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OverviewReview of the first edition: ""An excellent introduction to all of the core professional issues that trainee teachers need to address during their training! a first port of call for all student teachers keen to understand the challenges involved in becoming a professional teacher in today's schools."" Professor John Furlong, Director, Department of Educational Studies, Oxford University, UK. The new edition of this bestseller is the definitive guide for all trainee secondary school and newly qualified teachers. Using practical examples, it covers the range of core professional skills and concepts that all student teachers need to acquire, irrespective of their subject specialism or training route. Updated and revised throughout to take into account recent developments in teaching, the second edition covers topics such as Every Child Matters, Special Educational Needs, and ICT in the classroom, making it suitable for use by newly qualified teachers to support their early professional development. Informative, accessible and engaging, the book offers students: Use of examples and illustrations to make abstract or unfamiliar ideas concrete and meaningful An interactive approach whereby readers are invited to engage with the text and respond to it through a set of objectives, to be achieved by the end of the chapter Thought-provoking research to alert readers to fresh thinking and initiatives, which are at the cutting-edge of developments in the field Self-contained tasks to enable readers to complete them there and then Full Product DetailsAuthor: Val Brooks , Ian Abbott , Liz BillsPublisher: Open University Press Imprint: Open University Press Edition: 2nd edition Dimensions: Width: 17.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.001kg ISBN: 9780335225347ISBN 10: 0335225349 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 16 December 2007 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Replaced By: 033524632X Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsSECTION 1 Becoming a Teacher 1.Learning to teach and learning about teaching Val Brooks 2.The professional framework and professional values and practice Susan Orlik 3.Key issues, opportunities and challenges for new teachers Emma Westcott and Alma Harris SECTION 2 Core Professional Competences 4.Understanding how pupils learn: Theories of learningand intelligence Daniel Muijs 5.Planning for learning Paul Elliott 6.Using differentiation to support learning Liz Bills and Val Brooks 7.Working with parents and other adults Liz Bills 8.Communication in the classroom Paul Elliott 9.Using assessment for formative purposes Val Brooks 10.Using assessment data to support pupil achievement Chris Husbands 11.Positive approaches to supporting pupil behaviour Jo Crozier 12.Using ICT to support learning Mick Hammond SECTION 3 Secondary Schools and the Curriculum 13.What should we teach? Understanding the secondary curriculum Chris Husbands 14.Spiritual, moral and cultural development Judith Everington 15.Raising standards: the Secondary National Strategy Alan Howe 16.Literacy across the curriculum John Gordon 17.Numeracy across the curriculum Chris Bills and Liz Bills 18.Citizenship Alison Kitson and Terry Haydn 19.14–19 Curriculum Reform Ian Abbott and Prue Huddleston SECTION 4 Making Schooling Work for All: Every Child Matters and the Inclusion Agenda 20.Does every child matter? Education, social care and the new agenda for children’s services Chris Husbands 21. Special Educational Needs and inclusive schooling Dimitra Hartas 22.Schooling, ethnicity and English as an additional language Sandra Howard 23.Schooling and gender Kate Shilvock 24.Pastoral care and the role of the tutor Peter Lang 25.Personal, Social and Health Education Peter Lang and Chris Husbands 26.Government Policy Ian AbbottReviewsAuthor InformationVal Brooks is an associate professor in the Institute of Education at Warwick University where she has been involved with three programmes of secondary initial teacher training: PGCE, Flexible Postgraduate Initial Teacher Training and the Graduate Teacher Programme. Previous to this, she taught English in the secondary sector. Ian Abbott is Deputy Director of the Institute of Education at Warwick University. He has been the co-ordinator of the PGCE Economics and Business Studies programme and a core professional studies tutor. Previous to this he taught Economics and Business Studies in schools and colleges. Liz Bills is a university lecturer at Oxford University. She teaches on the PGCE mathematics subject course as well the Professional Development Programme. She taught mathematics in secondary schools before becoming a university lecturer. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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