This is a book for tutors, lecturers and teachers in further and higher education, who need to teach their students how to study, learn and communicate effectively. Based around the same techniques and contents as the tutors earlier book Essential Study Skills (SAGE 2003) which is itself based on many years experience of teaching and mentoring students in higher education, this book is intended to work with traditional and non-traditional students.
Are you a postgraduate student just beginning to teach? Are you a contract researcher, teaching fellow or instructor who has been asked to do some teaching? If you are, you may feel you have been ‘thrown in at the deep end’. You may quite rightly, feel unprepared for the task, and, like other postgraduate teachers, you may be facing a number of dilemmas: you may not have much time to feel your way into this new role; you may not be happy with what looks like a ‘trial and error’ model of learning to teach; you may even feel you have not had much choice in what you are to teach or what kinds of sessions you’ve been asked to facilitate. Someone in your department may have tried to reassure you -- ‘You know all this stuff. You’ll be fine’ -- on the basis of your first degree, but you may still be worried about whether or not you are really ready to teach.
Teaching young children requires more than an ability to set goals, apply techniques and assess outcomes. It involves developing trusting relationships, deciding what children need to know, creating secure and stimulating learning environments and working cooperatively with other significant adults in the children's lives. This book will help teachers prepare for and make the most of the teaching practice in a variety of early childhood settings.
Packed with valuable strategies for teachers and fun activities for children, this book is a must for any school wishing to make group work more successful and enjoyable for all involved. The book aims to develop an inclusive and supportive classroom by developing the social, communicative and group working skills of all pupils.
The first authority for any student is their teacher. "Reframing Teacher Leadership To Improve Your School" is a complete and comprehensive guide for educators who want to make the most of the educational experience their pupils partake. Revealing a new organizational system, and filled with advice for teachers and administrators, "Reframing Teacher Leadership" should be required reading for all in the field. Recommended for community library education collections.
