A Teaching Assistant’s Guide to Child Development and Psychology in the Classroom

How can you help students most effectively in the classroom? As a Teaching Assistant, you play a vital role in today’s schools. This fully updated third edition will help you get to grips with the main issues to do with psychology and its role in the processes of teaching and learning.

Susan Bentham is Principal Lecturer in Education at the University of Chichester and a chartered psychologist. She has previously published How to be a Brilliant Teaching Assistant (2018, Routledge), A Teaching Assistant’s Guide to Completing NVQ Level 3 (2009, Routledge), and A Teaching Assistant’s Guide to Managing Behaviour in the Classroom (2005, Routledge).