FOUNDATIONS OF PRIMARY TEACHING: Standards of Excellence

by Denis Hayes (Author), Denis Hayes (Author)

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  Paperback
  1990

  $6.25

  Foundations of Primary Teaching offers an accessible yet rigorous core text on the interrelated aspects of primary school teaching and the teacher's role. This new edition will have immediate appeal to those who are striving to achieve qualified teacher status under the new Standards criteria.There is a whole new chapter giving commentary and practical suggestions about how the new induction year might be successfully completed and there are expanded sections on organising for learning, pastoral matters and career development. Student teachers and less experienced qualified practitioners will welcome the author's pragmatic view of the realities of classroom life and his encouragement of a person-centred view of teaching as a professional activity.

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  Paperback
  2004

  $3.25

  The need to achieve the latest QTS standards for teaching can often stifle innovation and reflective thinking. Written specifically to help guide student teachers through their training, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of teaching within the primary school. It helps student teachers to achieve both the requirements for Qualified Teacher Status, and also a fuller understanding and appreciation of teaching as an evolving and reflective profession through an emphasis on: effective relationships and motivation as essential factors in learning; developing timeless and transferable teaching skills; reactivating thinking skills; and, promoting creativity and innovation within the classroom. With new material on inclusion, SEN, legal issues, ICT and teaching assistants, this new edition remains essential reading for all student teachers on initial teacher training courses at the primary level.