Achieving Outstanding on your Teaching Placement

′A comprehensive and thorough guide for Primary Education students....... an essential read′ -
Richard Myers, Early Primary Education student

′This book will help trainee teachers optimise their progress, and move it towards ′outstanding′, during the school based aspect of their training. It contains both points for reflection and case studies which emphasise the importance of ′brave′ teaching where experimentation, creativity and flexibility are developed and employed in classroom settings′ -
Anna Cox Course Leader, PGCE Early Years Education, University of Northampton

I will be recommending this book to students I oversee on teaching placements who are keen to move their practice beyond ′good′. It is a useful and practical guide for this purpose. -- Dr Elizabeth Jackson * drupal *
This book if heavily underpinned by the old QTS standards. Out programme is employment based so trainees are in school all the time, not just for placements. -- Dr Elizabeth White * drupal *
Vital to add challenge and to move students on: accessible and interesting; just what we have been waiting for! -- Dr Liane Purnell * drupal *
an absolute must for meeting the needs of high achieving students. -- Dr Liane Purnell * drupal *
Beginning with a Glossary of Terms from ′Achievement′ to ′Zone of Proximal Development′, this book offers useful strategies for teaching and learning to be appreciated by trainee teachers, and experienced teachers looking for refreshment or affirmation. -- Dr Margaret Simms * drupal *
a useful book, focusing on developing professional knowledge on teaching, stucturing organising and managing the using practical strategies and guidance on how to transfer the "outstanding criteria" into practice needed in clinical placements" -- Dr Praxoulla Rameshwar * drupal *
Well structured and easy to link with practice. -- Miss Carmel Parker * drupal *
Useful but the standards have beeb revised. Will it be updated? -- Miss Liz McGuire * drupal *
This book focuses upon lots of key issues and will help us push the students towards improvements and the links made to research encourages more analysis of theory to coincide with the practical considerations which will, hopefully, make for creative teachers. -- Mr Gwyn Ellis * drupal *
The primary PGCE trainees have found this a useful companion to their studies. The book is full of practical help and advice and trainees find it to be accessible and highly useful. -- Mrs Marion Hobbs * drupal *
This is an essential book for trainee teachers to read if they want to move beyond meeting the standards. It encourages reflection and gives clear information about what outstanding looks like. -- Mrs Suzanne Strawford * drupal *