
Secondary Education Reflective Reader
Learning Matters Ltd (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 6. August 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-84445-473-0 (ISBN)
Description
This reflective reader looks at key themes and topical debates in secondary education using extracts and writings to exemplify different perspectives. It examines themes such as establishing teaching identity, approaches to teaching and learning and classroom practice. It gives advice on embedding assessment of pupil progress into teaching and how to use creativity as a way of teaching and learning. This text provides a model approach to the integration of theory and practice through learning from the analysis of research literature and applying this learning to the role of classroom teacher.
Reviews / Votes
"The selection of readings is well targeted and provides students with a very useful digest as a starting point from which to develop out their own programmes of reading. It facilitates the introduction of a range of relevant issues and concepts." (Lecturer, Brunel University)More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Exeter
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Sage Publications Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 171 mm
Weight
415 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84445-473-0 (9781844454730)
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Persons
Jonathan Savage is a Senior Lecturer in Education at the Institute of Education, Manchester Metropolitan University. Until 2001 he was Head of Music at Debenham High School, an 11-16 comprehensive school in rural Suffolk in the east of England. He is also Managing Director of UCan.tv (www.ucan.tv), a not-for-profit company that produces engaging educational software. Martin Fautley is a Reader in Education at Birmingham City University. For many years he was a school teacher in the Midlands before undertaking Doctoral research at the University of Cambridge. His research interests encompass theoretical and practical issues concerning creative processes in schools and how teachers can help foster these, and the ways in which assessment, particularly assessment for learning, can be used as means to raise standards.
Content
Introduction
Theme 1: Starting your teaching: identity, subject and pedagogy
- Establishing your teacher identity
- Teaching and learning
- Developing your classroom practice
Theme 2: Developing your teaching: some next steps
- Embedding assessment for learning
- Choosing and using technology for teaching and learning
- Personalisation and personalised learning
Theme 3: Your future teaching practice
Creativity as a way of teaching and learning
Enriching collaborations
Moving onwards
Theme 1: Starting your teaching: identity, subject and pedagogy
- Establishing your teacher identity
- Teaching and learning
- Developing your classroom practice
Theme 2: Developing your teaching: some next steps
- Embedding assessment for learning
- Choosing and using technology for teaching and learning
- Personalisation and personalised learning
Theme 3: Your future teaching practice
Creativity as a way of teaching and learning
Enriching collaborations
Moving onwards