BEd (Primary) with Honours – Initial Reading
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.
4th edn. Maidenhead: Open University Press
Palaiologou, I. (2013) The Early Years Foundation Stage: Theory and Practice. 2nd 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. 2nd edn.
London: Routledge
Dowling, M. (2014) Young Children’s Personal, Social and Emotional Development. 4th 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. (2011) Foundations of Primary Teaching. 5th edn. Abingdon: Routledge
Moylett, H. (ed.) (2014) Characteristics of Effective Early Learning: helping young children
become learners for life. Maidenhead: Open University Press
Parker-Rees, R., Leeson, C., Savage, J. & Willan, J. (2010) Early Childhood Studies, 3rd edn.
Exeter: Learning Matters
Smith, P., Cowie, H. & Blades, M. (2011) Understanding Children’s Development. 5th 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
A useful text for writing at degree level:
Wyse, D (2012) The Good Writing Guide for Education Students. 3rd edn. London: Sage
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/booksProdDesc.nav?prodId=Book236925
Subject Knowledge Books
The national curriculum for England to be taught in all maintained primary and secondary
schools from September 2014 can be accessed here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum
You also need to read the revised Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage,
available at:
http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/e/eyfs%20statutory%20framework%20marc
h%202012.pdf
Early in the programme we audit your subject knowledge in the core subjects through a
short test. The following books will help you with areas in which you are less secure.
Mathematics
Haylock, D. (2010) Mathematics Explained for Teachers, (4th Edition) London: Sage
Mooney, C. (2009) Primary mathematics: knowledge and understanding, (4th edition) Exeter,
Learning Matters Ltd.
Tucker, K. (2010) Mathematics through Play in the Early Years (2nd Edition), London: Sage
English
Bower, V. (2014) Developing Early Literacy 0 to 8, London: Sage
Cox, R. (2011) Primary English Teaching: An Introduction to Language, Literacy and Learning,
London: Sage/ UKLA
DfE (2013) The National Curriculum in England Framework Document: English (pp13-87)
(available online via Google)
Goouch, K. and Lambirth, A. (2011) Teaching Early Reading and Phonics, London: Sage
Medwell, J., Wray, D., Minns, H., Coates, E. and Griffiths, V. (2012) Achieving QTS, Primary
English Teaching Theory and Practice, London: Sage/ Learning Matters
Ofsted (2012) Moving English Forward (available online via Google)
Riley, J. (2006) Language and literacy 3-7: Creative Approaches to Teaching, London: Sage
Rose (2006) Independent review of the teaching of early reading (available online via Google)
Waugh, D. and Joliffe, W. (2013) English 5-11 Second Edition, Oxon: Routledge
Whitehead, M. (2010) Language and Literacy in the Early Years 0-7 (4th Edition), London:
Sage
Wyse, D., Jones, R., Bradford, H. and Wolpert, M.A. (2013) Teaching English, Language and
Literacy, Oxon: Routledge
Waugh, D. and Joliffe, W. (2013) English 5-11 (Second Edition), Oxon: Routledge
Science
Bruton, P. and Thornton, L. (2010) Science in the Early Years: Building Firm Foundations from
Birth to Five, London: Sage
Devereux, J. (2007) Science for Primary and Early Years: Developing Subject Knowledge,
London: Sage
Harlen, W. and Qualter, A. (2009) The Teaching of Science in Primary Schools (5th Edition),
London; David Fulton
Johnsey, R., Peacock, G., Sharp, J. & Wright, D. (2012) Primary Science, Knowledge and
Understanding: Achieving QTS (6th edition), Exeter: Learning Matters
OFSTED (2013) Maintaining Curiosity: A Survey into Science Education in Schools. Available
at: www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/130135