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  • USING ENGLISH
    JANET MAYBIN / NEIL MERCER / ANN HEWINGS
    Using English provides an invaluable introduction to the study of English for students of language and linguistics. It examines the way in which the English language is used today in different contexts and in many parts of the world, by both native and non-native speakers. Issues of language use in speech and writing, in work and play, and in persuading and informing are explor...

    $1,099.00

  • LEARNING ENGLISH
    NEIL MERCER / BARBARA MAYOR / JOAN SWANN
    Learning English focuses on young children's acquisition of spoken and written English in monolingual and bilingual contexts and explores the debates surrounding English in schools and colleges, and the often controversial nature of the English curriculum in different parts of the world.  English is learned in most parts of the world, both through use in the home and community,...

    $1,179.00

  • THE ROUTLEDGE INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH ON DIALOGIC EDUCATION
    NEIL MERCER
    The Routledge International Handbook of Research on Dialogic Education provides a comprehensive overview of the main ideas and themes that make up the exciting and diverse field of Dialogic Education. With contributions from the world’s leading researchers, it describes underpinning theoretical approaches, debates, methodologies, evidence of impact, how Dialogic Education relat...

    $1,179.00

  • LANGUAGE AND THE JOINT CREATION OF KNOWLEDGE
    NEIL MERCER
    In the World Library of Educationalists series, international experts themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces – extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and practical contributions – so the world can read them in a single manageable volume. Readers will be able to follow the themes and strand...

    $1,139.00

  • INTERTHINKING: PUTTING TALK TO WORK
    KAREN LITTLETON / NEIL MERCER
    Through using spoken language, people are able to think creatively and productively together. This ability to ‘interthink’ is an important product of our evolutionary history that is just as important for our survival today. Many kinds of work activity depend on the success of groups or teams finding joint solutions to problems. Creative achievement is rarely the product of sol...

    $999.00

  • COMMON KNOWLEDGE (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
    DEREK EDWARDS / NEIL MERCER
    First published in 1987, Common Knowledge offers a radical departure from the traditionally individualistic psychologies which have underpinned modern approaches to educational theory and practice. The authors present a study of education as the creation of ‘common knowledge’ or shared understanding between teacher and pupils. They show the presenting, receiving, sharing, contr...

    $1,299.00

  • EXPLORING TALK IN SCHOOL
    NEIL MERCER, STEVE HODGKINSON
    Selected as an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Magazine, January 2010 Classroom talk, by which children make sense of what their peers and teachers mean, is the most important educational tool for guiding the development of understanding and for jointly constructing knowledge. So what practical steps can teachers take to develop effective classroom interaction? Bringing to...

    $1,270.55

  • DIALOGUE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN'S THINKING
    NEIL MERCER / KAREN LITTLETON
    This book draws on extensive research to provide a ground-breaking new account of the relationship between dialogue and children’s learning development. It closely relates the research findings to real-life classrooms, so that it is of practical value to teachers and students concerned that their children are offered the best possible learning opportunities. The authors provide...

    $1,139.00

  • WORDS AND MINDS
    NEIL MERCER
    Words and Minds takes a lively and accessible look at how we use language to combine our mental resources and get things done. Examining everyday language and drawing on a wide range of research, but always with a light style, Neil Mercer provides a unified account of the relationship between thought and language. Mercer analyses real-life examples of language being used effect...

    $1,039.00