Primary English: Teaching Theory and Practice

The essential teaching theory and practice text for primary English.
This comprehensive and popular text covers the professional knowledge, skills and understanding required to be an effective teacher of primary English.
*Practical guidance on the teaching and learning of phonics, the importance of talk in the classroom and the teaching of handwriting and spelling. 
*Covers the teaching of writing in the early years, KS1 and KS2.
*Includes strategies for developing reading comprehension.   
*Chapters cover inclusion, assessment and organising and resourcing learning in the classroom.
This 10th edition has been updated and now includes links to the ITT Core Content Framework.

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.