ABSTRACT

Presenting a balance of theoretical insight and practical advice, this text is a clear and accessible guide to the key issues relating to primary education. Alphabetically arranged and fully cross-referenced to ensure ease of use, entries include both curriculum specific terms, as well as those that are more generic, such as:

  • assessment
  • objectives
  • coping strategies
  • differentiation
  • behaviour
  • special needs
  • time management.

Written by an experienced teacher and lecturer, this is a concise yet comprehensive text that takes into account the everyday realities of teaching. Readable and user-friendly, it is a first-class resource for the primary practitioner at all levels.

part |172 pages

Primary Education: The Key Concepts

chapter |2 pages

Ability

chapter |2 pages

Accountability

chapter |2 pages

Achievement

chapter |2 pages

Activities and Tasks

chapter |2 pages

Adhd

chapter |2 pages

Anxiety

chapter |2 pages

Appraisal

chapter |1 pages

Assembly

chapter |2 pages

Assessment

chapter |3 pages

Assistants

chapter |3 pages

Behaviour

chapter |2 pages

Behaviourism

chapter |2 pages

Body Language

chapter |3 pages

Bullying

chapter |2 pages

Caring

chapter |2 pages

Celebration

chapter |3 pages

Childhood

chapter |1 pages

Circle Time

chapter |1 pages

Citizenship

chapter |2 pages

Class Size

chapter |2 pages

Code Of Practice

chapter |3 pages

Collaboration

chapter |2 pages

Collegiality

chapter |2 pages

Communication

chapter |1 pages

Competition

chapter |2 pages

Concepts

chapter |2 pages

Constructivism

chapter |2 pages

Context

chapter |3 pages

Control

chapter |3 pages

Creativity

chapter |4 pages

Curriculum

chapter |2 pages

Decision Making

chapter |2 pages

Differentiation

chapter |2 pages

Dilemmas

chapter |2 pages

Early Years

chapter |3 pages

Educational Visits

chapter |3 pages

Effectiveness

chapter |3 pages

Emotion

chapter |2 pages

Encouragement

chapter |2 pages

Enjoyment

chapter |2 pages

Enquiry

chapter |3 pages

Equal Opportunities

chapter |2 pages

Expectations

chapter |2 pages

Extra-Curricular

chapter |2 pages

Feedback

chapter |2 pages

Friendship

chapter |3 pages

Giftedness and Talent

chapter |2 pages

Health and Safety

chapter |2 pages

Homework

chapter |1 pages

Humour

chapter |1 pages

Imagination

chapter |2 pages

Inclusion

chapter |2 pages

Induction

chapter |2 pages

Inspection

chapter |2 pages

Instruction

chapter |3 pages

Interaction

chapter |3 pages

Intervention

chapter |1 pages

Key Stages

chapter |2 pages

Knowledge

chapter |2 pages

Leadership

chapter |3 pages

Learning Climate

chapter |2 pages

Learning Objectives

chapter |2 pages

Legality

chapter |2 pages

Lessons

chapter |2 pages

Lesson Management

chapter |3 pages

Lesson Planning

chapter |1 pages

Lesson Review

chapter |3 pages

Literacy

chapter |2 pages

Memory

chapter |1 pages

Monitoring Progress

chapter |2 pages

Moral Development

chapter |2 pages

Motivation For Teaching

chapter |2 pages

Numeracy

chapter |3 pages

Nurturing

chapter |2 pages

Oracy

chapter |3 pages

Organising For Learning

chapter |2 pages

Parental Involvement

chapter |2 pages

Passion

chapter |2 pages

Phonics

chapter |3 pages

Play

chapter |3 pages

Professionalism

chapter |2 pages

Professional Development

chapter |3 pages

Punishment

chapter |3 pages

Pupil Learning

chapter |2 pages

Pupil Motivation

chapter |2 pages

Questioning

chapter |2 pages

Reading

chapter |2 pages

Recording

chapter |3 pages

Reflection

chapter |2 pages

Reporting

chapter |2 pages

Rewards

chapter |3 pages

Rite Of Passage

chapter |2 pages

Rules

chapter |2 pages

Self-Esteem

chapter |2 pages

Skills

chapter |3 pages

Special Educational Needs

chapter |2 pages

Steiner-Waldorf Schools

chapter |3 pages

Talk

chapter |2 pages

Target Setting

chapter |2 pages

Teacher Role

chapter |2 pages

Teaching Approach

chapter |3 pages

Testing

chapter |2 pages

Thinking

chapter |2 pages

Time Management

chapter |2 pages

Topic Work

chapter |2 pages

Values

chapter |1 pages

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