The Education Continuum

Heading to Vancouver for AERA 2012?

Do come and visit our stand - Booth 520 - to browse our book display and to talk the the Education team.  If you would like to arrange a meeting to discuss the courses you teach on, resources you use and any book ideas you have, please get in touch to arrange a meeting - alison.baker@bloomsbury.com

I look forward to seeing some of you in Vancouver!

Alison Baker
Senior Commissioning Editor

AERA 2012

Along with Kara Zavada and David Barker, I'm going to be heading to Vancouver next week for the 2012 AERA Meeting.  If you are attending and would be interested in discussing the courses you teach on, resources you use and any book ideas you have, please get in touch to arrange a meeting - alison.baker@bloomsbury.com

I look forward to seeing some of you in Vancouver!

Alison Baker
Senior Commissioning Editor

Schools for the Future Europe: Values and Change beyond Lisbon - Guest Post by John Sayer

Two lively meetings in Oxford and London marked the launch of this timely and challenging book, with panels of chapter writers joined by a hundred colleagues to share proposals and initiatives for the European dimension in schools, across a spectrum of cultural heritage, knowledge, school curriculum and language learning. The book is particularly critical of English habits of narrowing learning and throwing away the right to a general education throughout school, and commends broader European alternatives.
 
Speakers were united in condemning the current drift in English schools towards fearful competition for survival, mechanistic box-ticking for the measurable, and confining education to the dictates of successive governments which have seized control of every aspect of schooling without knowing what to do with it. They insisted on the common underlying values which have brought together the 47 countries of the Council of Europe, to co-operate on democratic citizenship, human rights and responsibilities, on reducing xenophobia, on the rôle of language learning and exchange opportunities, the tracing of a multicultural heritage, and above all on initiatives starting from home and school and not waiting for national government requirements.
 
On both occasions, speakers then fielded a lively wide-ranging debate which continued informally and was seen as a prelude to concerted efforts to ensure that young people have access to the common heritage on which to build their future together. 
 
‘Many thanks’ writes one of many, ‘for such a stimulating and useful discussion about our shared commitment to ensuring schools across the country are taking advantage of the enriching and creative international dimensions of language’.
 
The book, introduced with the purpose of being sound, informative, readable and challenging, is perhaps the first to start from and focus on the European dimension of school education, with recommendations for an achievable programme of good practice. It features in the current magazine of the European School Heads Association, and the panel discussions will be taken to forthcoming conferences.
 
Schools for the Future Europe is edited by John Sayer and Lynn Erler and was published on 8th March. 

Anna Fleming, Publisher

Book Launch at London Metropolitan University

The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at London Metropolitan University, UK, is holding a launch to celebrate the publication of Education and Constructions of Childhood by David Blundell, Principal Lecturer in Education Studies at the university.  There will be an informal launch and presentation where you can meet and talk with the David on Wednesday 14 March from 17.00 until 20.00 at the North Campus in Room T1-20 (Old Staff Cafe).

For registration and further information please go to: www.fsshbooklaunch14march.eventbrite.com

I look forward to seeing some of you there!

Alison Baker
Senior Commissioning Editor

Book Launch at Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln

Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln are holding a launch for two of our titles, Relationships and Sex Education 5-11 and Teaching and Learning on Foundation Degrees, on Friday February 17th at 4pm.

Do come along to the launch to meet the authors and celebrate the publication of these projects if you can. The first 30 attendees will receive a complimentary glass of wine!

Alison Baker
Senior Commissioning Editor

BETT

Just off to BETT now. Authors of Teaching English using ICT are doing a seminar at 3.15 today - Powering Up English with ICT is in the Auditorium.

There are lots of new technologies and old faces to be found at London Olympia for the rest of today and tomorrow, so get down there!

Melanie Wilson
Commissioning Editor (Professional Education)

SRHE Annual Conference 2011

I'm going to be at the SRHE Annual Conference at the Celtic Manor from today until Friday.  If you are attending, do come and visit the Continuum stand to talk about new publication ideas, to have a look at the books we have on display and to pick up a catalogue.  We are offering a 20% discount on all paperbacks and a 35% discount on all hardbacks on the stand, including Yvonne Hillier’s Reflective Teaching in Further and Adult Education and Paul Ashwin’s Analysing Teaching-Learning Interactions in Higher Education.

Alison Baker
Senior Commissioning Editor

SRHE Newer Researchers Conference 2011

Calling all Newer Researchers!

I'm going to be at the SRHE Newer Researchers Conference at the Celtic Manor today.  If you are attending the conference, do come and visit the Continuum stand to talk about any writing project ideas you have, to have a look at the books we have on display and to pick up a catalogue.  We are offering 20% discount on all paperbacks and 35% discount on all hardbacks on the stand, including Yvonne Hillier’s Reflective Teaching in Further and Adult Education and Paul Ashwin’s Analysing Teaching-Learning Interactions in Higher Education.

Alison Baker
Senior Commissioning Editor

Breaking through the barriers to reach and teach boys

There are some subjects that are notoriously difficult to get boys interested in, and research suggests that their learning needs, and wants, can sometimes be different to those of their female counterparts.

Gary Wilson, author of Breaking through Barriers to Boys Achievement is the UKs leading expert on raising boys' achievement. Alongside teacher and educational consultant, Susan Ainscough, Gary is on hand to help you to succeed in engaging and motivating boys.

Gary and Susan are running a training day called Teaching Boys on 15 November in London, in association with Osiris Educational. On the day, you will receive a free copy of the book the training is based on. You can find out more information on the content of the course, costs and bespoke training days here.

Gary Wilson is also author of Help Your Boys Succeed and Raising Boy's Achievement, also published by Continuum.

Melanie Wilson
Commissioning Editor (Professional Education)

ECER 2011, Berlin

Barely have I unpacked my BERA bag and I'm off to the European Conference on Educational Research in Berlin. If you are attending the conference, please come to visit our stand. We'll have 20% off all paperbacks and 35% off all hardcovers at the booth, and I'll be available to talk about teaching needs and new book ideas. I look forward to seeing some of you there!

Alison Baker
Senior Commissioning Editor (Academic Education)