Primary Teaching Today

"Primary Teaching Today: An Introduction" takes the reader 'behind the scenes' and alerts them to the fundamental attitudes and practices that every new primary teacher must acquire to make a success of their work and, crucially, to get maximum enjoyment while doing so. With a friendly narrative style and refreshing candour, the book focuses as much on what primary teachers should aspire to be as it does on what teachers are meant to do. Thus, the early chapters orientate towards the attributes for which teachers should persevere; the later chapters are more heavily weighted towards the implications for classroom practice and work in school. The final chapter offers a variety of exercises and tasks to deepen thinking and enhance professional learning, linked to the QTS Standards.Throughout the book there are 'Extend your thinking' prompts containing statements and questions to stimulate the reader in facing challenging issues, a 'Terminology check' to clarify meanings of terms, plus 'Strengthening practice' boxes with practical suggestions about implementation. The book is also unusual in that it provides relevant information about key issues under 'Professional learning perspectives' at the end of each chapter.

ISBN 0415475546   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9780415475549 (What's this?)   Pages 224 Publisher David Fulton Publishers Ltd   Volumes 1 Imprint David Fulton Publishers Ltd   Weight (grammes) 345 Format Paperback   Published in London Publication date 06 Nov 2008   Height (mm) 234 Library of Congress 2008021717   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY 372   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

Pt. I		Becoming a primary teacher
1		The job you have always dreamed about
2		The realities of teaching
3		The type of teacher you want to be
4		A model of the ideal teacher
Pt. 2		Teaching and learning
5		Helping children to love learning
6		Behaviour and the twenty-first-century child
7		Becoming a more skilful teacher
Pt. 3		Trainee teachers on school placement
8		Challenges and opportunities on school placement
9		Prospering as a trainee teacher
Pt. 4		Achieving excellence
10		Consolidating your professional learning
		Conclusion: The wonder years of primary teaching
		References
		Index

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