The Complete Guide to Becoming an English Teacher / Edition 2

by Stephen R Clarke, Paul Dickinson, Jo Westbrook

Overview

This essential companion for aspiring secondary English teachers in the UK has been extensively reworked to help students meet the very latest professional and academic standards, while also equipping them with the knowledge and skills they will need for the beginning of their teaching career.

Focusing on the essentials needed to be a successful English teacher, the authors of The Complete Guide to Becoming an English Teacher, Second Edition combine subject knowledge with ideas, examples and approaches for creating an effective, vibrant learning environment, and real examples of lesson plans and schemes of work. Each chapter clearly links practice to theoretical and critical perspectives on teaching, making this an ideal text for students working towards M-level credits or a Masters in Teaching and Learning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781847872890
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	12/01/2009
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	378
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Book and How to Use It - Stephen Clarke and Paul Dickinson
PART ONE: HISTORIES, IDEOLOGIES AND VALUES OF ENGLISH
Developments in English - Paul Dickinson
Planning and Progression - Jo Westbrook
Assessment - Stephen Clarke
Diversities within English: An Inclusive Approach - Jo Westbrook
Personalized Learning and Multi-Agency Working - Louise Gazeley
PART TWO: LANGUAGE, USE AND VARIETIES
Speaking and Listening - Julia Sutherland
English Language, Grammar and Functional English - Stephen Clarke
Spelling - Stephen Clarke
Teaching Multilingual Classrooms - Jenny Verney
PART THREE: READERS, WRITERS AND TEXTS
Developing Reading in the English Classroom - Val Fraser
Wider Reading - Jo Westbrook
Writing - Julia Sutherland and Jeff Wilkinson
Teaching Poetry - Stephen Clarke
PART FOUR: DRAMA, MEDIA AND SHAKESPEARE
Introducing Media: Multimodal Texts in English - Keith Perera
English and ICT - Paul Dickinson and Guy Merchant
Doing Drama - Mick Connell
Shakespeare - Stephen Clarke
PART FIVE: ENGLISH 14 -19
Critical Literacy and Literary Theory - John Moss
AS/A2 English Language - Matthew Beggs
AS/A2 English Literature - Nick Hall
PART SIX: DEVELOPING AND RESEARCHING PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Research Methodologies for the English Classroom - Jo Westbrook
Comparative Perspectives and Pedagogies - Naureen Durrani (with Nazneen Shah), Robinah Kyeyune, Peter Williamson and Jo Westbrook
First Steps of the Newly Qualified English Teacher - Paul Dickinson and Naomi Key

Editorial Reviews

All in all, I would thoroughly recommend the book for both less and more experienced teachers. Sida-Nicholls is to be congratulated on achieving the near-impossible, a concise but readable book on how to teach English successfully within the current school climate.

NATE ITE Committee - Francis Gilbert

"The Complete Guide To Becoming An English Teacher is the perfect, 479-page introduction for anyone who is considering a career in classroom education specific to the academically related fields of English and Literature. "

Wisconsin Bookwatch