejected by her father, raised by bears, won in marriage in a race by Melanion, and then changed into a lioness by an angry Aphrodite.

Sydney, Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin, 2015. Paperback octavo, very good condition, front cover little creased, minor edgewear corners & spine. 253 pp. The author tells her story about spending a year at a boarding school in the bush, at the age of fourteen. The 16 girls were left largely unsupervised, they were a mixture of badly-behaved students and some of the most socially vulnerable. The author joined up with the powerful girls, becoming part of the games - and later a victim of various types of bullying and aggression. In the book, she explains how those experiences affected her as an adult and shaped her future relationships. (1 of 2 available copies.).

Sydney: Sydney University Engineering Alumni, Faculty of Engineering, 1999. Paperback large wide octavo, good condition, stapled pamphlet, card covers, black & white text-photos, staples slightly rusted, spots toning front cover, spine little rubbed, corner tips front cover little creased, minor creasing & edgewear. 32 pp. Recollections of a graduate from the Sydney University Engineering School at Oxford in the 1930s. Recording of a conversation with Jeremy Steele in January 1996 conducted in Dr K. N. E. Bradfield's home in Fairlight, on the North Shore of Sydney.

London: William Heinemann, 1955. 1st ed.. Paperback thin trade, good condition, illustrated card covers, black & white drawings, spine ends little rubbed, corner tips covers & few pages lightly creased, pages faintly toned, slight bump base spine, two ink stripes bottom edge, minor edgewear. 30 pp. A delightful story about a rabbit named Snowdrop who was looked after very well by her owner, Susan. Snowdrop had some unhappy adventures with some wild rabbits whose leader was named Black Bill, when she left her home to follow them. Snowdrop does make it back home, and is very happy to be there with Susan.

Adelaide: Methuen Educational / Griffin Press (Printer), 1971. Reprint ed.. Paperback small octavo, flexible cover, very good condition, colour drawings, spine ends little scuffed, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear corners, rubber stamps. 60 pp. The stories in this school reader for the Department of Education, New South Wales, are: No More Swimming, Boat Day, The Bluebird, The Circus, Wiri the Clown. (Originally published, 1964.).

Sydney: Playright Publishing, 1998. 1st ed.. Hardback quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, minor edgewear jacket, base spine & bottom corners lightly rubbed. Heavy (1.2 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 228 pp. A history of a respected private school in Bellevue Hill, a suburb in eastern Sydney, Australia.

New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), figures, tables, minimal edgewear jacket. 189 pp. This book provides new qualitative and quantitative evidence to introduce a theory on how youth draw on their cultural worlds to navigate their pathways to college (university). This book has fresh and creative ideas about theory, research, and policy. It will be of interest for researchers, educators, policymakers, and students.

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in good plus dustjacket), edge tears bottom edge repaired jacket, remainder mark. 246 pp. An education expert examines research on learning in children before the age of 8 or 9, that is, preschooling and primary grades in the United States. A student's entire educational journey is affected by what occurs - particularly, what does not occur - before this age.

Melbourne, Camberwell: Acer Press / Australian Council for Educational Research, 1996. 1st ed.. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, figures, tables, cover corners lightly scuffed, bottom corner tip creased front cover (bottom corner few pages lightly creased), tiny closed tear base spine, minor edgewear. 299 pp. Describes ways to identify both bullies and victims. This is a passionate and motivating book by an Australian psychologist that policy makers, school administrators, teachers, doctors and parents will find invaluable.

Sydney: Shakespeare Head, 1939. Reprint ed.. Paperback, flexible covers, good condition, figures, tables, pages & edges lightly toned, cover edges lightly frayed, light foxing edges & few pages, covers & spine lightly faded & rubbed & marked, front cover corner & few pages little creased, minor edgewear, rubber stamps, owner's written names & dates flyleaf. 68 pp. A collectible Australian school textbook. The book covers: carriage of goods by land, carriage of goods by sea, the common carrier, money and banking, paper money, functions of a modern bank, cheques, letters of credit, guarantees, the card and loose-leaf systems, petty cash, manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers, agents. A great book to take you back to the 30s and revisit or learn how the education system worked then in comparison to now.

Sydney, Glebe: President and Fellows of Camden College, 1964. Hardback small octavo, no jacket, very good condition, green boards, few black & white drawings, pages lightly toned, boards lightly faded. 86 pp. This commemorative history includes the background of the College's foundation. The appendix indicates the sources for further research by students wanting to learn the history of the College.

Sydney: Newington College, 1978. Paperback trade, no slipcase, very good condition, olive green card covers, sepia (brown-tinted) photos, spine & edges rear cover faded, faint foxing edges, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written name). 91 pp. Peter Swain provides the story of C. J. Prescott who spent 46 years as a headmaster. He led two schools with success: he was president and founding headmaster of the Ladies College (now MLC School) at Burwood for 14 years, and then president and headmaster of Newington College, Stanmore, for a record 32 years. (No 128 of a limited edition of 500 autographed copies printed for Newington College.)

Melbourne: University High School / Wm. Caulfield & Sons (Printer), 1961. Hardback small quarto, no jacket, very good condition, green cloth boards (gilt title), black & white photos, frontispiece, edges little foxed, pages lightly toned, light foxing flyleaf & title page, tiny spot front endpapers, small mark rear board, corner tips covers little rubbed. 178 pp. This book gives the history of one of Victoria's most significant secondary schools which opened in 1910. The school has been a centre for busy and stimulating activities for nearly 12000 boys and girls and their teachers. The school has given leadership to large numbers of secondary teachers and schools in Victoria and beyond the borders of the state.

Melbourne: Penguin Group Australia, 2013. 1st thus ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. 290 pp. The American executive left Microsoft in 1999 to set up "Room to Read", a nonprofit organization that promotes reading books and education across the developing world, starting in Nepal. Followup book to "Leaving Microsoft to Change the World". This book shares moving stories of the people "Room to Read" works to help: impoverished children whose schools and villages have been swept away by war or natural disaster and girls whose education would otherwise be ignored. This is a very special story that will interest people at any level of finance, government, and philanthropy, as well as general readers.