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As a Teaching Assistant, you play a vital role in today's schools. This fully updated new edition will help you get to grips with the main issues to do with psychology and its role in the processes of teaching and learning.

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How can you help students most effectively in the classroom? As a Teaching Assistant, you play a vital role in today's schools. This fully updated new edition will help you get to grips with the main issues to do with psychology and its role in the processes of teaching and learning. This accessible text, building on the success of a best-selling previous edition, provides informative, yet down-to-earth commentary with clear examples of how you can apply this knowledge in everyday practice. The book addresses issues including: how to support learning how to identify and cater for different learning styles teaching children with additional needs how to manage behaviour to support learning how to help children with their self-esteem and independence. This new edition includes references to up-to-date research in child development and psychology to include information regarding personalised learning, creativity, motivation, friendships skills, moral development and neuroscience. Chapters are complemented with lively case studies, self-assessment questions and examples of how to apply theory to everyday classroom practice.The reader is encouraged to develop reflective practice to best support childrens' behaviour and learning. This reader-friendly book is an invaluable companion for every Teaching assistant, HLTA, Cover Supervisor, and anyone working in a supporting role in an educational setting.

Notes

2nd edition. A text that covers a lot of ground but is easy to understand and well-structured. It covers the key issues in child development and psychology, and how teaching assistants can put the theory into practice, to support pupils effectively. Previous edition ISBN: 9780415311083

Author Biography

Susan Bentham is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Chichester. She is the author of A Teaching Assistant's Guide to Managing Behaviour in the Classroom and guides for teaching assistants to complete NVQ Levels 2 and 3 (all published by Routledge).

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Basic principles underlying pupil development and learning 2. Learning support strategies 3. Learning styles 4. Pupils with additional needs 5. Managing Behaviour for Learning 6. Establishing effective working relationships with pupils and colleagues 7. Self-esteem, Motivation and independent learners

Details ISBN0415569230 Author Susan Bentham Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd ISBN-10 0415569230 ISBN-13 9780415569231 Format Paperback Media Book Language English Edition 2nd Short Title TEACHING ASSISTANTS GT CHIL-2E Birth 1958 Affiliation Bognor Regis Community College of Adult Education, UK Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Replaces 9780415311083 Subtitle Second edition Pages 218 Year 2011 Publication Date 2011-03-25 UK Release Date 2011-03-25 AU Release Date 2011-03-25 NZ Release Date 2011-03-25 Edition Description 2nd edition Alternative 9780415569224 DEWEY 370.15 Illustrations 25 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 14 Illustrations, black and white Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this

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