This book reviews recent work in psychology which sheds new light on importantareas of concern to primary school teachers providing clear guidelines forgood pra... » 

This book reviews recent work in psychology which sheds new light on importantareas of concern to primary school teachers providing clear guidelines forgood practice. The Psychology of Teaching and Learning in the Primary Schooldetails the current controversies regarding the effective teaching of readingand numeracy how to deal with emotional and behavioural difficulties the bestmethods of assessing learning as well as teaching children to think anddevelop their creativity.It is a useful text for tutors and students on initial teacher trainingcourses and to teachers involved in professional development.Each chapter contains an editors summary a list of further reading a fulllist of references and activities to develop and deepen the readersunderstanding in each area. At the same time the book is written in anaccessible style ideal for the nonpsychologist and is well illustrated withpractical classroom examples. «