Useful reading

Relating to becoming a teacher in Scotland and the professional standards that define our programme:

• GTCS Professional Standards for teachers
• Professional Guidance on the Use of Electronic Communication and Social Media
• GTCS Code of Professionalism and Conduct
• GTCS Student Teacher Code

Policy documents you will need to be aware of, and will come to use a lot:

• The Building the Curriculum series of documents from Education Scotland
• Realising the Ambition
• CIRCLE resource to support Inclusive Learning and Collaborative Working
• The National Framework for Inclusion: Supporting inclusive practices in Scotland
• Not a policy document, but useful nonetheless - BERA blog

Additional reading

You will be provided with a lot of guidance for reading as part of the programme and will have full access to all texts via the University’s library services. We will not assume you have undertaken reading prior to the start of our programme.

However, if you are worried because you have not studied for a long time, or your previous studies were in a very different subject, it might be helpful and constructive to do something. Our recommendation is a text book that will give you an overview of almost all of the core ideas and concepts that you will encounter on the programme. 

• Pollard, A. (2019) Reflective teaching in schools. 5th Ed. London: Bloomsbury Academic.

Any edition published 2014 onwards will be excellent. You can typically get a copy for under £5 from World of Books, or can access the book online via the University library services once your University account is activated. 

We also recommend joining or visiting your local library and familiarising yourself with picture books and books relevant to primary-aged children.