Getting into Primary Teaching

David Owen, Cathy Burnett

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9781040376041
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Education

Essential reading if you are considering making an application for primary initial teacher education or preparing to begin your programme. It introduces you to a range of perspectives on teaching and teacher education and guides you through the application process to ensure you choose the training route that's right for you and achieve a successful result.

Key chapters cover developing your subject knowledge in English and mathematics, understanding the curriculum, the nature of learning, assessment, behaviour issues and inclusive teaching. Useful features such as jargon busters, progress checklists and case studies make the material accessible and help you navigate the 'new landscape' of teacher education. In addition the text encourages you to reflect critically on your school experiences of learning and teaching and uses example of theory, research and practice to help you develop an informed stance on important themes.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Meet the editors
• Meet the authors
• Series editor’s introduction
• Acknowledgements
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Why teach?
• 3. Preparing to apply for a teacher preparation programme
• 4. Learning to be a teacher
• 5. Developing subject knowledge in English
• 6. Developing subject knowledge in mathematics
• 7. Organising thecurriculum forlearning
• 8. Learning to learn
• 9. Meeting the needs of all learners
• 10. Conclusion
• Index