Primary teaching : learning & teaching in primary schools today / edited by Catherine Carden.

Part 1: Understanding primary teaching -- What is teaching? -- What is teacher training? -- What are the realities of being a teacher in the UK today? -- Who are our 21st century children? -- What matters in the early childhood? -- What do student teachers need to know about child development? -- How do children learn? -- How can I bring evidence-based practice into my classroom -- Does curriculum really matter? -- What are we good at anyway? An international comparison -- What drives primary schools today? -- Part 2: Essential principles for teaching -- Why is teacher professionalism important? -- How do teachers plan effective learning episodes for children? -- How might we frame 'behaviour' in primary schools? -- Talk and communication: couldn't they just sit down and shut up? -- What is assessment? -- What can teachers do to raise outcomes for children with special educational needs and disabilities? -- Part 3: Developing skills for teaching -- How can I work to ensure a positive primary school placement? -- Thinking outside the box: how can you maximise the potential of the learning and teaching environment? -- How can questions, pace and delivery promote deep learning and thinking? -- Does an enquiry-based approach to learning still matter? -- How can we build positive relationships with children and parents? -- How can opportunities beyond the classroom maximise learning outcomes? -- How do we ensure that our classrooms are truly inclusive? -- Is data the whole story? The data-led accountability of teachers -- Part 4: Teaching now -- What are the issues surrounding teacher workload? -- Why bother with digital technology? What is the true power of reading? -- What is the potential of a primary STEM curriculum? -- What effect is mastery having on the teaching of mathematics in primary schools? -- A broad and balanced curriculum? -- Why do teachers need to know about child mental health? -- Part 5: Building a career -- What next? Beginning teaching and moving forward -- Continuing professional development: what does it really mean, and how can teachers best engage with it? -- Continuing professional development: what does it really mean, and how can teachers best engage with it? -- How can I become part of a network of colleagues who will support and challenge me? -- Is engaging with and in research a worthwhile investment for teachers? -- Appendices: Academic assignments for Initial Teacher Education -- The Teachers' Standards for England -- The Northern Ireland teacher competences -- The Standards for Registration: mandatory requirements for registration with the General Teaching Council for Scotland --The professional standards for teaching and leadership for Wales.

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