The Teaching Assistant's Guide to Effective Interaction
How to Maximise Your Practice
Rob Webster author Paula Bosanquet author Julie Radford author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publishing:17th Jul '26
£29.99
This title is due to be published on 17th July, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
This third edition of 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.
Updated to include the latest research evidence and reflect the current educational context and varied roles that teaching assistants undertake, 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 an extensively classroom-tested framework and covering the main contexts in which teaching assistants work, it includes practical strategies and reflective activities to help teaching assistants improve the support they provide to pupils in everyday settings. It sets out successful strategies for: responding to additional needs; understanding the principles behind effective classroom talk; carefully scaffolding pupils' learning; and delivering intervention programmes.
Used in combination with the authors’ book for school leaders, Maximising the Impact of Teaching Assistants in Primary Schools, this provides a comprehensive and unrivalled resource for supporting school workforce development.
This essential read is designed for all teaching assistants and will also be of interest to school leaders, SENCOs and teachers in both primary and secondary schools who wish to improve their deployment of teaching assistants and their own interactions with pupils.
‘An impressive and important book … I urge colleagues to read and treasure this as a means of building a rich resource of pedagogical support within the classroom. If you have support staff on your team, this book is an essential read.’
– Professor Dame Alison Peacock, Chief Executive, Chartered College of Teaching
‘An essential read for all educators but especially Teaching Assistants. Packed with theory, practical strategies and reflective activities. This research informed guide should frame and guide professional development for supporting and educating all children, everywhere.’
– Aimee Durning, The University of Cambridge Primary School
‘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
‘An awe inspiring must read if you play any role in a child’s educational journey.’
– Tracy Alcon, Teaching Assistant, Baynards Primary School, Essex
‘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
‘This evidence-based book is a constant point of reference for TAs and teachers. The scaffolding framework is a game-changer; how TA-pupil interactions, often so intuitive, impact on independence and learning. Embedded in Lincolnshire schools, this practice is now simply “what we do”.’
– Vanessa Hopkinson, Mobilise TA Project Lead, KYRA Teaching School, Lincolnshire
‘This easy-to-read book combines practical everyday examples with clear explanations of current research. It has implications for how TAs can support children to become more independent.’
– Heather Lacey, Headteacher and Local Leader of Education, Shirley Manor Primary Academy, Bradford
ISBN: 9781041232711
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148 pages
3rd edition