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Author: David Minton
Number of Pages: 357
ISBN: 1844801403
Cover: Paperback
This best-selling text has been fully revised and updated for the new City & Guilds teaching qualifications: 7302 and 7407.
Endorsed by City & Guilds this third edition has been written to help all aspiring and developing teachers in the furter and vocational education sectors. Teacher's on these and other courses will find the book invaluable in it relevant, hands-on and down-to earth approach to teaching. The book draws on David Minton’s extensive experience in teaching in FE and Adult Education, and of teaching teachers. He is able to provide insight into practical aspects of how to manage a classroom and get the job done in sometimes difficult circumstances.
Benefits
- Endorsed by City & Guilds
- By 2010 every FE teacher will have to hold a level 4 teaching certificate: this book will help them get there
- Best-selling title in the UK for this market
Table of Contents
Part 1: Effective Class Teaching
Introduction: the teacher?s role
Section A ? A guide to the book
1. How to use the book: learning through activity
2. 2. Leaning to learn: developing study skills
Section B ? Gaining confidence
3. Observing other teachers
4. Peer-group pressure
5. Teams
Section C ? Your own class
6. Getting started
7. Lesson preparation
8. Tasks and performance criteria
9. Managing and learning your class
10. communication
11. The learning environment
12. Assessment
Part 2: Developing a learning programme
Introduction
13. A case study approach
14. Identifying needs
15. Devising a learning/teaching strategy
16. Teaching methodology and skills
17. Managing flexible learning
18. Student guidance and support
19. Developing study skills
20. Aids to learning
21. Barriers to communication I
22. Barriers to communication II
23. Assessment and testing
Part 3: The theory behind it all
Introduction: discoveries in psychology
24. Behaviorism
25. Neo-behaviorism: structural analysis
26. Insight learning: Gestalt
27. Cognitive development: concrete and formal thinking
28. Perception
29. The cognitive revolution
Part 4: Growing responsibilities
30. More to learn
31. Effectiveness and the curriculum
Appendix
Glossary of terms
Suggestions for further reading
Index
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