Books by Denis (Formerly University of Plymouth

Brings together a wide ranging body of information relating to educational practice.

Draws on extracts from the published work of some of the most influential education writers to provide insight, guidance and clarity about key issues affecting practitioners at various levels.

Takes the reader 'behind the scenes' and alerts them to the fundamental attitudes and practices that every new primary teacher must acquire to make a success of their work and, crucially, to get maximum enjoyment while doing so. This book focuses as much on what primary teachers should aspire to be as it does on what teachers are meant to do.

Presenting a balance of theoretical insight and practical advice, this guide to issues relating to primary education is alphabetically arranged and cross-referenced to ensure ease of use. It has entries that include curriculum specific terms and those that are more generic, such as assessment. It is useful for the primary practitioner.

Written to coincide with the introduction of Induction Standards for new entrants to the teaching profession, this text aims to help to smooth the transition from theory and supervised teaching to independent reflexive practice.

This book prepares student teachers for the pressures and challenges that they will face on school experience programmes, and then as they move from school experience to their first job.