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Introduction |
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SECTION 1 BECOMING A TEACHER |
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1.1 Primary teaching: A personal perspective |
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Teaching: Science, craft or art? |
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Enactive, pre-active and post-active primary teaching |
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The personal qualities and knowledge required of primary teachers |
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The purposes of primary teaching |
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1.2 Becoming a professional in the current context |
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Professionalism - theory and research |
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Becoming professional - the process |
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Raising your awareness through mapping your journey |
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Additional complexity according to school context |
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1.3 Making the most of your placements |
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Establishing effective dispositions |
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Working with school mentors |
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Making the most of learning conversations |
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Challenging professional conversations |
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Progression through placements |
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SECTION 2 EXPLORING THE NATURE OF LEARNING AND TEACHING |
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Situated, holistic development |
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Key theorists of child development |
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Challenging norms, stages and deficit views |
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New approaches to learning theory |
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2.3 From learning to teaching |
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2.4 Moving from novice towards expert teacher |
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Knowledge and learning - for the pupil and the teacher |
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Quality versus quantity: Organisation of knowledge |
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Teacher as task manager, curriculum deliverer or concept/skill builder |
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Knowledge and creativity - deep learning, not surface learning |
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Expert and novice teachers' use of knowledge |
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Knowing the underlying principles, using knowledge efficiently |
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2.5 Building on firm foundations: Early years practice |
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The Early Years Foundation Stage |
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`School readiness' and starting school |
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The role of the adult in play |
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The Foundation Stage Profile |
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Transition from the Foundation Stage to Key Stage |
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2.6 The importance of play and explorative learning: Why bother with play? |
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What do we mean by play and explorative learning? |
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The importance of play and exploration in children's learning |
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Play and exploration in the Early Years Foundation Stage and National Curriculum |
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The role of the teacher in promoting children's play and exploration |
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Using playfulness to enhance your teaching |
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SECTION 3 PLANNING AND MANAGING LEARNING |
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3.1 Building inclusive communities of engaged learners |
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Principles of an inclusive classroom |
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3.2 Approaching short-term planning |
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The importance of short-term planning |
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Planning an effective lesson |
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Building planning experience |
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Planning for other adults in the class or setting |
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3.3 Organising your classroom for learning |
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3.4 Managing classroom behaviour |
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Whole-school organisation and classroom management |
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Teacher stress, pupil behaviour and classroom control |
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Developing a classroom management plan |
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Making an early impact on your class |
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Conveying your expectations: Rules and routines |
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Coping with challenging behaviour |
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3.5 Handling difficulties in social, emotional and behaviour development |
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Frameworks for understanding difficult behaviour |
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Social and emotional issues in childhood |
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Neurological and biological explanations of behaviour |
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3.6 Organising effective classroom talk |
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The crucial importance of classroom talk for learning |
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What is talk for learning? |
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When and how to move between types of talk |
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Raising children's awareness of talk for learning |
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Planning for exploratory talk |
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3.7 The value of outdoor learning |
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The value of learning and teaching outdoors |
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Organising and managing learning and teaching outdoors |
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SECTION 4 APPROACHES TO THE CURRICULUM |
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4.1 Investigating the aims, values and purposes of primary education: The case of the Cambridge Primary Review |
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A historical perspective: The great education debates |
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Where are we now? The current context |
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Developing a principled pedagogy |
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The Cambridge Primary Review |
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CPR aims and purpose for primary education |
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Shifting pedagogy through policy |
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The aims of the primary curriculum and the role of the imagination |
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The question of an imaginative approach to the curriculum |
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4.2 Aims into practice: Understanding schools' aims and enacting your own |
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The classroom environment |
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Case study 1 The identical fish |
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Fostering children's creativity |
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Case study 2 Engaging outside space |
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The importance of being curious |
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4.3 Critical perspectives on the curriculum |
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Some international themes in national curricula |
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The journey from statutory curriculum to the classroom |
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The primary curriculum in England today |
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5.1 Assessment for learning: Formative approaches |
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275 | (13) |
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AfL: From theory to practice |
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Recognising and celebrating children's work |
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5.2 Assessment and learning: Summative approaches |
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What is assessment and why do it? |
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Sources of assessment evidence |
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Purposes of summative assessment |
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Producing good evidence of achievement |
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Summative assessment and teacher assessment |
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Summative assessment and reporting: Current policy |
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The impact of `high-stakes' assessment on pupils |
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A critique of assessment approaches |
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SECTION 6 DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION |
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6.1 Providing for differentiation |
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Differentiation, difference and diversity |
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Identifying the range of learners |
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Approaches to differentiation |
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Case study - Tiverton Academy, Birmingham |
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Planning for differentiation |
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6.2 Special educational needs and inclusion |
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321 | (16) |
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The development of UK policy in relation to SEN |
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Changing policy and support in mainstream primary schools |
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Meeting the needs of children with SEN: Where do I begin? |
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Appendix: Additional material on regional variations |
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6.3 Teaching for social justice: Creating equity for pupils living in poverty and those from black and minority ethnic backgrounds |
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Supporting pupils living in poverty |
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Race, racism and education |
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6.4 Responding to cultural diversity and citizenship |
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PAM COPELAND AND DES BOWDEN |
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Case studies in modern diversity |
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Entitlement to diversity education |
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Obstacles to entitlement to diversity |
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Value of diversity awareness: Beyond tokenism |
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Flexibility and the curriculum |
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School confidence in addressing diversity issues |
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Challenges in the classroom |
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Bullying and name-calling of minority ethnic groups |
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6.5 Responding to linguistic diversity |
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Learning a second language |
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Celebrating and capitalising upon linguistic diversity |
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6.6 Responding to gender differences |
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377 | (14) |
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Explanations of the `gender gap' |
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Gender and spoken language |
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A role for popular culture |
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Gender, ethnicity and class |
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SECTION 7 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS |
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7.1 Engaging with pupils: Listening to the voices of children and young people |
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Pupil voice, pupil participation and pupil engagement: What do these terms mean? |
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Legislation prompting pupil engagement work in schools |
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How can engaging with pupils be of benefit to them? Engaging with pupils: Vignette 1 |
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How can engaging with pupils benefit teachers? |
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Engaging with pupils: Vignette 2 |
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Ways of engaging with pupils in school |
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Guiding principles for engaging with pupils |
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Levels of engaging with pupils |
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7.2 Reading: Marrying word recognition with comprehension and pleasure |
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What do children need to be able to do? |
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Bringing word recognition and comprehension together |
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Vivid example: Interacting with texts |
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7.3 The creative and the critical: Grammar and punctuation |
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The role of grammar in the curriculum |
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Grammar as choice: A theoretical rationale for grammar in the curriculum |
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7.4 Creativity and creative teaching and learning |
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428 | (15) |
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Creative teaching and teaching for creativity |
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Personal characteristics of creative teachers |
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Features of a creative pedagogical stance |
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Creating environments of possibility |
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Creative curricula in action |
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What are thinking skills? |
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Why are thinking skills important? |
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What does research tell us about thinking? |
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The importance of metacognition |
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Key principles in teaching for thinking |
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Should thinking be taught in separate lessons or across the curriculum? |
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How do we teach thinking in the classroom? |
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7.6 Understanding mastery in primary mathematics |
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Mastery across the curriculum |
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7.7 Primary education in a digital age |
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Digital texts and media literacy |
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Social media and education |
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Vignette: Scratch `Games from Stories' project |
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SECTION 8 PARTNERSHIP IN PRACTICE |
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8.1 Working with teaching assistants |
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The why and who of support staff |
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Teaching assistants as part of a classroom team |
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TAs' training and development |
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8.2 Partnerships with parents |
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Professional requirements |
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Advantages of secure relationships with parents |
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Dealing with difficult situations |
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8.3 Understanding the teacher's pastoral role |
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What is the teacher's pastoral role, and why is it important for effective teaching? |
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Transition through school |
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The development of UK policy in relation to pastoral provision in schools |
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Strategies to support the teacher's pastoral role |
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Whole-school strategies to support the teacher's pastoral role |
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SECTION 9 YOUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT |
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9.1 Applying for jobs and preparing for your induction year |
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Applying for a teaching job |
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Using your experience positively in your application |
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Visits and interviews during your training |
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Interviews and portfolios |
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Induction for newly qualified teachers |
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Planning and monitoring your induction year |
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9.2 Understanding and planning your continuing professional development |
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What is CPD or what could it be? |
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The scope of CPD activities |
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Schools' responsibility for professional development: The policy context |
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Setting agendas for professional development: Links with appraisal |
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How does reflective practice relate to my professional development? |
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The roles of enquiry and others in developing as a reflective practitioner |
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9.3 Research and professional development: Using research and enquiry to develop as a teacher |
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What is research, and why is it important to professional development? |
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How can research help you think differently about practice? |
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Research and publications |
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Getting involved in research |
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Index |
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