Primary Teaching
Learning and teaching in primary schools today
2nd Edition
Published on 7. July 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
624 pages
978-1-5297-8107-6 (ISBN)
Description
The second edition of this core text from Learning Matters asks:
What is teaching?
Does curriculum really matter?
Does behaviour need 'managing'?
What is a learning environment today?
Does my classroom reflect the identities of all of my learners?
How can I bring the theme of sustainability to my teaching?
Discussing these and many more, it covers the contents of professional studies modules and goes beyond to support trainees on placements and in their learning on the course. Five new chapters are added for this edition discussing themes of sustainability, teacher self care, diversity in the curriculum, sex and relationships education and our new understanding of learning environments.
Learning features throughout have been designed to help students develop their understanding, broaden their perspectives, think more critically and apply theory to practice. These include:
Case Studies to apply learning to real-life school contexts.
Key Readings to encourage wider reading, broaden perspectives and offer practical ideas for the classroom.
Key Theory features introduce and summarise big ideas, theories and research.
Critical Questions direct reflection, help students engage with what their reading and encourage critical responses.
Classroom Links highlight good practice, provide practical ideas and show how to implement these in the classroom.
Assignment features offer helpful points to consider and practical advice for writing assignments on chapter topics, which act as great starting points.
What is teaching?
Does curriculum really matter?
Does behaviour need 'managing'?
What is a learning environment today?
Does my classroom reflect the identities of all of my learners?
How can I bring the theme of sustainability to my teaching?
Discussing these and many more, it covers the contents of professional studies modules and goes beyond to support trainees on placements and in their learning on the course. Five new chapters are added for this edition discussing themes of sustainability, teacher self care, diversity in the curriculum, sex and relationships education and our new understanding of learning environments.
Learning features throughout have been designed to help students develop their understanding, broaden their perspectives, think more critically and apply theory to practice. These include:
Case Studies to apply learning to real-life school contexts.
Key Readings to encourage wider reading, broaden perspectives and offer practical ideas for the classroom.
Key Theory features introduce and summarise big ideas, theories and research.
Critical Questions direct reflection, help students engage with what their reading and encourage critical responses.
Classroom Links highlight good practice, provide practical ideas and show how to implement these in the classroom.
Assignment features offer helpful points to consider and practical advice for writing assignments on chapter topics, which act as great starting points.
More details
Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Exeter
United Kingdom
Publishing group
SAGE Publications Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
1147 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5297-8107-6 (9781529781076)
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Catherine Carden lecturers on the BA in Education Studies (Primary) at the Open University. Catherine is an Independent Education Consultant specialising in educational leadership and in particular people centred leadership, culture and wellbeing. Previous roles have included Director of Learning and Teaching in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Education, Director of Primary Initial Teacher Education and a teacher educator at a large HEI. Prior to that, Catherine held teaching and leadership roles within secondary and further education. Catherine's professional and scholarly interests are in teacher education and development, educational leadership, organisatonal culture, coaching and mentoring, and wellbeing and self-care.
Content
Part 1 Understanding primary teaching
1. What is teaching? - Catherine Carden and Virginia Bower
2. What are the realities of being a teacher in the UK today? - Janet Oosthuysen
3. What matters in early childhood? - Ioanna Palaiologou and Zenna Kingdon
4. How do children learn? - Sean MacBlain
5. How can I bring evidence-based practice into my classroom? - Mark Boylan
6. Does curriculum really matter? - Paul Killen and Avril Rowley
Part 2 Essential principles of teaching
7. Why is teacher professionalism important? - Glenn Stone
8. What matters in planning? - Deborah Wilkinson and Lorna Earle
9. Does behaviour need 'managing'? - Mark Sackville-Ford
10. Talk and communication: couldn't they just sit down and shut up? - Kate Allott and David Waugh
11. What is assessment? - Mary Briggs
12. What can teachers do to raise outcomes for children with special educational needs and disabilities? - Jonathan Glazzard
Part 3 Developing skills for teaching
13. How can I work to ensure a positive primary school placement? - Cara Broadhurst
14. Learning environments - Jon Audain
15. How can questions, pace and delivery promote deep learning and thinking? - Jonathan Doherty
16. How can we build positive relationships with children and parents? - Noel Purdy, Jill Dunn and Diane McClelland
17. How can opportunities beyond the classroom maximise learning outcomes? - Elaine Skates
18. How do we ensure that our classrooms are truly inclusive? - Deborah Langston
19. Is data the whole story? The data-led accountability of teachers - Darren McKay
Part 4 Teaching now
20. Teacher Wellbeing: Are doughnuts in the staffroom enough? - Adrian Bethune and Catherine Carden
21. How can teachers diversify the curriculum to ensure it reflects all of our children? - Aleishia Lewis
22. Why bother with digital technology? - Kelly Carabott and Amber McLeod
23. What is the true power of reading? - Louise Johns-Shepherd
24. What is the potential of a primary STEM curriculum? - Alan Cross
25. A broad and balanced curriculum? - Susan Ogier
26. Why do teachers need to know about child mental health? - Sarah Adams, Michelle O'Reilly and Khalid Karim
27. What is sustainability, why is it important and what does it mean for my teaching? - Nicola Kemp and Stephen Scoffham
28. Relationship and Sex Education: How does getting to know ourselves, our children and their families create a recipe for an inclusive RSE learning environment? - Bonnie Kerr and Kat Vallely
Part 5 Building a career
29. What next? Beginning teaching and moving forward - Lucy Barker
30. Continuing professional development: what does it really mean, and how can teachers best engage with it? - Mary McAteer and Conor McAteer
31. Is engaging with and in research a worthwhile investment for teachers? - Cat Scutt
1. What is teaching? - Catherine Carden and Virginia Bower
2. What are the realities of being a teacher in the UK today? - Janet Oosthuysen
3. What matters in early childhood? - Ioanna Palaiologou and Zenna Kingdon
4. How do children learn? - Sean MacBlain
5. How can I bring evidence-based practice into my classroom? - Mark Boylan
6. Does curriculum really matter? - Paul Killen and Avril Rowley
Part 2 Essential principles of teaching
7. Why is teacher professionalism important? - Glenn Stone
8. What matters in planning? - Deborah Wilkinson and Lorna Earle
9. Does behaviour need 'managing'? - Mark Sackville-Ford
10. Talk and communication: couldn't they just sit down and shut up? - Kate Allott and David Waugh
11. What is assessment? - Mary Briggs
12. What can teachers do to raise outcomes for children with special educational needs and disabilities? - Jonathan Glazzard
Part 3 Developing skills for teaching
13. How can I work to ensure a positive primary school placement? - Cara Broadhurst
14. Learning environments - Jon Audain
15. How can questions, pace and delivery promote deep learning and thinking? - Jonathan Doherty
16. How can we build positive relationships with children and parents? - Noel Purdy, Jill Dunn and Diane McClelland
17. How can opportunities beyond the classroom maximise learning outcomes? - Elaine Skates
18. How do we ensure that our classrooms are truly inclusive? - Deborah Langston
19. Is data the whole story? The data-led accountability of teachers - Darren McKay
Part 4 Teaching now
20. Teacher Wellbeing: Are doughnuts in the staffroom enough? - Adrian Bethune and Catherine Carden
21. How can teachers diversify the curriculum to ensure it reflects all of our children? - Aleishia Lewis
22. Why bother with digital technology? - Kelly Carabott and Amber McLeod
23. What is the true power of reading? - Louise Johns-Shepherd
24. What is the potential of a primary STEM curriculum? - Alan Cross
25. A broad and balanced curriculum? - Susan Ogier
26. Why do teachers need to know about child mental health? - Sarah Adams, Michelle O'Reilly and Khalid Karim
27. What is sustainability, why is it important and what does it mean for my teaching? - Nicola Kemp and Stephen Scoffham
28. Relationship and Sex Education: How does getting to know ourselves, our children and their families create a recipe for an inclusive RSE learning environment? - Bonnie Kerr and Kat Vallely
Part 5 Building a career
29. What next? Beginning teaching and moving forward - Lucy Barker
30. Continuing professional development: what does it really mean, and how can teachers best engage with it? - Mary McAteer and Conor McAteer
31. Is engaging with and in research a worthwhile investment for teachers? - Cat Scutt