Beginning teachers, whether students or those entering their first teaching posts, rightly have high ideals about the kind of teachers they want to be and the kind of classroom ethos they want to foster.
Janet Moyles is Emeritus Professor of Education at Anglia Ruskin University and an early years/primary specialist and consultant, particularly in the areas of play, learning and practitioner research. Her books include Just Playing?, The Excellence of Play, Interactive Teaching in the Primary School; Images of Violence and Effective Leadership and Management in the Early Years.