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Developing the expertise of primary and elementary classroom teachers : professional learning for a changing world
\"Developing the Expertise of Primary and Elementary Classroom Teachers challenges many current assumptions about primary education. Tony Eaude draws on the experiences of teachers at a range of career phases to show how primary classroom teachers need a wide repertoire of strategies and a flexible, reciprocal and intuitive approach to planning, assessment and teaching. He explores the way in which a deep understanding of how young children learn is needed, and an ability to create an inclusive environment, caring relationships and teachers attuned to children are essential. He shows that many of these elements are learned over time, through regular, sustained, contextualised opportunities, relating theory and practice, with the years soon after qualification particularly significant. Eaude argues that the constraints on manifesting expertise, many of which are emotional, must be overcome to develop qualities such as confidence and resilience, encourage informed intuition and create a secure professional identity. He highlights that the professional knowledge and judgement required in complex, changing situations is acquired and refined mainly through guided practice and experience backed by reflection and engagement with research. He emphasises the need for supportive professional learning communities and for policy to enable rather than constrain primary classroom teachers' enthusiasm, creativity and willingness to innovate, and an enriched apprenticeship model - using a mixture of processes, including observation of other teachers, practice, mentoring, case studies and discussion in professional communities\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Developing the Expertise of Primary and Elementary Classroom Teachers
Developing the Expertise of Primary and Elementary Classroom Teachers challenges many current assumptions about primary education. Tony Eaude draws on the experiences of teachers at a range of career phases to show how primary classroom teachers need a wide repertoire of strategies and a flexible, reciprocal and intuitive approach to planning, assessment and teaching. He explores the way in which a deep understanding of how young children learn is needed, and an ability to create an inclusive environment, caring relationships and teachers attuned to children are essential. He shows that many of these elements are learned over time, through regular, sustained, contextualised opportunities, relating theory and practice, with the years soon after qualification particularly significant. Eaude argues that the constraints on manifesting expertise, many of which are emotional, must be overcome to develop qualities such as confidence and resilience, encourage informed intuition and create a secure professional identity. He highlights that the professional knowledge and judgement required in complex, changing situations is acquired and refined mainly through guided practice and experience backed by reflection and engagement with research. He emphasises the need for supportive professional learning communities and for policy to enable rather than constrain primary classroom teachers’ enthusiasm, creativity and willingness to innovate, and an enriched apprenticeship model – using a mixture of processes, including observation of other teachers, practice, mentoring, case studies and discussion in professional communities.
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INSET for NQTs
An independent-study workbook designed for newly qualified teachers (NQTs). This text will lead the teacher through a range of activities which have been designed to help them to get to know and understand all the important school systems, the children and themselves as teachers. The materials can be used throughout the first and/or second years of teaching.
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Comprehension strategies for your K-6 literacy classroom : thinking before, during, and after reading
Combining theory with classroom research, this research-based handbook clearly illustrates how teachers can effectively use six critical strategies to enhance students′ reading comprehension.
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Elementary Teachers’ Knowledge of Foundational Literacy Skills
Equipping elementary (i.e., grades K–5) teachers with adequate content and pedagogical knowledge to promote effective reading instruction based on the science of reading is a crucial piece of the reading education puzzle. We reviewed 20 empirical studies to examine the impact of teacher preparation and training programs on elementary teachers’ knowledge of the science of reading, focusing on the foundational pillars of reading instruction, namely, phonological and phonemic awareness, phonics, and morphological awareness, as well as student outcomes in reading. We also identified program characteristics that promoted positive growth in teacher knowledge. Generally, findings support the effectiveness of training and preparation programs in increasing elementary teachers’ knowledge of foundational constructs. Training in which teachers have the opportunity to apply their learned knowledge and skills under expert guidance produced the largest growth in teacher knowledge. Implications of findings are discussed.
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Teaching and Learning through Reflective Practice
Now in its second edition, Teaching and Learning through Reflective Practice is a practical guide to enable all those involved in educational activities to learn through the practices of reflection. The book highlights the power that those responsible for teaching and learning have to appraise, understand and positively transform their teaching. Seeing the teacher as a reflective learner, the book emphasises a strengths-based approach in which positivity, resilience, optimism and high performance can help invigorate teaching, enhance learning and allow the teacher to reach their full potential. This approach busts the myth that reflection on problems and deficits is the only way to better performance.
The approach of this new edition is an ‘appreciative’ one. At its heart is the exploration and illustration of four reflective questions:
What’s working well?
What needs changing?
What are we learning?
Where do we go from here?
With examples drawn from UK primary teacher education, the book reveals how appreciative reflective conversations can be initiated and sustained. It also sets out a range of practical processes for amplifying success. This book will be a must have for undergraduate and PGCE students on initial teacher training programmes. It will also interest practising teachers, teacher educators and those on continuing professional development courses.
Chapter 1. Some major developments in reflective practice Chapter 2. Being a reflective practitioner Chapter 3. Some views of the nature of reflection-on-practice Chapter 4. A strengths-based reflective practice Chapter 5. Reflection-on-values Chapter 6. Voicing concerns and asking questions Chapter 7. Evidence-based reflective practice Chapter 8. Reflection-on-context: Partnership in Practice Chapter 9. Reflections on the Whole: Thinking Again
Tony Ghaye is an expert in positive psychology. He is Director of a not-for-profit social enterprise called Reflective Learning-UK (www.reflectivepractices.co.uk). He has experience as a school teacher, school leader and teacher educator. He is also editor-in-Chief of the international, peer reviewed journal Reflective Practice (Routledge).
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Improving Digital Pedagogy Competence Through In- Service Training for Elementary School Teacher
Digital pedagogy competencies are needed by teachers in learning in the era of the industrial revolution 4.0. This ability is important for teachers to be able to transform their learning from conventional to digital technology-based. The problem in the field is that many teachers do not have digital pedagogy competencies. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of in-service training for elementary school teachers.This study uses a quantitative experimental method. The research population is elementary school teachers in Sawahlunto City, West Sumatra. Samples were taken purposively as many as 29 teacher representatives from each school. Teachers are given in-service training for 4 meetings. Data were collected from pretest and posttest scores. Data were analyzed using SPSS. The results showed that there was a significant difference between teacher competencies before and after being given training in accordance with the designed digital pedagogy curriculum. In connection with this, it is recommended that teachers need to be given in-service training to improve digital pedagogy competencies so that they can carry out learning optimally in the digital era.The novelty in this research is that the digital pedagogy curriculum that has been implemented can improve teacher competence. The research design in service training allows teachers to be given training with a training system by not leaving their activities as educators who must facilitate students in the classroom. The method used in the training provides convenience for the teacher. In particular, the product of this research can be implemented in schools.
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The Instructional Leader's Guide to Implementing K-8 Science Practices
An accessible, engaging primer on the eight science practices at the heart of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), providing K–8 instructional leaders with the grounding they need to ensure excellent science instruction in every classroom.
The NGSS reconceptualize science instruction by redefining the teacher as someone who helps students construct their own knowledge by \"thinking like scientists\" and engaging in discrete science practices.
However, with STEM teachers in short supply and generalists often feeling underprepared to teach elementary and middle school science, what can instructional leaders do to ensure students get a strong start in this critical area and learn to love science?
Although a content-neutral approach to supervision—one that emphasizes general pedagogical features such as student engagement, cognitive load, or classroom management—is undoubtedly beneficial, the best instructional leaders know that content-specific approaches are necessary to achieve real excellence.
We therefore need to go deeper if we want to engage both teachers and students with the science practices. We need science-specific supervision. With that in mind, the authors provide vignettes and examples of the science practices in use, advice on observing science classrooms, concrete look-fors, and guidance on fostering ongoing teacher learning. They also offer a rich compendium of research- and evidence-based resources, including sample lessons, FAQs, and more than a dozen downloadable tools to facilitate classroom observation, feedback sessions, and professional development.
This is an essential guide for any K–8 instructional leader who wants to empower all teachers to provide all students with rich science experiences and develop the cognitive and noncognitive skills students will need to thrive in more advanced courses, work, and society.
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Learning and teaching in the primary classroom
Providing a framework for understanding the individual needs of pupils, this book describes how to tailor teaching methods to maximize learning. Readers will learn how to take account of their pupils′ knowledge, skills and attitudes when selecting and applying principles of instruction, in order to make learning in the classroom as successful as possible. Packed with informative case studies and classroom examples, the book explores how learning is conceptualized, direct instruction, interactive teaching, teaching as scaffolding, and how to overcome obstacles to learning. Readers will learn how to best apply theories of instruction and provide effective, dynamic teaching.
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The impact of digital pedagogy training on in-service teachers’ attitudes towards digital technologies
To prepare schools for the demands of the twenty-first century, teachers have been challenged to expand their use of digital technologies in their teaching. This study is a part of OpenDigi, which aimed to create teachers’ communities for enhancing digital pedagogy skills and the use of digital assessment tools. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of digital pedagogy training on in-service teachers’ attitudes towards digital technologies. Self-report questionnaires were collected from 98 elementary and lower secondary school in-service teachers in southern Finland. A total of 22 in-service teachers completed both pre- and post-test. The results showed that the impact of the digital pedagogy training depended on teachers’ ICT confidence level. Teachers who had low confidence in ICT use showed an increased ICT confidence level after the programme, while teachers who already had high confidence in ICT use showed no significant changes in their confidence level. Moreover, the results indicated that the need for ICT support was lower after the training for the teachers in high confidence group, while there were no significant changes in the need for ICT support for the teachers in the low confidence group. These results suggested that the training could fulfil teachers’ needs for ICT support, particularly for the teachers in the high confidence group. The challenges teachers face in expanding the use of digital technologies in practice and their commitment to the digital culture are discussed.
Journal Article