Cremin Teresa, Arthur James (eds.) Learning to Teach in the Primary School

3rd edition. — Routledge, 2014. — 652 p.Teaching is an art form. It demands not only knowledge and understanding of the core areas of learning, but also the ability to teach these creatively and foster learner creativity in the process. The Learning to Teach in the Primary School Series draws upon recent research which indicates the rich potential of creative teaching and learning, and explores what it means to teach creatively in the primary phase. It also responds to the evolving nature of subject teaching in a wider, more imaginatively framed twenty-first-century primary curriculum.
Designed to complement the textbook, Learning to Teach in the Primary School, the well-informed, lively texts offer support for student and practising teachers who want to develop more creative approaches to teaching and learning. The books highlight the importance of the teachers’ own creative engagement and share a wealth of innovative ideas to enrich pedagogy and practice.List of illustrations.
List of tasks.
List of contributors.
Acknowledgements.What is primary teaching?
How can this book help me?
What’s in the book?
Becoming a teacher.
Primary teaching: a personal perspective
Professionalism and trainee teachers
Making the most of your placements.
Exploring the Nature of Learning and Teaching.
Looking at children
Looking at learning
From learning to teaching
Developing your teaching
Building on firm foundations: early years practice
Play and exploration in learning.
Planning and Managing Learning.
Approaching long- and medium-term planning
Approaching short-term planning
Organising your classroom for learning
Managing classroom behaviour
Handling difficulties in social, emotional and behavioural development
Organising effective classroom talk
Valuing, organising and managing learning outside the classroom.
Approaches to the Curriculum.
The aims of primary education
The curriculum
The national context for the curriculum
The Scottish context for the curriculum.
Assessment.
Assessment for Learning: formative approaches
Assessment for Learning: summative approaches.
Diversity and Inclusion.
Providing for inclusion
Providing for differentiation
Providing for special educational needs
Responding to cultural diversity and citizenship
Responding to gender differences
Responding to linguistic diversity.
Recent Developments.
Listening to the voices of young people in school
Learning and teaching languages
Creativity and creative teaching and learning
Thinking skills
Gifted and talented
Unpacking ICT
Early reading.
Partnership in Practice.
The changing role of the teacher
Working together: other adults in the classroom
Partnerships with parents
Understanding the teacher’s pastoral role.
Your Professional Development.
Applying for jobs and preparing for your induction year
Understanding and planning your continuing professional development
Teaching, research and further qualifications.