Developing Advanced Primary Teaching Skills

Developing Advanced Primary Teaching Skills

by Denis Hayes (Author)

Synopsis

Do you believe that continuous improvement in teaching is essential?

Do you wish to enhance your understanding of how children learn?

Are you eager to become a well-informed professional?

From the author of the hugely respected Foundations of Primary Teaching, this advanced textbook explores the essential elements of teaching and learning and the process of becoming a caring and competent teacher. It introduces a wide range of education issues, challenges and requirements with the intention of promoting advanced classroom practice, both for individuals and within teams. The book offers insights, ideas, hints and thought-provoking education topics for individual reflection and team discussion.

With a focus on understanding the teaching and learning processes and the factors that impact upon providing a high quality education for every pupil, this book discusses in detail key learning skills, dilemmas and challenges for primary teachers and themes in continuing professional development. It covers issues in teaching and learning including:

  • The nature/nurture debate
  • Motivation
  • Emotional and moral development
  • Raising boys' achievement levels
  • Gender and teachers
  • Accelerated learning
  • Reflective practice.

Including action points, hints and challenges, this book will be of interest to trainee teachers, postgraduates, experienced qualified teachers, deputy head teachers and head teachers who wish to be more consistently effective and make a positive impact on the lives of children in their primary classroom.

$43.32

Quantity

5 in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 232
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 17 May 2012

ISBN 10: 0415516544
ISBN 13: 9780415516549

Media Reviews

'This has been a most useful and inspiring book. As a classroom teacher, I have found it to be superb for refreshing my thought about teaching, challenging me and developing my practice'. Peter Sainsbury, Deputy Head, Winterbourne Earls Primary C of E School

Author Bio
Denis Hayes is an education writer and speaker. He was Professor of Primary Education at the Faculty of Education, University of Plymouth after spending seventeen years teaching across primary, middle and secondary schools. He has authored Foundations of Primary Teaching, The Guided Reader to Teaching and Learning and Encyclopedia of Primary Education, all published by Routledge.