Key Issues for Secondary Schools

ISBN-13: 9781138179448 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 176 str.

Michael Farrell

Opis

'... [gives] the readers a rapid, yet incisive grasp of those major topics that form the agenda of secondary education in the early years of the 21st century.'- Professor Trevor Kerry, Vice President of the College of Teachers

Recenzje

'Key Issues for Secondary Schools will give the readers a rapid, yet incisive grasp of those major topics that form the agenda of secondary education in the early years of the 21st century.' - Professor Trevor Kerry, Vice President of the College of Teachers

'A useful and reassuring manual for teachers in training, those seeking promotion, and certainly for governors.' - Times Educational Supplement

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Accreditation of pupil achievement; Chapter 2 Assessment and its uses; Chapter 3 Attendance; Chapter 4 Benchmarking; Chapter 5 Careers education and guidance and work preparation; Chapter 6 Child protection; Chapter 7 Curriculum developments; Chapter 8 Discipline; Chapter 9 Failing schools; Chapter 10 Information and communications technology; Chapter 11 Leadership and management; Chapter 12 Media relationships; Chapter 13 Moral values, school ethos and pupil attitudes; Chapter 14 National and local responsibilities; Chapter 15 Part nerships; Chapter 16 Personal, social and health education; Chapter 17 Professional development; Chapter 18 Pupil differences; Chapter 19 Quality approaches and project management; Chapter 20 Resources and their best use; Chapter 21 School improvement plans; Chapter 22 Special educational needs; Chapter 23 Standards and effectiveness; Chapter 24 Target setting; Chapter 25 Thinking skills and research skills; Chapter 26 Transition from primary to secondary school; Chapter 27 Value added; Chapter 28 Very able pupils;

O autorze

Michael Farrell trained as a teacher and research psychologist and has worked as a headteacher and a lecturer at the University of London, Institute of Education. He has directed national education projects and is the author of Key Issues for Primary Schools, also published by RoutledgeFalmer.