[tuukkah]

Practical pedagogy is called didactics and primary school teachers (should) learn a lot of it: after all, a child's brain is still quite undeveloped and you cannot teach them like you would teach a peer or yourself. E.g. you cannot teach grammar rules but you can teach a foreign language through singing, learning games etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didactic_method

These approaches work for most children most of the time, but when they don't, you have special education teachers who have a different degree in diagnosing (debugging) learning difficulties big and small as well as implementing interventions etc. The service they provide is also called remedial education [and it's especially cool when a primary school teacher and a special education teacher work in a big classroom together, the latter immediately bringing back to speed anyone who grasped something slower than the others]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remedial_education

[arjie]

Knowing the keyword is quite useful. Thank you. Do you know of a teacher handbook like what I mentioned?

[tuukkah]

I don't know if there's a book literally like that, because the topic spans multiple university degrees and you should have the theoretical background to recognize situation X as well as to apply intervention Y. Even small children's brains are very complex and yet they lack the self-awareness, reflection and communication skills that would help the teacher in "debugging" the (potentially entangled) issues.

I had a look around for resources in English and this site seems highly valuable in math and in general: https://www.understood.org/en/topics/math

[arjie]

Thank you!

[tuukkah]

By coincidence, I came across this old book today: "2000 Tips for Teachers” https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/97813157825...