Primary Teaching Skills

<p>Primary teachers have always been required to master a wealth of knowledge and professional skills and recent debate has led to pressure for ever higher levels of competence. Ted Wragg's book provides a comprehensive guide to the skills needed by today's primary teachers. Separate chapters cover such central demands of the job as explaining new topics, asking stimulating questions and settling down with a new class and one is devoted to the particular problems of supply teachers. Based on extensive research in classrooms over the last three years, <em>Primary Teaching Skills</em> will enlighten and entertain both student and novice teachers and their more experienced colleagues at all stages of their professional development.</p> Preface Acknowledgements 1 Skilful teaching 2 The management of teaching 3 First encounters with a class 4 Systematic studies of class management 5 Managing children’s behaviour and work 6 Supply teachers 7 Pupils’ views of management 8 Explaining and explanations 9 Teachers’ questions 110 Teachers’ subject knowledge 11 Student teachers’ professional skills 12 Training skilful teachers