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Being a “good teacher” is a difficult goal to achieve, being largely dependent on a huge variety of skills outside of the main curriculum. Teaching Skills For Dummies focuses on these ‘soft’ skills of teaching, from maintaining discipline to creating engaging lesson plans and monitoring performance. This essential guide promises to help teachers gain the respect of their pupils, manage potential confrontations and ultimately get the best out of both their careers and their students. Teaching Skills For Dummies includes information on: Developing Your Teaching StyleTeaching a ClassManaging a ClassDealing with Different Kinds of PeopleSucceeding Beyond the Classroom  “Don’t let the title fool you; this is an essential guide and resource for any aspiring teacher. Sue Cowley uses her experience and insight to provide a comprehensive and informative resource, packed with excellent advice and brilliant suggestions for making both teaching and learning effective. A must for any teacher’s bookshelf!”- Peter Hadfield, Principal lecturer in Education, University of Bedfordshire

A fully updated second edition of Sue Cowley's wonderfully accessible guide to helping teachers develop writing strategies for children in the classroom. This new edition contains three new chapters: two on writing in primary and secondary schools and a third on developing writing strategies in different subjects. Written with her usual practicality, humour and optimism, Sue Cowley guides colleagues through all the stages of teaching writing - from motivating students to want to write through helping them shape, structure and correct their work.

'Within this book you'll find lots of information, ideas and approaches to help you develop your students' thinking skills. As with all my books, my aim here is to give you practical strategies for developing these skills, ones that you can actually put directly into use in your classroom. As well as offering you suggestions for exercises and activities, I also cover the organizational aspects of teaching thinking in a classroom setting. The advice that I give will be applicable to teachers' right across the primary and secondary spectrum, and for those who are working in all different areas of the curriculum.' - Sue Cowley. The new edition of the best-selling book contains a brand new chapter which features the best readers' suggestions on Getting the Buggers to Think.

This wonderfully accessible and practical guide provides a range of effective strategies for teaching drama. Written with her usual practicality, humour and optimism, Sue Cowley demonstrates how drama can make lessons across the curriculum more interesting and engaging. This fascinating guide is aimed both at the specialist drama teacher and at those who are interested in using drama to help them deliver other areas of the curriculum. It will also be particularly helpful to staff at primary level who have found themselves lumbered with "putting on the school play"!

A blended print and digital Early Years programme for children aged 3 to 5. Oxford International Pre-Primary offers a structured and integrated English, maths and science programme with inspiring characters and a wide range of play-based activities that put each child at the heart of the learning experience. The programme has been designed for international pre-primary teachers following the EYFS or Oxford International CurriculumOxford International Pre-Primary offers a consistent and engaging route through pre-primary English, maths and science based on international best practice, with coverage of a range of curricula and a strong focus on wellbeing to fully prepare children for primary education.

A blended print and digital Early Years programme for children aged 3 to 5. Oxford International Pre-Primary offers a structured and integrated English, maths and science programme with inspiring characters and a wide range of play-based activities that put each child at the heart of the learning experience. The programme has been designed for international pre-primary teachers following the EYFS or Oxford International CurriculumOxford International Pre-Primary offers a consistent and engaging route through pre-primary English, maths and science based on international best practice, with coverage of a range of curricula and a strong focus on wellbeing to fully prepare children for primary education.

A blended print and digital Early Years programme for children aged 3 to 5. Oxford International Pre-Primary offers a structured and integrated English, maths and science programme with inspiring characters and a wide range of play-based activities that put each child at the heart of the learning experience. The programme has been designed for international pre-primary teachers following the EYFS or Oxford International CurriculumOxford International Pre-Primary offers a consistent and engaging route through pre-primary English, maths and science based on international best practice, with coverage of a range of curricula and a strong focus on wellbeing to fully prepare children for primary education.

Financial literacy is an essential and powerful life skill. This comprehensive suite of resources (for ages 4 to 14) follows a spiral approach where students build their financial competencies year-on-year. Through real-world contexts and examples, students are equipped with the skills they need to make appropriate financial decisions, both in childhood and beyond. Practice Book features:Comprehensive coverage from the fundamentals of money and budgeting through to managing a business and the economy.Age-appropriate, real-world topics, from pocket money to life beyond school.Builds strong foundations to ensure students are set up for sound financial management and economic wellbeing.Covers the important issue of ethical and sustainable spending.Future-focused units including digital financial management and cryptocurrency.Activities promote a joy of learning through collaboration, communication and higher-order questions.Glossary of terms supports the development of financial vocabulary.Hint boxes and challenge activities, plus advice in the Teacher's Guide, support differentiation.

Financial literacy is an essential and powerful life skill. This comprehensive suite of resources (for ages 4 to 14) follows a spiral approach where students build their financial competencies year-on-year. Through real-world contexts and examples, students are equipped with the skills they need to make appropriate financial decisions, both in childhood and beyond. Practice Book features:Comprehensive coverage from the fundamentals of money and budgeting through to managing a business and the economy.Age-appropriate, real-world topics, from pocket money to life beyond school.Builds strong foundations to ensure students are set up for sound financial management and economic wellbeing.Covers the important issue of ethical and sustainable spending.Future-focused units including digital financial management and cryptocurrency.Activities promote a joy of learning through collaboration, communication and higher-order questions.Glossary of terms supports the development of financial vocabulary.Hint boxes and challenge activities, plus advice in the Teacher’s Guide, support differentiation.

This book is the ultimate guide to differentiation and adaptive teaching in early years, schools and further education settings by Sue Cowley, bestselling author of Getting the Buggers to Behave. It offers over 90 practical and time-saving strategies in every classroom – the revised edition, The Ultimate Guide to Adaptive Teaching, will be available from June 2025.The Ultimate Guide to Differentiation demonstrates how teachers already differentiate and adapt their teaching much of the time, in subtle and creative ways. Sue Cowley shows that we need to understand, acknowledge and celebrate the variety of approaches that teachers already use, as well as helping them to develop additional strategies. The book takes the reader through the different methods and approaches to differentiation and adaptive teaching, providing a step-by-step guide to each. It is broken down into five core areas - planning, resources, learners, teaching and assessment - and readers can dip in and out to find strategies as and when they need them. Written in Sue's much loved realistic, honest and practical style, The Ultimate Guide to Differentiation will help teachers, practitioners and support staff to feel confident that they are meeting the needs of every learner.

In The Ultimate Guide to Mark Making in the Early Years, internationally renowned teacher trainer Sue Cowley takes practitioners on a journey: the journey young children embark upon when they learn their first words and make their first marks.Filled with practical activities and honest advice, this must-have guide presents a wide range of creative approaches to developing mark making and building language skills in the Early Years. With ideas to build finger strength and eye-to-hand coordination, activities for understanding the concept of symbols and signs and strategies for building confidence in reading and writing including talk and drama, you'll find a variety of techniques to develop children's key skills and motivation.Sue also includes full-colour photographs and examples of early marks to illustrate how young children's communication skills develop. There are tips for getting boys engaged in writing and a companion website with downloadable resources and useful links. The Ultimate Guide to Mark Making in the Early Years is an invaluable source of inspiration for all those working with children aged three to seven.

Is teaching an art, rather than a science? Instead of measuring education and reducing everything to data, what if we looked at it through the lens of the arts? Sue Cowley demonstrates how teachers can become artists, sculptors, actors, dancers, musicians, playwrights, poets, designers and directors, no matter which subject or age group they happen to be teaching. The artful educator paints the air with ideas and weaves magic with words. They aren't afraid of a little risk, or of planning and delivering lessons a little differently. Learn how to be more creative, experimental, playful and imaginative in the methods you use to manage your classroom, and in the myriad ways in which you help your students to learn. Discover what an 'artful attitude' to education looks like, with plenty of practical, real-life ideas for artful teaching and learning. Sue has collected inspiring examples of how colleagues in a range of settings, from early years to secondary and further education, are already using artful approaches in their classrooms. Find out how to engage with your artful side, reinvigorate your approach to teaching and inspire yourself and your children with the pure joy of learning. Getting artful can involve borrowing techniques from the arts to use in teaching, getting learners hands-on with creating artworks themselves and also engaging learners with great existing works of art, cultivating the cultural capital that comes from this in the process.A collection of suggestions designed to inspire you to take creative risks with your learners, this is a book for explorers and rebels. An ideal resource for trainees, NQTs and experienced teachers alike, The Artful Educator is for anyone looking for inventive, innovative approaches to teaching.Contents include:Part One: Artful AttitudesChapter 1. The Artful PhilosophyChapter 2. Artful Attitudes to LearningChapter 3. Artful Attitudes to CreativityChapter 4. Planning to be ArtfulPart Two: The Artful EducatorChapter 5. The ActorChapter 6. The PlaywrightChapter 7. The Film DirectorChapter 8. The Set DesignerChapter 9. The Prop Designer

This new edition of Sue Cowley’s bestselling book serves as a practical, up-to-date guide for early career teachers learning to navigate their first two years in the classroom.This introspective toolkit shows you how to not only survive but thrive during the first two years of your teaching career, and this latest edition provides practical new chapters on how to effectively manage your workload and gives plenty of useful teacher wellbeing tips. It reflects the introduction of the Early Career Framework along with revised material on the National Curriculum and the current Education Inspection Framework. Written in Sue Cowley's honest, accessible and down to earth style, How to Survive your First Year in Teaching is a must have for all new teachers at the start of their career.

Sue Cowley’s bestselling behaviour guide is back, updated and better than ever. ‘Day after day, you arrive at your job, only to face students who simply will not behave. You begin to dread coming into work, knowing that you have to face such a difficult day… What can you do? First, read this book.’In this brand new edition, Sue takes a detailed look at positive behaviour management, considers recent advances in understanding self-regulation, and offers specific advice on tackling behavioural challenges in the post-Covid classroom. Getting Your Class to Behave is the positive, practical answer to poor behaviour you’ve been looking for!The latest and greatest edition of the classic Getting the Buggers to Behave, this behaviour management bible has long been a firm favourite with trainees, early career teachers and experienced staff alike. The advice ranges from the basics of behaviour management to how to deal with any tricky class and is applicable whether you are working in the early years, primary, secondary or further education. Sue offers honest, straightforward support with case studies, anecdotes and level-specific examples in every chapter. Sue knows that no matter how much passion and care you have for the job, there’s no match for poor behaviour like tried-and-tested techniques. If your two-year-olds are ignoring you, your Year 11s are distracted, or your tutor group is not-so-quietly chaotic then this is the book for you!

'This outstanding book will help teachers with their understanding on supporting children with their behaviour.’ - Laura Henry-Allain MBE, author, early education specialist and creator of Jojo and Gran GranThis practical guide from bestselling education author Sue Cowley breaks down what self-regulation is, how it develops and and how you can support your learners to build and improve it.The Ultimate Guide to Self-Regulation explains what self-regulation is and demonstrates how it relates to challenging learner behaviour, focus and attention, resilience and impulse control. Sue Cowley explains how it shows up in the everyday classroom, including how it relates to post-pandemic behavioural challenges, and offers easy-to-implement solutions to support learners of all ages. The book is broken down into two sections – the theory behind self-regulation, and how it develops in the classroom – and readers can dip in and out to find strategies as and when they need them.Written in Sue's much-loved realistic, honest and practical style, The Ultimate Guide to Self-Regulation will help teachers, practitioners and support staff to improve outcomes for every learner.

This revised edition explains the 'why' and 'how' of adaptive teaching and offers creative strategies for supporting all learners in early years, schools and further education.This fully updated edition of The Ultimate Guide to Differentiation offers creative strategies for supporting all learners. Sue Cowley shows that we need to understand, acknowledge and celebrate the variety of approaches that teachers already use, as well as support them to develop additional strategies. The book takes the reader through the different methods and approaches to adaptive teaching, providing a step-by-step guide to each. It is broken down into five core areas – planning, resources, learners, teaching and assessment – and readers can dip in and out to find practical, time-saving strategies as and when they need them. This fully updated edition features a brand new chapter explaining the 'why' behind adaptive teaching and features additional strategies for supporting learners with SEND, EAL and both lower and higher attainment.Written in Sue's much-loved realistic, honest and practical style, The Ultimate Guide to Adaptive Teaching will help teachers, practitioners and support staff to feel confident that they are meeting the needs of every learner.