Learning to Teach in the Primary School

Flexible, effective and creative primary school teachers require subject knowledge, an understanding of their pupils and how they learn, a range of strategies for managing behaviour and organising environments for learning, and the ability to respond to dynamic classroom situations.

This third edition of Learning to Teach in the Primary School is fully updated with reference to the new national curriculum, and has been revised to provide even more practical advice and guidance to trainee primary teachers. New chapters are included on:

• Making the most of your placement
• Play and Exploration in learning
• Behaviour management
• Special Educational Needs
• Phonics
• Trends in e-learning

With Masters-level reflective tasks and suggestions for research based further reading, the book provides valuable support to trainee teachers during both the taught component and the school placement element of their initial teacher education course. It provides an accessible and engaging introduction to teaching and learning that every student teacher needs to acquire in order to gain Qualified Teacher Status, as well as the underlying theory.

This comprehensive textbook is essential reading for all students training to be primary school teachers, including those on undergraduate teacher training courses (BEd, BA with QTS, BSc with QTS), postgraduate teacher training courses (PGCE, SCITT), and employment-based teacher training courses (GTP, RTP, Teach First), plus those studying Education Studies.