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Foreword |
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Introduction |
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Part One Your classroom practice |
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Teaching is not a noun, it is something that you do |
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My checklist of the capabilities you need to have in place as you begin to construct the art of teaching |
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Loads of questions to ask yourself about the lessons you are delivering |
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4 Building in what matters |
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We often think through the activities that we plan for a lesson, but what about the skills and capabilities? Do we plan for those? Here we have a look at one model of learning that might support your lesson planning |
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5 Educating children is complex |
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Too often, schools look to narrow education, to make it formulaic, to make a `one size fits all' model. Here are some examples to show you that educating children is a complex matter and that attention needs to be paid to the individual |
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6 Working with the digital native |
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The children in your classroom are living in a time of incredible change. They have a remarkable access to information -- access that was unimaginable twenty years ago. This presents schools with a new set of challenges. These learners are learning in new and different ways. Can we respond? |
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7 A word about your questions -- and their questions |
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Planning the questioning that goes on in your classroom is key to your students' success |
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Are you going to fit in or are you going to stand out? |
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9 A personal philosophy of education |
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You need to find the teacher you want to be, and to develop that persona and set of beliefs |
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10 Doubt, time and imagination |
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Three forgotten aspects of learning that need to be moved back to the centre of what happens in your classroom |
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The importance -- to all subjects -- of reading competence |
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12 What will children need to know in fifteen years' time? |
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A tough question for teachers to answer |
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13 The cultural act of teaching |
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Remembering that your opinions and comments will be influential |
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14 `Your mind is shaped by your environment' |
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Think about the space you want to create for your students |
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Sometimes we get so focused on exams and trying to prepare students with the techniques they need to write essays and answer questions that the actual point of the learning is left out. Here's an example |
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16 It's International Chris Wood Day |
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An idea to support planning when the term is getting too busy |
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17 `You punctured their trousers!' |
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We learn from all sorts of people and situations |
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Letting the students know that, while you are the expert, you too are learning today |
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Creating a buzz in your room will mean that you activate long-term memories that stay with your students. Lessons are not a preparation for exams. Exams are a thermometer reading of the learning that has been going on |
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20 Kids need confidence too |
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And where will that come from in your room? |
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Part Two Your school and the wider teaching community |
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I hope you don't work for these folk! |
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23 An education that touches the sides |
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Whether or not to train to be a teacher ... |
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Thinking about the sort of school you would like to work in |
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26 The regrettable language of education |
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Some fashionable buzz words that should be treated with caution |
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A thinking activity about what is important to you in teaching |
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28 What influence can you exert in your school? |
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Take a look at your role in your school. Make sure that you are still a `teacher' in the corridor and outside your classroom |
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I ask again, are you going to fit in or are you going to stand out? I believe that teachers new to the profession should be having a good look at what happens in their school, and then should be looking for opportunities to move practice forward |
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An idea that you could implement in your school to get your colleagues thinking about the development of teaching and learning |
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How to look after yourself once all the support of mentors and academic tutors has been withdrawn |
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Index |
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