To help you begin to get ready for the BEd Primary programme we suggest that you select books from the following list. There is no requirement to read them all, or for you to purchase them, but they will provide an excellent starting point for your study of education. It may be possible for you to access these from your local library.
Introduction to schools and Early Years settings:
Day, C. (2004) A Passion for Teaching, London: Routledge.
Moyles, J., Georgeson, J. & Payler, J. (eds.) (2011) Beginning Teaching, Beginning Learning. 4 th edn.
Maidenhead: Open University Press
Palaiologou, I. (2013) The Early Years Foundation Stage: Theory and Practice. 2 nd edn. London: Sage
Winkley, D. (2002) Handsworth Revolution: the odyssey of a school. London: Giles de la Mare
Publishers
Books on teaching, learning and child development
Adey, P & Dillon, J. (2012) Bad Education: Debunking Myths in Education. Open University Press
Arthur, J. & Grainger, T. (2010) (eds.), Learning to Teach in the Primary School. 2 nd edn. London:
Routledge
Dowling, M. (2009) Young Children’s Personal, Social and Emotional Development. 3 rd edn. London:
Paul Chapman
Driscoll, P., Lambirth, A., & Roden, J. (2012) The Primary Curriculum A Creative Approach. London:
Sage Publications
Griggs, R. (2010) Becoming an Outstanding Primary School Teacher. Harlow: Pearson
Gussin Paley, V. (2001) In Mrs Tully’s Room: a childcare portrait. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP
Harnett, P. (ed.) (2008) Understanding Primary Teaching. Abingdon: Routledge
Hayes, D. (ed.) (2007) Joyful Teaching and Learning in the Primary School. Exeter: Learning Matters

Parker-Rees, R., Leeson, C., Savage, J. and Willan, J. (2010) Early Childhood Studies, 3 rd edn. Exeter:
Learning Matters
Smith, P., Cowie, H. & Blades, M. (2011) Understanding Children’s Development. 5 th edn. Oxford:
Blackwell
Turnbull, J. ( 2007) 9 habits of highly effective teachers, London: Continuum
Waite, S. (ed.) (2011) Children Learning Outside the Classroom. London: Sage
Wragg, E.C. (2001) Class management in the Primary School. London: Routledge.