Beginning Teaching, Beginning Learning: In Early Years and Primary Education -

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Résumé :
4th edition. Provides a range of practical ideas to support the beginning primary teacher. Written in a lively and thought-provoking way, with short, accessible chapters, cameos, useful recommendations for further study and end of chapter questions for reflection.

Biographie:
Janet Moyles is Emeritus Professor of Education at Anglia Ruskin University and an early years/primary specialist and consultant, particularly in the areas of play, learning and practitioner research. Her books include Just Playing?, The Excellence of Play, Interactive Teaching in the Primary School; Images of Violence and Effective Leadership and Management in the Early Years.

Sommaire:
Introduction

Part 1: The context of education, birth to 11

Policy context and current issues
What cognitive neuroscience really tells educators about learning and development
Attachment and relationships
Learning about the teacher's role in safeguarding

Part 2: Getting organized

Planning for learning
Assessment and accountability
Organizing the environment indoors and out
Creating a positive behaviour environment
Moving in, up and out: Successful transitions

Part 3: Ways of learning

Developing young children as self-regulating learners
From astronaut to problem solving: tracing children's symbolic meanings
Encouraging enquiry: exploring the world around us
New technologies, new ways of learning
The relationship between physical development and learning in the early years and primary classrooms
The power of story

Part 4: Influences on children's learning

Social class and culture: building bridges
Empowering learners from 3-11 through language diversity and bilingualism
Accessing children's voices and experiences
Promoting children's health and well-being in primary schools

Part 5: Working together

Reaching out: fostering partnership with parents
Education of children with long term health issues
Exploring leadership in the classroom
Beginning to work with other agencies

Endpiece