| Teaching English Contributor(s): Evans, Carol (Author), Midgley, Alyson (Author), Rigby, Phil (Author) |
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ISBN: 1412948185 ISBN-13: 9781412948180 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $57.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2009 Annotation: Reflective practice is at the heart of effective teaching, and this book helps you develop into a reflective teacher of English. Everything you need is here: guidance on developing your analysis and self-evaluation skills, advice on assessing pupils' progress effectively, and examples of how experienced teachers deliver successful lessons. The book shows you how to plan lessons, how to manage behavior and use ICT in English and how to make good use of resources. Each chapter contains points for reflection, which encourage you to break off from your reading and think about the challenging questions that you face as a new teacher. The book comes with access to a companion website, www.sagepub.co.uk/secondary. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts - Education | Secondary - Education | Professional Development |
| Dewey: 428.007 |
| Series: Developing as a Reflective Secondary Teacher |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 7.2" W x 9" (0.95 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Reflective practice is at the heart of effective teaching, and this book helps you develop into a reflective teacher of English. Everything you need is here: guidance on developing your analysis and self-evaluation skills, advice on assessing pupils′ progress effectively, and examples of how experienced teachers deliver successful lessons. The book shows you how to plan lessons, how to manage behavior and use ICT in English and how to make good use of resources. Each chapter contains points for reflection, which encourage you to break off from your reading and think about the challenging questions that you face as a new teacher. The book comes with access to a companion website, www.sagepub.co.uk/secondary. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rigby, Phil: - Phil is Head of Secondary Education within the Faculty of Education at Edge Hill University. His previous role in the faculty was Head of Professional Development, where he had strategic responsibility for the professional development of the whole education and training workforce at both postgraduate and undergraduate levels. He has also worked in the faculty as Head of Humanities, responsible for Secondary and Key Stage 2/3 initial teacher training in English, Geography, History, Modern Foreign Languages, Music and RE. Prior to coming into higher education, Phil taught English for twenty years in north-west secondary schools, including ten years as Head of English. In 2009, he co-authored the Sage Publications book 'Teaching English: Developing as a Reflective Secondary Teacher'. Phil has an MSc in Education Management, is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy and of NATE. He is currently working towards an EdD, where the working title of his thesis is: 'An Exploration into the Gendered Subjectivities of Male Trainee Teachers: Discourses of Masculine Identity at Work'. |