Full Description
This book explores the diverse ways in which practitioners can support students' learning, enabling them to develop and flourish in the school setting. Chapters bring together various theoretical approaches, draw on case studies from practice and foreground the concrete ways in which practitioners might respond to the specific needs of children.
Maintaining a strong link with current policy and curricula, each chapter takes a detailed and nuanced approach to a different aspect of pupil support, whilst reflective questions, activities and suggestions for further reading encourage the reader to reflect, re-consider and delve deeper into key topics. Areas addressed include:
theories of child and adolescent development
managing student behaviour and building positive relationships
working with pupils with special educational needs
making use of assessment and evaluation
furthering professional skills and career progression.
An accessible yet comprehensive guide to a wide range of key issues, this book will provide Foundation Degree students, teaching assistants and practitioners working in a range of educational settings with essential support as they progress from study into practice.
Contents
List of figures and tables
Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
List of contributors
Introduction
Allison Tatton, Clare Bright and Lorraine Thomas
Part I - Professional issues
1 The role of the Teaching Assistant
Allison Tatton and Clare Bright
2 Education policy
Cheryl Hedges
3 Reflecting on learning: becoming a student in higher education
Clare Bright
Part II - Curriculum issues
4 The developing child
Jane Beniston
5 Curriculum development and approaches
Clare Bright and Cheryl Hedges
6 Supporting core skills
Angela Sawyer, Andrew Sheehan and Ian Tinley
7 Children and technology
Stephen Dixon
8 Assessment and evaluation
Parminder Assi
Part III - Supporting pupils' learning needs
9 Working with families
Jacky Taylor
10 Special educational needs, disability and inclusion
Clare Bright
11 Behaviour and relationships
John Bayley
12 Inclusion, diversity and English as an additional language (EAL)
Chris Watts and Parminder Assi
Part IV - Professional development
13 Undertaking a small-scale research project
Allison Tatton
14 Next steps: Further developing your reflective practice; professional and academic learning; career progression
Lorraine Thomas
Index
