Bücher von Christopher Day

This book brings together papers written by a number of experienced international academics who share a passion for promoting research-informed, high-quality pre-service and in-service teacher education that makes a positive difference to the lives of teachers and those of their students.

How does the built environment affect children - their health, their behaviour, education and development? To support them, what do we need to consider and what do we need to do? Can our surroundings foster environmental and social awareness and responsibility? This book aims to answer these questions and offers solutions.

Shows how to work towards a sustainable environment through socially inclusive processes of placemaking, and how to create places that are nourishing psychologically and physically, to soul and spirit as well as body. This book identifies important principles and illustrates their applicability in a range of situations, price-ranges and climates.

This book concentrates on the 'heart' of teaching - teachers' moral purposes, the nature of care, emotional commitment and motivation that distinguishes the best teaching and the best teachers.