Download or read book Just Teach in FE written by Jim Crawley and published by Learning Matters. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A straightforward guide to help teachers and trainee teachers in FE navigate the complex system of teaching qualifications and learn to teach in an ever-changing sector.
Download or read book Just Teach in FE written by Jim Crawley and published by Learning Matters. This book was released on 2018-04-09 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just Teach! in FE is a straightforward, helpful, engaging and reliable read for all beginning teachers. It focuses on the needs of the teacher and the learner and outlines this people-centered approach. This focus on the principles of good teaching, and the theory behind them, frees the reader from ever-changing structures and provides truly practical strategies to use from their first lesson. The text supports beginning teachers to Be organised; Be resourceful; Be resilient and to Just keep teaching. It is an engaging exploration of real teaching in FE and of the pressures and challenges that FE teachers face.
Download or read book Digital Literacy Skills for FE Teachers written by Jonathan White and published by Learning Matters. This book was released on 2015-09-21 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effective digital skills are essential for all teachers and tutors in the Further Education (FE) and Skills Sector. This text brings together important theory and research around digital literacy and outlines what this means for teaching in the sector. It is a practical guide that: introduces different types of web-based technologies and explores how they can be used in teaching provides guidance on the digital skills teachers and tutors need and how they can be developed examines issues of digital safety, security and responsibility and how online learning communities can be accessed applies critical thinking, creativity and responsibility to the processes of using digital technologies inside and outside of the classroom Providing a comprehensive framework, underpinned by the standards through which to develop digital literacy skills, this is an essential resource for those teaching or training to teach in the FE and Skills sector.
Download or read book Achieving your Diploma in Education and Training written by Jim Gould and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2018-01-08 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book supports the Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training for anyone training to teach in the further education and skills sector. Full of informed practical guidance and supported by meaningful links to theory and educational research, it covers all mandatory units included in the diploma and has been carefully designed to be your indispensable guide to successfully achieving the qualification. Thought-provoking activities in every chapter highlight key points and show how you can apply them in practice allowing you to enhance your teaching skills. This book clearly communicates what underpins high-quality teaching and empowers you to succeed as a teacher of learners in the further education and skills sector. New to this edition: · Reflective activities in every chapter encouraging you to engage critically with key concepts · New coverage of employability offering pragmatic guidance for succeeding in the workplace · Content updated to reflect current policy directions within the sector · Links to further reading throughout highlighting key literature on each major topic
Download or read book Principles and Practices of Teaching and Training written by Ann Gravells and published by Learning Matters. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by bestselling author Ann Gravells, this is the complete go-to guide for anyone wanting to be (or working as) a teacher or trainer in the further education and skills sector, in the UK and beyond. It has all the information you need to work towards a qualification such as the Award, Certificate or Diploma in Education and Training. It is also relevant to anyone taking a Train the Trainer course, or an international teaching qualification. The book takes you through all the information you need to know, opening up the topic for learning in an easily accessible way. Interactive activities are included throughout, along with real examples of teaching and training in practice. The book also includes examples of completed teaching documents. This is a comprehensive text, covering: The role of a teacher/trainer Factors contributing to learning Planning and facilitating learning for groups and individuals Using technology and resources to support learning Assessing learning Quality assurance Evaluation, reflection, and continuing professional development (CPD) Preparing for a micro-teach session and teaching/observed practice
Download or read book PCET written by Jonathan Tummons and published by Learning Matters. This book was released on 2019-09-02 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is an introduction to learning and teaching in the post compulsory sector. Those training to teach in the sector need to understand learning and learners in PCET. This text goes further than other texts in its exploration of the sector. It encourages readers to critically evaluate the context of PCET in the UK and opens up their learning through introducing some global profiles. The text explores learners in the sector, the diversity of the sector, the challenges and some topical contemporary themes. It covers a breadth of content and can thus be used as a general course text for all PGCE (PCET) courses as well as other education programmes. Through pedagogical features including critical questions, teacher and learner voices, links to practice and more, the text provides a resource for all those learning about PCET.
Download or read book How to be a Brilliant FE Teacher written by Vicky Duckworth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to be a Brilliant FE Teacher is a straightforward, friendly guide to being an effective and innovative teacher in post-compulsory education. Focussing on practical advice drawn from the author’s extensive and successful personal experience of both teaching and training teachers, it offers sound guidance, underpinned by the latest research, theory and policy in the field. Structured around the questions that all new teachers and lecturers ask in their first teaching post, it is an introduction to both essential teaching skills and what to expect from working in this exciting, fast-paced sector. Key chapters cover: The learners – who they are, diversity and motivation; What will actually happen – organising teaching, technology and resources; How to keep your students’ interest – understanding and responding to learning styles; How will I know if they’ve learned it? – assessment and feedback; Making sure it’s working – student evaluation, reflecting on and improving practice. Packed throughout with information about where to find the best materials and resources to support your teaching, this book also offers sensible advice on balancing home and life, working effectively with your colleagues and progressing in your career. How to be a Brilliant FE Teacher will be a source of support and inspiration for all those embarking on their initial training and first post in the sector, as well as qualified professionals looking for reassuring, fresh ideas.
Download or read book Achieving your Diploma in Teaching FE Skills written by Ann Gravells and published by Learning Matters. This book was released on 2024-08-03 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are training to be a professional teacher in the further education and skills sector, this book is your starting point. The content is applicable to anyone training to be a teacher, or refreshing their current skills and knowledge. The book takes you through everything you need to know to become a successful teacher. Interactive activities are included throughout, along with real examples of teaching in practice and examples of teaching templates. For anyone working towards the Diploma in Teaching qualification or the Learning and Skills Teacher Apprenticeship, or the CertEd/PGCE(PCET) Written in an accessible language, easy to read, up to date and relevant Includes guidance on how to put theory into practice Cross-referenced to the Occupational Standards for the FE sector Follows the bestselling style and layout of books by Ann Gravells This is a comprehensive text covering teaching, learning, assessing, using technology and professional practice.
Download or read book Tough Issues Good Decisions Stories and Writing Prompts written by Lillian R. Putnam and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2002-03-11 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short, engaging, original stories with companion prompts designed to help students make smart choices when confronted with issues such as stealing, lying, bullying, prejudice, smoking, cheating, and more. Includes discussion questions, and literature links. For use with Grades 4-8.
Download or read book Teaching and Learning in Further Education written by Prue Huddleston and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-04 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book Teacher Toolkit written by Ross Morrison McGill and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-08 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This is a book by a teacher still in the classroom after 20 years. Want to know how to survive? Read this book; it's fizzing with ideas.' Ty Goddard, Co-founder of the Education Foundation A compendium of teaching strategies, ideas and advice, which aims to motivate, comfort, amuse and above all reduce your workload, by bestselling author Ross Morrison McGill, aka @TeacherToolkit. Teacher Toolkit is a must-read for newly qualified and early career teachers and will support you through your first five years in the primary or secondary classroom. It is packed with advice, tips and ideas for all aspects of teaching practice, from lesson planning to marking and assessment, behaviour management and differentiation. Ross believes that becoming a teacher is one of the best decisions you will ever make, but after more than two decades in the classroom, he knows that it is not an easy journey! He shares countless anecdotes from his own experience, from disastrous observations to marking in the broom cupboard, and offers a wealth of strategies to help you become a true Vitruvian teacher: one who is resilient, intelligent, innovative, collaborative and aspirational. Complete with a bespoke Five Minute Plan in every chapter, photocopiable templates, QR codes, a detachable bookmark and beautiful illustrations by renowned artist Polly Nor, Teacher Toolkit is everything you need to ensure you are the best teacher you can be, whatever the new policy or framework. Ross is the bestselling author of Mark. Plan. Teach., Just Great Teaching and 100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers: Outstanding Lessons. Vitruvian teaching will help you survive your first five years: Year 1: Be resilient (surviving your NQT year) Year 2: Be intelligent (refining your teaching) Year 3: Be innovative (taking risks) Year 4: Be collaborative (working with others) Year 5: Be aspirational (moving towards middle leadership) Start working towards Vitruvian today.
Download or read book Teaching 14 19 written by Georgina Donovan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emergence of the new 14-19 sector raises huge learning and teaching issues for both schools and colleges of further education. A new generation of skilled and flexible professionals will need to be trained and re-trained. Teachers in both sectors are understandably nervous about the impending changes. Covering everything a teacher needs to know about learning and teaching across these phases, this book: supports recent government policy initiatives for the 14-19 sector covers how to teach the 14-19 age phase in both schools and colleges addresses issues of concern for both teachers and college lectures helps both groups appreciate the background and rationale of the other sector. With a FAQ format, lots of practical advice and illustrative case studies, this book will be vital for all practitioners, experienced and trainee, in both secondary and post-compulsory education.
Download or read book Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher written by Stephen D. Brookfield and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-02-13 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide to the essential practice that builds better teachers. Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher is the landmark guide to critical reflection, providing expert insight and practical tools to facilitate a journey of constructive self-critique. Stephen Brookfield shows how you can uncover and assess your assumptions about practice by viewing them through the lens of your students' eyes, your colleagues' perceptions, relevant theory and research, and your own personal experience. Practicing critical reflection will help you… Align your teaching with desired student outcomes See your practice from new perspectives Engage learners via multiple teaching formats Understand and manage classroom power dynamics Model critical thinking for your students Manage the complex rhythms of diverse classrooms This fully revised second edition features a wealth of new material, including new chapters on critical reflection in the context of social media, teaching race and racism, leadership in a critically reflective key, and team teaching as critical reflection. In addition, all chapters have been thoroughly updated and expanded to align with today's classrooms, whether online or face-to-face, in large lecture formats or small groups. In his own personal voice Stephen Brookfield draws from over 45 years of experience to illustrate the clear benefits of critical reflection. Assumptions guide practice and only when we base our actions on accurate assumptions will we achieve the results we want. Educators with the courage to challenge their own assumptions in an effort to improve learning are the invaluable role models our students need. Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher provides the foundational information and practical tools that help teachers reach their true potential.
Download or read book Wider Professional Practice in Education and Training written by Sasha Pleasance and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developing an understanding of professional practice is essential for anyone training to teach in the further education and skills sector. This go-to guide will give you a clear understanding of the major topics covered in the mandatory Wider Professional Practice and Development unit of the Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training, and more broadly explores the value of professionalism to all aspects of further education. Key coverage includes: · Understanding learners and attitudes to learning · How to do action research · Professional observation and development · Making sense of education policy · Teacher expectations · Challenges to equality and diversity · The inclusive curriculum These topics are discussed within a wider political and socio-economic context, and are supported by insightful case studies and activities. This is essential for anyone studying the Diploma in Education and Training, and recommended reading for related courses in the further education and skills sector.
Download or read book Teaching Methodologies in Structural Geology and Tectonics written by Soumyajit Mukherjee and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-13 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited book discusses various challenges in teaching structural geology and tectonics and how they have been overcome by eminent instructors, who employed effective and innovative means to do so. All of the chapters were written by prominent and active academics and geoscientists fully engaged in teaching Structural Geology and Tectonics. New instructors will find this book indispensible in framing their teaching strategy. Effective teaching of Structural Geology and Tectonics constitutes the backbone of geoscience education. Teaching takes place not only in classrooms, but also in labs and in the field. The content and teaching methodologies for these two fields have changed over time, shaped by the responsibilities that present-day geoscientists are expected to fulfill.
Download or read book The Courage to Teach written by Parker J. Palmer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wisdom that's been inspiring, motivating, and guiding teachers for two decades The Courage to Teach speaks to the joys and pains that teachers of every sort know well. Over the last 20 years, the book has helped countless educators reignite their passion, redirect their practice, and deal with the many pressures that accompany their vital work. Enriched by a new Foreword from Diana Chapman Walsh, the book builds on a simple premise: good teaching can never be reduced to technique. Good teaching comes from the identity and integrity of the teacher, that core of self where intellect, emotion, and spirit converge—enabling 'live encounters' between teachers, students, and subjects that are the key to deep and lasting learning. Good teachers love learners, learning, and the teaching life in a way that builds trust with students and colleagues, animates their daily practice, and keeps them coming back tomorrow. Reclaim your own vision and purpose against the threat of burn-out Understand why good teaching cannot be reduced to technique alone Explore and practice the relational traits that good teachers have in common Learn how to forge learning connections with your students and "teach across the gap" Whether used for personal study, book club exploration, or professional development, The Courage to Teach is rich with time-honored wisdom, and contemporary clarity about the ancient arts of teaching and learning.
Download or read book Learning and Teaching in Secondary Schools written by Viv Ellis and published by Learning Matters. This book was released on 2007-06-08 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This popular text guides trainee secondary teachers through the teaching requirements for initial teacher training and the Professional Standards for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). It focuses on a range of key topics, summarises key educational research and includes both reflective exercises and school-based practical tasks. This third edition has been completely revised and updated to match the new QTS Standards.
