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A Guide to Teaching Practice is the major standard text for all students on initial teacher training courses in the UK.Authoritative yet accessible, it covers the important basic skills and issues that students need to consider during their practice, such as planning, classroom organization, behaviour management and assessment. The book's focus on the quality of teaching and learning and consideration of the latest regulations and guidelines ensures that it fits comfortably within TTA and OfSTED frameworks.In addition, comprehensively revised and fully updated, this fifth edition features brand new chapters on the foundation stage, legal issues, learning and teaching and using ICT in the classroom, as well as new material on numeracy, literacy, children's rights, progress files and gifted and talented children.This book is the most respected and widely used textbook for initial teacher training courses and will be an essential resource for any student teacher.
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A Guide to Teaching Practice Fifth edition ‘It is impossible to say which is the most valuable chapter: all contain useful material which will help those involved in the practical aspects of teaching, not just beginning teachers, to reflect more critically on the teaching and learning process.’ British Journal of Educational Studies, on the fourth edition A Guide to Teaching Practice is the major standard text for all students on initial teacher training courses. Authoritative yet accessible, it provides student teachers with the important basic skills and issues which students need to consider during their practice, such as planning, classroom organisation, behaviour management and assessment. The book’s focus on the quality of teaching and learning and consideration of the latest regulations and guidelines ensures that it fits comfortably within TTA and OFSTED frameworks. In addition, this fully updated fifth edition features brand new chapters on the foundation stage, legal issues, learning and teaching and using ICT in the classroom, as well as new material on numeracy, literacy, children’s rights and progress files. Additional learning resources for students are provided on a companion website at www.routledge falmer.com/companion/0415306752, which contains further research, important links and downloadable materials. This book is the most respected and widely used textbook for initial teacher training courses, and will be an essential resource for any student teacher. Louis Cohen is Emeritus Professor of Education at Loughborough University of Technology. Lawrence Manion was formerly Principal Lecturer in Music at Manchester Metropolitan University. Keith Morrison was Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Durham and is currently Professor of Education and Vice-Rector at the Inter-University of Macau. They are authors of many books, including Research Methods in Education, 5th edition, also published by RoutledgeFalmer. A Guide to Teaching Practice – Companion Website This fully updated Fifth Edition of A Guide to Teaching Practice is accompanied by a companion website which features downloadable* supplementary material for students and lecturers, and also a wealth of signposts and weblinks to useful material. Organised thematically reflecting the chapter structure of this textbook, the website will be a valuable tool for any teacher or student teacher wanting to improve their practice. Featured material includes: • a variety of adaptable lesson plan templates; • additional original material on subjects ranging from use of ICT in the classroom and assessment to legal issues and copyright; • signposts to further reading; • a wealth of weblinks to sites containing material relevant to students, and also practical sites offering classroom resources for teachers and pupils; • presentation outlines for course lecturers. It is intended