Readings for Learning to Teach in the Secondary School: A Companion to M Level Study

Readings for Learning to Teach in the Secondary School brings together key articles to develop and support student teachers' understanding of the theory, research and evidence base that underpins effective practice. Designed for all students engaging with M Level study, each reading is contextualised and includes questions to encourage reflection and help you engage with material critically. Annotated further reading for every section supports your own research and writing. Readings are structured to make links with the practical guidance in the accompanying core textbook, Learning to Teach in the Secondary School. Topics covered include: motivation troublesome classroom behaviour ability grouping inclusive education personalised learning testing achievement and underachievement. Edited by the team that brings us Learning to Teach in the Secondary School, this Reader is an indispensible 'one-stop' resource that will support all students studying, researching and writing at M level on PGCE courses, as well as those on all other secondary education courses and masters degrees.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Susan Capel, Marilyn Leask and Tony Turner Section 1 Becoming a Teacher 1 Emotional Preparation for Teaching: a case study about trainee teachers in England Denis Hayes 2 Changing contexts: Teachers professional development and ICT pedagogy Matthew Pearson and Steven Naylor Section 2 Beginning to Teach 3 Practice makes perfect? Learning to learn as a teacher Hazel Hagger, Katharine Burn, Trevor Mutton and Sue Brindley 4 Lesson planning and the student teacher: re-thinking the dominant model Peter D. John Section 3 Classroom Interactions and Managing Pupils 5 Towards the improvement of learning in secondary school: students’ views, their links to theories of motivation and to issues of under- and over-achievement Keith Postlethwaite and Linda Haggarty 6 Recent Research on Troublesome Classroom Behaviour: A Review Robyn Beaman, Kevin Wheldall and Coral Kemp 7 A positive psychology approach to tackling bullying in secondary schools: A comparative evaluation Andrew Richards, Ian Rivers and Jacqui Akhurst Section 4 Meeting Individual Differences 8 The effects of social class and ethnicity on gender differences in GCSE attainment: a secondary analysis of the Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales 1997-2001 Paul Connolly 9 Educational psychology and the effectiveness of inclusive education/mainstreaming Geoff Lindsay 10 Setting or mixed ability? Teachers’ views of the organisation of pupils for learning Chris M. M. Smith and Margaret J. Sutherland 11 Moral Education in Practice Colin Wringe Section 5 Helping Pupils Learn 12 Personal understanding and target understanding: Mapping influences on the outcomes of learning Noel Entwistle and Colin Smith 13 Personalised Learning: Ambiguities in theory and practice R.J. Campbell, W. Robinson, J. Neelands, R. Hewston and L. Mazzoli 14 Neuroscience and education Usha Goswami Section 6 Assessment 15 Testing, Motivation and Learning Assessment Reform Group supported by The Nuffield Foundation (based on an extensive review by Wynne Harlen and Ruth Deakin-Crick) 16 `Troublesome boys’ and `compliant girls’: gender identity and perceptions of achievement and underachievement Susan Jones and Debra Myhill 17 It’s not which school but which set you’re in that matters: the influence of ability grouping practices on student progress in mathematics Dylan Wiliam and Hannah Bartholomew Section 7 The School, Curriculum and Society 18 Rethinking the School Curriculum John White 19 Value-added is of little value Stephen Gorard Section 8 Your Professional Development 20 The Role of Teacher Research in Continuing Professional Development Margaret Kirkwood and Donald Christie