Primary English: Teaching Theory and Practice

by Jane A Medwell, David Wray, Hilary Minns, Vivienne Griffiths, Elizabeth Coates

Overview

All trainee teacher's need to know about the theory and practice of teaching primary English.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781529709803
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	05/25/2021
Series:	Achieving QTS Series
Edition description:	Ninth Edition
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.73(w) x 9.68(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jane Medwell taught in primary schools in Cardiff and South Devon, before moving into teacher education. She has lectured at the Universities of Cardiff, Plymouth and the College of St Mark and St John, and is currently Director of Teacher Education and Associate Professor at the University of Warwick. Her research and writing has covered areas such as the teaching of writing and the use of electronic books to teach reading. More recently she has begun a major research programme exploring the teaching of handwriting, and has begun a unique programme of teacher education in primary Modern Foreign Languages. She is fluent in French and Russian, and is learning Chinese.

David Wray taught in primary schools for 10 years and is currently Professor of Literacy Education at the University of Warwick. He has published over 40 books on aspects of literacy teaching and is best known for his work on developing teaching strategies to help pupils access the curriculum through literacy. His work was made an integral part of the National Literacy Strategy in England at both primary (1997) and secondary (2001) levels. More recently he has acted as consultant to a number of electronic learning projects and has begun new research programs exploring the importance and teaching of handwriting, and the use of mobile learning devices.

Hilary Minns co-ordinates primary English courses in the Institute of /par1/Education, University of Warwick.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 1

2 Learning English 6

3 Effective English teaching 17

4 Speaking and listening: developing talk in the primary classroom 25

5 Teaching reading at Key Stage 1 39

6 The teaching and learning of phonics and phonological awareness 49

7 Teaching early writing 66

8 Teaching handwriting and spelling 75

9 Developing reading at Key Stage 2 85

10 Teaching writing at Key Stage 2 106

11 Teaching with electronic texts 121

12 Including all children 135

13 Organising and resourcing English at Key Stages 1 and 2 141

14 Assessing English 160

Glossary 181

References 184

Index 187