Improving Primary Mathematics: Linking Home and School (Improving Practice)How can teachers make use of the mathematics that takes place in everyday life outside school? This practical book provides the answers to key questions that are directly relevant to all primary teachers and to many parents in improving children’s understanding of mathematics. It presents a range of activities that can be used to share knowledge between children, parents and teachers, including teachers and children making videos, parents and children taking photos of the 'everyday' maths etc
Shelly Frei - Teaching Mathematics TodayEnhance your professional resource library with this up-to-date, research-based guide featuring best practices based on solid research and proven methodology. This resource equips teachers with sound educational strategies and resources, and provides interactive elements while promoting a thorough understanding of mathematics and its importance. Designed for new teachers, pre-service educators, or anyone interested in current educational theory and best practices, this book is perfect for staff development sessions.
Written in a friendly style, the authors offer guidance on embedding languages across the curriculum, planning, teaching and assessment. Theory is related directly to classroom practice using a whole range of features, including:
Sample lesson plans and observation reports
Questions for reflection and practical activities
'Teachers talking' - snap shots of effective school practice
'Pupils' perspectives' and sample pupil work
This book is essential reading for trainee teachers on specialist primary languages training programmes as well as general primary PGCE programmes.
Teachers face myriad communication challenges in today's classroom, reflecting the growing diversity of the student body; the ever-increasing number of students; gender issues; and students' learning disabilities. This volume provides a useful framework for helping new and experienced teachers manage the diverse communication challenges they encounter. It also encourages teachers to reflect on how their personal cultures influence their expectations about appropriate classroom communication and ways to demonstrate learning
The growing cultural, racial and linguistic diversity in schools has changed the face of language teaching in many countries. This book presents theory and research by a group of internationally recognised scholars who address the issues and challenges for teachers and their students in increasingly plurilingual and multicultural classrooms.
