Becoming Confident Teachers

• Author : Claire McGuinness
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 26 July 2011

Becoming Confident Teachers examines the teaching role of information professionals at a time of transition and change in higher education. While instruction is now generally accepted as a core library function in the 21st century, librarians often lack sufficient training in pedagogy and instructional design; consequently finding their teaching responsibilities to be stressful and challenging. By exploring the requirements and responsibilities of the role, this book guides teaching librarians to a position where they feel confident that they have acquired

• Author : Claire McGuinness
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 03 June 2023

Becoming Confident Teachers examines the teaching role of information professionals at a time of transition and change in higher education. While instruction is now generally accepted as a core library function in the 21st century, librarians often lack sufficient training in pedagogy and instructional design; consequently finding their teaching responsibilities to be stressful and challenging. By exploring the requirements and responsibilities of the role, this book guides teaching librarians to a position where they feel confident that they have acquired

• Author : Alex Quigley
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 20 May 2016

The Confident Teacher offers a practical, step-by-step guide to developing the habits, characteristics and pedagogy that will enable you to do the best job possible. It unveils the tacit knowledge of great teachers and combines it with respected research and popular psychology. Covering topics such as organisation, using your body language effectively, combatting stress, managing student behaviour, questioning and feedback, and developing confident students, it shows how you can build the confidence and skill to flourish in the classroom. This

• Author : Denis Lawrence
• Publisher : SAGE
• Release : 03 June 1999

`The book is an ideal companion for the newly qualified teacher or for colleagues unfamiliar with social psychological concepts and basic communication theory' - ELAN Teaching with Confidence shows how to combat the stress and low self-esteem suffered by many teachers. Denis Lawrence focuses on the relationship between stress and self-esteem, and sets out a programme of easy-to-use everyday strategies to reduce stress and enhance self-esteem. The author, previously Chief Educational Psychologist for Somerset, has worked with teachers in Somerset,

• Author : Robert Newell
• Publisher : SAGE Publications Limited
• Release : 27 May 2023

This book examines how mathematical mastery, influenced by East Asian teaching approaches, can be developed in UK schools to enhance teaching and to deepen children’s mathematical knowledge. It gives guidance on using physical resources to demonstrate key concepts, extended examples on how to teach different curriculum topics and how to plan for small-step progression. It argues that effective mastery teaching requires careful and knowledgeable support for primary teachers who may not yet be maths specialists. New to this second

• Author : Ange Fitzgerald,Graham Parr,Judy Williams
• Publisher : Springer
• Release : 05 July 2018

This book takes a fresh look at 'professional experience' in initial teacher education in Australia. Using collaborative narrative methodologies, the authors critically explore the ways in which one faculty of education engages with schools, industry, the teaching profession and government policy to deliver an innovative professional experience program. It includes chapters offering new perspectives on more traditional practicums in schools, as well as those reporting on exciting partnership initiatives where pre-service teachers, teacher educators and practitioners work together to teach

• Author : Patrick M. Jenlink
• Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Release : 10 May 2020

A Commitment to Teaching: Toward More Efficacious Teacher Preparation introduces the reader to a collection of thoughtful works by authors that represent current research and thinking about teacher self-efficacy and teacher preparation. It is the intent of the book to provide the reader with current and relevant knowledge concerning preparation of committed and efficacious teachers. Teacher self-efficacy, and the presence of teacher efficacy, in teacher preparation and practice, is fundamental to preparing teachers for the public school classroom. As a

• Author : Saima Salehjee
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 14 December 2020

This practical guide helps mentors of new science teachers in both developing their own mentoring skills and providing the essential guidance their trainees need as they navigate the rollercoaster of the first years in the classroom. Offering tried-and-tested strategies based on the best research, it covers the knowledge, skills and understanding every mentor needs and offers practical tools such as lesson plans and feedback guides, observation sheets and examples of dialogue with trainees. Together with analytical tools for self-evaluation, this

• Author : Tony Cotton
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 02 September 2020

Written by an experienced teacher and teacher educator with widespread experience of teaching mathematics in the UK and internationally, Understanding and Teaching Primary Mathematics combines pedagogy and subject knowledge to build confidence and equip you with all the skills and know-how you need to successfully teach mathematics to children of any age. This fourth edition has been fully updated to reflect the latest research developments and initiatives in the field, including a brand-new chapter on ‘Mastery and mathematics’ and ‘The

• Author : Gina Donaldson,Jenny Field,Dave Harries,Clare Tope,Helen Taylor
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 15 August 2013

What is the role of the mathematics specialist? What is deep subject knowledge in mathematics? What sort of pedagogical knowledge does a mathematics specialist need? How can you best support your colleagues to improve mathematics teaching and learning? Becoming a Primary Mathematics Specialist Teacher helps you explore the role of the specialist in promoting positive attitudes towards mathematics and developing the teaching and learning of mathematics in your primary school. Illustrated throughout with classroom-based examples and referenced to relevant research,

• Author : Alan Newland
• Publisher : Crown House Publishing Ltd
• Release : 10 September 2021

Accessible, readable and engaging, Becoming a Teacher draws on Alan Newland's decades of professional work and academic study in education to set out the key principles for developing and understanding the professional values essential to becoming a good teacher. The book features a constructive examination of the Teachers' Standards and shares a series of illustrative scenarios, exemplar strategies and practical resources that will equip trainee teachers with easy-to-understand but justifiable rationales to deal with a range of contentious and sensitive

• Author : Pat Guy
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 06 November 2020

"Would you like to learn the secret of raising confident children? Keep reading this comprehensive, easy-to-understand guide for parents and teachers. We all want our children to move through life with few social, emotional and educational challenges, the author included. This is why she wrote this guide. It aims to reassure readers, parents and educational staff that children are programmed to survive, and with generous and appropriate support from home and school, they will be able to do just that.

• Author : Andrew Green
• Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
• Release : 16 June 2011

The world of training to teach is changing, with moves to make teaching an M level profession. This change places new academic and critical demands on those undertaking PGCE courses, as well as the practical demands of working in the classroom. The Standards for training to teach have changed to encompass a model and a level of reflective practice that is new, and students on teacher training programmes are now required to demonstrate engagement with their subject and its pedagogy

• Author : Andrew Pollard,Patricia Broadfoot,Elizabeth McNess,Marilyn Osborn,Pat Triggs
• Publisher : A&C Black
• Release : 01 January 2001

A comprehensive analysis of the work of teachers as it impinges on children, colleagues, other professionals, managers, parents, the community, and educational policy. In the process it relates theoretical perspectives to 15 detailed case studies.

• Author : Tony Eaude
• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release : 25 January 2018

Developing the Expertise of Primary and Elementary Classroom Teachers challenges many current assumptions about primary education. Tony Eaude uses international research and the experiences of teachers at different career phases to indicate that primary classroom teachers with a high level of expertise adopt a wide repertoire of strategies and a flexible, reciprocal and intuitive approach to planning, assessment and teaching. He explores why a deep understanding of how young children learn, the ability to create an inclusive environment, relationships of