Primary Teacher Solutions: Ready Pedagogy and Inspirational Ideas

ISBN-13: 9781032110271 / Angielski

Poppy Gibson; Robert Morgan; Ashley Brett

Opis

This timely book offers a raw critique of the current educational issues and debates, alongside ‘teacher hacks’ to provide teachers, trainee teachers and educators with a plethora of stimulating material to ignite curiosity, maintain passion, and culture creativity in the classroom.

Made in partnership with academics and primary school teachers working on the frontline from around the globe, this book is threaded with honest practitioner voices as the big educational issues are boiled down and explored. Chapters cover day-to-day organisation such as planning, subject knowledge, setting homework, and behaviour management strategies, right through to considering how we can best support children’s mental health and staff wellbeing. As well as including critical questions to encourage reflection throughout, the book offers insights into meaningful experiences such:

• teaching overseas,
• taking on responsibility roles in schools,
• considering how teachers can become educational researchers for transformative change,
• engaging with parents and carers,
• deploying Teaching Assistants.

Whether trainee teachers, Early Career Teachers, or established practitioners, this book provides insight into trialed tips and techniques for shaping pedagogy in the classroom. A modern, well-resourced guide as we emerge from the global COVID19 pandemic.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Classroom organisation  3. Behaviour management  4. Planning  5. Subject knowledge and pedagogy  6. Maths anxiety in the classroom  7. Formative assessment  8. Engaging with parents and carers: Promoting the home-school partnership  9. Teaching assistants  10. Fundamental British values: What is British about them?  11. The wider curriculum  12. Career progression and further study  13. The power of actioning action research: Becoming an educational researcher  14. Teaching overseas  15. Developing parent partnerships after COVID-19 lockdowns: Giving a positive spin to the effects of the pandemic 16. Supporting pupils’ well-being  17. Self-care and well-being for staff 18. Homework