This book is an essential guide for all primary trainees and teachers. The text addresses the specifics of teaching English in the early years and importantly places systematic synthetic phonics within the context of early English as a whole. The book starts by examining the fundamental role of communication and language in laying the foundations for literacy development. It explores the importance of early sound discrimination, rhyme, alliteration, oral blending, and oral segmentation, as well as the importance of developing children's visual discrimination skills. The text critically examines the role of systematic synthetic phonics as an approach for teaching children to read, and its application in both reading and writing is fully covered. Other key chapters include literacy through the wider learning environment, supporting children with literacy difficulties, and assessing English in the early years.

Teaching Systematic Synthetic Phonics and Early English (Critical Teaching)

Education & Teaching

Glazzard, Jonathan

Stokoe, Jane

Schools & Teaching

Critical Publishing

Anti-racism has a long history within the profession of social work and its education. Despite an agenda within higher education which promotes internationalization and practice which recognizes diversity, little has been written to address the question of why black African students have a different experience from others on their social work educational journey. This book is based upon the authors' experience as educators and their own research about and with black students' experience of racism and 'otherness' within social work practice and education. Radical and honest in nature, it re-visits anti-racism within social work practice and education from a student focused and informed perspective based on lived experience and conversations. This book will be of interest to all social work students, educators and policy makers with an interest in anti-racism and diversity. It includes practical models and tried and tested tools to help the reader work through these issues.

Anti-racism in Social Work Practice (1) (Critical Approaches to Social Work)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

The social work profession is in a state of flux including a change of regulator, a new College of Social Work and a new approach to CPD. There is a lot to get to grips with and social workers are now expected to take responsibility for ensuring their professional development needs are met but how to go about it? This book offers social workers the opportunity to be innovative and to take professional control in reflecting on their learning needs and achievements, and enhancing their practice. By developing a professional portfolio social workers can bring all the elements of the changing environment into a single place so that their individual practice lies at the heart of service improvement. But this is a new concept and approach for social workers so this book will help them deal with the process, provide hints, tips and guidance on constructing a portfolio in line with the PCF. It also helps guide critical reflection to support them to learn from their own practice. Evidencing CPD provides a comprehensive guide to support social workers to create and develop their own portfolio and focus on critical reflection as a learning tool for CPD activities. This timely publication is packed with examples and exercises to support personal portfolio development and is mapped to the different levels of social work progression.

Evidencing CPD: A Guide to Building your Social Work Portfolio (Critical Skills for Social Work)

Challis, Maggie

Bogg, Daisy

This is an invaluable and up to date text on inclusive practice for all primary trainees and teachers and for those working towards the National Award SEN Co-ordination. It provides a critical approach to inclusion combining both theory and practice while promoting critical thinking about the complex issues involved. Scenarios are used as the basis for unpicking major issues and provide the opportunity for learning in context, and chapter reflections encourage deep thinking about the key learning points.&nbsp;

Inclusive Primary Teaching: A critical approach to equality and special educational needs (Critical Teaching)

Goepel, Janet

Childerhouse, Helen

Sharpe, Sheila

This up-to-date book is essential reading for all those teaching or training to teach Early Years mathematics. It provides comprehensive subject and pedagogic knowledge for those responsible for the youngest children in school and their vital first experiences of learning mathematics. The appropriately focused text ensures the reader can understand and support how children learn to count and calculate, recognize shapes, and begin to generalize their findings about problems. Critical questions enable trainees and teachers to both test and develop their own understanding of mathematics, and the suggested activities clearly exemplify how theory links to practice. The book also considers recent and relevant research, examines international perspectives, and provides opportunities for reflection.

Teaching and Learning Early Years Mathematics: Subject and Pedagogic Knowledge (Critical Teaching)

Briggs, Mary

This book is designed to support professional development in Further Education at all levels, from the trainee teacher to the experienced team leader and those who have, or aspire to, a middle management role. The A-Z format ensures the book is both comprehensive and easy to use, while a list of key themes, from being an excellent teacher to making the most of change, enables the reader to navigate the material in a range of ways. Its novel design, based on a fictional college, complete with organization chart and lively stories and vignettes, ensures the text's practical relevance. The stories follow teachers and managers through a series of everyday encounters and experiences, making the text accessible and enjoyable to read, as well as providing characters in roles to which the reader can relate at each stage of their career. It is a text that will travel with readers as they develop professionally, continuing to provide relevant insights, examples, and ideas.

The A-Z Guide to Working in Further Education (A-Z Guides)

Wallace, Susan

Gravells, Jonathan

Higher & Continuing Education

A complete, all-in-one guide to the new Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training, suitable for use with any awarding organisation.

A Complete Guide to the Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training (Further Education)

Murray, Sandra

Machin, Lynn

Hindmarch, Duncan

Richardson, Tina

This essential text provides an accessible and up-to-date critical analysis of professionalism for student teachers and practitioners within the Further Education (FE) sector. Professional values, knowledge, understanding, and skills form the core of the standards against which teachers are measured and the framework for the teacher's development, starting with initial qualifications and progressing through a career long process of continual professional development (CPD). The book introduces a range of theoretical models and examples of professionalism. It examines the critical importance of self-awareness and understanding of others as the basis for effective professional relationships with learners. The application of professional values, knowledge, and skills, both in the teaching role and in the wider academic community, is discussed. Throughout, the reader is encouraged to relate the theories to their own professional values and practice and to reflect on their own levels of professionalism and CPD requirements.

The Professional Teacher in Further Education

Appleyard, Nancy

Appleyard, Keith

For all those teaching or training to teach within the Further Education (FE) sector, this book provides a critical understanding of the complex concept of inclusion and its implementation in a range of different contextual settings. It encourages the reader to revisit their own beliefs and assumptions concerning inclusion in relation to their own practice, and a range of learning features including clear objectives, case studies, critical thinking tasks and chapter reflections ensures deep understanding. The increasing importance of inclusion, and the growing provision of Higher Education courses in FE, means that an accessible book which facilitates a critical understanding of inclusion policy and develops relevant academic competence is both timely and essential.

Inclusion in Further Education

Spenceley, Lydia

An accessible and up to date text on teaching and supporting adult learners, aimed at both student teachers and experienced practitioners. It explores teaching adult learners within a traditional further education (FE) context but also working with those adult learners on Higher Education (HE) courses taught within FE.Adult learners have a distinct set of needs and challenges which can include issues of self confidence, fear of technology, time management and financial constraints, and which may not always be fully recognised by educational practitioners or institutions. Teachers and student stories are used throughout this book to analyse learner needs and motivations, highlight possible barriers to learning and explore strategies for support.This publication enables those teaching adult learners to gain an understanding of the difficulties that students may experience while developing their own professional practice in order to create effective, focused and inclusive teaching strategies for this group.

Teaching and Supporting Adult Learners (Further Education)

Scruton, Jackie

Ferguson, Belinda

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