Inspiring Primary Learners

Author : Roger McDonald,Poppy Gibson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429658778

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Inspiring Primary Learners offers trainee and qualified teachers high-quality case studies of outstanding practice in contemporary classrooms across the country. Expert authors unravel and reveal the theory and evidence that underpins lessons, helping you make connections with your own practice and understand what ‘excellent’ looks like, within each context, and how it is achieved. Illustrated throughout with interviews, photos, and examples of children’s work, it covers a range of primary subjects and key topics including creating displays, outdoor learning, and developing a reading for pleasure culture. The voice of the practitioner is evident throughout as teachers share their own experience, difficulties, and solutions to ensure that children are inspired by their learning. Written in two parts, the first exemplifies examples of practice for each National Curriculum subject, whilst the second focuses on the wider curriculum and explores issues pertinent to the primary classroom, highlighting important discussions on topics such as: Reading for pleasure Writing for pleasure Creating a dynamic and responsive curriculum Creating inspiring displays Outdoor learning Pedagogy for imagination Relationships and Sex Education This key text shows how, even within the contested space of education, practitioners can inspire their primary learners through teaching with passion and purpose for the empowerment of the children in their class. For all new teachers, it provides advice and ideas for effective and engaging learning experiences across the curriculum.

Author : Roger McDonald,Poppy Gibson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429656330

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Inspiring Primary Learners offers trainee and qualified teachers high-quality case studies of outstanding practice in contemporary classrooms across the country. Expert authors unravel and reveal the theory and evidence that underpins lessons, helping you make connections with your own practice and understand what ‘excellent’ looks like, within each context, and how it is achieved. Illustrated throughout with interviews, photos, and examples of children’s work, it covers a range of primary subjects and key topics including creating displays, outdoor learning, and developing a reading for pleasure culture. The voice of the practitioner is evident throughout as teachers share their own experience, difficulties, and solutions to ensure that children are inspired by their learning. Written in two parts, the first exemplifies examples of practice for each National Curriculum subject, whilst the second focuses on the wider curriculum and explores issues pertinent to the primary classroom, highlighting important discussions on topics such as: Reading for pleasure Writing for pleasure Creating a dynamic and responsive curriculum Creating inspiring displays Outdoor learning Pedagogy for imagination Relationships and Sex Education This key text shows how, even within the contested space of education, practitioners can inspire their primary learners through teaching with passion and purpose for the empowerment of the children in their class. For all new teachers, it provides advice and ideas for effective and engaging learning experiences across the curriculum.

Author : Michael Pressley
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003-07-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1572309148

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Motivating Primary-grade Students by Michael Pressley Pdf

What is that intangible force that makes some classrooms positively buzz with interest, attention, and excitement about learning? While motivation can't easily be quantified, few would dispute its essential role in promoting academic engagement and achievement. This uniquely practical book is the first how-to guide on motivating students in grades K-3. Presented are research-based strategies and techniques that are brought to life in three extended case studies of highly successful motivators. Vividly demonstrating how these exemplary teachers flood their classrooms with motivation, the book provides inspiration and practical ideas that readers can implement in their own work. It also guides teachers in recognizing and avoiding key pitfalls--the attitudes, instructional methods, and classroom management approaches that may inadvertantly undermine student motivation. Key Features: The first how-to book on this important topic Senior author Michael Pressley is a popular, visible figure with a stellar reputation. Practical, realistic classroom suggestions are illustrated by case material. Appendix provides checklists of what works (and what doesn't) in promoting academic motivation.

Author : Kathleen Kryza,Alicia Duncan,S. Joy Stephens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Differentiated teaching staffs
ISBN : 1742396526

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Inspiring Primary Learners by Kathleen Kryza,Alicia Duncan,S. Joy Stephens Pdf

Author : Will Ryan
Publisher : Crown House Publishing
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781845907235

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Inspirational Teachers Inspirational Learners by Will Ryan Pdf

What is it that Inspirational teachers do differently? In short, they plan for their pupils to be inspirational. Many teachers who join the teaching profession do so because they were taught by inadequate teachers and they feel they can provide a far better and more exciting education for youngsters than they received themselves. Whereas other teachers speak with clarity of detail about stimulating and influential teachers who inspired their lives and now they want to do the same. This book is an examination of what our most inspirational teachers do in order to get creative and inspirational responses from children. It aims to put fun back into teaching, provide a framework for creativity in the twenty first century and act as a book of hope for the new curriculum proposals.

Author : Liz Chamberlain
Publisher : Learning Matters
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781526461643

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Inspiring Writing in Primary Schools by Liz Chamberlain Pdf

Through teaching fabulous lessons teachers can help children to discover stories, create worlds, record events, mould characters and inspire each other as writers. This book provides the guidance and examples to help achieve this.

Author : Denis Hayes
Publisher : Learning Matters Limited
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Education
ISBN : 1844450724

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Inspiring Primary Teaching by Denis Hayes Pdf

Covers the major themes in teacher education, with particular emphasis on interactive teaching skills and developing effective relationships in the classroom.

Author : James Biddulph,Julia Flutter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000081749

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Inspiring Primary Curriculum Design by James Biddulph,Julia Flutter Pdf

This new book from the only university-run primary school in the UK helps schools design their own curricula by providing access to the latest education research along with supporting ideas and questions for how this can be applied successfully. Co-written by practising teachers and research academics it combines practitioner expertise with the latest world class academic research. Each chapter includes examples of how schools approached designing their own curricula and shows how an evidence-informed approach can lead to new ideas that are bold, innovative and imaginative. Packed with innovative ideas and practical suggestions, this book highlights the importance of using research evidence to develop teachers' practice in the realities of their own classrooms and schools. It is a key read for teachers, school leaders, teaching assistants and student teachers, especially those who recognise the important role of research in developing excellence in their practice.

Author : Poppy Gibson,Robert Morgan,Ashley Brett
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000900439

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Primary Teacher Solutions by Poppy Gibson,Robert Morgan,Ashley Brett Pdf

This timely book offers a raw critique of the current educational issues and debates, alongside ‘teacher hacks’ to provide teachers, trainee teachers and educators with a plethora of stimulating material to ignite curiosity, maintain passion and culture creativity in the classroom. Made in partnership with academics and primary school teachers working on the frontline from around the globe, this book is threaded with honest practitioner voices as the big educational issues are boiled down and explored. Chapters cover day-to-day organisation such as planning, subject knowledge, setting homework and behaviour management strategies, right through to considering how we can best support children’s mental health and staff well-being. As well as including critical questions to encourage reflection throughout, the book offers insights into meaningful experiences such as: Teaching overseas Taking on responsibility roles in schools Considering how teachers can become educational researchers for transformative change Engaging with parents and carers Deploying teaching assistants Whether trainee teachers, early career teachers or established practitioners, this book provides insight into trialled tips and techniques for shaping pedagogy in the classroom. A modern, well-resourced guide as we emerge from the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Author : Stephen J. Fallows,Kemal Ahmet
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN : 0749428724

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Inspiring Students by Stephen J. Fallows,Kemal Ahmet Pdf

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Will Ryan
Publisher : Crown House Pub Limited
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Education
ISBN : 1845904435

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Inspirational Teachers, Inspirational Learners by Will Ryan Pdf

What is it that inspired teachers do differently that make them stand out from all the other thousands of teachers? Basically, it is that they plan for their pupils to be inspired. Many teachers who join the teaching profession do so because they were taught by inadequate teachers and thus they feel they can provide a far better and more exciting education for youngsters than they received themselves. Teachers speak with clarity of detail about the stimulating and influential teachers who inspired them and now they want to do the same. This book is an examination of what our most inspirational teachers do in order to get creative and inspirational responses from children. It's aim is to put fun back into teaching, provide a framework for creativity in the twenty first century and act as a book of hope for the new curriculum proposals.

Author : Terence Lovat,Ron Toomey,Neville Clement
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1011 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789048186754

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International Research Handbook on Values Education and Student Wellbeing by Terence Lovat,Ron Toomey,Neville Clement Pdf

Informed by the most up-to-date research from around the world, as well as examples of good practice, this handbook analyzes values education in the context of a range of school-based measures associated with student wellbeing. These include social, emotional, moral and spiritual growth – elements that seem to be present where intellectual advancement and academic achievement are being maximized. This text comes as ‘values education’ widens in scope from being concerned with morality, ethics, civics and citizenship to a broader definition synonymous with a holistic approach to education in general. This expanded purview is frequently described as pedagogy relating to ‘values’ and ‘wellbeing’. This contemporary understanding of values education, or values and wellbeing pedagogy, fits well with recent neuroscience research. This has shown that notions of cognition, or intellect, are far more intertwined with social and emotional growth than earlier educational paradigms have allowed for. In other words, the best laid plans about the technical aspects of pedagogy are bound to fail unless the growth of the whole person – social, emotional, moral, spiritual and intellectual, is the pedagogical target. Teachers and educationalists will find that this handbook provides evidence, culled from both research and practice, of the beneficial effects of such a ‘values and wellbeing’ pedagogy.

Author : Cynthia Kirk,Katherine Squires
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education, Primary
ISBN : 0978525531

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Empower Primary and Inspire Change by Cynthia Kirk,Katherine Squires Pdf

Motivate and excite your Primary students as you challenge them to learn in extraordinary ways. Empower Primary and Inspire Change clearly explains to primary teachers the "how and why" of introducing and implementing the depth and complexity icons, including a classroom-proven scope and sequence as well as songs to sing with students. Begin differentiating right away with one of the 35 standards-aligned lessons that are provided. Worksheets, students' examples, and photos complement the lessons. Your primary students will develop problem-solving skills, engage in self-directed learning, and reflect on that learning.

Author : Jenny Monk,Catherine Silman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317862017

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Active Learning in Primary Classrooms by Jenny Monk,Catherine Silman Pdf

What do they mean by Active Learning? How can you inspire children to engage fully in their learning? How can you plan and organise a curriculum that ensures that children are actively involved in the learning process? This brand new text not only explores and examines the concept of active learning, but demonstrates how every teacher, new or experienced, can translate theory into practice and reap the rewards of children actively engaged in their own learning in the classroom. Central to the book is the series of extended case studies, through which the authors highlight examples of effective teaching and learning across the whole primary curriculum. They provide practical examples of planning, teaching and assessing to encourage, inspire and give confidence to teach in creative, integrated and exciting ways.

Author : Grace Lin
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780316411400

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A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin Pdf

A gorgeous picture book that tells a whimsical origin story of the phases of the moon, from award-winning, bestselling author-illustrator Grace Lin Pat, pat, pat... Little Star's soft feet tiptoed to the Big Mooncake. Little Star loves the delicious Mooncake that she bakes with her mama. But she's not supposed to eat any yet! What happens when she can't resist a nibble? In this stunning picture book that shines as bright as the stars in the sky, Newbery Honor author Grace Lin creates a heartwarming original story that explains phases of the moon.