Learning To Teach In The Primary School

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How can you become an effective primary school teacher? What do you need to be able to do? What do you need to know? Flexible effective & creative primary school teachers require subject knowledge an understanding of their pupils & how they learn a range of strategies for managing behaviour & organising environments for learning & the ability to respond to dynamic classroom situations. This second edition of Learning to Teach in the Primary School fully updated since the introduction of the QTS standards provides valuable support to trainee teachers during both the taught component & the school placement element of their initial teacher education course. It provides an accessible & engaging introduction to teaching & learning that every student teacher needs to acquire in order to gain Qualified Teacher Status as well as the underlying theory. Written by experts in primary school teaching this edition is divided into 37 units each covering essential concepts & skills including: approaching planning understanding early years practice NEW assessment for learning e-learning NEW inclusive approaches personalised learning & pupil voice NEW research & further qualifications NEW responding to ethnic diversity & gender differences teaching modern foreign languages NEW the professional standards of teaching working with others. Each unit offers a range of learning activities for trainee teachers in the form of tasks. Masters Level challenges
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- & annotated lists of further reading are provided for those who want to explore topics in more detail. 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) & employment-based teacher training courses (GTP RTP Teach First) plus those studying Education Studies.