The trainee primary teacher's handbook. (©2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gererd Dixie and Janet Bell.
• Other Names: Dixie, Gererd; Bell, Janet, 1961-
• Contents: ""Contents""; ""List of abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""Part One: ITâ€?S DECISION TIME""; ""1 Early thoughts""; ""2 Is teaching the right job for you?""; ""Arranging a school visit""; ""Open Schools Programme""; ""Taster courses""; ""Teacher advocate programme""; ""Face-to-face recruitment events""; ""Impartial careers advice""; ""The student associate scheme""; ""Those already working in schools""; ""3 Choosing the right training provider""; ""Gaining QTS""; ""Choosing the right course""; ""The subject and age group you intend to teach""; ""Which ITT programme should you choose?"" ""Baseline qualifications""""Undergraduate courses""; ""Postgraduate courses""; ""Employment-based routes""; ""ITT course content""; ""Assessment""; ""Things to consider when making your choice""; ""Comparing training providers""; ""If you want to train as a teacher in Wales""; ""Funding and finances""; ""Paying fees""; ""Living expenses""; ""Additional financial advice""; ""Part Two: MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR APPLICATION""; ""4 Understanding your school visit""; ""Understanding a schoolâ€?s ethos""; ""How the school day and the curriculum are organized""; ""The structure of lessons"" ""Behaviour management""""Extra-curricular activities""; ""Assemblies""; ""Quality of classroom and corridor displays""; ""5 Making the most of your lesson observations""; ""6 Preparing to make your application""; ""Part Three: PREPARING FOR THE SELECTION DAY AND BEYOND""; ""7 Completing the selection tasks""; ""8 The interview""; ""9 Preparing for your training course""; ""Part Four: GETTING TO GRIPS WITH THE JARGON""; ""10 Understanding key educational terms and issues""; ""Attention-deficit Disorder (ADD)""; ""Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)"" ""Advanced Skills Teacher (AST)""""Anger management""; ""Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASDs)""; ""Assertive discipline""; ""Assessment""; ""Bloomâ€?s taxonomy of the cognitive domain""; ""Brain structure""; ""Catchment area""; ""Career Entry and Development Profile""; ""Differentiation""; ""Dyslexia""; ""Dyspraxia""; ""English as an additional language (EAL)""; ""Foundation-stage profile""; ""General Teaching Council (GTC)""; ""Governors and governing bodies""; ""Individual education plan (IEP)""; ""Key Stages""; ""League-tables""; ""Learning styles""; ""Multiple intelligences"" ""National Curriculum""""Newly qualified teacher (NQT)""; ""Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted)""; ""Planning, preparation and assessment (PPA) time""; ""Primary Framework""; ""Professional development days""; ""Pupil-referral unit (PRU)""; ""Qualification and Curriculum Authority (QCA)""; ""Scaffolding""; ""Special educational needs coordinator (SENCO)""; ""Standard Assessment Tests (SATs)""; ""Teaching assistant (TA)""; ""Part Five: UNDERSTANDING YOUR TRAINING PROGRAMME""; ""11 Understanding your training""; ""12 Understanding and working towards the professional standards for QTS""
• Publisher Details: London New York : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2009
• Copyright Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 237 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 370.71/141; Elementary school teachers -- Training of -- Great Britain; Elementary school teaching -- Vocational guidance -- Great Britain; EDUCATION -- Research; Elementary school teachers -- Training of; Elementary school teaching -- Vocational guidance; Grundschullehrer; Lehrerbildung; Great Britain; Großbritannien; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441129710; 1441129715
• Related ISBNs: 9780826418388; 0826418384
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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