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Book Synopsisâœ[E]ssential reading for anyone learning to be a teacherâ This book will continue to be a core text on our ITE programmes.âRachele Newman. Director of Initial Teacher Education, University of Southampton, UK
âœA comprehensive âmust haveâ for every new teacher entering the profession: a wide variety of short chapters, packed full of key, research-evidenced ideas, brilliantly articulated by a team of expert authorsâ Fantastic!âMark Winterbottom, Professor of Education, University of Cambridge, UK
âœThe beauty of the book is that the authors do not attempt to simplify teaching, instead they celebrate and explore the complexities of being a teacher.âStefanie Sullivan, Deputy Head of School, Director of Initial Teacher Education, University of Nottingham, UK
This timely new edition remains the ultimate guide for students in the core areas of teaching policy, assessment and curriculum planning, while also co
Table of ContentsPart 1: Becoming a Teacher1.Becoming a Teacher
2.On being a teacher
3.Teacher identity: Developing a positive professional identity in your teaching career
4.Teachers’ lives, careers and wellbeing: becoming and staying a teacher
Part 2: Policy, society and schooling 5.Social justice in schools: engaging with equality
6.Education Policy, Schools and Teachers
7.Policy Shifts in Initial Teacher Education
8.Assessment policy, raising standards, league tables
9.International assessments
10.Schools and the Safeguarding Agenda
11.School Leadership and Management
Part 3: Teaching, Learning and the Curriculum12.An introduction to learning theories and their application in educational practice
13.Using Data in the Classroom
14.Curriculum planning
15.14-19 Education: education and training in school and beyond
16.Differentiation in theory and practice
17.Classroom Assessment
18.Managing student behaviour and engagement in the classroom
19.Inclusive approaches to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
20.English as an Additional Language: Challenges of ethnicity, language and subject identity in the contemporary classroom
21.Decolonizing the curriculum
22.Environment, Sustainability and Education
23.Literacy and numeracy across the curriculum
Part 4 Beyond the Classroom24.Spaces for learning beyond the classroom
25.The pastoral role of the teacher
26.The role of the mentor in initial teacher education
27.Approaches to teachers’ continuing professional development
28.Final Editorial Chapter
