ABSTRACT

The articles which make up this reader provide both overview and analysis of the central issues in secondary education. Focused closely upon what it means to teach and learn in the modern secondary classroom, this book provides invaluable insight into the development of secondary education today. It is an ideal introduction to the task of teachers in secondary schools. Issues covered in the book include:
the new agenda around teaching and learning
effective pedagogy
the teacher-student relationship
teaching, learning and the digital age
grouping by ability
managing the curriculum change
assessment
equal opportunities and educational change
This is the lead book in a series which bring together collections of articles by highly experienced educators which introduce, explore and illuminate the issues surrounding teaching in secondary schools. They are invaluable resources for those training to become teachers, newly qualified teachers and more experienced practioners, particularly those mentoring NQTs.

part |2 pages

Section 2 Teachers and teaching

chapter 6|15 pages

Teacher effectiveness

chapter 9|11 pages

‘He’s such a nice man, but he’s so boring, you have to really make a conscious effort to learn’:

The views of Gemma, Daniel and their contemporaries on teacher quality and effectiveness

chapter 10|16 pages

The teacher–student relationship in secondary school

Insights from excluded students

chapter 11|10 pages

Teachers for the comprehensive idea

part |2 pages

Section 3 Classrooms

chapter 12|5 pages

Life in classrooms

chapter 13|18 pages

Has classroom teaching served its day?

Introduction: What is teaching?

chapter 15|4 pages

Grouping by ability

What research tells us

part |2 pages

Section 4 Curriculum

chapter 17|3 pages

Understanding the context of curriculum

chapter 18|10 pages

The origins of the National Curriculum

chapter 19|4 pages

Planning and implementing change

chapter 20|6 pages

Assessment: a changing practice

A changing practice A scenario for change

chapter 21|11 pages

Assessment and gender

Bias and assessment practice

part |2 pages

Section 5 Schools

chapter 22|26 pages

The positive effects of schooling

chapter 24|6 pages

The intelligent school

chapter 25|10 pages

Equal opportunities and educational performance

Gender, race and class

chapter 26|13 pages

Home–school links

chapter 27|9 pages

Policy alternatives to exclusion from school

Explanations of disaffected behaviour