Reflective Teaching and Learning : A Guide to Professional Issues for Beginning Secondary Teachers

by Sue Dymoke

• ISBN13: 9781412946476
• ISBN10: 1412946476
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-23
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Summary

Reflective practice is at the heart of effective teaching. This core text is an introduction for beginning secondary teachers on developing the art of critical reflective teaching throughout their professional work. Designed as a flexible resource, the book combines theoretical background with practical reflective activities. Key features of the book include: - Critical introduction to theories of reflective practice in teaching and learning - Activities linked to each section, for individual, small group and large group work - Extensive companion website with follow-up activities and example materials - Detailed explorations of professional issues such as learning theory, classroom management, assessment, and whole-school issues including PSHE and citizenship.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Index

Introduction

Content, organization and underpinning approach

Terminology

Ways of using the book

ITT Standards for QTS

PGCE M level

Professional Development and the Reflective Practitioner

An introduction to the reflective practitioner

What is reflective practice?

Reflective practice and professional knowledge

Alternative conceptions of reflection

Experiential learning and the role of a mentor

Identity matters for teachers

Looking in the looking glass

Self-awareness

Reflective practice in workplace learning

Developing the skills and attributes of a reflective practitioner

Observation

Communication

Judgement

Skills of decision-making

Teamworking

Reflection as a critical activity

Being a reflective practitioner: summary

An Overview of Learning

Introduction

How do learners learn?

An introduction to the main learning theories

Behaviourist theories

Constructivist theories

Brain, neuroscience and learning

Kolb's four learning styles

Intelligence quotient (IQ)

Multiple intelligences

Thinking skills

Bloom's taxonomy

Conclusion

Learning and Teaching Contexts

Introduction

What are the contexts within which learning occurs?

Types of schools

Ability grouping

Every Child Matters

Inclusion

Learning difficulties and the Special Educational Needs

Code of Practice

Differentiation

Gifted and talented learners

English as an additional language (EAL)

Personalized learning

Learning in out-of-school contexts

How do national initiatives shape the learning experience?

14-19 curriculum

Key skills and functional skills

Literacy

Reading

Writing

Numeracy and mathematics

Reading

Writing

Numeracy and mathematics

Information communications technology (ICT) and e-learning

Conclusion

Classroom management

Introduction

Preparation

Initial preparation

Lesson planning

A framework for preparing the classroom

Lesson evaluation

The physical classroom environment

Organizing the physical environment

Managing the physical environment

Behaviour management

The student perspective

Considering models of behaviour management

Transactional analysis

An alternative approach to behaviour management

Developing communication

Questioning and explaining

Explaining

Questioning

Group work

Working with other adults

The role of then teaching assistant

Changing pedagogies and classroom management

Introduction

Personalized learning

E-learning

Conclusions

Assessing Students

Introduction

Monitoring

Assessment

Summative assessment

Formative assessment

Normative assessment

Criterion-referenced assessment

Baseline assessment

Validity

Reliability

Assessment for learning

Marking

Recording

Records of achievement

Profiling

Portfolios

Progress File

Reporting

Writing reports

Meeting parents/carers

Accountability

Features of good practice

Target-setting in schools and colleges

Conclusion

Education as a Social and Political Process

Introduction

The twentieth-century legacy

A summary

Education for all?

Standardization, testing and accountability

New Labour: education, education, education

Legislative changes

Curricular changes

Citizenship

Social exclusion

New roles for governors

Inclusion and SEN

Undermining the comprehensive ideal?

Teacher training and employment

The twenty-first century

A new era for educational change

Every Child Matters

Personalized learning

Healthier schools?

'Putting the world into world-class education'

The voice of the child

Teacher voice!

Pastoral Care and Tutorial Roles

Introduction

The development of pastoral care in schools

What is pastoral care?

The origins of the concept of pastoral care

The organization of pastoral care

Every Child Matters agenda

The nature and scope of pastoral care

Pastoral structures

Recent political influences on arrangements for pastoral structures

Responding to the national agreement on workloads and the increasing emphasis on student achievement

Pastoral aspects of your work as class teacher and your role as tutor

Responsibilities including required administrative tasks

Establishing relationships

Supporting individual students

Recognizing signs of child abuse and knowing about child protection procedures

Tutor as student advocate or mediator

Tutoring as a process for raising achievement

Reporting to parents and carers

Developing skills and attitudes for effective tutoring

The personal-social curriculum and its relationship with other

areas of the whole curriculum

Personal, social and health education (PSHE)

What are the values that underpin the PSHE curriculum?

Articulating and implementing the aims of PSHE

The revival of personal-social education

How is PSHE provided in schools?

Characteristics of effective PSHE

Teaching approaches used in PSHE

Conclusion

Some final words

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