Primary English for Trainee Teachers

Primary English for Trainee Teachers

by David Waugh (Author), WendyJolliffe (Author), KateAllott (Author)

Synopsis

With chapter sequencing following the new Curriculum, this book supports you to make use of the opportunities presented in the National Curriculum for effective and engaging Primary English teaching. Covering all areas of the new National Curriculum for primary English and offering insight into effective teaching, it helps you connect what you need to teach, to how it can be taught. It opens up the opportunities in the new curriculum for creative and imaginative teaching and covers all areas of children's literacy from poetry and literature to SPAG.

Throughout the text, case studies of teaching are used as a starting point for learning and guidance on practical teaching strategies is included in all chapters. A comprehensive guide to the teaching of primary English that will help you secure your subject knowledge and transform your teaching.

Includes the full National Curriculum Programme of Study for English, key stages 1 and 2 as a useful reference for trainee teachers.

Other books in this series include: Primary Science for Trainee Teachers and Primary Mathematics for Trainee Teachers

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 312
Edition: 1
Publisher: Learning Matters
Published: 23 Sep 2014

ISBN 10: 1446296601
ISBN 13: 9781446296608

Author Bio
David Waugh is subject leader for Primary English at Durham University. A former deputy headteacher, David worked in ITT from 1990 at the University of Hull, where he led the PGCE course and became Head of Department. In 2008 he was appointed as National Strategies Regional Adviser for ITT. As well as his educational writing, David also writes children's stories, including Lottie's Run published in 2015. Wendy Jolliffe is Professor of Education and was, until recently, Head of Teacher Education at the University of Hull. Kate Allott is Senior Lecturer in Education at York St John University. Kate worked as a literacy consultant in a local authority from the inception of the National Literacy Strategy. More recently she spent two years as a regional adviser with the Primary National Strategy, working on the Communication, Language and Literacy Development initiative.