Primary English: Knowledge and Understanding (Achieving QTS Series) - Softcover

Medwell, Jane A; Wray, David; Moore, George E; Griffiths, Vivienne

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9781446295243: Primary English: Knowledge and Understanding (Achieving QTS Series)

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ISBN 10: 1446295249 ISBN 13: 9781446295243

Publisher: Learning Matters, 2014

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The essential subject knowledge text for primary English. Secure subject knowledge and understanding is the foundation of confident, creative and effective teaching. This comprehensive text includes interactive tasks, a self assessment section to allow trainees to better understand their level of knowledge and M level extension boxes to provide further challenge in all chapters. This 7th edition has been updated in line with the new primary English curriculum and offers comprehensive coverage and research summaries reflecting the latest thinking. This highly recommended text helps trainee primary teachers develop and consolidate their knowledge of English.

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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.

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