Authors:Michael Bland, Alison Theaker, David W Wragg, David W
Publisher: Kogan Page
Keywords: practice, results, relations, media, effective
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2005-07-28
List price: $32.50
ISBN-10: 0749443804
ISBN-13: 9780749443801

The power of the media is unquestionable.  It can have dramatic effects on public opinion and decision making. Knowing how to use the media effectively is an essential skill for the public relations practitioner. In this third edition of Effective Media Relations, three public relations professionals give clear, practical guidance on how to work with journalists to get the best possible media coverage. In Part 1, Alison Theaker looks at the media context and provides an overview of the law, ownership, ethics, new technology and media evaluation. In Part 2, David Wragg looks at

Author: Ted Wragg
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: routledgefalmer, education, readers, teaching, reader, learning
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2004-07-02
List price: $180.00
ISBN-10: 041533375X
ISBN-13: 9780415333757

In this new Reader, Ted Wragg has carefully selected contributions to reflect enduring and contemporary trends in the field of Teaching and Learning. Focusing on the major issues confronting education today, this lively and informative Reader provides a rich hand-picked resource of some of the most influential writing from leading books and journals within education today. Topics include:* Early learning* Teaching and learning strategies* Teaching the wider curriculum* Education for all* Managing teaching and learning* Teaching and teacher educationWith a specially written introduction from th

Author: Ted Wragg
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: observation, classroom, introduction
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 1999-05-14
List price: $47.95
ISBN-10: 0415194407
ISBN-13: 9780415194402

The first edition of this book was a bestseller, and is generally regarded as the most widely used and authoritative text on this topic. This completely revised and updated second edition takes into account the latest changes in educational practice, and includes coverage of recent developments in teacher appraisal and school inspection procedures. Ted Wragg is an international expert on research into teaching and learning, but has always been someone who writes with the teacher in mind. Using a combination of case studies, photographs and illustrations, Wragg shows how various people stud

Authors:R. P. Chamberlin, G. S. Haynes, E. C. Wragg, Prof E C
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: school, primary, literacy, improving
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 1998-11-11
List price: $210.00
ISBN-10: 041517287X
ISBN-13: 9780415172875

Based on one of the largest studies ever undertaken of what primary schools do to improve literacy, this book reports what Professor Ted Wragg and his research team found. The evidence comes from 1,395 primary schools reporting the strategies they used and there is also an analysis of four local authorities, with a special focus on Birmingham. Thirty-five primary teachers were observed over a full school year and several hundred individual pupils’ progress in reading was also monitored closely. School policies, classroom practices, the views and behavior of teachers, children and parents

Authors:R.P. Chamberlin, G.S. Haynes, E.C. Wragg, Prof E C Wr
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: teachers, failing
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2000-02-23
List price: $57.95
ISBN-10: 041522022X
ISBN-13: 9780415220224

This book describes research undertaken during the Teaching Competence project, a two-year research project which looked at five main areas surrounding this subject.

Authors:Dr George A Brown, George Brown, Ted Wragg,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: classroom, skills, project, primary, leverhulme, explaining
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 1993-04-05
List price: $37.50
ISBN-10: 0415083877
ISBN-13: 9780415083874

Explaining illustrates what explanation is and what it aims to do. Exploring the various strategies open to teachers, this book offers a combination of activities and discussion points which will enable them to build up a repertoire of techniques suitable for various situations and to evaluate the effectiveness of their explanations in the classroom. The text covers such issues as the use of an appropriate language register, the place of analogies, building on children’s questions, as well as coping strategies for effective explanation when the teacher is unfamiliar with the subject matt

Authors:David Jessop, David Jones, Peter Baily, David Farmer,
Publisher: Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc.
Keywords: management, principles, purchasing
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2005-01-13
List price: $89.50
ISBN-10: 0273646893
ISBN-13: 9780273646891

Providing a proactive managerial view of the purchasing function, this text meets the needs of the modern manager as a practical guide and satisfies the requirements of students of purchasing management, whether functional, specialist or general. Suitable for undergraduate Business or Engineering students taking a module in Purchasing and Supplies Management, MBA and CIPS students.