Learning to Teach in the Secondary School

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Cambridge University Press, Sep 17, 2015 - Education - 633 pages
Learning to Teach in the Secondary School presents secondary teaching theory and practice within a contemporary, holistic framework that empowers pre-service teachers to become effective and reflective practitioners. This practical and engaging book includes many valuable teaching resources such as: • practical examples and case studies based on personal teaching experiences in school systems, to encourage effective education intervention for the empowerment of secondary students • questions and research topics to emphasise the importance of collaboration and to highlight opportunities for discussion within each chapter • explicit instructional and behavioural strategies and guidance for pre-service teachers to implement in their classrooms. Drawing on the wide-ranging expertise of its contributors, Learning to Teach in the Secondary School provides teachers with the specialist skills necessary to make a difference to the lives and outcomes of young people at a time of significant physical, social, emotional and cognitive development.
 

Contents

Are there professional standards that shape a teacher?
4
Further reading
17
Strategies to develop and enhance teacher resilience
31
The developing child and adolescent Implications for learning
39
Introduction
52
Further reading
65
Supporting reflection on effective teaching
81
Introduction of the Australian Curriculum
95
Making sense
183
Aboriginal education More than adding
189
Storying
199
Further reading
206
Conditions that challenge deficit discourses
213
Summary
219
Professional experience in schools
225
Summary
236

National assessment and reporting
96
Assessment and feedback
114
Further reading
128
Developing a positive learning environment
141
Inclusive classrooms and differentiation
154
Summary
169
Boomsters doomsters and attitudes towards technology
175
Introduction
242
The structure of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers
251
Summary
257
Preparing a professional portfolio
267
Summary
276
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Dr Noelene Weatherby-Fell is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wollongong.

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