Making Every Primary Lesson Count: Six principles to support great teaching and learning (Making Every Lesson Count Series) - Softcover

Jo Payne; Mel Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 178583181X ISBN 13: 9781785831812

Publisher: Crown House Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

<P>Advocates an approach designed to cultivate a classroom culture of growth and excellence enabling pupils to leave primary school as confident, successful learners. <P/>Takes the principles detailed in the bestselling and award-winning Making Every Lesson Count and applies them specifically to the primary school. <P/>In Making Every Primary Lesson Count, full-time primary teachers Mel Scott and Jo Payne share easy, effective strategies for ensuring every lesson makes a difference for children in primary classes. Written in the engaging style of the award-winning Making Every Lesson Count (ISBN 978-184590973-4), this book shares practical advice grounded in educational research for teachers of the Early Years and Key Stages One and Two. <P/>The book is held together by six pedagogical principles challenge, explanation, modelling, practice, feedback and questioning and provides simple, realistic classroom strategies that all primary teachers can embed immediately. <P/>At the heart of the strategies in the book are excellence and growth: ensuring teachers and pupils can aim high and put in the effort required to be successful. Tried-and-tested gimmick-free teaching strategies are shared from across the curriculum and all primary year groups. <P/>The ideas presented in Making Every Primary Lesson Count have a high impact on learning in the classroom without diminishing teachers work life balance. The strategies in the book help pupils to leave primary school as confident, successful learners with the skills and knowledge required of them. <P/>Suitable for all early years and primary school teachers.

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About the Author

<P>Jo Payne is Deputy Head Teacher. Although she specialised in primary languages during her teaching degree, she is particularly interested in how technology can enhance pupils learning. She writes a blog, MrsPTeach, on which she shares ideas about many subjects within education, including: feedback and marking, whole-class reading and maintaining a healthy work life balance as a teacher. @MrsPTeach</P> <P>Mel Scott is an MFL and English specialist who currently leads a year six team at Vale School. Prior to entering the teaching profession, she worked in industry using her language skills in areas as diverse as buying and copywriting.</P>

Edition details

• Publisher: Crown House Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 178583181X
• ISBN 13: 9781785831812
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168
• Editor: Shaun Allison, Andy Tharby