Successful Teaching Placement: Primary and Early Years

by Jane Medwell, Mary Briggs, Julie Neale

All trainee teachers working towards achieving QTS are required to spend a number of weeks in schools observing experienced colleagues and developing their own teaching and classroom management skills. Working in school for the first time can be an anxious and uncertain experience, and even for those who have previous classroom experience, a new school environment can be intimidating. This volume offers practical advice on key issues such as how to behave in schools, how to work as part of a team and how to manage difficult and challenging situations.

Genres: Teaching

148 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Jane Medwell, PhD, was a primary teacher before becoming interested in primary literacy and languages.
She taught and did research at the Universities of Wales, Exeter, Plymouth and Warwick before jointing the University of Nottingham as Associate Professor of the Faculty of Social Sciences.