Supporting Children's Learning
A Guide for Teaching Assistants
- Lyn Overall - Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Covering all major themes, this book offers:
- An introduction to main theories of learning and development from birth to primary including brain and emotional and social development
- An introduction to what motivates learners to learn, and how much learners understand about how learning takes place
- A glossary of terms
- Case studies, research summaries and tasks for reflection
Teaching assistants studying for Foundation Degrees or for the Higher Level Teaching Assistant qualification will find this book meets their needs. Students in any course looking at how children learn such as Early Childhood & Teacher Training Courses will likewise find this book covers all key themes.
Helpful as additional/background reading.
The book was an easy read but not relevant to the course.
The book was an easy read but not relevent to the course.
Very useful book for the FD in Learning support.
This book provides a useful introduction to psychology and how it relates to supporting learning. The book presents teaching and learning theories in an accessible form and links key theories to practical classroom situations. Children and young person development is explained effectively and the book is a useful text when teaching TA fundamentals.
Very useful for TAs
An excellent book for both level 2 and 3 students. This book gives clear facts and information to supplement underpinning knowledge. It has a very good reading list for level 3's to help them with their independent research. An easy book to read without feeling that you are studying! Very few books seem to be specifically targetted towards the Teaching assistants and this gives very clear examples of practice that they can relate to.
Excellent resource for my students will recommend they all use this for their course
This book is also worth reading,it tells you dirfferent ways of learning and how to reflect on what yo have done yourself.
an essesntial guide for those looking at theories in learning. easy to read and understand and love the little boxes with scenarios etc whic help to put the chapter content into perspective.
