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The Teaching Assistant's Guide to Effective Interaction

How to maximise your practice

Format: Hardback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Imprint: Routledge
Published: 2nd Sep 2015
Dimensions: w 174mm h 246mm
Weight: 398g
ISBN-10: 1138856185
ISBN-13: 9781138856189
Barcode No: 9781138856189
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Synopsis
The Teaching Assistant's Guide to Effective Interaction is the definitive guide to teaching assistant-pupil interaction and an invaluable professional development tool for classroom support staff and the teachers who work with them. The authors' research and development work with schools has highlighted the need for specific, practical guidance on the role of the teaching assistant. This highly practical and accessible book sets out a role for teaching assistants that focuses on developing pupils' independence and ownership of learning. Based on a classroom-tested framework, and covering the main contexts in which teaching assistants work, it includes practical strategies and reflective activities to help you improve the support you provide to pupils in everyday settings. This book will help you to: Improve your interactions with pupils Understand the principles behind effective classroom talk Carefully scaffold pupils' learning Work effectively in collaboration with teachers Support the Assessment for Learning process Support group work and collaborative tasks Deliver intervention programmes. This book is an essential read for all teaching assistants. It will also be of interest to school leaders, SENCos and teachers, in both primary and secondary schools, who wish to improve their use of teaching assistants and their own interactions with pupils.

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An impressive and important book ... I urge colleagues to treasure this as a means of building a rich resource of pedagogical support within the classroom... this book is an essential read.


- Dame Alison Peacock, Executive Headteacher, The Wroxham School, Herts





A really practical guide to help teaching assistants improve their practice ... a must read for headteachers, teachers and teaching assistants.


- Sue Cowley, author and teacher trainer


This accessible, interesting and well-informed book offers teaching assistants the opportunity to understand, review and plan their interactions with students, so they can offer them the best help with their learning.


- Neil Mercer, Professor of Education, University of Cambridge





An awe inspiring must read if you play any role in a child's educational journey.


- Tracy Alcon, Teaching Assistant, Baynards Primary School, Essex


"Any SENCO implementing the MITA recommendations would be well advised to have a copy of this book to hand. It is accessible, engaging and has a strong focus on encouraging critical reflection on practice." - Martin Edmonds, publised in Special Children magazine.