Download or read book Primary Mathematics Teaching Theory and Practice written by Claire Mooney and published by Learning Matters. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential teaching theory and practice text for primary mathematics. Covering the skills of planning, monitoring and assessment and class management, it relates these specifically to primary mathematics. With full coverage of the theory and practice required for effective and creative mathematics teaching, this text is an essential guide for all trainees working towards QTS. Throughout, practical guidance and features support trainees to translate this learning to the classroom, embed ICT in their lessons and to understand the wider context of their teaching. This 7th edition has been updated in line with the new National Curriculum.
Download or read book Developing A Leadership Role Within The Key Stage 2 Curriculum written by Mike Harrison and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-04 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1989 initial teacher training courses in England and Wales have included teacher preparation for taking a lead in a school subject area in their first appointment. There is no longer a place for a teacher newly qualified or not in primary schools whose sole responsibility is for his or her own class. A teacher must have specific specialist knowledge and expertise in particular subjects which must be shared with all staff.; This text contains the latest curriculum and assessment changes. It aims to help students and newly qualified teachers to understand the complexities of being a co-ordinator of a National Curriculum subject in Key Stage 2 and reports on best practice.
Download or read book Supporting Key Stage 2 and 3 Dyslexic Pupils their Teachers and Support Staff written by Sally Raymond and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I have found Sally Raymond's worksheets ideally suited for use with pupils in need of focussed literacy development materials. They find them varied and accessible with opportunities to include personal interests and topics. I use them to match specific learning needs to activities which introduce, explain, engage and assess individual targets and skills.' Julia Smith B.Ed. SpLD APC (Patoss) - dyslexia assessor and tutor This A4 resource book provides all the materials required to follow structured programmes of learning support for dyslexic pupils. Created by Sally Raymond, an experienced teacher of dyslexic pupils, this resource provides a wide variety of adaptable worksheets with lots of teaching advice and supportive guidance. The worksheets: are fully adaptable to meet the needs of different pupils support Department of Education recommendations and Ofsted advice and guidance encourage cross-curricula support and interventions to promote maximum access to a wide range of topics use varied, enjoyable, applications including games, quizzes and novel challenges designed to engage and stimulate thinking and learning develop the knowledge and skills of practitioners helping them identify and monitor progress and needs Also available by Sally Raymond: Extending Support for Key Stage 2 and 3 Dyslexic Pupils, their Teachers and Support Staff: The Dragonfly Games 978-1-13-877460-5 Spelling Rules, Riddles and Remedies 978-0-415-71000-8
Download or read book Primary English Knowledge and Understanding written by Jane Medwell and published by Learning Matters. This book was released on 2021-03-10 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the subject knowledge you need to teach primary English. If you are training to be a primary school teacher, you need to understand what you need to know about primary English before you can teach it. Secure subject knowledge and understanding is the foundation of confident, creative and effective teaching. To help you master this, this comprehensive text includes subject knowledge from each part of the primary English curriculum and comes with a wide range of resources so you can test your growing knowledge as you progress through the course. an online English subject knowledge audit with the ability to share results end of chapter self-assessment questions Interactive tasks an English subject knowledge checklist useful weblinks for primary English teaching Recommended further reading This new edition has been updated and includes a new chapter on children′s common misconceptions in English.
Download or read book Resources for Teaching Elementary School Science written by National Science Resources Center of the National Academy of Sciences and the Smithsonian Institution and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1996-04-28 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What activities might a teacher use to help children explore the life cycle of butterflies? What does a science teacher need to conduct a "leaf safari" for students? Where can children safely enjoy hands-on experience with life in an estuary? Selecting resources to teach elementary school science can be confusing and difficult, but few decisions have greater impact on the effectiveness of science teaching. Educators will find a wealth of information and expert guidance to meet this need in Resources for Teaching Elementary School Science. A completely revised edition of the best-selling resource guide Science for Children: Resources for Teachers, this new book is an annotated guide to hands-on, inquiry-centered curriculum materials and sources of help in teaching science from kindergarten through sixth grade. (Companion volumes for middle and high school are planned.) The guide annotates about 350 curriculum packages, describing the activities involved and what students learn. Each annotation lists recommended grade levels, accompanying materials and kits or suggested equipment, and ordering information. These 400 entries were reviewed by both educators and scientists to ensure that they are accurate and current and offer students the opportunity to: Ask questions and find their own answers. Experiment productively. Develop patience, persistence, and confidence in their own ability to solve real problems. The entries in the curriculum section are grouped by scientific areaâ€"Life Science, Earth Science, Physical Science, and Multidisciplinary and Applied Scienceâ€"and by typeâ€"core materials, supplementary materials, and science activity books. Additionally, a section of references for teachers provides annotated listings of books about science and teaching, directories and guides to science trade books, and magazines that will help teachers enhance their students' science education. Resources for Teaching Elementary School Science also lists by region and state about 600 science centers, museums, and zoos where teachers can take students for interactive science experiences. Annotations highlight almost 300 facilities that make significant efforts to help teachers. Another section describes more than 100 organizations from which teachers can obtain more resources. And a section on publishers and suppliers give names and addresses of sources for materials. The guide will be invaluable to teachers, principals, administrators, teacher trainers, science curriculum specialists, and advocates of hands-on science teaching, and it will be of interest to parent-teacher organizations and parents.
Download or read book Creativity in the English Curriculum written by Lorna Smith and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-04-21 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creativity in the English Curriculum is essential reading for anyone involved or interested in the teaching of English, offering both a detailed history of how creativity has informed the tradition of teaching English, and how it should be used to position this teaching in the future. Highlighting the need to promote creativity as a rich, intellectual pursuit, Creativity in the English Curriculum celebrates artistry in English past and present, and argues for its restoration to the curriculum. It emphasises that creativity is at the core of a humane education, not only through stimulating and enhancing the growth of the individual, but also through developing understanding of the importance of community, society and collaboration. Smith presents the historical relationship between curriculum policy and creativity, demonstrating that creativity has and always will be the life blood of teaching and learning. Including dialogues between expert English teaching practitioners and leading professionals concerning the place of creativity in English, Creativity in the English Curriculum includes practical, research-informed ideas for effective creative practice for any English classroom. It is a must-read for teachers, educators, parents and guardians to prepare all learners for life in and beyond school.
Download or read book Register of Educational Research in the United Kingdom 1992 1995 written by and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This latest volume of the Register of Educational Research in the United Kingdom lists all the major research projects being undertaken in Britain during the latter months of 1992, the whole of 1993 and 1994 and the early months of 1995. Each entry provides names and addresses of the researchers, a detailed abstract, the source and amount of the grant(where applicable), the length of the project and details of published material about the research.
Download or read book Learning to Teach Mathematics in the Secondary School written by Sue Johnston-Wilder and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning to Teach Mathematics in the Secondary School combines theory and practice to present a broad introduction to the opportunities and challenges of teaching mathematics in the secondary school classroom. This fourth edition has been fully updated to reflect the latest changes to the curriculum and research in the field, taking into account key developments in teacher training and education, including examinations and assessment. Written specifically with the new and student teacher in mind, the book covers a wide range of issues related to the teaching of mathematics, such as: why we teach mathematics the place of mathematics in the National Curriculum planning, teaching and assessing for mathematics learning how to communicate mathematically using digital technology to advance mathematical learning working with students with special educational needs post-16 teaching the importance of professional development the affective dimension when learning mathematics, including motivation, confidence and resilience Already a major text for many university teaching courses, this revised edition features a glossary of useful terms and carefully designed tasks to prompt critical reflection and support thinking and writing up to Masters Level. Issues of professional development are also examined, as well as a range of teaching approaches and styles from whole-class strategies to personalised learning, helping you to make the most of school experience, during your training and beyond. Designed for use as a core textbook, Learning to Teach Mathematics in the Secondary School provides essential guidance and advice for all those who aspire to be effective mathematics teachers.
Download or read book Learning to Teach in the Primary School written by Teresa Cremin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-24 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flexible, effective and creative primary school teachers require subject knowledge, an understanding of their pupils and how they learn, a range of strategies for managing behaviour and organising environments for learning, and the ability to respond to dynamic classroom situations. This third edition of Learning to Teach in the Primary School is fully updated with reference to the new National Curriculum, and has been revised to provide even more practical advice and guidance to trainee primary teachers. Twenty-two new authors have been involved and connections are now made to Northern Irish, Welsh and Scottish policies. In addition, five new units have been included on: making the most of your placement play and exploration in learning behaviour management special educational needs phonics. With Masters-level reflective tasks and suggestions for research-based further reading, the book provides valuable support to trainee teachers engaged in learning through school-based experience and through reading, discussion and reflections as part of a teacher education course. It provides an accessible and engaging introduction to knowledge about teaching and learning that every student teacher needs to acquire in order to gain qualified teacher status (QTS). This comprehensive textbook is essential reading for all students training to be primary school teachers, including those on undergraduate teacher training courses (BEd, BA with QTS, BSc with QTS), postgraduate teacher training courses (PGCE, SCITT) and employment-based teacher training courses (Schools Direct, Teach First), plus those studying Education Studies. This textbook is supported by a free companion website with additional resources for instructors and students and can be accessed at www.routledge.com/cw/Cremin.
Download or read book Mastering Writing at Greater Depth written by Adam Bushnell and published by Sage Publications UK. This book was released on 2023-02-25 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides teachers with support, guidance, background theory, examples and practical advice for the teaching of writing at greater depth.
Download or read book Caminos 2 written by Niobe O'Connor and published by Nelson Thornes. This book was released on 2003-09-16 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A school Spanish course for beginners, Caminos Segunda Edicion has been fully revised and updated to cover the QCA Scheme of Work for Spanish. It is fully differentiated with activities at two levels of difficulty and additional material on differentiated worksheets provides practice in all four skills at two levels of ability. Additions to the second edition include a stronger focus on grammar, improved and extended ICT offerings and regular and rigorous assessment. The course has been improved to include comments from users, giving teachers the confidence that their students are provided with all the necessary support. Caminos segunda edicion is fully differentiated with activities at two levels of difficulty.- Additional material on differentiated worksheets provides even more practice in all four skills at two levels of ability.
Download or read book Reading Teachers written by Teresa Cremin and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-08-31 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engaging text offers primary school educators a principled way forward on their mission to nurture the life-changing habit of reading in childhood. Informed and inspiring, Reading Teachers accessibly demonstrates how teachers who are motivated, engaged and reflective readers themselves, can develop new understandings of reading for pleasure and make a difference to young learners. Drawing on a range of research evidence, including studies on reading teachers, dis/engaged boy readers, student teachers as readers and work with over 150 schools developing communities of readers, this book provides an accessible overview of international research alongside a highly practical classroom focus. Combining the insights of academics with 24 reading teachers in co-authored chapters, the book includes: Case studies of how practitioners have used research to inform and improve their practice ‘In conversation’ dialogues between educators about classroom practice that fosters positive reader identities Reflections on the editors own reading habits, practices and histories Recommended reading and suggestions of engaging children’s books Reading Teachers: Nurturing Reading for Pleasure enables practitioners to develop principled practice, helping all children find pleasure and purpose in reading. This book is therefore essential reading for all primary teachers, head teachers, literacy coordinators and trainee teachers.
Download or read book Register of Educational Research in the United Kingdom written by National Foundation For Educational Research and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-11-30 with total page 1640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book Primary English for Trainee Teachers written by David Waugh and published by Learning Matters. This book was released on 2014-06-15 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With chapter sequencing following the new Curriculum, this book supports you to make use of the opportunities presented in the National Curriculum for effective and engaging Primary English teaching. Covering all areas of the new National Curriculum for primary English and offering insight into effective teaching, it helps you connect what you need to teach, to how it can be taught. It opens up the opportunities in the new curriculum for creative and imaginative teaching and covers all areas of children′s literacy from poetry and literature to SPAG. Throughout the text, case studies of teaching are used as a starting point for learning and guidance on practical teaching strategies is included in all chapters. A comprehensive guide to the teaching of primary English that will help you secure your subject knowledge and transform your teaching. Includes the full National Curriculum Programme of Study for English, key stages 1 and 2 as a useful reference for trainee teachers. Other books in this series include: Primary Science for Trainee Teachers and Primary Mathematics for Trainee Teachers
Download or read book Monitoring Student Achievement in the 21st Century written by Heidi Harju-Luukkainen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book draws together leading student assessment academics from across Europe exploring student monitoring policies and practices in a range of countries across 22 chapters. The chapters in the first part offer a broad overview on student assessment covering history and current status, aims and approaches as well as methodological challenges of international student assessment. The second part presents country specific chapters provide an in depth look examining country specific policy and practices and findings of national and/or international assessments. Findings are critically discussed and recommendations are made for further development of each country's assessment context. The book shows similarities and differences within the educational assessment landscape as well as complexity and similarities in assessment policy documents and strategies, Given the globalized world we live in today, this book fills a need in the higher educational context and is intended for for policy makers in different countries as well.
Download or read book Mentoring Physical Education Teachers in the Secondary School written by Susan Capel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-03 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mentoring Physical Education Teachers in the Secondary School helps trainee and newly qualified mentors of physical education teachers in both developing their own mentoring skills and providing the essential guidance their beginning teachers need as they navigate the roller-coaster of the first years of teaching. Offering tried and tested strategies based on the best research and evidence, it covers the knowledge, skills and understanding every mentor needs and offers practical tools such as lesson plans and feedback guides, observation sheets, and examples of dialogue with beginning physical education teachers. Together with analytical tools for self-evaluation, this book is a vital source of support and inspiration for all those involved in developing the next generation of outstanding physical education teachers. Key topics explained include: Roles and responsibilities of mentors Developing a mentor-mentee relationship Guiding beginning physical education teachers through the lesson planning process Observations and pre- and post-lesson discussions Filled with the key tools needed for the mentor’s individual development, Mentoring Physical Education Teachers in the Secondary School offers an accessible guide to mentoring physical education teachers with ready-to-use strategies that support, inspire and elevate both mentors and beginning teachers alike.
Download or read book Primary Languages Effective Learning and Teaching written by Cynthia Martin and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2008-10-16 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Primary languages are to be an entitlement for all pupils in KS2 from 2010. There is therefore a need to ensure that trainee primary teachers are equipped with the required skills, knowledge and understanding to contribute to this process. This book supports specialists, and also non-specialist trainees with an interest in MFL, who may need to deliver languages across the curriculum, providing them with a clear understanding of the methodology and helping them to develop linguistic competence and confidence.
