This book is essential reading for students just beginning a career in primary school teaching. Written with the needs and questions of the new student teacher in mind, it covers the fundamental aspects of the job of the primary school teacher in an inspiring yet down-to-earth way. Each chapter covers a key issue in primary education. Becoming a Primary School Teacher is the perfect introductory text for the student teacher, helping them to prepare for their first school experience. It will also be of interest to more experienced teachers and teacher trainers.
This book is essential reading for students just beginning a career in primary school teaching. Written with the needs and questions of the new studen...
This text introduces students to the key issues in the study of childhood, from infancy through to adulthood, from an interdisciplinary and multi-professional perspective.
A broad-ranging introductory guide to key issues in the study of childhood.
Approaches childhood studies from an interdisciplinary and multi-professional perspective.
Presents the basics of psychology, social welfare, education, health, law, culture, rights, politics, and economics as they relate to children.
For each discipline, the role of...
This text introduces students to the key issues in the study of childhood, from infancy through to adulthood, from an interdisciplinary and multi-prof...
The Really Useful Creativity Book provides approaches and ideas that will enable children to develop their creativity. Written for the primary school teacher, student or trainee teacher, the book shows you how creativity can flourish in your classroom.
With examples of practice included throughout, the issues covered include:
everyday creativity ideas to get started on straight away
planning with ideas for cross-curricular planning, and many other ways to plan for creativity
creativity and...
What is creativity and how do we teach it?
The Really Useful Creativity Book provides approaches and ideas that will enable childr...
If you feel your classroom practice is either restricted by current initiatives or that there simply isn't time to develop children's own ideas then this is the book you need. Each section of the book has been written by teacher trainers in conjunction with primary teachers.
If you feel your classroom practice is either restricted by current initiatives or that there simply isn't time to develop children's own ideas then t...
Should teachers have autonomy over how they teach?
The curriculum is the heart of what teachers teach and learners learn: effective teaching is only possible with an effective curriculum. Yet in spite of its importance, there has been a crisis in curriculum that has been caused in large part by governments assuming direct control over the curriculum, assessment, and increasingly, pedagogy.
Creating the Curriculum tackles this thorny issue head on, challenging student and practising primary...
Is there an ideal primary school curriculum?
Who should decide what the curriculum is?
Should teachers have autonomy over how they teach?
Education has become dominated by testing, standards, interventions, strategies and political policy. Yet while elements such as these are important, "Exploring Education and Childhood" contends it is childhood - including its sociology and psychology - that is the vital holistic context for teaching and learning.
Written by a team of specialists who bring both experience of classroom teaching, teacher training, and of rigorous research and scholarship, each chapter examines a topic that is of vital importance to teaching and the work of teachers. The book explores examples of...
Education has become dominated by testing, standards, interventions, strategies and political policy. Yet while elements such as these are importan...
Education has become dominated by testing, standards, interventions, strategies and political policy. Yet while elements such as these are important, "Exploring Education and Childhood" contends it is childhood - including its sociology and psychology - that is the vital holistic context for teaching and learning.
Written by a team of specialists who bring both experience of classroom teaching, teacher training, and of rigorous research and scholarship, each chapter examines a topic that is of vital importance to teaching and the work of teachers. The book explores examples of...
Education has become dominated by testing, standards, interventions, strategies and political policy. Yet while elements such as these are importan...
The research and debates surrounding curriculum, pedagogy and assessment are ever-growing and are of constant importance around the globe. With two volumes - containing chapters from highly respected researchers, whose work has been critical to understanding and building expertise in the field - The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment focuses on examining how curriculum is treated and developed, and its impact on pedagogy and assessment worldwide. The Handbook is organised into five thematic sections, considering: - The...
The research and debates surrounding curriculum, pedagogy and assessment are ever-growing and are of constant importance around the globe. Wi...
This is the textbook students need to support them on this journey, no matter their training route or whether primary or early years in focus.
Through a unique pairing of academic research and teaching expertise, each chapter is collaboratively authored by an academic specialist and an experienced practitioner to provide a realistic and practical view of teaching children from years 3 - 11.
The book combines all the major topics, theories and research students need to...
How do people become effective teachers?
This is the textbook students need to support them on this journey, no ma...
Knowledge has been a defining focus for the curriculum studies field. In the early part of the 21st century convincing arguments were mounted that knowledge needed to be brought back in, both to the curriculum of schools and to the attention of curriculum researchers. This book is a result of these arguments, and what some regarded as a crisis in curriculum study related to the growing emphasis on international comparisons between education systems.
The book s most important contribution is to build on seminal work in the sociology and philosophy of education in order to develop new...
Knowledge has been a defining focus for the curriculum studies field. In the early part of the 21st century convincing arguments were mounted that ...
