Preparing to Teach in Secondary Schools: A Student Teacher's Guide to Professional Issues in Secondary Education

Table of contents

• Preparing to Teach in Secondary Schools i
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Notes on Contributors ix
• Acronyms and Abbreviations xiii
• Introduction 1
• Section 1 - Becoming a Teacher 5
• 1: Learning to Teach and Learning About Teaching 7
• 2: The Professional Framework and Professional Values and Practice 18
• 3: Key Issues, Opportunities and Challenges for New Teachers 31
• Section 2 - Core Professional Competences 43
• 4: Understanding How Pupils Learn 45
• 5: Planning for Learning 59
• 6: Using Differentiation to Support Learning 73
• 7: Working with Parents and Other Adults 84
• 8: Communication in the Classroom 96
• 9: Using Assessment for Formative Purposes 109
• 10: Using Assessment Data to Support Pupil Achievement 123
• 11: Positive Approaches to Supporting Pupil Behaviour 134
• 12: Using Ict to Support Learning 150
• Section 3 - Secondary Schools and the Curriculum 161
• 13: Models of the Curriculum 163
• 14: Spiritual, Moral and Cultural Development 172
• 15: The National Strategy for Key Stage 3 187
• 16: The National Literacy Strategy 200
• 17: The National Numeracy Strategy 214
• 18: Citizenship 228
• 19: The Curriculum: 14–19 241
• Section 4 - Making Schooling Work for All: Aspects of the Inclusion Agenda 255
• 20: Special Educational Needs and Inclusive Schooling 257
• 21: Schooling, Ethnicity and English as an Additional Language 270
• 22: Schoolinɠ and ɠender 283
• 23: Pastoral Care and the Role of the Tutor 295
• 24: Personal, Social and Health Education 306
• 25: Government Initiatives 317
• References 327
• Index 337

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