Get Set for Teacher Training (Get Set for University)

✍ Scribed by Don Skinner

• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 217
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This is a guide to getting the most out of a teacher training course in the United Kingdom. It covers both primary and secondary teaching and is suitable for students following undergraduate, postgraduate or alternative routes. The book gives a clear idea of what to expect from such courses, how to succeed on them and so make the best possible start to a career in teaching. It covers: studying education and teaching * learning from placements professional study skills The guide will enable readers to get to grips quickly with curriculum planning, teaching and class management, applying developmental psychology, writing assignments, making presentations, managing priorities and time, and meeting the challenge of being assessed on teaching competence - all essential to professional confidence and success in teaching today. Written by an experienced, innovative teacher educator it reflects up-to-date policy and research, highlighting new ideas about assessment, learning styles and subject understanding.

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS......Page 6
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 7
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 8
2 TEACHING AND LEARNING......Page 24
3 CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT......Page 40
4 DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY......Page 55
5 SCHOOLS AND SOCIETY......Page 68
6 LEARNING FROM PLACEMENT......Page 86
7 INTERACTION SKILLS AND LEARNING STYLES......Page 102
8 WIDER ROLES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT......Page 115
9 APPROACHES TO STUDY......Page 130
10 WRITING ESSAYS......Page 146
11 MAKING PRESENTATIONS......Page 166
12 MANAGING YOUR TIME......Page 180
APPLYING FOR TEACHER TRAINING......Page 195
ACRONYMS, GLOSSARY AND USEFUL WEBSITES......Page 197
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 208
INDEX......Page 212