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PROVIDING QUALITY SCHOOL-BASED LEARNING and SUPPORT SERVICES: a Comprehensive Handbook for Teacher Aides, Youth Workers, Disability Workers and Anyone Working with Children in an Educational Setting.
PROVIDING QUALITY SCHOOL-BASED LEARNING and SUPPORT SERVICES: a Comprehensive Handbook for Teacher Aides, Youth Workers, Disability Workers and Anyone Working with Children in an Educational Setting.
A$57.70
This leading publication is a comprehensive and essential resource for teacher aides, teaching assistants, classroom assistants, learning assistants, paraeducators, paraprofessionals, youth workers, early childhood educators, disability support workers, homeschoolers, tutors, and those in community services roles who focus on supporting children's education.
This handbook is popular reading for students studying an accredited course or who need upskilling to current best practices. It has been adopted by many educators as their primary textbook for accredited and non-accredited programs.
Topics
Core topics include work health and safety, child protection, behaviour management, instructional (pedagogical) skills, literacy and numeracy development, and supporting students with disabilities and disorders such as autism, ADHD and intellectual disability. Topics cover work with children from ages 5 to 18.
Combining research with practice
This book presents the latest evidence-based research in a practical, simple, thorough format. The author is an experienced registered teacher and academic researcher who has successfully trained thousands of teacher assistants.
Included are hundreds of academic references clearly describing the latest academic research. Practical hints and tips are found throughout as well as advanced learning points for those wishing to extend their skills. Everyone from complete beginners to experienced practitioners will find this book helpful.
Example of learnings from the research literature
Did you know? While many assistants have the student’s best interest at hand, they tend to hover too much around their focus child. This isolates the child from their peers, fosters dependency on adults, and hinders their social skills development. It is critical that support workers learn best practices based on international research to avoid such mistakes (pedagogical errors). This text presents outlines many such issues and provides advice and guidance on suggested classroom practices to maximise children’s development.
This book is commonly used to support the following qualifications:
Australia
CHC30221 Certificate III in School Based Education Support
CHC40221 Certificate IV in School Based Education Support
United States
Associate in Science Degree in Paraprofessional Studies
Other paraeducator and paraprofessional certificates and pre-testing courses
United Kingdom
Level 1 Award in Preparing to Work in Schools
Level 2 Award in Support Work in Schools
Level 2 or 3 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools
Level 3 Award in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools
Level 3 Diploma in Childcare and Education
Canada
Certificate in School and Community Support Worker
Diploma in Educational Support
Diploma in Aboriginal Education Support Worker
While the publication has been written for an Australian audience, most of its content is universal.
Recommended to be read in conjunction with:
Behaviour Management Skills and Strategies for the Modern Classroom: 100+ research-based strategies for both novice and experienced practitioners
Teaching Skills and Strategies for the Modern Classroom: 100+ research-based strategies for both novice and experienced practitioners
This handbook is popular reading for students studying an accredited course or who need upskilling to current best practices. It has been adopted by many educators as their primary textbook for accredited and non-accredited programs.
Topics
Core topics include work health and safety, child protection, behaviour management, instructional (pedagogical) skills, literacy and numeracy development, and supporting students with disabilities and disorders such as autism, ADHD and intellectual disability. Topics cover work with children from ages 5 to 18.
Combining research with practice
This book presents the latest evidence-based research in a practical, simple, thorough format. The author is an experienced registered teacher and academic researcher who has successfully trained thousands of teacher assistants.
Included are hundreds of academic references clearly describing the latest academic research. Practical hints and tips are found throughout as well as advanced learning points for those wishing to extend their skills. Everyone from complete beginners to experienced practitioners will find this book helpful.
Example of learnings from the research literature
Did you know? While many assistants have the student’s best interest at hand, they tend to hover too much around their focus child. This isolates the child from their peers, fosters dependency on adults, and hinders their social skills development. It is critical that support workers learn best practices based on international research to avoid such mistakes (pedagogical errors). This text presents outlines many such issues and provides advice and guidance on suggested classroom practices to maximise children’s development.
This book is commonly used to support the following qualifications:
Australia
CHC30221 Certificate III in School Based Education Support
CHC40221 Certificate IV in School Based Education Support
United States
Associate in Science Degree in Paraprofessional Studies
Other paraeducator and paraprofessional certificates and pre-testing courses
United Kingdom
Level 1 Award in Preparing to Work in Schools
Level 2 Award in Support Work in Schools
Level 2 or 3 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools
Level 3 Award in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools
Level 3 Diploma in Childcare and Education
Canada
Certificate in School and Community Support Worker
Diploma in Educational Support
Diploma in Aboriginal Education Support Worker
While the publication has been written for an Australian audience, most of its content is universal.
Recommended to be read in conjunction with:
Behaviour Management Skills and Strategies for the Modern Classroom: 100+ research-based strategies for both novice and experienced practitioners
Teaching Skills and Strategies for the Modern Classroom: 100+ research-based strategies for both novice and experienced practitioners
- Dimensions: 21.59 x 2.21 x 27.94 cm
- Language: English
- Print length: 382 pages
- Item weight: 889 g
- Book Type: Paperback
- ISBN-10: 0645694908
- ISBN-13: 978-0645694901
- Publication date: 2 January 2023
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