Name: Primary English: Knowledge and Understanding By Jane A Medwell
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Primary English: Knowledge and Understanding by Jane A Medwell

The Sixth Edition of this popular core text is the essential subject knowledge book for primary English. Helping trainees to establish and consolidate a secure subject knowledge and understanding of primary English, it promotes the development of confident, creative and effective teachers. This Sixth Edition is linked to the 2012 Teachers' Standards.

Providing full coverage of the required subject knowledge for primary English, this is a core text for primary trainees working towards QTS. Self assessment questions enable readers to understand their own level of knowledge and an M level extension feature in all chapters suggests avenues for further study at Masters level. Research summaries include the latest works in primary English and throughout intereactive tasks engage the reader with the text, helping them to link theor and practice.

Trainees will find it helpful to use this book alongside Primary English Teaching Theory and Practice.

About the Achieving QTS series

All the books in this successful series support trainees through their initial teacher training and guide them in the acquisiton of their subject knowledge, understanding and classroom practice. All new titles within the series link to the 2012 Teachers' Standards and take into account recent changes in Initial Teacher Training.

About Jane A Medwell

Jane Medwell taught in primary schools in Cardiff and South Devon, before moving into teacher education. She has lectured at the Universities of Cardiff, Plymouth and the College of St Mark and St John, and is currently Director of Teacher Education and Associate Professor at the University of Warwick. Her research and writing has covered areas such as the teaching of writing and the use of electronic books to teach reading. More recently she has begun a major research programme exploring the teaching of handwriting, and has begun a unique programme of teacher education in primary Modern Foreign Languages. She is fluent in French and Russian, and is learning Chinese. David Wray taught in primary schools for 10 years and is currently Professor of Literacy Education at the University of Warwick. He has published over 40 books on aspects of literacy teaching and is best known for his work on developing teaching strategies to help pupils access the curriculum through literacy. His work was made an integral part of the National Literacy Strategy in England at both primary (1997) and secondary (2001) levels. More recently he has acted as consultant to a number of electronic learning projects and has begun new research programs exploring the importance and teaching of handwriting, and the use of mobile learning devices. George Moore, now retired, was Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Education, University of Warwick. Vivienne Griffiths is a Professor of Education at Canterbury Christ Church University.

Introduction Spoken English and Standard English The Acquisition of Language Representing Sound in Writing Words, Vocabulary and Morphology The Grammar of the Sentences in Standard English The Components of Sentences Punctuation Cohesion: Grammar at the Level of the Text The Qualities of Stories The Qualities of Poetry The Qualities of Drama Looking at Information Books Electronic Texts Self-Assessment Questions Glossary Appendix: Irregular Verbs in English References Index

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GOR005072727

ISBN 13

9780857259554

ISBN 10

0857259555

Title

Primary English: Knowledge and Understanding by Jane A Medwell

Author

Jane A Medwell

Series

Achieving QTS Series

Condition

Used - Very Good

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Paperback

Publisher

SAGE Publications Ltd

Year published

20120517

Number of pages

240

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Primary English: Knowledge and Understanding Jane A Medwell

Primary English: Knowledge and Understanding by Jane A Medwell

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Primary English: Knowledge and Understanding Summary

Primary English: Knowledge and Understanding by Jane A Medwell

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