We know that successful teachers need to use a range of teaching strategies, but what are they? What Makes a Good Primary School Teacher? provides a fascinating account of the range of teaching, assessment and feedback strategies used by individual ‘expert’ teachers.

The book describes:

• the most common lesson patterns, why and when they are used;
• how teaching strategies are varied according to subjects;
• how assessment and feedback information can encourage pupils to learn;
• the differences in teaching seven-year-olds and eleven-year-olds.

This accessible and concise book illustrates good teaching practice. Based on extensive fieldwork by respected researchers and authors, What Makes a Good Primary School Teacher? contains case study excerpts and quotes from teachers. It will be an essential read for all students about to embark on primary teacher training courses, and of great interest to experienced practitioners.

The Authors

Caroline Gipps is Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Kingston University. She has written Beyond Testing – Towards a Theory of Educational Assessment published by Falmer Press.

Bet McCallum is an educational researcher at the Institute of Education, London. She has been involved in research with Caroline Gipps on the introduction of National Assessment, teachers’ assessment practice and the assessment, teaching and feedback strategies of primary teachers.

Eleanore Hargreaves is a lecturer in evaluation and assessment and a research officer at the Institute of Education, London.