Becoming a Teacher : Issues in Secondary Teaching Book

Foreword to the fourth edition Introduction

Section 1: First thoughts

Developing as a student teacher On being a teacher

Section 2: Policy, society and schooling

Education policy and schooling Ideology, evidence and the raising of standards Values and schooling School effectiveness and improvement School management and leadership Reforming teachers and their work Growing teachers: Inspection, appraisal and the reflective practitioner Social justice in schools: engaging with equality Education, schools and cities

Section 3: Teaching and learning

Social pedagogy in the classroom: relating group work to the promoting of learning and thinking Learning: theoretical perspectives that go beyond context Call out the troops: classrooms, discipline and authority Differentiation in theory and practice Setting, streaming and mixed ability teaching Making assessment work in the classroom Aiming for inclusion: removing barriers and building bridges English as an additional language: challenges of language and identity in themultilingual and multiethnic classroom

Section 4: Across the curriculum

Children's views of schools and schooling Literacy Numeracy Spiritual education The importance of teachers and schools in health promotion Education, the environment and sustainability Information and communications technologies
14-19 Education: Broadening the horizons Beyond the subject curriculum: The form tutor's role What next? CPD and the whole school

Index