How do you become an effective primary school teacher? What do you need
to be able to do? What do you need to know?
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.
The fourth edition of this bestselling textbook has been fully updated
with the latest research and initiatives in the field, as well as the
most recent changes to the National Curriculum across the UK. Twenty
four new authors have contributed, sharing their expertise and
experience as practitioners. Ten brand new units have been included on:
- Becoming a professional in the current context
- Building inclusive communities of engaged learners
- Understanding schools' aims and enacting your own
- Teaching for social justice
- Reading
- Grammar and punctuation
- Mastery in mathematics
- The value of outdoor learning
- Primary education in a digital age
A selection of extra tasks have been woven throughout, with an emphasis
on innovative, reflective practice, and new 'vivid examples' bring each
chapter's argument to life in a classroom context. In addition, each
chapter contains M-level tasks and further reading to assist with
research assignments, and differences in the National Curriculum and
policy in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are highlighted.
Providing a comprehensive but accessible introduction to teaching and
learning in the primary school, covering everything a trainee needs to
know in order to gain QTS, this accessible and engaging textbook is
essential reading for all students training to be primary school
teachers.
This textbook is supported by a free companion website with additional
resources for instructors and students (www.routledge.com/cw/Cremin) and
an accompanying series of books on Teaching Creatively across the
curriculum.
