Observing Children in the Primary Classroom (RLE Edu O)
Observing Children in the Primary Classroom (RLE Edu O)

Author: Richard Mills

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-05-31

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 113645277X

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In a sequence of observations of six children aged 5-11 in six different state schools this book offers a slice of classroom life, a microcosm of the educational scene. Since the book was first written there have been many changes in the curriculum, structure, governance and funding of British primary schools, as well as in the language used to describe these changes. But Observing Children in the Primary Classroom remains as valid now as earlier, as a lively and entertaining indicator of children’s daily school experience. We see the reception class of an infants’ school through the eyes of Mike, a lively five-year-old traveller boy. Six-year-old Rashda, a girl of Asian heritage, grapples with English as a Second Language at her multi-ethnic city school. Slow-learner David finds school life rather overpowering, despite receiving expert extra help. Lucy, eight, is a star in everything she does at her Roman Catholic school, while Lorraine, one year older, is cheerful but utterly bewildered. Finally, Peter, organises his work in an open-plan setting and makes some surprising choices.

The Role of Assessment in Schools
The Role of Assessment in Schools

Author: Ray Sumner

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-11-01

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1135799768

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"The Role of Assessment in Schools" looks at the conceptual aspects of tests and testing and also gives practical guidelines on how to use tests to their best effect. It considers the development of tests, the types and scope of tests, their application and interpretation, and answers questions on who wants testing, whether the test is appropriate or biased, and whether the results are consistent?.

Effective Classroom Teamwork
Effective Classroom Teamwork

Author: Gary Thomas

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-03-11

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1134894643

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The nature of classroom practice is undergoing change as more and more adults are being brought into classrooms in response to such trends as parental involvement and the integration of children with special educational needs. The parents, teachers, ancillary staff and support workers comprising these new groups probabley fail to recognise themselves as teams, but nonetheless they are characterised by the same stresses which mark teamwork in any oter setting. This book is a guide to working together as an effective team, designed to show that they are part of a team, and employ strategies to minimise chances of failure. Gary Thomas identifies key areas of concern, including poor communication, status barriers and inadequate role definition, and offers guidelines for dealing with these stresses and tensions in teamwork.

Doing Sociology of Education (RLE Edu L)
Doing Sociology of Education (RLE Edu L)

Author: Geoffrey Walford

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-05-16

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 1136462082

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This collection of specially commissioned articles exposes the practical and personal influences on the process of doing sociology of education. All of the authors have been involved in conducting well know major research projects, and discuss here the pitfalls and problems, conflicts and compromises that went into doing their particular research. A particular feature of the book is that a wide variety of types of research in the sociology of education is covered. The range is from small-scale ethnographic case studies to large-scale postal questionnaire sample surveys and includes studies based on interviews, observation and questionnaires. There are examples of longitudinal work in case studies and in surveys. The collection also includes discussions of action research, the development and influence of theory, and the relationship between research and policy.

Multilingualism and the Role of Sibling Order
Multilingualism and the Role of Sibling Order

Author: Benjamin Kinsella

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-09-25

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 9004439110

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In this volume, Benjamin Kinsella offers a meticulous account of six Mexican families in New Jersey, identifying how birth order influences the different dimensions of heritage language maintenance.

Use of Language Across the Primary Curriculum
Use of Language Across the Primary Curriculum

Author: Eve Bearne

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-01-04

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 1134725736

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This book offers practical advice and guidance on how children can be helped to use language to transform knowledge and experience into understanding across the curriculum, and thus become active learners. In addition to the core subjects, opportunities in music, P.E., I.T. and design technology are examined in the context of the interrelationship between children, language and learning, i.e.: * children learning to use language * children using language to learn * children learning about language Chapters describe classroom practice as well as offering reflective sections on the interrelationships and processes of language and cognitive development. An integral part of this is the acknowledgement of differing learning styles, special educational needs, and issues of linguistic diversity and cultural difference.

Moving on to Key Stage 1: Improving Transition into Primary School, 2e
Moving on to Key Stage 1: Improving Transition into Primary School, 2e

Author: Julie Fisher

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

Published: 2020-10-06

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0335248861

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Moving On to Key Stage 1 has been highly influential in developing innovative, developmentally appropriate KS1 practice in schools across the country. This new edition offers teachers further powerful and persuasive arguments for continuing play-based learning into Year 1 and 2. This new edition contains: •Brand new research identifying the current concerns of teachers in KS1 and setting these in the context of the current ‘school readiness’ agenda •An updated chapter on how children learn most naturally age 5-7 years and how to capitalise on this •A revised chapter on play, which draws on teacher views about its benefits for KS1 children and the barriers they face in incorporating it into their practice •A new chapter offering messages from headteachers advocating a play-based approach, and providing examples of how it has raised standards •A fresh consideration of how to balance adult-led and child-led learning and the role of the teacher in supporting both The author has a deep understanding of the challenges facing teachers in developing this fusion of pedagogies, and this book offers every reader principled and inspiring ways of meeting these challenges with success. Julie Fisher is an independent Early Years Adviser and Visiting Professor of Early Childhood Education at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She has been Headteacher of two schools, a University lecturer and a Local Authority Lead Adviser for Early Years.

Inside the Secondary Classroom (RLE Edu O)
Inside the Secondary Classroom (RLE Edu O)

Author: Sara Delamont

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-03

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1317796349

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Focusing on pupils moving from primary to middle or secondary school, it describes and evaluates the schools’ programmes to ease transfer, and includes material provided by the pupils themselves. The main body of the book is a rich and detailed account of the first months of life in new secondary schools, where the pleasures and perils of new friends, new teachers and new subjects, and a new approach to teaching are encountered. The book conveys vividly how pupils experience a new environment, and meet its dangers, rules and regulations, timetable, complex groupings and ideology. Inside the Secondary Classroom was the first comparative ethnography of school life in Britain, carried out in six schools. It reveals surprising similarities and differences between them.The cases studied range from highly successful pupils with nine ‘O’ levels to others with severe social and personal problems.