Learning to Teach in the Primary School (Learning to Teach in the Primary School Series)

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A highly accessible, interactive book written by highly qualified teacher educators who are experts in their field. Twenty-two new authors have been involved and connections are now made to Northern Irish, Welsh and Scottish policies. The word ‘style’ captures something of what I am trying to convey – a sense of considered professional judgement, of personal response, of quality, of distinctive style, which each practitioner (including you! The Learning to Teach in the Primary School Series offers support and ideas for student and practising teachers, enriching their knowledge, understanding and pedagogic experience in relation to creative teaching and learning.

Investigating the aims, values and purposes of primary education: the case of the Cambridge Primary Review Liz Chamberlain and Roger Macdonald 4.Assessment for learning: Formative approaches Eleanore Hargreaves, Caroline Gipps and Alison Pickering 5. It cannot be pinned down in a few straightforward sentences or in a political sound bite or in a brief inspection report (or, for that matter, in my simple acrostic! Not only is this book invaluable for trainee teachers but policy makers could well find food for thought as well. This major textbook will be essential reading for all students training to be primary school teachers, including those on BA (QTS), BEd and PGCE courses, as well as those on flexible PGCE courses, those on Graduate Registered Training courses, and those studying Education Studies.

Teaching Outdoors Creatively offers guidance and a variety of exciting ideas to suit the full range of primary schools and locations. Of course, there are no right or wrong answers here, and an activity as complex as primary teaching cannot be captured in just eight words. As well as being a practical activity, teaching needs to be conducted with a strong sense of moral purpose – you are doing it primarily to benefit others, not yourself! Building on firm foundations: Early years practice Janet Rose, Sue Rogers and Elizabeth Carruthers 2.

Written by primary experts, the book is divided into 10 sections and covers:* Becoming a Teacher* Exploring the Nature of Learning* Planning for Learning* Approaches to the Curriculum* Recent Developments in Primary Education* Diversity and Inclusion* Assessment* Partnership in Practice* Your Professional DevelopmentEach chapter will contain a brief introduction to the key concepts, issues and skills, and provides learning activities in the form of tasks. You can see from my completed acrostic that I believe that primary teaching is an extremely complex activity.