1st Edition

Purposeful Planning for Learning Shaping Learning and Teaching in the Primary School

Edited By Natasha Serret, Catherine Gripton Copyright 2021
128 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

128 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

128 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Purposeful Planning for Learning puts the passion and depth back into how teachers plan for learning in the primary classroom. Offering a unique perspective on what constitutes purposeful planning for learning, this book encourages a mindset where planning is integral to, supportive of and informed by learning, including learning that is social, emotional, physical and cognitive. Written... Read more

Chapter 1 What is planning?

Natasha Serret and Catherine Gripton

Chapter 2 Roles and responsibilities in learning

Paul Waring-Thomas and Catherine Gripton

Chapter 3 Inclusive planning for learning

Fiona Hunter and Natasha Serret

Chapter 4 Principles of lesson design

Simon Brown, Laura Malpas and Nick Mills

Chapter 5 Assessment and planning for progress

Natasha Serret, Liz Ruston and Rob Perkins

Chapter 6 Questioning

Alison Murphy, Vicky McEwan and Catherine Gripton

Chapter 7 Planning for learners of English as an additional language

Nicky-Jane Kerr-Gilbert

Chapter 8 Planning for children’s needs

Steven Sharp, Clare Orridge and Richard Muge

Chapter 9 Outdoor learning

Sarah Hindmarsh and Susan Hunt

Chapter 10 Planning for sustainability

Elaine Haywood

Chapter 11 Lesson as narrative

Nicky-Jane Kerr-Gilbert and Eleanor Power

Chapter 12 Planning for children’s creativity

Suzanne Gomersall and Catherine Gripton

Chapter 13 Promoting a positive climate for learning

Helen Fielding, Eleanor Power and Nick Page

Biography

Natasha Serret was a primary teacher and is now a senior lecturer working with the Primary Education team at Nottingham Trent University, where she is the course leader for BA Primary Education. She has collaborated on several research projects, with universities in the UK and across Europe, that have focused on outdoor learning in science, Cognitive Acceleration in Science Education (CASE) and assessment in science education.

Catherine Gripton is a lecturer, author and researcher with many years of experience in primary teacher education. She is an assistant professor in the School of Education at the University of Nottingham and has a special interest in 3–7 education and early childhood mathematics. Catherine was formerly a teacher in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire primary schools.