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Overview""This book will give the next generation of teachers the best possible kick-start to their career available. There is a critical examination of theory and practice in all of those key areas which have occupied educationalists. I would have no hesitation in recommending this book to trainee teachers considering a career in secondary schools or to well established professionals who want to reflect on current practice."" Alban O’ Brien, Key Stage 2/3 English Course Leader, Edge Hill University, UK.If you are embarking on a career in teaching and the prospect of influencing the future through your work with young people is both exciting and daunting, then this book has been written for you.Teachers touch the lives of thousands of young people. They inspire and motivate young learners to reach their maximum potential, but in order to be able to do their jobs effectively, teachers need to understand the context within which they work and be able to reflect critically on what they do and why. The new edition of this bestselling book is revised and updated throughout and remains a unique and powerful combination of ideas, analysis, questions, answers and wisdom. While the book’s philosophy remains the same, there are new chapters on: ThinkingNumeracySchool management and leadershipSchool effectiveness and improvement Children’s views of schools and schooling The book provides an examination of the broader context in which education sits by addressing key issues and fundamental areas such as classroom management and learning and assessment. The authors provide information about roles and responsibilities in areas such as social and health education, information and communications technology, literacy, numeracy and special educational needs.Becoming a Teacher 4/e is inspiring reading for prospective, trainee and new teachers, tutors and mentors. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Justin Dillon , Meg MaguirePublisher: Open University Press Imprint: Open University Press Edition: 4th edition Dimensions: Width: 6.80cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 9.50cm Weight: 0.002kg ISBN: 9780335242375ISBN 10: 0335242375 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 16 August 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Primary & secondary/elementary & high school , Tertiary & Higher Education , Secondary Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsForeword to the fourth edition IntroductionSection 1: First thoughts Developing as a student teacher On being a teacher Section 2: Policy, society and schooling Education policy and schooling Ideology, evidence and the raising of standards Values and schooling School effectiveness and improvement School management and leadership Reforming teachers and their work Growing teachers: Inspection, appraisal and the reflective practitioner Social justice in schools: engaging with equality Education, schools and cities Section 3: Teaching and learning Social pedagogy in the classroom: relating group work to the promoting of learning and thinking Learning: theoretical perspectives that go beyond context Call out the troops: classrooms, discipline and authority Differentiation in theory and practice Setting, streaming and mixed ability teaching Making assessment work in the classroom Aiming for inclusion: removing barriers and building bridges English as an additional language: challenges of language and identity in themultilingual and multiethnic classroom Section 4: Across the curriculum Children's views of schools and schooling Literacy Numeracy Spiritual education The importance of teachers and schools in health promotion Education, the environment and sustainability Information and communications technologies 14-19 Education: Broadening the horizons Beyond the subject curriculum: The form tutor's role What next? CPD and the whole school IndexReviewsAuthor InformationJustin Dillon is Professor of Science and Environmental Education and Head of the Science and Technology Education Group at King's College London. He taught science in London schools for 10 years before joining King's in 1989. He has carried out research into children's ideas about science, science teachers' professional development needs and wants and learning beyond the classroom. He is President of the European Science Education Research Association and an editor of the International Journal of Science Education. Meg Maguire taught for many years in London schools, including a spell as a headteacher. She has a longstanding interest in the life and work of school-teachers, teacher education and with the challenges of inner-city schooling. Her publications include, Choice, Pathways and Transitions Post-16 (with Stephen Ball and Sheila Macrae, 2000) and The Urban Primary School (with Tim Wooldridge and Simon Pratt-Adams, 2006). 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