Linked to the new Teachers' Standards, this is an essential text for all secondary trainees and PGCE students, training at an ITT institution or in a school. The text covers all fundamental issues for learning and teaching in secondary schools. It guides trainee teachers through the professional attributes, skills and knowledge they need, focusing on a range of key topics and summarising important educational research. It examines the curriculum, planning, assessing and SEN and explores EAL, equality and diversity and pastoral care. A chapter is included to help support students in their Masters level work at PGCE and throughout, interactive activities make essential links between theory and practice. In all chapters, practical examples demonstrates how all aspects relate to the classroom.

PART ONE: PROFESSIONAL ATTRIBUTES AND LEARNINGPART ONE: PROFESSIONAL ATTRIBUTES AND LEARNINGIntroduction - Viv EllisTeaching as a Masters' Level Profession: Implications for Beginning Teachers - Viv EllisProfessional Values and the Teacher - Patrick Fullick with Alaster DouglasUnderstanding Learning - Gary D KinchinPART TWO: PROFESSIONAL SKILLS: PLANNING AND ASSESSING LEARNINGPlanning for Learning - Charlotte Wright, Miranda Peverett and Viv EllisAssessment for Learning - Jane Briggs and Viv EllisManaging Behaviour for Learning - Alan J Child with Lynne Parsons and Alaster DouglasPART THREE: PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE: ACROSS THE CURRICULUMTeaching Literacy Across the Curriculum - Rob Batho with Alaster DouglasTeaching Numeracy Across the Curriculum - Kate Mackrell with Alaster DouglasTeaching ICT across the Curriculum - Cathy Wickens with Alaster DouglasThe 14-19 Curriculum: Aims and Values - Richard PringPART FOUR: PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE: INCLUSIONPastoral Care, Personal, Social and Health Education and Citizenship - Trevor MuttonSpecial Educational Needs - Geraldine A. Price with Alaster DouglasEnglish as an Additional Language - Sue WaltersEquality and Diversity - John Clay and Rosalyn GeorgeAppendix 1: Practicing Teacher Standards (Wales)Appendix 2: The Standards For Provisional Registration GTC ScotlandAppendix 3: Professional Competences for Teachers (Northern Ireland)ReferencesIndex