School Education & Teaching
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Lessons Learnt: Diary of an ECT
Embark on an unforgettable journey through the ups and downs of the teaching profession in “Lessons Learnt: Diary of an ECT”. In this captivating memoir, Lauren Aldridge shares her personal experiences, valuable insights, and a treasure trove of practical advice for Early Career Teachers.Join Lauren Aldridge as she navigates the exhilarating and sometimes overwhelming world of teaching. From the nerve-wracking first week to the challenges of managing transitions and adhering to the ECT framework, every step of the journey is documented with honesty, wit, and a deep sense of empathy.
But this isn’t just a collection of anecdotes—it’s a roadmap to success in the classroom. Lauren Aldridge doesn’t shy away from addressing critical topics like teacher wellbeing and the job application process. They provide a wealth of resources, tools, and strategies that can help educators not only survive but thrive in their chosen profession.
Prepare to be entertained by the endearing and humorous moments that unfold within the pages of “Lessons Learnt”. Lauren Aldridge captures the essence of children’s candidness and shares unforgettable stories that will leave you chuckling and touched by the incredible impact teachers can have on young minds.
This memoir isn’t just for Early Career Teachers; it’s a celebration of the entire teaching community. Whether you’re a seasoned educator looking to reconnect with the passion that brought you to the classroom or a prospective teacher seeking guidance, this book will resonate with you on a profound level.
“Lessons Learnt: Diary of an ECT” is more than a book—it’s a mentor, a friend, and a source of inspiration for every teacher who has ever stepped foot in a classroom. Discover the wisdom, joy, and resilience that lie within the pages of this remarkable memoir and let Lauren Aldridge guide you toward becoming the best teacher you can be.
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Teaching Assistant’s Pocketbook
As Teaching Assistants and their contribution to schools, classrooms and pupil attainment fall increasingly under the spotlight, so does the fact that just like teachers TA s need proper induction, training and career development. The second edition of the Teaching Assistant’s Pocketbook supports these needs by exploring the role of the TA, offering practical ideas for effective classroom support and highlighting professional development opportunities. Using cartoons, diagrams and visual prompts to support the text, this Pocketbook is aimed at teaching assistants in primary and secondary schools in the UK but will be relevant to those working overseas. It starts by focusing on the position of the TA within a school and identifies the personnel, policies, procedures and practices to look for in an induction programme. Subsequent sections deal with how to work in partnership with teachers; effective ways to support pupils; and how, in a broader context, to assist the school. Topics include recording, reporting and evaluating; SEN; diversity in learning and how children learn; behaviour; and strategies for overcoming barriers to learning. The nuts and bolts of child protection and safeguarding, getting on with the teaching staff, contracts of employment, where to get support and how to further your career are all helpfully covered. Author Dot Constable has over 30 years teaching experience, including several years as a SENCO and deputy headteacher. Now working as an educational consultant she provides support, guidance and training to schools, LAs and teaching agencies.Read more
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Seven Myths About Education
In this controversial new book, Daisy Christodoulou offers a thought-provoking critique of educational orthodoxy. Drawing on her recent experience of teaching in challenging schools, she shows through a wide range of examples and case studies just how much classroom practice contradicts basic scientific principles. She examines seven widely-held beliefs which are holding back pupils and teachers:
- Facts prevent understanding
- Teacher-led instruction is passive
- The 21st century fundamentally changes everything
- You can always just look it up
- We should teach transferable skills
- Projects and activities are the best way to learn
- Teaching knowledge is indoctrination
In each accessible and engaging chapter, Christodoulou sets out the theory of each myth, considers its practical implications and shows the worrying prevalence of such practice. Then, she explains exactly why it is a myth, with reference to the principles of modern cognitive science. She builds a powerful case explaining how governments and educational organisations around the world have let down teachers and pupils by promoting and even mandating evidence-less theory and bad practice.
This blisteringly incisive and urgent text is essential reading for all teachers, teacher training students, policy makers, head teachers, researchers and academics around the world.
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Teaching Assistant’s Handbook for Level 3: Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools
The ideal support for those taking a qualification in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools at Level 3.Support the development of children and young people with this hands-on and practical guide, used in a variety of settings including primary, secondary, special and extended schools. Covering the Award in Support Work in Schools, the Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools, and the Certificate in Supporting the Wider Curriculum this textbook will:
– Enable students to succeed by fully covering the QCF qualifications and following the exact unit structure.
– Help develop personal and professional skills through key tasks which will contribute to assessment.
– Build knowledge and understanding by including ‘Key Terms’ and ‘Case Study’ features, for additional student support.
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Mrs B’s Intervention Pick n’ Mix!: A scoopful of exciting educational intervention ideas for teaching assistants, childminders, club leaders and parents.
Open the book to find an abundance of intervention ideas to keep the children in your care interested and wanting to learn more!Each activity comes with a comprehensive list of what you need to carry out the activity, how to carry it out, how it links to different parts of the curriculum and feedback from Sarah herself on how she has carried out and reviewed the activities.
So whether you are an experienced teaching assistant looking for some extra ideas, someone just starting out on their teaching assistant journey, a childminder, a parent or a club leader, there is sure to be an activity in here that you would love to try.
Sarah has worked in childcare since 1994 and has worked her way up from nursery assistant to nursery nurse to teaching assistant. Her expertise is mainly in Early Years but has adapted her activities for older children.
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Closing the Reading Gap
Our pupils’ success will be defined by their ability to read fluently and skilfully. But despite universal acceptance of reading’s vital importance, the reading gap in our classroom remains, and it is linked to an array of factors, such as parental wealth, education and book ownership, as well as classroom practice. To close this gap, we need to ensure that every teacher has the knowledge and skill to teach reading with confidence.
In Closing the Reading Gap, Alex Quigley explores the intriguing history and science of reading, synthesising the debates and presenting a wealth of usable evidence about how children develop most efficiently as successful readers. Offering practical strategies for teachers at every phase of their teaching career, as well as tackling issues such as dyslexia and the role of technology, the book helps teachers to be an expert in how pupils ‘learn to read’ as well as how they ‘read to learn’ and explores how reading is vital for unlocking a challenging academic curriculum for every student.
With a focus on nurturing pupils’ will and skill to read for pleasure and purpose, this essential volume provides practical solutions to help all teachers create a rich reading culture that will enable every student to thrive in school and far beyond the school gates.
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“Miss, I don’t give a sh*t”: Engaging with challenging behaviour in schools (Corwin Ltd)
Do you want to be an inspiring teacher for everyone you teach, even the trickier cherubs in your class? Or maybe you just want to get through a lesson without a desk flying at you or a blazer being set alight?
In this down-to-earth book Adele Bates shares practical approaches, strategies and tips from the classroom on how to help pupils with behavioural needs thrive with their education. Packed full of real-life classroom scenarios, student voice and relevant theory, every chapter offers an Action Box helping you to implement these strategies – next lesson, next week and long term.
From relationship building and teaching self-regulation, to fostering inclusivity, paying attention to your own self-care and schoolwide approaches, Adele Bates unpicks some of the most difficult aspects of being a teacher and empowers you to grow as a confident classroom professional.
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Edexcel GCSE 9-1 Physical Education All-in-One Complete Revision and Practice: Ideal for the 2024 and 2025 exams (Collins GCSE Grade 9-1 Revision)
Exam Board: Edexcel
Level: GCSE 9-1
Subject: Physical Education
Suitable for the 2023 examsComplete revision and practice to fully prepare for the GCSE grade 9-1 exams
Revision that Sticks! Collins Edexcel GCSE 9-1 Physical Education Complete All-in-One Revision and Practice uses a revision method that really works: repeated practice throughout.
A revision guide, workbook and practice paper in one book!
With clear and concise revision for every topic, plus seven practice opportunities, Collins offers the best revision at the best price.Includes:
- quick tests as you go
- end-of-topic practice questions
- topic review questions later in the book
- mixed practice questions at the end of the book
- more topic-by-topic practice in the workbook
- a complete exam-style paper
- free Q&A flashcards to download online
- free ebook version
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Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) in practice: A practical guide for all providers of early years education caring for children with SEND
Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) in practice is an essential, easy-to-read guide for early years practitioners, teachers and managers who care for children with special educational needs and want to secure the best possible outcomes for children with SEND within the setting and in partnership with their families. It provides practitioners with an overview of the most updated legislation and policy on SEND, including a section on the impact of COVID-19 to practice, and guidance on where to find additional support. The resource also explains the process for the Education, Health and Care Needs Assessment (EHCNA) and the Education and Health Care Plan (EHCP, including statutory timescales, in a way that is completely clear and accessible. The book covers: Ways to support children with specific conditions and removing barriers to learning; How to implement SEN Support and the graduated approach; Managing transitions – particularly in light of Covid-19; Child protection and safeguarding children with SEND; What funding and benefits are available to support children in the setting and at home. Photocopiable resources to support SEND practice are available in a separate section at the back of the book, together with useful website links to further training. Whatever the setting, this book provides an in-depth, practical knowledge of SEND in the early years and it is also a useful reference guide for parents and carers. It is an ideal textbook for students working towards an early years qualification.Read more
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EAL Pocketbook
Britain today is culturally and linguistically diverse. One in eight pupils in primary schools speaks a language other than English; in secondary schools, one in six. Over 200 languages are spoken in London schools. EAL (English as an additional language) learners are those who were exposed to a language other than English during their early development. They come from varied backgrounds and parts of the world – including the UK -and may speak several languages but are also learning English. The EAL Pocketbook supports teachers of pupils in mainstream classes learning English as an additional language, whether in rural or urban contexts. It provides tips, tools and techniques to ensure that all pupils can thrive in their learning. Author Alice Washbourne takes an inclusive approach modelled on ‘the ladder to success’. Teachers begin with the learner’s skills and strengths, build on these to make learning cognitively challenging, then provide scaffolding to support their move towards independent learning. Chapters cover how to make EAL learners feel welcome; climbing the ‘ladder to success’; the use of visuals and talk as learning media; supporting students across the curriculum with practical ideas for facilitating reading, writing and language development. The book is highly illustrated throughout. A range of cartoons, diagrams and other visuals support the text making the key messages both accessible and memorable. Alice Washbourne is a consultant EAL advisor, trainer and coach.Read more
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The Revision Revolution: How to build a culture of effective study in your school
Have you ever wondered why your students don’t revise? Or why they revise ineffectively? Often, they simply don’t know how. This is where The Revision Revolution comes in.
What if, instead of just telling students to revise, we taught them explicit study skills from Year 7? What if we made revision enjoyable, even irresistible? The aim is not just to help students pass exams, but to embed their learning and help them grow into knowledgeable and informed young adults.
In this book, Helen Howell and Ross Morrison McGill guide you step by step through how to start and sustain a revision revolution in your school, building a culture of effective study that flows through all aspects of school life.
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100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers: Stretch and Challenge (100 Ideas for Teachers)
No matter what you teach, there is a 100 Ideas title for you!
The 100 Ideas series offers teachers practical, easy-to-implement strategies and activities for the classroom. Each author is an expert in their field and is passionate about sharing best practice with their peers.
Each title includes at least ten additional extra-creative Bonus Ideas that won’t fail to inspire and engage all learners.
_______________With the new developments across all secondary curriculum areas, there is greater emphasis on building depth of subject knowledge; stretching and challenging students of all abilities is essential to achieving this deep level of learning. 100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers: Stretch and Challenge presents innovative and exciting ideas, techniques and activities to embed stretch and challenge strategies into everyday classroom practice, regardless of subject area.
Developing good stretch and challenge practices enables the cognitive process that helps learners retain new information more easily and work more productively. Looking at questioning, marking and feedback, starters, plenaries and technology-based teaching, Paul Wright explains why the strategies presented in this book are so effective.
100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers: Stretch and Challenge is the must-have guide to implementing stretch and challenge practices in the classroom with ideas designed to raise attainment for all students and keep them engaged in the classroom. Accompanying online resources are also available to download from a companion website.
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The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) 2021: The statutory framework (Learning Matters)
The early years foundation stage (EYFS) sets standards for the learning, development and care of children from birth to 5 years old. All schools and Ofsted-registered early years providers must follow the EYFS, including childminders, preschools, nurseries and school reception classes.This handbook presents the Early Years Foundation Stage (updated in 2021) as a handy reference copy for early years practitioners whether in training or in practice.
A must have resource for early years staff and trainees.
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Bloomsbury Curriculum Basics: Teaching Primary Science
The Bloomsbury Curriculum Basics series provides non-specialist primary school teachers with subject knowledge and full teaching programmes in a variety of key primary curriculum subjects.
_______________Teaching Primary Science is complete with links to online resources and full of easy-to-follow primary lesson plans that cover all areas of the National Curriculum for KS1 and KS2. Each chapter contains a helpful summary of all the background information you need to know, specific links to the objectives for assessment, interesting facts to engage pupils, key vocabulary and technical tips to help with specific scientific techniques.
Containing progression pointers, further ideas and cross-curricular activities, this refreshing book will engage pupils, bring science to life and fully support teaching and learning in the classroom and across the whole school. Perfect for primary practitioners and subject co-ordinators, this is a must-have resource!
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Hooked on Books: Transforming the Teaching of Reading
Transform the teaching of reading to primary pupils! In this book, Jane Considine reveals her structured, rigorous system for teaching reading. Reading is a typical stumbling block for children. In order to get to grips with literacy and comprehension, primary school children of all attainment levels will benefit from Hooked on Books’ revolutionary methods. In this 250-page book, Jane Considine builds on the English National Curriculum objectives for whole class teaching with activities, exercises and teaching methods based on a whole framework for unlocking the teaching of reading and comprehension. Key aspects of the Hooked On Books framework include: Book Talk – A whole class comprehension and targeted group approach to teaching reading, ensuring pupils of all levels participate. The Reading Rainbow – A fully encompassing approach that targets reading competencies, covers the English National Curriculum and develops understanding. Demonstration Reading – The process of teachers modelling the internal thinking of a reader. This is to demonstrate how a reader thinks during the process of ‘reading for meaning’ and how they internalise and understand. Demonstration Comprehension – The process of clear, out-loud thinking by the teacher while modelling answers to questions and showcasing ‘thesaurus thinking’ to ensure the most precise words are used. Jane Considine is an experienced educational practitioner and author of revolutionary learning resources with over 25 years in education consultancy. “Book talk” is the jewel in the crown of our whole-school reading strategy. It supports and challenges the children’s understanding and comprehension of texts, enabling them to become inspired, confident and enthusiastic readers.” – Darren Smith, Head TeacherRead more
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Cracking Key Concepts in Secondary Science (Corwin Ltd)
The perfect companion to help you crack some of secondary science’s most challenging concepts in your teaching.Secondary science teaching is a heroic task, taking some of humanity’s greatest discoveries and explaining them to the next generation of students. Cracking some of the trickiest concepts in biology, chemistry and physics, with walkthrough explanations and examples inspired by direct instruction, this book will bring a fresh perspective to your teaching.
· 30 key concepts explored in depth
· Understand what students should know before and after the lesson
· Tips and tricks offer detailed advice on each topic
· Checks for understanding so you can test your students’ knowledgeAdam Boxer is Head of Science at The Totteridge Academy in North London.
Heena Dave was Head of Science at Bedford Free School.
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The Neurodiversity Handbook for Trainee Teachers
Considering a neurodivergent world is vital in society today, and even more so in the classroom. This book will support your knowledge and development as a trainee teacher so you can better understand the complexities of working with neurodivergent pupils. Starting with a model of difference rather than deficit, this book will guide trainee teachers to understand neurodiversity within the classroom, providing strategies which aim to support their students.Dr Sarah Alix is Initial Teacher Training Programme Director with the Sigma Trust
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International Primary Science Student’s Book: Stage 4 (Collins International Primary Science)
Spark scientific curiosity from a young age with this six-level course through an enquiry-based approach and active learning. Collins International Primary Science fully meets the requirements of the Cambridge Primary Science Curriculum Framework from 2020 and has been carefully developed for a range of international contexts.
The course is organised into four main strands: Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Earth and Space and the skills detailed under the ‘Thinking and Working Scientifically’ strand are introduced and taught in the context of those areas.
For each Student’s Book at Stages 1 to 6, we offer:
- A full colour and highly illustrated Student’s Book
- Photo-rich spreads show that science is ‘real’ and puts it into context
- Earth and Space content covers the new curriculum framework
- Thinking and Working Scientifically deepens and enhances the delivery of Science skills
- Actively learn through practical activities that don’t require specialist equipment or labs
- Scaffolding allows students of varying abilities to work with common content and meet learning objectives
- Supports Cambridge Global Perspectives™ with activities that develop and practise key skills
Provides learner support as part of a set of resources for the Cambridge Primary Science curriculum framework (0097) from 2020
This series is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the new curriculum framework 0097 from 2020.
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Explaining Primary Science
Successful science teaching in primary schools requires a careful understanding of key scientific knowledge. This book covers all the major areas of science relevant for beginning primary school teachers, explaining key concepts from the ground up, helping trainees develop into confident science educators.
This new edition comes with:
· New guidance on teaching primary science today
· Activities to enhance your understanding of key teaching topics
· Links to national curricula for England, Scotland, Australia and New Zealand
· Videos of useful science experiments and demonstrations for the primary classroom
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The Teaching Delusion 2: Teaching Strikes Back
Whisper it quietly: a lot of time is being wasted in a lot of schools. Actually, why are we whispering? What we should really be doing is calling this out – loudly! The job of schools is too important for us to be keeping quiet. Schools are in the ‘transforming lives’ business. There is no time to waste! In The Teaching Delusion: Why Teaching In Our Schools Isn’t Good Enough (And How We Can Make It Better), Bruce Robertson explored ‘delusions’ that are holding our schools back. In this sequel, The Teaching Delusion 2: Teaching Strikes Back, he digs deeper into three areas: curriculum, pedagogy and leadership. In doing so, he tackles the issue of time-wasting head-on. By calling out specific delusions in each area, Robertson suggests strategies for dismantling these and offers a clear roadmap forward. Backed by a depth of research and a breadth of experience, The Teaching Delusion 2: Teaching Strikes Back will give teachers and school leaders the supportive shake-up they need, helping them to abandon practices that aren’t making the difference they should be, and to focus on the things that will really make the biggest difference to students in our schools.Read more
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The Really Useful Primary Design and Technology Book: Subject knowledge and lesson ideas
The Really Useful Primary Design and Technology Book brings together essential subject knowledge and pedagogy to support and inspire those planning to teach D&T in the primary school. Offering comprehensive coverage of the 2014 National Curriculum, as well as exciting ideas to extend beyond it, the book is packed full of everything the busy teacher needs to be able to develop children’s key skills and techniques, and a range of big and small projects to put them into practice.
With crucial subject knowledge explained in detail, useful ‘How To’ guides at the end of each chapter reinforce the skills and technology covered with instructions for making a variety of models. Sets of lesson plans include information on the resources needed to support both more and less able children, and assessment guidance, ‘Top Tips’ and ‘Things to Consider’ provide extra help and inspiration.
Key topics covered include:
- cooking and nutrition
- textiles and the design cycle
- IT control and monitoring
- mechanisms
- structures
- electronic systems
- the roles and responsibilities of the DT leader
- assessment of D&T.
The Really Useful Primary Design and Technology Book provides all the information a new teacher needs to be able to teach D&T confidently, and with valuable cross-curricular links and photocopiable templates, even experienced teachers and subject leaders will find fresh inspiration for their lessons.
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Teaching Assistant’s Handbook for Level 2: Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools
The perfect companion for those taking a qualification in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools at Level 2.Support the development of children and young people with this hands-on and practical guide, used in a variety of settings including primary, secondary, special and extended schools. Covering the Award in Support Work in Schools, the Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools, and the Certificate in Supporting the Wider Curriculum this textbook will:
– Enable students to succeed by fully covering the QCF qualifications and following the exact unit structure.
– Help develop personal and professional skills through key tasks which will contribute to assessment.
– Build knowledge and understanding by including ‘Key Terms’ and ‘Case Study’ features, for additional student support
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The Montessori Book for Kindergarten and Preschool: 150 creative activities for ages 3 to 6 – a practical guide for parents to raise independent and confident children…
Support Your Child’s Development with Montessori Education!
Playfully promote independence and self-confidence with 150 practical exercises for home use for children aged 3 to 6.
As parents, we bear the great responsibility of raising our children to be independent, self-confident individuals while protecting them from stress and pressure. However, this is often easier said than done in the tension of everyday life.
This book offers the solution:
This book’s creative and unique activities will help your child unleash their vast creativity, build substantial self-confidence, and fully utilize their enormous potential.
They will benefit from this throughout their lives!
At the same time, your child will be shielded from harmful sensory overload, stress, and pressure. This prevents severe mood swings and feeling overwhelmed, significantly improving their quality of life.
Your key advantages at a glance:
- INDEPENDENCE: This book greatly fosters your child’s independence through everyday activities, providing immediate relief in your daily life.
- SPECIFICITY: This book is precisely made to meet the needs of children aged 3-6. This maximizes the benefits of sensory development, self-confidence, and independence.
- TIME-SAVING: The FAQs answer the most commonly asked questions by other parents, including: When should my child start reading and doing arithmetic? How does Montessori education affect school performance? Is Montessori affordable? Save yourself the time-consuming Internet research.
- PREPARATION: This book clearly illustrates what your child will learn at each stage. It allows you to effortlessly prepare to identify your child’s weaknesses and actively foster their strengths.
- ALL-AROUND LEARNING: With the activities in this book, your child will learn in every area, helping prevent school difficulties.
- MONTESSORI MADE SIMPLE: Almost all ideas in the book can be easily implemented with everyday items. This allows you to carry out the activities at low costs and without complications, even in a stressful daily life.
Click on “Buy Now” in the top right corner to become a Montessori parent, successfully support your child and create unforgettable memories together!
Your child will thank you for it.
Suitable for parents and educators. Also ideal as a gift.
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A Little Guide for Teachers: Formative Assessment (A Little Guide for Teachers)
Bridging the gap between research and practice A Little Guide for Teachers: Formative Assessment gives teacherspractical tried and tested strategies to put formative assessment into action in their classrooms.
The Little Guide for Teachers series is little in size but BIG on all the support and inspiration you need to navigate your day to day life as a teacher.
· Authored by experts in the field
· Easy to dip in-and-out of
· Interactive activities encourage you to write into the book and make it your own
· Fun engaging illustrations throughout
· Read in an afternoon or take as long as you like with it!
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On the Write Track: A Practical Guide to Teaching Writing in Primary Schools
On the Write Track puts teachers’ autonomy and their knowledge of what is right for their pupils at the heart of teaching writing. It explores a set of research-based principles, before illustrating these with case studies and examples of classroom practice.
Writing is about communication. Learning to write gives children a voice that others will listen to – a voice they can use to share their ideas, articulate their feelings, amuse and delight their readers and argue for what they believe in.
While every child, every teacher and every classroom are different, approaches to teaching writing can sometimes feel prescriptive, whether they are based on a particular curriculum model, commercial scheme, assessment system or underlying philosophy.
This book provides freedom and choice by introducing a series of ‘tracks’ for writing teaching, including practical approaches to:
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- Building a community of writers in the classroom
- Employing a process-led sequence for teaching writing
- Encouraging children to write for pleasure and share their own interests
- Exploring the use of rich and diverse texts as fuel for writing
- Drawing on spoken language and oracy to develop written communication
- Teaching grammar and punctuation to support writing
- Utilising feedback to help children develop their writing voice
- Using drama and play as starting points for writing
Through considering these different tracks and thinking about how to weave them together into a coherent whole, teachers can help every child to make the journey to being a confident, skilled, keen writer.
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How to Support and Teach Children with Special Educational Needs
How to Support and Teach Children with Special Educational Needs With an increased emphasis on inclusion in education, the challenge faced by schools is how to provide for the diverse and complex needs of all children. How to Support and Teach Children with Special Needs is essential reading for teachers, teaching assistants, SENCos and senior management. This practical book provides helpful hints and strategies to support children with a wide range of difficul… Full descriptionRead more
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The Learning Game: Teaching Kids to Think for Themselves, Embrace Challenge, and Love Learning
How did we conclude that the best way to prepare kids for the future is to cluster them into classrooms by age and grade, forcing them to learn the same things, at the same time and pace, seven hours a day, five days a week, for twelve years?We trust the school system to prepare our kids for the future. We get excited when they get good grades, or disappointed if they don’t. But we rarely stop to question whether school is teaching our children the right things in the right way.
Kids could get good at playing the game of school, but are they really learning?
Teacher-turned-edupreneur Ana Lorena Fábrega, known by her students as Ms. Fab, invites us to rethink education.
In The Learning Game, she reveals how traditional schooling has gone wrong, and proposes a series of actionable strategies to help kids learn.
What if we guide kids to think for themselves?
Should we encourage kids to take risks and tackle projects of their own?
How do we help kids learn to love learning?Answering these questions and many more, The Learning Game will arm you with practical tools to design a new approach to learning―one that leaves behind the game of school and prepares your kids for the game of life.
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Significant Individuals Pupil Book (Collins Primary History)
Collins Primary History provides a rich coverage of the Primary National Curriculum for History.
Packed with information, source materials, questions and activities, the beautifully designed pupil books support children to explore, interpret and develop knowledge of significant historical periods. The accompanying Teacher’s Guide provides planning support and guidance on making progress in history.
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How to Teach Computer Science: Parable, practice and pedagogy
This book is for new or aspiring computer science teachers wishing to improve their subject knowledge and gain confidence in the classroom. And it’s for experienced computer science teachers who wish to hone their practice, in particular in the areas of explicit instruction, tackling misconceptions and exploring pedagogical content knowledge.
You will read some of the backstory to our subject – the “hinterland” – those fascinating journeys into history that make the subject come alive and place it in historical context. These stories will help you to enrich your lessons, cement core knowledge, develop cultural capital and help you excite a life-long love for the subject. We will go beyond the mark scheme to explore the subject knowledge behind the answers, giving you the confidence to discuss the field in greater depth, enabling you to use explicit instruction methods: presenting skills and concepts clearly and directly enabling student mastery.
We will explore misconceptions that arise when teaching our subject, so you can “head them off at the pass”. And we will look at teaching ideas – the pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) – exploring the helpful analogies, questions and activities that work for each topic: practices that can be lifted and dropped straight into the classroom to immediately enhance your teaching.
Trainee or pre-service teachers, NQTs and early-career teachers will find this book invaluable, experienced teachers will find it inspiring, and all will benefit from a fresh look at the hinterland and subject pedagogy that makes computer science a fascinating subject to teach.
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Teacher Gift: Never Forget The Difference You’ve Made ~ Blank Pages Notebook or Journal: Great as Teacher Appreciation Gift (Year End/Retirement/Thank You)
???? Show your appreciation for the ones who have done the most for your education, future, and life with this beautiful teacher’s notebook commemorating the difference they made.
Everybody has that one exceptional teacher that has completely changed their life – Teacher Gift: Never Forget The Difference You’ve Made is a teacher’s appreciation journal that reminds them how important they are.
With 120 lined pages and a gorgeously designed soft matte cover, this teacher’s notebook is the perfect appreciation gift for teachers of all grade levels and subjects. Give them a keepsake they can treasure forever and use daily for notes, thoughts, or planning.
Description:
- Cover: Soft, Matte
- Paper color: white
- Size: 7 x 10 inches (similar to B5 and easily fits into smaller bags of purses)
- 120 pages
Whether you share it with a current educator or one from a previous year, Teacher Gift: Never Forget The Difference You’ve Made is a wonderful addition to the desk of that remarkable teacher, mentor, or professor you hold in your heart.
Buy your copy now and show your gratitude to your favorite teacher today!
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The Teaching Delusion 3: Power Up Your Pedagogy
Hands up if you’ve ever been given lesson observation feedback that you didn’t understand, didn’t agree with, or just thought was plain rubbish. If your hand is in the air, you’re in good company! When it comes to teachers receiving high-quality feedback that helps them improve their teaching, we have a serious issue in our schools. Teachers want to improve their teaching. They embrace any opportunity to learn. They want other professionals to watch them teach and to get into conversations about developing their practice. What they don’t want is to be criticised, patronised, sent down blind alleys, or left utterly confused. Those who’ve been giving feedback telling teachers to ‘differentiate more’, ‘talk less’, or ‘let students lead their own learning’ have a lot to answer for. The Teaching Delusion 3: Power Up Your Pedagogy has been written to address the issue of teachers receiving poor feedback in our schools. As a self-improvement and coaching resource, it is essential reading for all teachers and school leaders. Through a detailed exploration of 12 key elements of pedagogy, author Bruce Robertson sets out a clear, researched-informed guide to improving pedagogy in every classroom, across every school. By highlighting key features of effective practice and a broad range of techniques teachers can focus on developing, this practical guidebook will be valued by professionals in all sectors, regardless of experience. The Teaching Delusion 3: Power Up Your Pedagogy completes The Teaching Delusion trilogy with a bang!Read more
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The Coach’s Guide to Teaching
The mark of a great coach is a constant desire to learn and grow. A hunger to use whatever can make them better.
The best-selling author of Teach Like a Champion and Reading Reconsidered brings his considerable knowledge about the science of classroom teaching to the sports coaching world to create championship caliber coaches on the court and field. What great classroom teachers do is relevant to coaches in profound ways. After all, coaches are at their core teachers.
Lemov knows that coaches face many of the same challenges found in the classroom, so the science of learning applies equally to them. Unfortunately, coaches and organizations have a mixed level of understanding of the research and study of the science of learning. Sometimes coaches and organizations build their teaching on myths and platitudes more than science. Sometime there isn’t any science applied at all.
While there are thousands of books and websites a coach can consult to better understand technical and tactical aspects of the game, there is nothing for a coach to consult that explicitly examines the teaching problems on the field, the court, the rink, and the diamond. Until now.
Intended to offer lessons and guidance that are applicable to coaches of any sporting endeavor including everyone from parent volunteers to professional coaches and private trainers, Lemov brings the powerful science of learning to the arena of sports coaching to create the next generation of championship caliber coaches.
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English Quick Quizzes Ages 7-9: Ideal for home learning (Collins Easy Learning KS2)
Level: KS2
Subject: EnglishElevate English at home with these fun quick quizzes!
- A fun and easy way to test key skills taught at school
- Simple, clear layout with colourful illustrations
- Includes a motivating ‘colour in your score’ chart for every quiz
- Handy hints to help guide children through the quizzes
- Answers are included to help you to support children’s learning at home
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Teach to the Top: Aiming High for Every Learner
‘Teach to the Top’ is a research-informed guide to aspirational teaching, focusing on how embedding higher-level knowledge in the classroom empowers students to succeed and to enjoy learning.
Questioning existing orthodoxies around ability, ‘Teach to the Top’ sets out a vision for an education system in which pupils of all attainment levels are enabled to make fantastic progress by being exposed to sophisticated concepts, and afforded opportunities to think deeply and grapple with stimulating ideas.
Making a convincing case for the centrality of subject knowledge, the book also shows how affording teachers the professional autonomy to participate in continual development of their own knowledge benefits both teachers and students.
As well as engaging critically with a wealth of educational research, ‘Teach to the Top’ outlines a plethora of research-informed strategies for teaching to the top.
Topics include embedding advanced knowledge in curriculum planning, approaches to challenging classroom talk, the fundamental importance of increasing learners’ confidence, the dangers of differentiation and grade-focused feedback, and the value of an adaptable approach to planning.
Both thoughtful and practical, ‘Teach to the Top’ develops a persuasive justification for the entitlement of every child to higher-level knowledge, alongside providing teachers with a range of practical suggestions and questions for reflection to enable the application of this philosophy to their own classrooms.
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The Ultimate Teaching ESL Online Manual: Tools and techniques for successful TEFL classes online: Volume 3 (The Ultimate Teaching ESL Manual series)
Ever thought about teaching English online?
ESL teaching online today is booming; top teachers are never short of clients and charge handsomely for their services, all while working from the comfort of their own home.
Pick up a copy of the Ultimate Teaching ESL Online Manual today and join them, either as a side hustle or a full-time occupation.
Using the techniques in this book, I became a top-rated teacher on a well-known platform in less than four months. Since then I have taught back-to-back classes and often have to turn away clients.
The Ultimate Teach ESL Online Manual reduces the learning curve new online teachers face from months to days, establishing your reputation as a fantastic online ESL teacher right from the first lesson and building that loyal client list who’ll keep coming back for more.
With this book you will have the power to:
o Establish yourself on language learning platforms like Verbling and Italkie.
o Attract students from day one with a stand-out introduction video.
o Build a loyal client list by teaching fantastic English classes especially designed for an online environment.
o Avoid common mistakes that new online teachers make which lose them students.
o Teach vocabulary and grammar online with 28 pages of downloadable pictures for you to display in your lessons.
o Keep your students talking with speaking activities including role plays, debates and story-telling, specifically designed for online lessons. o Teach language points, difficult to explain in a ‘non-physical’ class (such as pronouns, prepositions of place, conditionals and movement verbs) with purposely designed pictures and worksheets.The Ultimate Teach ESL Online Manual is part of The Ultimate ESL Teaching Manual series: a complete English teaching system designed so that any native speaker (with TEFL experience or not) can pick up the book and start teaching.
Dive in and discover a skill which will serve you for the rest of your life.
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100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers: Outstanding History Lessons (100 Ideas for Teachers)
No matter what you teach, there is a 100 Ideas title for you!
The 100 Ideas series offers teachers practical, easy-to-implement strategies and activities for the classroom. Each author is an expert in their field and is passionate about sharing best practice with their peers.
Each title includes at least ten additional extra-creative Bonus Ideas that won’t fail to inspire and engage all learners.
_______________Part of the best-selling 100 Ideas series, this book offers teachers quick and easy ways to engage students, convey complex knowledge, and build history-specific thinking skills. The activities in this book aim to embrace what is mind-boggling, bizarre and extraordinary about history and tap into students’ innate curiosity and wonder, while still catering to the twin pressures of exam results and observation.
With these criteria in mind, there are plenty of tips on demonstrating progress, ways of differentiating, preparing students for history assessments and examinations – while still having fun.
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Dyslexia. Wrestling With An Octopus: 10 Tips to Help Your Child
Special low price.
Do you want to understand dyslexia and how it affects your child’s life?
This easy-to-read book offers help and strategies for parents of children with dyslexia, from 1st grade to teens.
When you read this book, you will:
- Develop an understanding of the eight areas of dyslexic challenge
- Learn tools to help your child with reading, spelling, handwriting, and tips to master the multiplication tables
- Uncover the links between dyslexia and common health challenges
- Discover how to build your child’s strengths and competencies
- Find out the secrets to success with dyslexia
This book also includes:
- The results of a groundbreaking 20-year study on living with learning difficulties
- Inspirational stories of famous people who found school difficult but achieved great things
- Easy-to-read chapters that explain dyslexia to anyone of any age
Get the help and tools to empower your dyslexic child.
Buy now before the price changes and give your child the advantage they need to succeed.
Dyslexia Assessor Craig Keane, Director of Develop Us in Wales. “I’m a specialist dyslexia assessor and teacher. I was looking for a book to recommend to parents of children I assess and teach. I wasn’t expecting to learn much from the book because I’m a specialist in this field. I was wrong! Beth presents interesting statistics about dyslexia and how it can impact people in society. She explores different ways you can explain dyslexia to anyone of any age using the octopus theory! I highly recommend this book to parents, teachers, specialists and anyone who would like to educate themselves about dyslexia!”
Katharine Beaumont, Dyslexia Tutor B.Ed.Sc.Dip.Tchg.CAT. “This book was like turning a light on for me. I’ve worked in the field of learning disabilities for years, and yet it has taught me so much. It’s full of humor, help, humility and hope.”
★★★★★ Anni, Amazon U.S.A reviewer. “While reading this book, I have several “Ah ha!” moments that explain my child’s behavior. The book made me feel I had confided all my concerns to her, and she gave me answers. I read articles, research papers and other books, but none have really explained to me so well the many “whys?” and what I need to know about my child. This book helped me not just understand but strategize to get better results out of my child without draining a lot of energy.”
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Equitable Education: What everyone working in education should know about closing the attainment gap for all pupils
An essential guide for trainees and teachers providing an in-depth understanding of the complex issues related to the attainment of key groups of disadvantaged pupils, and practical strategies for addressing these gaps.Read more
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Primary Huh: Curriculum conversations with subject leaders in primary schools
There’s plenty to do when planning the curriculum in primary schools. If it feels daunting, then one of the most helpful things is to talk to other people about how they have developed the curriculum for their particular subject or key stage.
This is what John Tomsett and Mary Myatt have done. After the secondary ‘Huh: Curriculum conversations between subject and senior leaders’ was published, they were flooded with requests to produce a primary version.
They enlisted the help of renowned primary specialists, Rachel Higginson, Lekha Sharma and Emma Turner to have conversations with primary teachers and key stage co-ordinators who are doing great curriculum development work.
Each chapter provides insights into the importance of individual subjects and the unique contribution each makes to pupils’ cognitive and personal development.
The subject chapters discuss the steps colleagues take to ensure that there is a coherent thread across the year groups, as the discrete subjects deliver, collectively, the primary curriculum.
These conversations show how the craft of creating a rich, challenging curriculum for every subject is not a quick fix. This is a nuanced piece of work, and there are many ways of approaching it. Each chapter also contains links to subject associations and helpful resources.
Primary Huh has been written for subject leaders and key stage co-ordinators; it has also been written for senior leaders, as they prepare to have supportive conversations with their colleagues who are responsible for curriculum development.
Primary Huh is offered as a prompt rather than the last word. Informed debate is, as they say, the fuel of curriculum development.
And why have John and Mary called it ‘Huh’? Well, John discovered that Huh is the Egyptian god of endlessness, creativity, fertility and regeneration, and they thought that was a pretty good metaphor for their work on the curriculum!
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Memorable Teaching: Leveraging memory to build deep and durable learning in the classroom: 2 (High Impact Teaching)
“I doubt you’ll find an education book with more useful insights per minute of reading time.” Dylan Wiliam, Emeritus Professor of Educational Assessment at UCL
This book is for any teacher or school leader who’s interested in understanding how learning works, and how to optimise their teaching to make it happen. It stitches together the best available evidence from cognitive science and educational research into a coherent set of actionable principles that you can use to improve your impact in the classroom.
Memorable Teaching has been carefully constructed to be a highly efficient reading experience. It is short, sparse and you should be able to read it in about an hour.
Memorable Teaching is the second instalment in the High Impact Teaching series.
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Contents
Act I: Preliminaries
- Why memory?
- Memory architecture
- The 9 principles
Act II: Principles
- 1: Manage information
- 2: Orient attention
- 3: Streamline communication
- 4: Regulate load
- 5: Expedite elaboration
- 6: Refine structures
- 7: Stabilise changes
- 8: Align pedagogies
- 9: Embed metacognition
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Praise for Memorable Teaching
“I can’t remember when I have ever read a book that takes such complex ideas and communicates them with sophistication and simplicity.” Oliver Caviglioli, Education author & information designer
“A truly excellent book which sets out the science behind learning with remarkable clarity.” Mark Enser, Head of Geography at Heathfield Community College
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Praise for other books in the High Impact Teaching series
“A great little book for teachers based on robust evidence.” Carl Hendrick, Head of Learning and Research at Wellington College
“Things that make teachers’ lives simpler like this are few and far between.” Doug Lemov, Author of Teach Like a Champion
“All I can say is that it was everything I’d hoped for and more.” Jon Hutchinson, Assistant Head at Reach & Visiting Fellow at Ambition
“Another absolute gem from Peps Mccrea.” Helene Galdin-O’Shea, English teacher & researchED organiser
“Peps packs the punches from the first page.” Kathryn Morgan, Advisor at TDT & ubergeek
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