Learning to Teach in the Primary School
About this book
Education is in a constant state of change and development. Learning to Teach in the Primary School provides a pathway into Australian education for preservice primary teachers. This practical and engaging text includes strong links to the Australian Curriculum and frames teaching around understanding primary students, how they learn, and their contexts. The book includes numerous valuable teaching resources such as: • applied learning boxes, discussion questions, and research topics • specific information related to the teaching of literacy, mathematics and science • practical guidance across a range of key learning areas, exploring the breadth and depth of teaching and learning opportunities for primary students. Drawing on the wide-ranging expertise of each contributor, this text provides techniques to engage primary students in high-quality education. The concluding chapters of the book focus on professional growth, making this a valuable resource throughout preservice teachers' tertiary coursework and into their professional careers.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Learning to Teach in the Primary School
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Child development: Approaches to learning
- Chapter 2 Planning to manage my teaching in a democratic classroom
- Chapter 3 Understanding the curriculum
- Chapter 4 Differentiating learning experiences for diverse students
- Chapter 5 Tools for learning: Technology and teaching strategies
- Chapter 6 Multimodality and complex texts in educational settings
- Chapter 7 Mathematics and numeracy
- Chapter 8 Learning to teach primary science
- Chapter 9 Citizenship and social education in primary schools
- Chapter 10 Health and physical education: Students, teachers and the curriculum
- Chapter 11 Preparing to teach the arts in primary school
- Chapter 12 Religious diversity and religious literacy
- Chapter 13 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education
- Chapter 14 Curricula integration
- Chapter 15 Professional experience
- Chapter 16 Learning and teaching reflection: Developing capacities for lifelong learning
- Glossary
- Index
