Free resources
We are always looking for ways to support you as you develop as a professional so we are pleased to be able to provide a growing range of free resources including sample material, checklists, sample forms and glossaries. Select below the area that you are interested in:
Evidence-based Teaching
A Critical Overview for Enquiring Teachers
A concise guide to evidence-based teaching, offering practical advice on how to implement it and evaluate its success.
Teacher Education Partnerships
Policy and Practice
A critical review of initial teacher education partnerships, putting forward a set of principles necessary for the development of effective ITE partnership working.
Learning Technology
A Handbook for FE Teachers and Assessors
An accessible, practical and up to date book targeted at FE and post-16 teachers, whatever their academic or vocational specialism. The book provides the knowledge and skills required to source learning technology tools, objects and content and to convert traditional learning and teaching resources into engaging and interactive online material.
Effective Personal Tutoring in Higher Education
An essential text for all academics within higher education (HE) who have a personal tutoring role.
Classroom Talk
Written for teachers, this concise guide takes an evidence-based approach to oracy / classroom talk with practical advice on how to engage with and evaluate the ideas explored.
Professional Learning Communities and Teacher Enquiry
Written for teachers, this concise guide takes an evidence-based approach to professional learning communities and teacher enquiry, with practical advice on how to engage with and evaluate various models.
Shifting Sands
Contemporary issues in primary schools
A practical guide to a range of key contemporary issues in primary schools, with summaries of legislation and policy, and workable strategies to embed them in the classroom.
Communication Skills for your Education Degree
For those undertaking an education or teaching degree within higher education, this book provides study support and skills development for both oral and written communication in the context of education and teaching.