The authors have 50 years combined teaching experience, and, together with hundreds of teachers and school administrators, they identify the most important issues and frustrations teachers face today. Ideal for students, counselors and professionals.

In Teaching and Learning Secondary Science Jerry Wellington (with Mick Nott and Jon Scaife) discusses the major issues in science education today. This discussion is used to support very practical resources for teachers in training, practising teachers and mentors.

Further and Higher Education in the UK has expanded greatly in recent years, bringing into education large numbers of young people who present teachers with new challenges. At the same time, there is an immense pressure to improve the quality of learning and teaching and to encourage students to be active participants in the process. This book is aimed at teachers, aspiring teachers and other professionals in upper secondary schools, further education colleges and universities who wish to increase learner motivation and to create opportunities for greater learner autonomy.

 

This book is intended for new classroom teachers, including licensed and articled teachers, and those who advise and train them. The section on initial encounters with groups will be valuable to many others who have the same need as teachers to show authority, such as youth group workers and playground supervisors.

The authors draw on their considerable experience of teacher training and research into classrooms to explore several dimensions of teaching. They show how teachers can improve their competence and meet their aspirations, both individually and with their colleagues. Effective Teaching will be very useful to trainee and experienced teachers, deans, teacher educators and assessors.