This textbook gives you a broad overview of everything you will need to know to prepare for your initial teacher training and future career in the classroom.

Covering practical issues including planning and assessment, and thought-provoking topics such as reflecting on your practice and developing critical thinking skills, this textbook provides you with an insightful exploration of the realities of teaching in primary schools.

This fourth edition has been comprehensively revised and includes five new chapters on:

* Teacher wellbeing

* The Early Career Framework (ECF)

* Digital literacy and primary schools after the pandemic

* Growth mindset, dialogue and P4C

* Learning outside the classroom

This is essential reading for all students on primary initial teacher education courses including university-based (PGCE, BEd, BA with QTS), and schools-based (School Direct, SCITT, Teach First) routes into teaching.

Hilary Cooper is Professor Emeritus of History and Pedagogy at the University of Cumbria.

Sally Elton-Chalcraft is Professor of Social Justice in Education and also the Director of the Learning Education and Development Research centre in the Institute of Education at the University of Cumbria.

About the Author
Hilary Cooper is Professor Emeritus of History and Pedagogy at the University of Cumbria. After many years teaching in London primary schools and undertaking her doctoral research on child development using data collected as a class teacher, she lectured in education at Goldsmiths' College, London University. In 1993 she became Director of Professional Studies in the Department of Education at Lancaster University, then Reader, and later Professor of Education at St Martin's College, now the University of Cumbria. She has published widely, in numerous languages; the underlying theme of all her books is 'teaching creatively'. She has been a keynote speaker at, and continues to organise international conferences. Sally Elton-Chalcraft is Professor of Social Justice in Education and also the Director of the Learning Education and Development Research centre in the Institute of Education at the University of Cumbria, UK. She was a school teacher and Head of Department working with 4 to 14 year olds for eleven years before working in three Universities as a Teacher Educator over the last two decades. She is convenor of the Religions, Values and Education special interest group for the British Education Research Association. She teaches on undergraduate, graduate, masters and doctoral programmes and publishes in the areas of Religious Education, anti racism, special educational needs and school leadership. She has been invited to give keynotes in India, Germany, Ireland and the UK. Throughout her career as a primary school teacher, teacher educator and academic she has been passionate about exploring issues of social justice and making education accessible and thought provoking leading to a fairer world.


Book Information
ISBN 9781529752212
Author Hilary Cooper
Format Paperback
Page Count 560
Imprint Sage Publications Ltd
Publisher Sage Publications Ltd
Weight(grams) 1000g