The multiple identities of the reception teacher : pedagogy and purpose / edited by Anna Cox and Gillian Sykes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cox, Anna (Lecturer in education)

Sykes, Gillian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Preschool.

Education, Primary--Great Britain.

Pre-school to school transition.

Local Subjects:

Education, Primary--Great Britain.

Pre-school to school transition.

Physical Description:

xiv, 181 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : SAGE/Learning Matters, [2016]

Summary:

The Reception year is a transitional or bridging time for children. This text will guide trainee and beginning teachers to perform the multiple roles and responsibilities of a reception teacher and support children through this transition.

Contents:

1 Time travel, kaleidoscopes and a hat shop / Anna Cox Cox, Anna, Eleonora Teszenyi Teszenyi, Eleonora 1

2 Children at four / Eleonora Teszenyi Teszenyi, Eleonora 15

3 You as an advocate for Early Childhood / Samantha Weeks Weeks, Samantha 44

4 You as a collaborator in learning / Claire Underwood Underwood, Claire, Anna Cox Cox, Anna, Gillian Sykes Sykes, Gillian 56

5 You as creator of the learning environment / Samantha Weeks Weeks, Samantha, Claire Underwood Underwood, Claire 69

6 You as a landscape architect / Gillian Sykes Sykes, Gillian 88

7 You as an auditor of children's learning / Shona Lewis Lewis, Shona, Julia Beckreck Beckreck, Julia 111

8 You as a partner in the lives of children, families and communities / Gillian Sykes Sykes, Gillian 134

9 You in a team of researchers / Anna Cox Cox, Anna 153

10 The mirror in the hat shop / Anna Cox Cox, Anna, Gillian Sykes Sykes, Gillian 172.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1473959519

9781473959514

9781473959521

1473959527

OCLC:

937452785