Download or read book Using History to Develop Thinking Skills at Key Stage 2 written by Belle Wallace and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical resource book presents ways in which teachers can help to develop children's problem solving and thinking skills through a range of history topics. The book contains classroom-based activities that have been tried and evaluated by teachers and children. Most importantly, the contributors also show how the skills developed through rigorous historical investigations can be used across all areas of the curriculum. Topics covered include a detailed account of a world history investigation on Ancient Egypt; teaching historical skills using artifacts; small group work on local history, the Vikings and the Second World War; working in depth on aspects of the Tudors; and developing writing skills through a study of the Romans.

Download or read book Primary English Curriculum Guide written by Christine Moorcroft and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2001. The purpose of this curriculum guide is to help student teachers and newly qualified teachers to make a start on learning how to become competent teachers of English. Despite the emphasis given in training courses to the teaching of English, newly qualified teachers often feel underprepared for it and frequently mention their concerns about this. These concerns can be partly explained by a general lack of confidence in this key area and partly by widespread media and political criticism of the teaching of literacy. It is also because it is often difficult for a student to make the connection between observation of key teaching strategies and his or her own personal practice.

Download or read book Monitoring Assessment Recording Reporting and Accountability written by Rita Headington and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing primarily for student and newly qualified teachers, whose classroom experience is necessarily limited, the author takes pains to elucidate why to assess, what to assess and how to assess.

Download or read book Understanding Primary Physical Education written by Gerald Griggs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-05 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to become a more effective practitioner every teacher needs to have a sound understanding of the theoretical, social and historical context in which their work takes place. Understanding Primary Physical Education goes further than any other textbook in exploring the development of physical education teaching at the primary and elementary level, drawing together important research from across the educational and sociological literature. The book goes beyond everyday teaching practice at an operational level to encourage students, trainee teachers and researchers to develop a critical understanding of policy, process and practice in primary physical education. By rooting everyday documents and everyday issues in a broader, connected educational and developmental landscape, this book challenges casual assumptions and encourages a better, more thoughtful teaching practice. It is an essential companion for any degree level course in primary physical education.

Download or read book The Art of Storytelling for Teachers and Pupils written by Elizabeth Grugeon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2000. At the start of the new millennium the definition of literacy has taken on multiple electronic possibilities. But this is a book about the foundations of literacy in orality, in the words, stories and culture of every individual. This book explores the relation of storytelling to literacy and the role of story in human life.

Download or read book Teaching Thinking Skills Across the Primary Curriculum written by Belle Wallace and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a practical and universal framework for the teaching of thinking skills and problem-solving across the primary curriculum, using examples of topics from the National Curriculum, classroom techniques, and tried-and-tested activities which systematically develop pupils' thinking and problem-solving skills. While accommodating the need of all learners to develop effective thinking skills, the book also caters to the need to differentiate learning activities to extend the more able learners. Written by a team of teachers who recognize the day-to-day problems that face their colleagues in the classroom, this accessible, jargon-free book will be welcomed by teachers, SENCOs and ABCOs alike.

Download or read book Improving Secondary Science Teaching written by John Parkinson and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Parkinson encourages teachers to reflect on their current teaching practice and guides them to improving their teaching and, consequently, their pupils learning.

Download or read book Equality in the Primary School written by Dave Hill and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-11-24 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on a wealth of knowledge from a diverse group of contributors, this volume addresses the importance of going beyond equal opportunities. The contributors provide a compelling argument for promoting equality in primary schools. Issues covered include: social class; 'race'; gender; sexual orientation; disability and special educational needs with reference to all subjects taught at primary school level.

Download or read book Teaching Humanities in Primary Schools written by Pat Hoodless and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book supports primary trainees in their learning and teaching approach to the core humanities subjects: geography, history and religion. It promotes an integrated approach to these subject areas and encourages trainees to reflect on the links between subjects, across the curriculum from the Early Years Foundation Stage through to Key Stage 2. This edition has been updated to incorporate the revised Professional Standards for the Award of QTS and addresses key initiatives such as Excellence and Enjoyment, Every Child Matters and the Primary National Strategy for Literacy and Mathematics.

Download or read book Primary School Physical Education written by Anne Williams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to put right the fact that there is a dearth of texts written specifically for primary school teachers, which provides information about key issues and current research evidence in ways which are comprehensible to a non-specialist and which guide practice. The ability to use research evidence to improve and inform practice is now a requirement for the award of QTS.

Download or read book School Improvement Through Performance Feedback written by A.J. Visscher and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internationally there is an increasing trend to publish and feed back information to schools and teachers on their functioning. School improvement is often the central goal, though accountability and the promotion of parental/student school choice also play an important role.Practical initiatives and research in this field have often failed to recognize the full complexity of improving schools through school performance feedback. Relevant questions are, for example, to what extent: the information fed back to schools is valued and understood by them; the school performance feedback enables appropriate diagnosis and remediation to take place in schools; the use of the feedback generates conflicts and tensions for teachers and administrators; the features of the implementation process and school organization influence the utilization of school performance feedback systems; schools do actually improve as a result of performance feedback; and the feedback systems have unintended effects. This book fills the gap by including: a thorough conceptualization of school feedback as a performance enhancing mechanism, and the prerequisites for utilizing this information in schools; a typology of school performance indicators; a review of the research on the impact of feeding back performance information to individuals and to organizations; evidence on the process, problems and impact of school performance feedback from an international variety of contexts (Australia, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, USA); and reflections on these experiences within the theoretical framework, leading to recommended strategies for school improvement through performance feedback.

Download or read book Teaching for Understanding Across the Primary Curriculum written by Lynn D. Newton and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2002 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book discusses the complex nature of understanding and what it means to teach for understanding. The processes and strategies that can support teaching for understanding are then exemplified in the context of different areas of the primary / elementary (4-11 years) school curriculum.

Download or read book Improving Literacy at KS2 and KS3 written by Andrew Goodwyn and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2002-09-17 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will to help student and practicing teachers to understand the issues surrounding literacy, the place of transition in pupils' lives, and to feel confident in handling the National Literacy Strategy.

Download or read book Success with Numeracy for the QTS Skills Test written by Les Fairclough and published by Success Publications. This book was released on 2001 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Understanding Assessment written by David Lambert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first title in this new series, which is aimed principally at secondary PGCE and BAEd students and school- and HEI-based tutors. Each book provides a digest of the central issues around a particular topic or issues, grounded in or supported by examples of good practice, with suggestions for further reading, study and investigation. The books are not intended as 'how to' books, but rather as books which will help students and teachers to explore and understand critical theoretical issues in ways that are challenging, that invite critical reappraisals of taken-for-granted practices and perceptions, and that provide appropriate links between theory and practice. Issues related to equal opportunities and special needs are included in each separate volume . There are boxes of questions, 'think abouts' , further reading, and bulleted summary lists for the reader. This book is written specifically for teachers-in-training which will clarify the 'big picture' of monitoring and assessment and makes the crucial distinctions in this large (and still taken-for-granted) field. The authors have written widely on assessment matters and have also worked in various capacities for the QCA (and its former manifestations). They are also engagerd in initial teacher education and so know the level and market extremely well.

Download or read book Developing Teaching Skills In The Primary School written by Johnston, Jane and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will focus specifically on developing pedagogical skills and consider what these skills are, how they develop, how they impact on learning and how they differ for different ages and subjects

Download or read book Assessment In Secondary Schools written by Brooks, Val and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The entire text is devoted to assessment and therefore it is able to offer an in-depth consideration of aspects of assessment which exercise teachers at the beginning of their career, for example the relationship between assessment and learning, how assessment contributes to planning, ways of marking pupils' work, writing reports for parents and meetings with parents.