Essential Guides for Early Career Teachers: Teaching Primary Foundation Subjects

This book offers essential support for early career teachers, focusing on developing subject knowledge in primary foundation subjects, crucial for effective teaching.

As Ofsted introduces a new framework with heightened expectations for subject knowledge in the primary curriculum, it is crucial for trainees to enhance their subject expertise and confidence. Essential Guides for Early Career Teachers: Teaching Primary Foundation Subjects is designed to assist early career teachers in effectively teaching primary foundation subjects, ensuring they are well-prepared to meet these new standards.

This volume is part of the Essential Guides for Early Career Teachers series and serves as a valuable resource for ECTs and their mentors. It provides essential tools for teaching primary foundation subjects while improving subject knowledge and understanding. The book skillfully integrates relevant theory and research with practical classroom experiences, linking to key readings, resources, and online materials. This enables trainees to further their learning and promotes independent study through reflective exercises and practical tasks, ultimately aiming for the highest quality of teaching.

In light of the explicit emphasis placed by the Ofsted framework on subject knowledge as a cornerstone of effective teaching, a resource like Essential Guides for Early Career Teachers: Teaching Primary Foundation Subjects is more important than ever. The book addresses topics that early career teachers may initially find challenging, ranging from art and design to computing and languages such as French and German. Each subject is broken down comprehensively, guiding trainees toward valuable resources, support, and best practices.