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After looking at different types of literature to support my topic the first book I came across was A Guide To Teaching Practice which has great knowledge and understanding included. The main interest that caught my eye was how helpful the language it uses, "It is important that teachers resist the temptation to label children as particular kinds of learners and instead try to their teaching so that children have the opportunity to learn in different ways." The use of language gives the reader a sense of support by giving them something to think about and to encourage them to try effective ways to boost their teaching skills. The most helpful part resides later on in the book in part 3 headed, Practising teaching. The chapters have a clear outline of what is going to be spoken about and gives relative theory and researched answers to support the authors thinking.

The second book that I have decided to review was Dance as Education, Peter Brinson. Its a book I've become to find very interesting as it provides an insight into the way dance has formed to be part of the education syllabus and how important it is to education. The argument is clearly outlines as to why dance in education is essential, as it enables to improve on students self-esteem, creativity, communication. "Arts education extends the intellectual development of young people helping them to widen the range of their intellectual capabilities and to make sense of the different qualities of their experiences"( Brinson, 1991, p. 69) I feel all young minds have different ways in which they digest information and learn, having dance part of the education helps those creative minds to strive towards their goals, and understand the learning process in a comfortable setting. This a backed up by Peter saying, "The arts offer direct ways of exploring values, of raising questions of personal, moral and aesthetic value of discussing the ideas and perception to which they relate" ( Brinson, 1991, p. 69).


The third and final book I wanted to use is The theory and practice of teaching, 2nd edition, Peter Jarvis. The first thing that hit me was the way he described the influence of a teachers style, "The teachers style can influence the form of learning that takes place as much, if not more, than the teaching method being eomployed" (Jarvis, 2006, p.29) My inquiry will include talking to professional teachers about their day to day teaching skills, techniques and methods that they use. I'm intrigued to find out if they have the same outlook as Jarvis, or even more interesting each other. The book goes on to explain the differences between teaching methods and styles, Jarvis(1991) explains that even two teachers being evaluated who are using the same techniques will do it in entirely different ways to each other, this points to the significance of the teaching styles. After reading thorough this I feel that out of the other two books this is one I will keep coming back to, as of yet it is the closest book to my inquiry topic.