INITIAL TEACHER EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS : A Guide for Practitioners /

Successfully establishing initial teacher education courses in schools requires a careful understanding of what it means to train someone to teach. This book provides guidance on how teacher training can be effective in school-based settings. Essential practical issues are covered including, recruit...

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Main Authors: Philpott, Carey, editor, Scott, Helen, editor, Mercier, Carrie, editor
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Language:eng
Published: Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE Publications, 2014
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Summary:Successfully establishing initial teacher education courses in schools requires a careful understanding of what it means to train someone to teach. This book provides guidance on how teacher training can be effective in school-based settings. Essential practical issues are covered including, recruitment, pastoral care and the organization of academic components of a course. It also covers conceptual topics such as: - what makes a good mentor? - models of learning suitable for teacher education - the role of evidence-based teaching in a practical setting Examples from existing primary and secondary school-based programmes explore good practice and show how challenges to developing courses can be overcome.