Summary
Contents
Subject index
This course book is for all degree students who are support staff, particularly teaching assistants (TAs), working in educational settings. It focuses on professional, academic and vocational issues that are common to support workers across the school sectors, and provides essential guidance on the increasingly complex role of all those involved in teaching and supporting learning. The reader is supported throughout by learning objectives, practical and reflective tasks, relevant case studies and chapter summaries. This new edition has been extensively revised to reflect recent changes in legislation, policy and the curriculum. It includes new or significantly amended chapters; on the development of support staff; supporting pupils in crisis; learning in the early years; inclusion, SEN and phonics.
Teaching and Learning
Teaching and Learning
Chapter Objectives
By the end of this chapter you will have understood:
- the developmental, social constructivist and behaviourist approaches underpinning how children learn;
- the role that learning styles and multiple intelligences play in pupils’ learning;
- the importance of a positive learning climate on motivation and learning.
Links to HLTA Standards
- Understand the key factors that affect children's and young people's learning and progress.
- Know how to contribute to effective personalised provision by taking practical account of diversity.
- Understand the objectives, content and intended outcomes for learning activities in which they are involved.
- Devise clearly structured activities that interest and motivate learners and advance their learning.
- Advance learning when working with individuals.
- Advance learning when working with small groups.
- Advance learning when working with whole classes without the presence of ...
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