Description
Book SynopsisTeaching in secondary schools requires a professional mindset, a range of skills and the confidence to face challenging situations.
This highly practical and accessible book for all secondary School Direct trainees will give you the building blocks of knowledge and skill that all teachers need. It offers space to question what happens in school and advice about how to make sense of it.
With examples from students who have done it all ahead of you, you will be guided through key issues faced while training to be a teacher: wellbeing, managing classroom behaviour, handling the workload, lesson planning, adapting your teaching and assessing learning, and more.
Key features include:
Reflections to help you think deeper about aspects of your practice Action boxes with practical advice on how to further develop your teaching Advice on further study
John Keenan is Senior Lecturer in Secondary Education at Newman University.
Andy Hind is Head of Secondary Teacher Education at the University of Warwick.Table of ContentsChapter 1: The school direct training route Chapter 2: Wellbeing Chapter 3: Role Chapter 4: Law Chapter 5: Lesson Chapter 6: Classroom management Chapter 7: Adaptive teaching Chapter 8: Assessment Chapter 9: Literacy and numeracy Chapter 10: Parents, carers and community Chapter 11: Curriculum Chapter 12: Extra-curricular Chapter 13: Principled practice
