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Moving On to Key Stage 1
""This timely book will help teachers in KS1 to implement authoritative recommendations on transition from recent reviews of primary education, and convince senior managers and parents of the value of starting from the child. Its well-grounded arguments coupled with practical guidance will foster the development of principled and confident professional judgement."
Wendy Scott, President, TACTYC" ""Julie is an excellent writer, leading her reader through the difficult arguments about what really matters in our work with young children. She explores the tensions around the different 'drivers' in Foundation Stage and Key Stage One teaching with sensitivity but with the same clear vision she shows in her earlier books. This is an important book for students, lecturers and teachers - and a must for heads and subject co-ordinators."
Nick Swarbrick, Westminster Institute of Education, Oxford Brookes University, UK "
""Your common-sense, authoritative, warm and inspirational words...remind me beyond all doubt of why I went into teaching."
Key Stage 1 teacher"
This practical book offers a series of strategies for promoting learning that meets the needs and interests of Key Stage 1 pupils, ensuring that the move from the Early Years Foundation Stage to Key Stage 1 is a positive one.
It includes: Descriptions and case studies of good practice that stem from established principles of learning and teaching Reflective practice prompts at the end of each chapter
Julie Fisher considers recent evidence about how children learn and questions whether current practice in Key Stage 1 optimises these ways of learning. Challenging the reliance on teacher-directed activity, she asks whether introducing more child-initiated learning could offer children a more appropriate balance of learning opportunities.
Key issues include: The place of play in Key Stage 1 Organising the learning day to include child-initiated activity Observation and assessment Planning The role of the teacher
This essential book is indispensable reading for students and practitioners in both the Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1.
Wendy Scott, President, TACTYC" ""Julie is an excellent writer, leading her reader through the difficult arguments about what really matters in our work with young children. She explores the tensions around the different 'drivers' in Foundation Stage and Key Stage One teaching with sensitivity but with the same clear vision she shows in her earlier books. This is an important book for students, lecturers and teachers - and a must for heads and subject co-ordinators."
Nick Swarbrick, Westminster Institute of Education, Oxford Brookes University, UK "
""Your common-sense, authoritative, warm and inspirational words...remind me beyond all doubt of why I went into teaching."
Key Stage 1 teacher"
This practical book offers a series of strategies for promoting learning that meets the needs and interests of Key Stage 1 pupils, ensuring that the move from the Early Years Foundation Stage to Key Stage 1 is a positive one.
It includes: Descriptions and case studies of good practice that stem from established principles of learning and teaching Reflective practice prompts at the end of each chapter
Julie Fisher considers recent evidence about how children learn and questions whether current practice in Key Stage 1 optimises these ways of learning. Challenging the reliance on teacher-directed activity, she asks whether introducing more child-initiated learning could offer children a more appropriate balance of learning opportunities.
Key issues include: The place of play in Key Stage 1 Organising the learning day to include child-initiated activity Observation and assessment Planning The role of the teacher
This essential book is indispensable reading for students and practitioners in both the Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1.
232 pages, Hardcover
First published January 4, 2010
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Julie Fisher
70 books3 followersDr Julie Fisher is a Professor in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University (Australia). She has worked and conducted research in the information systems field for over 20 years. Her research area of focus is gender and IT.
She worked with a variety of teams which have implemented intervention programs designed to encourage girls into IT careers. This work contributed to the design of the Digital Divas research project.
She worked with a variety of teams which have implemented intervention programs designed to encourage girls into IT careers. This work contributed to the design of the Digital Divas research project.
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June 21, 2021
This is a fantastic book for all Year 1 teachers, head teachers and teaching assistants.
We have been working on improving transition and introducing continuous provision and play into Year 1 over the past two years and this book still made me excited about how much further I could go to give the children in my class the best possible experience of leaving FS and entering Year 1.
I will definitely be dispersing information from this book to my team and will refer back to it to refresh my memory at the end of each school year.
We have been working on improving transition and introducing continuous provision and play into Year 1 over the past two years and this book still made me excited about how much further I could go to give the children in my class the best possible experience of leaving FS and entering Year 1.
I will definitely be dispersing information from this book to my team and will refer back to it to refresh my memory at the end of each school year.
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