Description
Full of school-based examples supplied by practicing teachers, this accessible text:
- encourages trainees to "think beyond the standards"
- promotes the development of reflective, creative and imaginative teaching skills
- links theory with practice to show students how to apply these skills
- leads the reader through the key issues and concepts in general professional practice.
Written specifically for Professional Studies modules in primary education, this book will guide trainees in the early stages of their careers to become the imaginative teachers we need in our primary schools.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 CHAPTER Teachers as professionals: the background, EveEnglish; Chapter 2 CHAPTER 2 The reflective practitioner, LynnNewton; Chapter 3 CHAPTER 3 Teachers and the law, LynnNewton; Chapter 4 CHAPTER 4 Teaching and learning in the primary school, Douglas P.Newton; Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Planning for teaching and learning, EveEnglish; Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Monitoring and assessing learning, HelenCardy; Chapter 7 CHAPTER 7 Behaviour management, TeresaLeggett; Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Classroom approaches and organisation, CatherineWorton; Chapter 9 CHAPTER 9 The individual in the primary classroom, LynnNewton; Chapter 10 CHAPTER 10 Different needs and different responses, TraceyHume; Chapter 11 CHAPTER 11 Personal, Social and Health Education and Citizenship, LindaJohnston; Chapter 12 CHAPTER 12 The way ahead, EveEnglish; Index;
