Lessons in Teaching Computing in Primary Schools

by James Bird (Editor), Helen Caldwell (Editor), Peter Mayne (Editor)

If you are a primary trainee or practising teacher you will be learning to teach the new computing curriculum. As well as subject knowledge, you need to know what effective teaching of computing in primary schools actually looks like. Where can you find quality exemplar lessons to learn from? This book provides them.

Written by ITT tutors, it offers exemplar lessons alongside detailed exploration of what makes them good, and the theory behind them. The text encourages you to consider the teaching of computing critically and to envisage how you can shape lessons for your own teaching. Includes contributions from Mark Dorling, Sway Grantham, Adam Scribbans and Alison Witts. For more details about the contributors, go to www.sagepub.co.uk/lessonsinteaching This book is part of the Lessons in Teaching series... A series that takes exemplar lessons as a starting point for developing subject knowledge and exploring the theory behind them. The lessons can be adapted to suit different year groups and schools. Tried and tested in the classroom Supported by pedagogy and theory In line with the new Primary Curriculum and Teaching Standards

The Companion Website accompanying the series includes extra resources to support classroom teaching including, tips, lesson starters, videos and handy Pinterest boards. Visit the companion website at www.sagepub.co.uk/lessonsinteaching

160 pages, Paperback

First published July 18, 2014

About the author

There is more than one author in the Goodreads catalog with this name. This entry is for James ^2 Bird.

James Bird is a screenwriter and director at the independent film company, Zombot Pictures; his films include We Are Boats and Honeyglue. A California native of Ojibwe descent, he now lives in Swampscott, Massachusetts with his wife, the author and actor Adriana Mather, and their son. The Brave is his debut novel.

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