Education : Elementary

This book encourages readers to explore significant aspects of current thinking in primary education (for ages three to 13 years) focusing on pedagogy: the study of processes of teaching. The authors consider contexts, knowledge, skills and curriculum within a framework of practice. A distinctive feature is the voices of teachers, children, parents, advisors and inspectors. The book covers: learning, knowledge and pedagogy; pedagogic issues, application of practice. The authors also present a discussion of national strategies and The National Curriculum update for 2000, discussions of a world-wide curriculum, and ICT and citizenship viewed as tools for developing aspects of pedagogy. more...

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Developing Reading Confidence – Book 2. An important part of the role of developing and reinforcing early reading skills is to ensure that students clock up lots of reading mileage – do a lot of reading to practice the skills over and over again just like a sports person. Rhyme is a great way to achieve this with young readers. Rhymes provide a contextual and rhythmic support structure to the text and as children get to know and love poems they naturally enjoy reading them over and over again. Developing Reading Confidence – Book 2 is the first in a series of 2 books each with 30 delightful rhymes covering a mix of poem types, topics and interest areas. The rhymes can be used to develop a broader language base and can be used with a theme study or specifically as a supplement to a reading program to give reading practice. For each poem there are clear teacher instruction notes, which give ideas on how the poem can be introduced and extending the skills and language of the children as they read and enjoy. more...

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'This is an incredibly interesting and thought provoking book. Intended for anyone interested in developing their own mathematical thinking, or of the students they teach, whether at a primary level or right through to FE. The book is a delightful blend of theory and practice - encouraging the reader to participate, to solve problems and to develop their own thinking' - Peter Hall, Imberhorne School, East Grinstead. Algebra has always been a watershed for pupils learning mathematics. Nevertheless pupils bring to school all the necessary natural powers for thinking algebraically, including organizing, classifying and generalizing. Developing Thinking in Algebra enables teachers and their support staff to experience and to teach algebraic thinking to pupils aged seven to 16 years. By integrating pedagogy and subject knowledge through experiencing a variety of tasks for learners, readers of this book will see how to engage all learners in successfully thinking algebraically. This book is the course reader for The Open University Course ME625 Developing Algebraic Thinking more...

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Pellegrini and Galda take one aspect of cognitive development, early literacy, and study the effect of social influences on children's language learning and awareness. more...

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Most teaching assistants (TAs) studying for Foundation Degrees need to do action research. This book acts as an introduction to research methods, and will be especially useful if you are doing such work for the first time. Using real case studies from practising TAs in primary and early years settings, it provides an overview of the processes involved in action research, showing how to identify an issue, design and carry out a course of action, and evaluate the impact. more...

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