Beginning Teaching: Beginning Learning in Primary Education

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Acknowledgements Foreword by Colin Richards Introduction Part one: Learning to teach Begin at the beginning working in the foundation stage A place for everything? the teaching and learning environment Seeing clearly observation in the primary classroom Identifying the positive within yourself action planning for competence Inside the learning mind primary children and their learning potential Part two: Teaching to learn Where do we begin? planning for learning, children and teachers! Fruit salads and wild gardens! developing investigative thinking and skills in children Mummy's face is green! developing thinking and skills in art Telling the whole story developing oral skills and imagination within the literacy hour Getting it write! supporting and responding to children's writing All the children want to do is get on with it! ICT in primary education Keeping track assessing, monitoring and recording children's progress and achievement Part three: Responsibilities, roles and relationships Putting the bananas to bed becoming a reflective primary teacher Dialogue with a difference teaching for equality in primary schools All children are special but some are more special than others! special educational needs in the primary school It takes two to tango..! working with experienced teachers I don't want to worry you but...! teachers and the law Conclusion Index.