Secondary Education Reflective Reader (Achieving QTS)

Secondary Education Reflective Reader (Achieving QTS)

by Martin Fautley (Author), JonathanSavage (Author)

Synopsis

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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 197
Edition: 1
Publisher: Learning Matters
Published: 06 Aug 2010

ISBN 10: 1844454738
ISBN 13: 9781844454730

Media Reviews
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)
Author Bio
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.