Initial teacher training is the first stage in your professional development as a teacher. This book will support you in identifying strengths and areas for further development, and help you achieve the Professional Standards for the award of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). Providing a combination of theoretical study and practical experiences, it will help you to develop as a reflective and critical practitioner. Recognising the variety of experiences and learning with which trainees start their courses, this book is structured around flexible needs analysis process. Each chapter covers the key elements of effective English teaching and provides you with a framework of activities within which you can develop as a competent primary school teacher. The flexible structure of this book
… read more...will support trainees studying on a range of routes but particularly those working on employment-based, flexible, modular or part-time PGCE courses. Trainees on full-time PGCE courses will also find it a useful resource.Read More read less...