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Lauren R, Lauren A, Rebecca B, Megan P, Cliodhna Mck

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Brainstorming Ideas from the 'What makes a great teacher' Report

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Another pedagogical approach to teaching would be to personalise your teaching. You should have a good idea of what the needs and interests are of the pupils within your class, personalising teaching could be as simple as providing resources or worksheets to suit the individuals interests, this is more than likely to engage the pupils within the task, and enable them to make links between learning in the classroom and home/world outside. (Lauren R)

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Good quality of instruction is vital when delivering instructions to a class. Your instructions must be clear and linked to the learning objective set for that lesson. (Effective primary pedagogical strategies in English and mathematics). It’s also important that the instructions given to your class are written down instead of just expressed verbally, this is particularly important for your SEN children. Model writing in english is also important when giving out a set of instructions as it makes the task clear and provides ideas the children may want to use in their own writing. (The pedagogy of teaching English in primary school). (Megan P)
Quality of instruction is important for teaching effectively. Key elements include questioning and use of assessment. The need to review previous learning and model responses for students are required to provide adequate answers and scaffold new learning. (what makes great teaching) Using effective instructions allows the students to not only learn from the teacher but allows them to learn from one another. For example the teacher giving clear instructions for group work will allow the students to peer assess and learn together through the quality of instructions. (Cliodhna Mck)
It is important that when giving instructions to the pupils that modelling is used effectively. This will give the children a clear understanding of the work that is being set, this may result in more effective work as the children are less confused of the task in hand. This could be linked to resources that may maximise learning and raise more discussion within the classroom between the teacher and between peers. Furthermore, modelling is vital when referring to phonics, when the children are learning a new phoneme. (Rebecca B)

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From reading the ‘What makes Great Teaching’ report, classroom management is important to allow progress within lessons. Having clear rules and routines, using these consistently, reinforcing these rules and ensuring they work for the children is vital. For example, you could clap three times when you wanted the pupils to be quiet, this would need to be used consistently. Managing behaviour effectively would mean that use of lesson time was used wisely. (Lauren R)

From reading, ‘Effective Primary Pedagogical Strategies in English and Mathematics in Key Stage 2,’ Being organised in the classroom is not only beneficial for the teachers, however, the children as well. The teacher should have their routines well- established for a guide to follow for them personally and the pupils, e.g. they could have the routine on the board or a display which is visible for the entire class to see, as some children may find it difficult and distressing to learn without knowing the structure of their day. (Rebecca B)

Teachers should make good use of lesson time, this means they should focus on the students' learning outcomes.(The pedagogy of teaching English in the primary school). It is not about how many questions the pupil can do, rather they should focus on their quality and understanding. E.g, the teacher should not rush the students to get 10 questions of a comprehension done in 20 minutes, the teacher should focus on their own abilities and knowledge. Then the questions that they have not completed can be set for homework, or completed in free time. This will appear to be more effective for the pupils and enhance their own abilities. (Rebecca B)

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The pedagogy of teaching English in the Primary school report focuses on the classroom environment and talks about how important bright, interactive working walls in English can be effective. There is an emphasis on 'language friendly' classrooms and how this encourages learning. In KS1 the use of role play areas are emphasised as a good way of encouraging different types of language not necessarily used in everyday life. Following on from this, there is evidence to suggest that arranging seating in the classroom so that everyone is able to make eye contact (e.g in a circle) is a great way to encourage speaking and listening. (Megan. P)

From reading 'Effective Primary Pedagogical strategies in English and Maths in KS2', It is clear that having great organisational skills when teaching can make a difference to children's development and progress. Teachers should have clear learning objectives/outcomes/goals which all pupils understand, they should be related to the lesson and taken from an area within the National Curriculum.

Resources should be well thought out to fit the needs of the pupils, and prepared before lessons begin to enable effective use of lesson time. (Lauren R)

From further reading, "Effective Primary Pedagogical Strategies in English and Mathematics in Key Stage 2," It is stated that having a positive classroom climate is important. This is implying that the classroom should be a happy place for the children to come and learn, somewhere that they feel is safe and welcoming for their thoughts and ideas. It is stated that having a well presented classroom will result in a less disruptive class, making behaviour to be managed more sensitively, promoting mutual respect between the teacher and students.

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As a result of reading 'The pedagogy of teaching English in the Primary school' it is clear to me that it is important to have good curriculum knowledge as well as resources that are well thought out and linked with the current topic, this will help to provide the best teaching possible. The report talks about bright interactive working walls that will help to keep children focused within English, therefore having bright, colourful resources and working walls is just as important as pedagogical knowledge. (Cliodhna McK)

‘The pedagogy of teaching English in the primary school,’ states that a classroom should

promote the love of learning for english, therefore, the layout is important. Having a book corner, which is made exciting and welcoming is vital to ensure the children are enthused about reading and encouraging reading for pleasure, throughout all key stages. Having working walls is a great way to display the pupils’ work in the classroom, e.g, these could be story maps they have made on a specific topic. (Rebecca B)

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Teachers must have a good understanding of their own teaching skills, giving them the ability to reflect upon their strengths and weaknesses allowing for them to personally develop and become an effective teacher. (Lauren A)

Teachers should participate in extra training days, courses, conferences- this will go towards your continued professional development. (CPD) Teachers should always be looking to develop professionally and engage in extra activities. (Lauren R)

Teachers should communicate with families. This could be informing them with the activities that are happening with their class, child or around the school, keeping them up-to-date. They should also keep the families updated with any concerns or worries about their child, whether it be related to their academic work or well-being. It is vital that teachers also have parent meetings, where they discuss the level of achievement the child is doing, allowing good communication to take place. (Rebecca B).

Decision making- Wragg (1997) “Stated that decisions about how pupils should learn and how teachers should teach need to reflect both purpose and context.” When deciding on how to teach a particular topic the teacher needs to understand their class. They must make the decision on what way to teach. For example if reading a story and tasks are going to be made from this story the teacher must decide if the class will understand better with reading the story in groups or to the whole class.(The pedagogy of teaching English in the Primary school) (Cliodhna McK)

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From reading 'The pedagogy of teaching English in the Primary school', I have been made aware of how important it is to have strong content and curriculum knowledge. Fox (2005) stated that 'pedagogical knowledge' = 'subject matter knowledge centred on classroom tasks, activities and explanations'. He goes on to explain that this involves: -Facts, concepts and methods.-Productive tasks.- Examples.- Existing levels of understanding to correct misconceptions.- How the subject advances- Productive work outside of school work.- Research to support. Pedagogical content is constantly changing, for example the emphasis on phonics in English, and therefore it's vital that teachers review their own practice. (Megan P)

From reading "The pedagogy of teaching English in the Primary school", it is evident that there are three important elements, which were identified by Kyriacou, to becoming an effective teacher of English. These three elements include: knowledge, decision-making and action. It is essential that teachers have a good knowledge of the National Curriculum, teachers must take it upon themselves to keep up to date with the ever-changing curriculum and review their own practice along with it. A large amount of emphasis is made on teachers challenging their own knowledge before planning schemes of work. (Lauren A)