Learning to Teach in the Secondary School: A Companion to School Experience (Learning to Teach Subjects in the Secondary School Series)

This best-selling textbook offers a sound and practical introduction to the skills needed to gain Qualified Teacher Status, will help to develop the qualities that lead to good practice and a successful future in education, and covers the range of situations and potential problems faced by student and newly qualified teachers. Updates to this edition include the changes to the National Curriculum for England and Wales; and changes to the organization of, and curriculum for, early professional development. Focusing on evidence-based practice, and full of strategies, ideas, and activities, this book covers key conceptsВ and skills including: managing classroom behaviour planning lessons and schemes of work assessment and recording inclusion and special educational needs using ICT in teaching and learning getting the first teaching post. This book is the core text for the subject-specific Learning to Teach in the Secondary School series, also published by Routledge, and is an essential buy for every student teacher. It also has a companion website. Half Title: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School......Page 2 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Illustrations......Page 8 Contributors......Page 14 Introduction......Page 16 1 Becoming a Teacher......Page 20 1.1 What Do Teachers Do?......Page 22 1.2 The Student Teacher’s Role and Responsibilities......Page 33 1.3 Managing your Time and Stress......Page 47 1.4 Teaching and Learning with ICT......Page 58 2 Beginning to Teach......Page 76 2.1 Reading Classrooms......Page 78 2.2 Schemes of Work and Lesson Planning......Page 93 2.3 Taking Responsibility for Whole Lessons......Page 106 3 Classroom Interactions and Managing Pupils......Page 118 3.1 Communicating with Pupils......Page 120 3.2 Motivating Pupils......Page 135 3.3 Behaviour for Learning......Page 151 4 Pupil Differences......Page 166 4.1 Meeting Individual Differences......Page 168 4.2 Growth, Development and Diet......Page 184 4.3 Cognitive Development......Page 199 4.4 Responding to Diversity......Page 215 4.5 Moral Development and Values......Page 227 4.6 An Introduction to Inclusion, Special Educational Needs and Disability......Page 242 5 Helping Pupils Learn......Page 258 5.1 Ways Pupils Learn......Page 259 5.2 Active Learning......Page 273 5.3 Teaching Styles......Page 291 5.4 Improving your Teaching......Page 307 6 Assessment......Page 315 6.1 Assessment for Learning......Page 316 6.2 External Assessment and Examinations......Page 340 7 The School, Curriculum and Society......Page 353 7.1 Aims of Education......Page 355 7.2 The School Curriculum......Page 366 7.3 The National Curriculum for England and Wales......Page 375 7.4 Pedagogy and Practice......Page 386 7.5 Secondary Schools and Curriculum in Scotland......Page 394 8 Your Professional Development......Page 410 8.1 Getting your First Post......Page 411 8.2 Developing Further as a Teacher......Page 427 8.3 Accountability, Contractual and Statutory Duties......Page 438 9 And Finally......Page 443 Appendix Guidance for Writing......Page 445 Glossary of Terms......Page 454 References......Page 466 Name Index......Page 488 Subject Index......Page 496 This best-selling textbook offers a sound and practical introduction to the skills needed to gain Qualified Teacher Status, will help to develop the qualities that lead to good practice and a successful future in education, and covers the range of situations and potential problems faced by student and newly qualified teachers. Updates to this edition include the changes to the National Curriculum for England and Wales; and changes to the organization of, and curriculum for, early professional development. Focusing on evidence-based practice, and full of strategies, ideas, and activities, this book covers key conceptsВ and skills including: * managing classroom behaviour * planning lessons and schemes of work * assessment and recording * inclusion and special educational needs * using ICT in teaching and learning * getting the first teaching post. This book is the core text for the subject-specific __Learning to Teach__ __in the Secondary School__ series, also published by Routledge, and is an essential buy for every student teacher. It also has a companion website. "This book offers a sound and practical introduction to the skills needed to qualify as a teacher, and is designed to help you to develop those qualities that lead to good practice and a successful future in education. This 4th edition has been updated to include changes to the National Curriculum for schools in England, an introduction to the Scottish system, as well as developments in the curriculum for early professional development." "With a focus on evidence-based practice, the book contains many examples of how to analyse practice to ensure pupil learning is maximised. Activities or tasks in each chapter also provide opportunities for student teachers to analyse their own learning and performance and provide an analytical toolkit for the beginning teacher. Web-based links to sources of new knowledge that supports evidence-based practice are also included."--Jacket This best-selling textbook offers a sound and practical introduction to the skills needed to gain Qualified Teacher Status, and will help student-teachers to develop the qualities that lead to good practice and a successful future in education A sound and practical introduction to the skills needed to qualify as a teacher, 'Learning to Teach in the Secondary School' is designed to help develop the qualities that lead to good practice and a successful future in education. Presents strategies for effective high school teaching, covering such topics as managing classroom behavior, lesson plans, and understanding how students learn. Through the units in this chapter, the complexity and breadth of the teacher's role and the nature of teaching are explored.