Understanding Children's Learning: A Text for Teaching Assistants [Paperback]

Structured to support teaching assistants, this pioneering textbook provides an academic underpinning to each of the key topics studied. The book: develops the theoretical knowledge needed to enhance work in the classroom; encourages students to reflect on their own practice; is in an ideal textbook format - full of tasks, questions, summaries and reading lists; and covers both primary and secondary years. Practical, easy-to-read and written specifically for teaching assistants, this book is also applicable for any trainee teachers or students of education.Structured to support teaching assistants studying for a foundation degree, this book provides an academic underpinning to each of the key topics studied. The book: develops the theoretical knowledge needed to enhance work in the classroom; and encourages students to reflect on their own practice. This book provides an overview of children's emotional wellbeing. It examines how children communicate and how we, as adults, can respond in such a way as to provide positive messages, to increase their emotional vocabulary and change behaviour. In essence it offers a child-centred approach to managing behaviour through reflective language, among tools and concepts.  Neil Henty, Early Years Educator (EYE)
Introduction; How children think and learn; Key skills; Managing change through study; Factors influencing motor development; Out of the mouths and minds of babes: Language acquisition and development; Children and numeracy; An introduction to science and technology; Mind the gap; Creativity and learning; Educating all: Towards inclusive classroom practice for children with special educational needs; Managing behaviour for learning; Gender issues in education; CitizenshipUSCopyright ? Claire Alfrey 2003