Teaching Assistants Books

New and Published Books

1. Study Skills for Foundation Degrees

   2nd Edition

   By Dorothy Bedford, Elizabeth Wilson

   Study Skills for Foundation Degrees is a much needed resource for anyone thinking about or currently studying at foundation degree level. If you are unsure whether you have the academic skills to handle it, this book will prepare and guide you, in a clear accessible way, through the broad...

   Published December 6th 2012 by Routledge
2. Primary Teaching Assistants

   Curriculum in context, 2nd Edition

   By Carrie Cable, Ian Eyres, Roger Hancock, Mary Stacey

   Series: Published in association with the Open University

   Teaching Assistants are uniquely placed to support children’s involvement with learning. The role of those who work alongside teachers in the classroom has changed dramatically in recent years and teaching assistants are increasingly involved in planning, teaching and assessing all aspects of the...

   Published November 20th 2012 by Routledge
3. Primary Teaching Assistants

   Learners and learning, 2nd Edition

   Edited by Roger Hancock, Janet Collins, Mary Stacey

   Series: Published in association with the Open University

   Primary Teaching Assistants: Learners and Learning draws together ideas that are of central importance to teaching assistants and other support staff working in primary schools. It presents a rich variety of material written by teachers, teaching assistants, researchers and parents, that has been...

   Published November 18th 2012 by Routledge
4. Children's Learning in Primary Schools

   A guide for Teaching Assistants

   By Mike Cowdray

   What does learning look like? What are different subjects really about? Why are transferable skills so important? How can we overcome the difficulties that children encounter in their learning? And what questions and prompts are likely to prove useful in helping children to get the most out of...

   Published August 16th 2012 by Routledge
5. Tackling Behaviour in your Primary School

   A practical handbook for teachers

   By Ken Reid, Nicola S. Morgan

   Tackling Behaviour in the Primary School provides ready-made advice and support for classroom professionals and can be used, read and adapted to suit the busy everyday lives of teachers working in primary schools today. This valuable text sets the scene for managing behaviour in the primary...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
6. Improving Pupil Motivation Together

   Teachers and Teaching Assistants Working Collaboratively

   By Susan Bentham, Roger Hutchins

   Susan Bentham is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Chichester, UK. Roger Hutchins is an Inclusion Manager at a junior school in Portsmouth....

   Published May 22nd 2012 by Routledge
7. Reassessing the Impact of Teaching Assistants

   How research challenges practice and policy

   By Peter Blatchford, Anthony Russell, Rob Webster

   Over the last decade, teaching assistants (TAs) have become an established part of everyday classroom life. TAs are often used by schools to help low-attaining pupils and those with special educational needs. Yet despite the huge rise in the number of TAs working in UK classrooms, very little is...

   Published November 20th 2011 by Routledge
8. Supporting Learning and Teaching

   2nd Edition

   Edited by Christine Bold

   Supporting Teaching and Learning brings together theoretical perspectives, practical educational ideas and current academic debates to help students develop their knowledge and understanding of core educational issues. It explores the professional relationships necessary for quality learning and...

   Published June 13th 2011 by Routledge
9. ICT for Teaching Assistants

   2nd Edition

   By John Galloway, Hilary Norton

   The role of ICT in enhancing both teaching and learning in classrooms continues to develop, no more so than when in the hands of effective practitioners. This easy-to-use book outlines the many ways in which it can be used, both as a subject, and as a tool to support learning across the curriculum....

   Published May 31st 2011 by Routledge
10. A Teaching Assistant's Guide to Child Development and Psychology in the Classroom

    Second edition, 2nd Edition

    By Susan Bentham

    How can you help students most effectively in the classroom? As a Teaching Assistant, you play a vital role in today’s schools. This fully updated new edition will help you get to grips with the main issues to do with psychology and its role in the processes of teaching and learning. This...

    Published March 24th 2011 by Routledge