"This is a valuable book for the beginning teacher. It provides a sensible blend of practical and pragmatic chapters, alongside more philosophical and theoretical contributions" Education Review <ul>
<li> What are the key issues that affect classroom teachers?</li> <li> What can research tell us about schooling?</li> <li> What are the arguments for and against specific educational issues?</li>
</ul> The second edition of this highly successful text addresses these important educational questions. Written for the benefit of student teachers and teachers at the beginning of their careers, the book is designed to represent a coherent, challenging and thoughtful set of articles that will help readers to firm up their own ideas and give a factual basis for discussion and debate. New teachers need accessible, readable and accurate information about educational issues. They need pithy accounts of the research findings relating to particular issues and they need to be able to see how their ideas and feelings compare with those of other people. Some of them will want answers to their questions - others will be more interested in understanding why some questions are more important than others. The book is written in a user-friendly style - providing ideas, arguments and enough references to help those interested in following-up the issues. This second edition contains new chapters on school and teacher quality, inspection, literacy, citizenship, parents and schooling, and social justice whilst all other chapters have been thoroughly revised and updated.

Becoming a Teacher

Education & Teaching

Dillon,Justin

Schools & Teaching

Open University Press

Teachers touch the lives of thousands of young people during their careers, inspiring and motivating learners to reach their maximum potential. In order to be able to do their jobs effectively, they need to understand the context within which they work and be able to reflect critically on what they do and why. If you are embarking on a career in teaching and the prospect of influencing the future through your work with young people is both exciting and daunting, then this is the book for you.
 The new edition is revised and updated throughout. It remains a unique and powerful combination of ideas, analysis, questions, answers and wisdom, with the combined professional experience of the editors and contributors providing a wealth of knowledge and opinion. Whilst the book’s philosophy remains the same, the addition of three new chapters on ‘education for sustainability’, ‘school effectiveness and improvement’, and ‘education policy’ - combined with eleven new contributors - provides fresh perspectives, ideas and issues for discussion. 
 The book is divided into four main sections:
<ul>
<li> First thoughts </li>
<li> Policy, society and schooling </li>
<li> Teaching and learning </li>
<li> Across the curriculum</li>
</ul> It provides a broader context in which education sits by addressing fundamental areas such as classroom management, adolescence and assessment for learning, alongside practical advice and key issues to consider. Finally, the authors provide information about roles and responsibilities in areas including personal, social and health education, information technology, literacy and citizenship. Becoming a Teacher is inspiring reading for prospective, trainee and new teachers, tutors and mentors.

Becoming a Teacher: Issues in Secondary Teaching

Maguire, Meg

Open Univ Pr

Teachers touch the lives of thousands of young people during their careers, inspiring and motivating learners to reach their maximum potential. In order to be able to do their jobs effectively, they need to understand the context within which they work and be able to reflect critically on what they do and why. If you are embarking on a career in teaching and the prospect of influencing the future through your work with young people is both exciting and daunting, then this is the book for you. The new edition is revised and updated throughout. It remains a unique and powerful combination of ideas, analysis, questions, answers and wisdom, with the combined professional experience of the editors and contributors providing a wealth of knowledge and opinion.Whilst the book's philosophy remains the same, the addition of three new chapters on 'education for sustainability', 'school effectiveness and improvement', and 'education policy' - combined with eleven new contributors - provides fresh perspectives, ideas and issues for discussion. The book is divided into four main sections: First thoughts; Policy, society and schooling; Teaching and learning; and, Across the curriculum. It provides a broader context in which education sits by addressing fundamental areas such as classroom management, adolescence and assessment for learning, alongside practical advice and key issues to consider. Finally, the authors provide information about roles and responsibilities in areas including personal, social and health education, information technology, literacy and citizenship. "Becoming a Teacher" is inspiring reading for prospective, trainee and new teachers, tutors and mentors.

"This book will give the next generation of teachers the best possible kick-start to their career available. There is a critical examination of theory and practice in all of those key areas which have occupied educationalists. I would have no hesitation in recommending this book to trainee teachers considering a career in secondary schools or to well established professionals who want to reflect on current practice." Alban O’ Brien, Key Stage 2/3 English Course Leader, Edge Hill University, UK. If you are embarking on a career in teaching and the prospect of influencing the future through your work with young people is both exciting and daunting, then this book has been written for you.
 Teachers touch the lives of thousands of young people. They inspire and motivate young learners to reach their maximum potential, but in order to be able to do their jobs effectively, teachers need to understand the context within which they work and be able to reflect critically on what they do and why. 
 The new edition of this bestselling book is revised and updated throughout and remains a unique and powerful combination of ideas, analysis, questions, answers and wisdom. While the book’s philosophy remains the same, there are new chapters on:
<ul>
<li> Thinking </li>
<li> Numeracy </li>
<li> School management and leadership </li>
<li> School effectiveness and improvement </li>
<li> Children’s views of schools and schooling</li>
</ul> The book provides an examination of the broader context in which education sits by addressing key issues and fundamental areas such as classroom management and learning and assessment. The authors provide information about roles and responsibilities in areas such as social and health education, information and communications technology, literacy, numeracy and special educational needs. Becoming a Teacher 4/e is inspiring reading for prospective, trainee and new teachers, tutors and mentors.

Becoming A Teacher: Issues In Secondary Education: Issues in Secondary Teaching

You are exactly what the world needs
What if your search for meaning could solve the world’s problems? What if everything you are passionate about could save a life or change history? Justin Dillon argues it can, and A Selfish Plan to Change the World shows how. In this paradigm-shifting new book, Dillon--the founder of Slavery Footprint and Made in a Free World--reveals the secret to a life of deep and lasting significance: the discovery that our need for meaning is inextricably linked to the needs of the world. A Selfish Plan to Change the World delivers a revolutionary method for meeting both needs.
Drawing upon his own unlikely transformation from touring musician to founder of a global movement and telling the stories of other surprising world-changers, Dillon shows how to create a life of deep purpose by stepping into the problems of the world. Taking readers on a journey from sweatshops in India to punk rock concerts in Ireland, Dillon exposes the limitations of the "giving back" approach involving donations and volunteerism to reveal the unexpected power of "giving in" to pursue self-interest in a way that alters the very dynamics of the world’s most challenging problems.
A Selfish Plan to Change the World is your "self-help-others" guide to a life that matters, demonstrating how you can repurpose your existing talents, backstory, and networks to improve the lives of others. Changing the world no longer belongs only to martyrs and professional do-gooders. You can live an extraordinary life. You can change the world. All you ever needed was a plan.

A Selfish Plan to Change the World: Finding Big Purpose in Big Problems

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Thomas Nelson

Humor & Entertainment

Learning to Teach Science: Activities for Student Teachers and Mentors

Towards a Convergence Between Science and Environmental Education: The selected works of Justin Dillon (World Library of Educationalists)

In the World Library of Educationalists, international scholars themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces―extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and/practical contributions―so the world can read them in a single manageable volume. Readers thus are able to follow the themes and strands of their work and see their contribution to the development of a field, as well as the development of the field itself.   Internationally recognized for his research on environmental education, science engagement, learning outside the classroom, and teacher identity and development, in this volume Justin Dillon brings together a thoughtfully crafted selection of his writing representing key aspects of his life and work leading to his current thinking on the need for a convergence of science and environmental education. The chapters are organized around 7 themes: On Habitus; On methodological issues; Developing theories of learning, identity and culture; Challenges and opportunities―science, the environment and the outdoors; Classroom issues―the emergence of Science|Environment|Health; Science engagement and communication; Science, environment and sustainability.

Science & Math

Nature & Ecology

Routledge

Acclaimed social activist, filmmaker, and musician Justin Dillon—founder of Slavery Footprint and Made In A Free World—takes readers on a journey from sweatshops in India to punk rock concerts in Dublin to reveal that helping others is how we help ourselves. Justin Dillon was a successful world-touring musician who, on a trip through Russia, was dumbstruck to discover first-hand that slavery exists today. With no experience and little more than a desire to do something, he managed to create global awareness with films and launch global action with online platforms like Slavery Footprint and Made in a Free World, highlighting the embedded and often invisible presence of slavery in nearly every aspect of the global economy. These platforms have been used by millions, enabling the passage of laws prohibiting slavery, disrupting illicit commercial activities in the marketplace, and ultimately freeing thousands of kids from human trafficking. And now he provides readers with a blueprint for doing something similar, for improving their own lives by changing those of others. In this riveting, utterly unique book, Justin helps readers recognize that working to transform the world is in some ways a selfish act, because helping others helps us by giving us meaning. And that’s okay. Building upon stories of changed lives from around the world, A Selfish Plan to Change the World provides a step-by-step guide for alleviating the poverty of meaning—by fighting others’ poverty of means.

Leaders & Notable People

Thomas Nelson on Brilliance Audio

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Becoming a Teacher

Becoming a Teacher: Issues in Secondary Teaching

Becoming a Teacher

Becoming A Teacher: Issues In Secondary Education: Issues in Secondary Teaching

A Selfish Plan to Change the World: Finding Big Purpose in Big Problems

A Selfish Plan to Change the World: Finding Big Purpose in Big Problems

Learning to Teach Science: Activities for Student Teachers and Mentors

Towards a Convergence Between Science and Environmental Education: The selected works of Justin Dillon (World Library of Educationalists)

Towards a Convergence Between Science and Environmental Education: The selected works of Justin Dillon (World Library of Educationalists)

A Selfish Plan to Change the World: Finding Big Purpose in Big Problems