Oxford First Atlas - Hardcover

Wiegand, Dr Patrick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 019830000X ISBN 13: 9780198300007

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2010

Synopsis

The Oxford First Atlas is a brightly illustrated and informative first atlas for young learners in their first years at school. It introduces pupils to key geographical themes and topics, including coasts, rivers, mountains, towns, travel and the environment, and develops early map concepts and atlas skills. It encourages pupils to talk and learn about maps and places. The atlas includes: - Introduction to Planet Earth and countries around the world - Clear and colourful maps of the world, the continents and the British Isles - Stunning aerial photographs and satellite images - Picture keys to help link geographical features to map symbols - Topics of special interest to children including animals and holidays This new edition of the Oxford First Atlas, specially written to support the requirements of primary geography at Key Stage 1, uses simple, clear mapping and colourful illustration to create a stimulating and informative first atlas for all 5-8 year olds. The Oxford First Atlas is also accompanied by the Activity Book for independent work, the Teacher's Handbook for practical page-by-page guidance on using the atlas, and the e-Atlas CD-ROM for whole class display on interactive whiteboard.

About this title

About the Author

Helen Margetts is Professor of Society and the Internet at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) and Fellow of Mansfield College, University of Oxford, before which she was Director of the School of Public Policy at UCL. A political scientist specialising in politics and government on the Internet, she has authored and co-authored a wide range of books and articles as well as a series of policy reports for the National Audit Office, including (with Patrick Dunleavy and others) Digital-era Governance (Oxford University Press, 2006); (with Christopher Hood) Tools of Government in the Digital Age (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007); and Government on the Internet (a joint LSE-OII study for the NAO, 2007). She is editor of the new journal Policy and Internet (Berkeley Electronic Press) and is currently researching on-line collective action.

Perri 6 is Professor of Social Policy in the Graduate School of the College of Business, Law and Social Policy at Nottingham Trent University. His recent books include Institutional Dynamics of Culture (ed. with G Mars, Ashgate, 2008), Public Emotions (ed. with S Radstone, C Squire, and A Treacher, Palgrave, 2007), Beyond Delivery (with E Peck, Palgrave, 2006), Managing Networks of Twenty First Century Organisations (with N Goodwin, E Peck, and T Freeman, Palgrave, 2006) and E-governance (Palgrave, 2004). He has published widely on issues such as joined-up government, consumer choice in public services, privacy and data protection, and social networks in journals such as Political Studies, Public Administration, and the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. He is currently researching how different styles of political judgment result in decisions that produce different types of unintended consequences.

Christopher Hood has been Gladstone Professor of Government and Fellow of All Souls College Oxford since 2001 and was Director of the UK Economic and Social Research Council Public Services Research Programme from 2004 to 2010. Before that he held chairs at the London School of Economics and the University of Sydney, New South Wales, and was a lecturer at the University of Glasgow for 14 years. His publications include The Limits of Administration (Wiley, 1976), The Tools of Government (Macmillan, 1983, updated as The Tools of Government in the Digital Age, 2007, with Helen Margetts), The Art of the State (OUP, 1998) and The Politics of Public Service Bargains (OUP, 2006, with Martin Lodge). He is currently working on a book on the politics of blame-avoidance.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019830000X
• ISBN 13: 9780198300007
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48