A resource to improve teaching practice, this book examines the key elements that contribute to a learner-centred classroom. It offers strategies to encourage children to take a shared role in their learning.

"Personalised Learning in the Primary Classroom" is an essential resource to improve teaching practice, examining the key elements that contribute to a learner-centred classroom and offering strategies to encourage children to take a shared role in their learning. Including case studies describing teachers' methods for linking theory to practice, this user-friendly, photocopiable resource demonstrates how to: construct a learning community; encourage collaborative learning; share strategies for engaging individual learners; provide a scaffold for strategic thinking in the classroom; link assessment procedures to learning; and, showcase the practice and outcomes of purposeful curriculum planning. Any teacher who wants to practically tailor their teaching practice to meet the needs of individual learners will find this an invaluable resource.

1) If you build it they will come - constructing a learning community
2) All together now - Helping studednts to work collaboratively
3) One size does not fit all - Engaging individual learners
4) Making the world of difference - Establishing community connections
5) Press the pause button - Teaching thinking strategically
6) The message that matters - Linking assessment to learning
7) Planning with purpose - pathways for curriculum planning
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