How to Achieve Your QTS
A Guide for Students
1st Edition
Published on 19. May 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-1-84787-285-2 (ISBN)
Description
'This guide aimed at student teachers and those perhaps in their first year of teaching is utterly brilliant. It is written at exactly the right level and covers the professional studies ground every student teacher - from primary through to post-16 - needs to know' - Amazon review
'I recommend [this book] wholeheartedly to students, to teacher educators and to school based staff who are involved in supporting students. It encourages reflective and individual thinking...' - ESCalate
'Contains important advice, insights and points for reflection for everyone considering, or starting, a teacher-training programme. At a time when a new framework for qualified teacher status is shaping the development of initial teacher education, it effectively identifies concerns that training teachers regularly experience. With essential referencing of new policy agendas affecting schools and teachers, within an engaging style, the chapters integrate these concerns with the important professional thinking and guidance that the 'Standards' framework implies. In conjunction with the companion web site, all trainee teachers will find this book meaningful and engaging reading' - Gary Clemitshaw, PGCE course leader, School of Education, University of Sheffield
This user-friendly book is an essential companion for students on an initial teacher training course at either Primary or Secondary level. It guides the reader through the new QTS standards required to teach, and includes coverage of recent legislation such as Every Child Matters.
Each chapter sets out the practical and generic skills students need, as well as relevant theory to help underpin good classroom practice. They include features such as group exercises, further reading, reflection, study and practice. There is also an accompanying website for the book which includes effective lesson plans:
This indispensable guide will help give students the confident start they need in the classroom.
It is relevant for all ITT students in higher education institutions as well as those following non-PGCE routes to qualification such as SCiTT (School based Initial Teacher Training), GTP (Graduate Teacher Programmes) and RTP (Registered Teacher Programmes).
Neil Denby teaches at the School of Education and Professional Development, University of Huddersfield.
'I recommend [this book] wholeheartedly to students, to teacher educators and to school based staff who are involved in supporting students. It encourages reflective and individual thinking...' - ESCalate
'Contains important advice, insights and points for reflection for everyone considering, or starting, a teacher-training programme. At a time when a new framework for qualified teacher status is shaping the development of initial teacher education, it effectively identifies concerns that training teachers regularly experience. With essential referencing of new policy agendas affecting schools and teachers, within an engaging style, the chapters integrate these concerns with the important professional thinking and guidance that the 'Standards' framework implies. In conjunction with the companion web site, all trainee teachers will find this book meaningful and engaging reading' - Gary Clemitshaw, PGCE course leader, School of Education, University of Sheffield
This user-friendly book is an essential companion for students on an initial teacher training course at either Primary or Secondary level. It guides the reader through the new QTS standards required to teach, and includes coverage of recent legislation such as Every Child Matters.
Each chapter sets out the practical and generic skills students need, as well as relevant theory to help underpin good classroom practice. They include features such as group exercises, further reading, reflection, study and practice. There is also an accompanying website for the book which includes effective lesson plans:
This indispensable guide will help give students the confident start they need in the classroom.
It is relevant for all ITT students in higher education institutions as well as those following non-PGCE routes to qualification such as SCiTT (School based Initial Teacher Training), GTP (Graduate Teacher Programmes) and RTP (Registered Teacher Programmes).
Neil Denby teaches at the School of Education and Professional Development, University of Huddersfield.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 186 mm
Weight
458 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84787-285-2 (9781847872852)
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Book
01/2012
2nd Edition
SAGE Publications Ltd
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Person
Neil Denby has been involved in teacher education for over 18 years. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. An experienced and successful author, he has written over two dozen texts at various levels from GCSE to postgraduate. He also has extensive experience teaching abroad, both in the Middle East and China. Recently retired from the School of Education and Professional Development at the University of Huddersfield, he now acts as an independent educational consultant. His research interests include using the abilities of gifted and talented pupils to enhance the learning experience; the importance of pupil voice in teacher-training partnerships; the promotion and impact of Masters-level PGCE requirements and the encouragement of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds into higher education.
Content
1. How to use this book
Part 1. Professional attributes
2. Relationships with children and young people
3. Professionalism, the professional duties of teachers and legal requirements
4. Communication and collaboration
5. The process of mentoring
6. Understanding the roles of specialist colleagues
7. Learning at 'M' level and Continuing Professional Development
Part 2. Strategies for teaching, learning and developing pupils
8. Classroom management and behaviour strategies
9. Understanding how young people learn
10. Approaches to teaching and learning 1: developing a range
11. Approaches to teaching and learning 2: planning, progression and sequence
12. Approaches to teaching and learning 3: differentiation and personalizing provision.
13. Assessment and feedback
Part 3. The knowledge base
14. The NQF, the NC and subjects within and outside it. The system of examinations in England and Wales
15. Every Child Matters
16. Cross curricular issues (including citizenship, creativity, diversity)
17. Accessing statistical information
18. Sensible use of ICT in teaching and learning
Part 1. Professional attributes
2. Relationships with children and young people
3. Professionalism, the professional duties of teachers and legal requirements
4. Communication and collaboration
5. The process of mentoring
6. Understanding the roles of specialist colleagues
7. Learning at 'M' level and Continuing Professional Development
Part 2. Strategies for teaching, learning and developing pupils
8. Classroom management and behaviour strategies
9. Understanding how young people learn
10. Approaches to teaching and learning 1: developing a range
11. Approaches to teaching and learning 2: planning, progression and sequence
12. Approaches to teaching and learning 3: differentiation and personalizing provision.
13. Assessment and feedback
Part 3. The knowledge base
14. The NQF, the NC and subjects within and outside it. The system of examinations in England and Wales
15. Every Child Matters
16. Cross curricular issues (including citizenship, creativity, diversity)
17. Accessing statistical information
18. Sensible use of ICT in teaching and learning