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

Product Information

Theoretical perspectives from both the particular subject domain and field of creativity are included throughout to widen teachers’ knowledge and increase the contemporary relevance of the texts. With a focus on personal reflection and discussion, it offers educators inspiration, guidance and resources to deliver a truly integrated curriculum creatively.

Twenty-two new authors have been involved and connections are now made to Northern Irish, Welsh and Scottish policies. Primary teaching is an immensely complicated business – much more complicated than government ministers and most other politicians realise.Learning to Teach in the Primary School provides a pathway into Australian education for preservice primary teachers. Flexible, effective and creative primary school teachers require subject knowledge, an understanding of their pupils and how they learn, a range of strategies for managing behaviour and organising environments for learning, and the ability to respond to dynamic classroom situations.

Learning and teaching reflection: developing capacities for lifelong learning Mary Ryan and Michael Ryan. Responding to gender differences Elaine Millard, Louise Wheatcroft and Eve Bearne Section 7: Recent Developments7. This third edition of Learning to Teach in the Primary School is fully updated with reference to the new national curriculum, and has been revised to provide even more practical advice and guidance to trainee primary teachers. Some children are natural, self-conscious comedians; others are unintentionally so; primary classrooms provide endless scope for amusement.Assessment for learning: Formative approaches Eleanore Hargreaves, Caroline Gipps and Alison Pickering 5. It changes subtly in form, substance and ‘feel’, minute to minute, hour to hour, lesson to lesson, class to class, and year to year. Understanding the teacher’s pastoral role Helen Childerhouse Section 9: Your Professional Development 9.

During this time children have to be taught those complex skills that are the foundation of all the learning they will do in the rest of their lives.The chapter focuses on some of the more important components of teaching skills and to explore the implications of these for our teaching.

It synthesises the philosophical and practical elements of teaching, encouraging a move away from traditional didactic approaches to contemporary . Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses.The concluding chapters of the book focus on professional growth, making this a valuable resource throughout preservice teachers' tertiary coursework and into their professional careers. Teaching a child to read, seeing another child’s delight on mastering a skill, telling a story that captivates the whole class, having a lesson that goes really well – such activities can and will give you tremendous satisfaction. This 4th edition is a contemporary and extremely relevant resource for prospective and qualified primary teachers alike.