Engaging students in worthwhile learning requires more than a knowledge of underlying principles of good teaching. It demands considerable practice as well as images of what good teaching in particular situations and for particular purposes might look like. This volume provides …
How can you become an effective primary school teacher? What do you need to be able to do? What do you need to know?Flexible, effective and creative primary school teachers require subject knowledge, an understanding of their pupils and how they learn, a range of strategies for …
This book aims to develop an understanding of basic physics concepts among school teachers in grades 3-8. The concepts covered in this book include force, motion, gravity, and circular motion without intimidating detailed units and formulas. Chapters include: (1) "Newton's First…
"Diversity Awareness for k-6 Teachers: The Impact on Student Learning" is a resource guide for elementary teachers and college-level student teachers for teaching diversity awareness across the various areas of content. It contains many exciting activities teachers can use to en…
What makes early years and primary teaching special and important? What special understandings and skills are needed by both new and experienced practitioners in working with children aged birth-11 years? This book explores some issues that need to be considered by beginning tea…
This collection provides an introduction to the practical skills which all student teachers have to develop, as well as celebrating the unpredictability and excitement of working with interested and inquisitive children.
Organised into four parts, this text sets out to explore some of the issues to be investigated by beginning teachers - and those who support them - when working with early years and primary age children, while at the same time, exploring some of the delight and enjoyment in the …
Protected by the dark of night, Jaimie Piper runs. But is anywhere safe when Evil is hunting you? Shes just a twelve year-old girl, bumped around between foster homes and relegated to school classes for challenged kids, those lagging in their test scores or with behavioral issu…
Protected by the dark of night, twelve-year-old Jaimie Piper runs. But is anywhere safe when evil is hunting you? Her teacher, Crockett Grey wants to mark the anniversary of his daughter's death-- alone. But Jaimie's need for protection collides with his grief and a tangled web …
Protected by the dark of night, Jaimie Piper runs. But is anywhere safe when Evil is hunting you? Her teacher, Crockett Grey wants to mark the anniversary of his daughter's death-- alone. A tangled web of bizarre events sends them both spiraling toward destruction, and to a dark…
Protected by the dark of night, Jaimie Piper runs. But is anywhere safe when Evil is hunting you? Her teacher, Crockett Grey wants to mark the anniversary of his daughter's death-- alone. A tangled web of bizarre events sends them both spiraling toward destruction, and to a dark…
Modern primary teachers must adapt literacy programmes and ensure efficient learning for all. They must also support children with language and literacy difficulties, children learning English as an additional language and possibly teach a modern foreign language. To do this eff…
