Teaching Series – serie

A practical introduction to Maths teaching designed specifically for beginning teachers in primary and secondary schools. It brings together the latest DfES and TTA guidelines and requirements with authoritative guidance, ensuring that readers feel confident about how to approach their role as a teacher. This book explores key issues in maths teaching today, including:planning and classroom managementassessment, recording and reporting information and communication technologyinvestigative mathematicsequal opportunities, special needs and differentiationkey skills and alternative mathematics qualificationsbeing an effective maths teacher personal and professional development in the early stages of a teaching career.

The expectations of what it is to be a teacher are as high as ever. An Introduction to Teaching, which is the second edition of the well-established textbook Learning to Teach, provides a fully up-to-date introduction to the process and practice of teaching, and the personal and professional skills that successful teaching requires. This comprehensive update of the first edition is written in accordance with the Teacher Training Association and DfES guidelines, and provides in-depth coverage of all the modules included in the teacher training programme. Taking into account recent developments in policy and practice, contributors have incorporated new material covering teaching and classroom management, new approaches to planning, targeting effective learning, introduction to professional requirements and continuing professional development.The book also includes key chapters on the following:the National Curriculumchildren's learningthe use of ITplanning and preparationteaching and classroom managementspecial educational needsworking with parents.