This book is for all those taking the Masters in Teaching and Learning (MTL). The contents reflect the units of this new qualification, building on Initial Teacher Training, deepening and broadening professional understanding and skills while addressing individual teacher needs. Chapters cover core topics such as developing pedagogy, assessment for learning, special educational needs and behaviour. The book provides invaluable support for beginning teachers as they manage their professiona...

This book provides a one-stop research-informed professional learning guide for teacher educators to support their work-based development of values, pedagogy and scholarship.Drawing on international research and professional development initiatives, it provides a scholarly but action-orientated text. This practical guide supports the professional learning and career development of teacher educators, showing how to learn in and through the workplace. Key areas of focus include pedag...

Trainee teachers are expected to demonstrate reflective practice in many ways throughout their course. Unlike other texts, this book takes a focused look at what primary trainees need to know and offers specific and details guidance on how to be meaningfully reflective in learning and teaching.Examining reflection as a tool for both teachers and children, this text considers how teachers can encourage the children they teach to be reflective in their own learning and how this can i...