Primary school education is in a period of controversy and change. Currently raging debates include the best ways of teaching children to read and gain confidence in mathematics; assessment; ways of dealing with emotional and behavioural problems and how to guide children towards good citizenship. This book reviews recent work in psychology which sheds welcome new light on these important areas of concern to primary school teachers and provides clear, up-to-date guidelines for good practice.
The International Handbook of Research on Teachers and Teaching provides a fresh look at the ever changing nature of the teaching profession throughout the world. This collection of over 70 original articles addresses a wide range of issues that are relevant for understanding the present educational climate in which the accountability of teachers and the standardized testing of students have become dominant.
This book explores implications for applied linguistics of recent developments in technologies used in second language teaching and assessment, language analysis, and language use.
Values Education and Quality Teaching: The Double Helix Effect reports on the results of two of the major projects in the Australian Government’s Values Education Program. These results point to the fact that Values Education can no longer be seen as marginal to the main role of teaching and schooling nor as a venture merely for religious schooling. In contrast, the results show that Values Education sits at the centre of teaching and schooling wherever it occurs. The importance of Values Education is in its potential to re-focus teachers and schools on their essential purpose, namely the holistic betterment of the students in their care.
It is fashionable to say that teaching can be the most rewarding profession there is – and it can be. We can all give examples of the pleasure of helping a child grow in knowledge and understanding, and achieve their potential. But what about the teacher? They shouldn’t be excluded from the benefits of lifelong learning because of their workload and desire to give, give, give. Growth and change are part of all our personal and professional lives, and teachers need to embrace them; not just to do a better job, but to enjoy doing it. Supporting teachers in their development – trainees, newly or recently qualified, in their first three, ten or twenty years, and whether they’re superb or struggling – is vital in improving the quality of teaching and learning in our schools.
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