Books in the Critical Teaching series

This essential text for primary trainees and teachers examines the key skill of writing beyond the earliest school years, including issues of children's writing attainment, boys' relative lack of success and teachers' lack of confidence in modelling writing.

A new text on digital literacy for primary trainees and teachers, completely up to date for the new primary curriculum and computing programmes of study.

For all trainees and teachers, this handy guide provides an understanding of and strategies for building resilience and emotional intelligence to improve classroom behaviour, promote stress-free teaching and so enhance learning.

An essential text helping trainees and teachers develop their effectiveness by reflecting on, analysing and improving their practice in the light of a deeper understanding of the professional Standards.

Learning to be a primary teacher is a bit like becoming a superhero!It's not impossible, but it takes hard work and dedication to become that heroic individual, looked up to by the whole class, who is able to simultaneously be fun, creative, responsive to a range of different needs and who knows everything about all subjects! So to harness and develop your inner powers look no further than this essential core text. It will ensure you are fully equipped to:tackle planning and assessment with easewin the fight against poor behaviourovercome your worries about subject knowledgechallenge and apply theory and researchbuild your emotional strength and resiliencestand tall as a professionaland most importantly, protect and nurture the children in your care.