Professional Studies in Primary Education

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">This textbook provides a wide-ranging overview of everything you will need to know to prepare you for initial teacher training and your early career in the primary classroom. Covering practical issues including planning, assessment and classroom organisation, and thought-provoking topics such as reflecting on your own teaching practice and developing critical thinking skills, this textbook gives you a pragmatic and insightful understanding of teaching in primary schools. Key new edition features:</span></p> <ul style="list-style-type: disc;"> <li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; color: black;"><span>Updated coverage of education policy</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; color: black;"><span></span><span>Links to the Teachers' Standards </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; color: black;"><span>A new Work in Schools feature addressing key issues student teachers encounter </span></li> <li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; color: black;"><span>Extended coverage of planning and assessment </span></li> <li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; color: black;"><span>A new chapter on workplace learning exploring how to develop as a classroom professional </span></li> <li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; color: black;"><span>Coverage of differences in teaching throughout the UK. </span></li> </ul> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black;">This is essential reading for all students on primary initial teacher education courses including university-based (PGCE, Bed, BA with QTS), and schools-based (School Direct, SCITT) routes into teaching. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black;">Additional online resources at </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.uk.sagepub.com/cooper">www.uk.sagepub.com/cooper</a></span> There are also updated free resources supporting and extending chapters, including activities, case studies, further reading and useful web links. </span><span style="color: black;">Hilary Cooper</span><span style="color: black;"> is Professor Emeritus of History and Pedagogy at the University of Cumbria.</span></p>