Training to Teach: A Guide for Students

 Teaching is a tough and challenging job and society demands more from its teachers than ever before. This new edition is an essential companion for those training to teach providing an overview of important professional issues that all future teachers need to engage with in order to succeed in the classroom.   Previously known as How to Achieve Your QTS, this Second Edition is equally valuable to those training to teach in both primary and secondary education and aims to give students the confident start they need in the classroom. Features new to this edition include more balanced primary education coverage and four new chapters on: child protection issues, teaching pupils with English as an Additional Language, cross-curricular teaching issues and your first teaching post: applications, interviews and induction.   The accompanying Website www.sagepub.co.uk/denby, has been updated to include additional material expanding on and complementing the contents of the book.   This book is essential reading for professional studies modules on both primary and secondary initial teacher education courses at both udergraduate and postgraduate level, and on university-based and school-based training courses.   Neil Denby teaches at the School of Education and Professional Development, University of Huddersfield.

Table of Contents:
Learning to Teach: An Introduction - Neil Denby PART 1: PROFESSIONAL ATTRIBUTES Relationships with Children and Young People - Robert Butroyd Professionalism, the Professional Duties of Teachers and Legal Requirements - Fiona Woodhouse and Mick Woodhouse Child Protection Issues - Jonathan Glazzard Communication and Collaboration - Rod Robertson Developing through Mentoring and Reflection - Lesley-Anne Pearson Understanding the Roles of Specialist Colleagues - Matthew Crowther Continuing Professional Development and Learning at ′M′ Level - Neil Denby, Jayne Price, Helen Swift PART 2: STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING AND FOR DEVELOPING PUPILS Classroom Management and Behaviour Strategies - Jayne Price Beginning to Understand How Young People Learn - Neil Denby Approaches to Teaching and Learning 1: Developing a Range - Joanne Pearson Approaches to Teaching and Learning 2: Planning, Progression and Sequence - Joanne Pearson Approaches to Teaching and Learning 3: Differentiation and Personalizing Provision - Neil Denby Teaching Pupils with English as an Additional Language - Ian Quigley Understanding and Using Assessment and Delivering Feedback - Roger Crawford PART 3: BUILDING KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS Qualifications and Examinations in England and Wales - John Trafford The Legacy of Every Child Matters - Jonathan Glazzard Issues and Skills That Cross Curriculum Boundaries - Neil Denby Developing Successful Cross-Curricular Teaching - Jayne Price, Fiona Woodhouse Accessing and Using Statistical Information - Ian Quigley Making Sensible Use of ICT - Roger Crawford and John McComish Your First Teaching Post: Applications, Interviews and Induction - Lesley-Anne Pearson and John Trafford

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.

Review :
′This second edition builds on the success of the first, dealing with a comprehensive range of topics and issues which are pertinent to trainee teachers. The book is highly readable and accessible, with content being usefully organised and key applications to practice and reflection points being clearly sign-posted. It includes some very welcome and valuable updates which reflect the increasingly complex challenges presented by the ever-changing nature of education. In particular, the additional material on diversity and pupils with EAL will prove valuable to trainee teachers and those new to the profession. The book also effectively covers changes in government strategy related to child protection, and provides insight into the diverse range of professional colleagues involved in the holistic care of children. Each chapter usefully provides key reading and useful contact details and websites, therefore enabling trainee teachers to follow up issues covered as part of their continuing personal and professional development. Trainee teachers of all subjects will find this a very useful resource′ Lynne Warham, Edge Hill University ′This guide aimed at student teachers and those perhaps in their first year of teaching is utterly brilliant. It is written at exactly the right level and covers the professional studies ground every student teacher - from primary through to post-16 - needs to know′ - Amazon review ′I recommend [this book] wholeheartedly to students, to teacher educators and to school based staff who are involved in supporting students. It encourages reflective and individual thinking...′ - ESCalate Solid and authoritative.