Teaching Traveller Children

Download or read book Teaching Traveller Children written by Patrick Alan Danaher and published by Trentham Books Limited. This book was released on 2007 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We still know remarkably little about the work of the teachers of Traveller children. Yet they help families gain access to schooling from preschool on, they work with class teachers to include traveller pupils, they develop appropriate books and resources and in their support of mobile pupils they are leaders in the application of the latest technology. This book describes what these teachers do and how they do it. Each chapter deals with a vital element of the work of TESS heads of service and teachers. They discuss legislation and Traveller sites, governemtn and local authorities, working with families, working in the schools and thier innovative educational practice in literaccy and technology to support mobile pupils.