
Who Am I Teaching?
How a better understanding of children improves primary teaching and learning
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Who Am I Teaching?
How a better understanding of children improves primary teaching and learning
About this book
Who are the children you are teaching?
It is easy amidst the termly chaos to lose sight of the importance of every single daily interaction that takes place between you as a primary school teacher, and the learners in your class.
In this book, educator Dr Poppy Gibson offers a 'deep dive' into some of the complexities children may bring to your classroom. Understanding the diverse nature of our primary school children and their experiences is essential if we are to fully engage and support them as learners.
This book brings essential professional learning to teachers. It explores children's development, mental health, wellbeing, community, identity, trauma, communication challenges and more. It offers practical advice for classroom teaching to ensure and enhance Quality First Teaching.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- About the author
- Introduction
- 1 Childhood in the 21st century
- 2 Children and their communities
- 3 Children and Attachment
- 4 Trauma, grief and loss
- 5 Depression and anxiety
- 6 Children and neurodivergence
- 7 Gender identity and sexual orientation
- 8 Children and authority
- 9 Children and SEND
- 10 Children who are very able
- 11 Children and phobias
- 12 Children and communication
- 13 Wellbeing tips
- References
- Index