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Covering all the key professional issues, this book gives primary and secondary trainee teachers the confidence and guidance they need to succeed in the classroom.
List of contents
Learning to teach: An introduction
PART I: PROFESSIONAL ATTRIBUTES
Relationships with children and young people
Professionalism, the professional duties of teachers and legal requirements
Child protection issues
Communication and collaboration
School-based training
Understanding the roles of specialist colleagues
Developing skills for career progress
PART II: STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
Managing your classroom environment
Behaviour strategies in challenging classrooms
Beginning to understand how young people learn
Approaches to teaching and learning 1: Developing a range
Approaches to teaching and learning 2: Planning, progression and sequence
Approaches to teaching and learning 3: Differentiation and personalising provision
Using digital technologies in teaching strategies
Creativity
PART III: IMPORTANT ISSUES AND SKILLS
Inclusion
Teaching pupils with English as an Additional Language
Understanding and using assessment and feedback
The rights of the child
Cross-curricular planning issues
Cross-curricular teaching issues
Accessing and using statistical information
Your first teaching post: Applications, interviews and induction
About the author
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.
Summary
Covering all the key professional issues, this book gives primary and secondary trainee teachers the confidence and guidance they need to succeed in the classroom.
