Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A Guide to Teaching Practicehas long been a major standard for all students on initial teacher training courses. This new edition has been extensively revised and updated to take account of the many changes which have taken place both within the education system and within training courses, including:
* school-based training,
* the impact of information technology and the increasing concern for school effectiveness.
As before, the book covers all the important basic skills and issues which students need to consider during their practice, such as planning, classroom organisation, behaviour management and assessment.
The fifth edition will ensure that this book remains one of the most useful and widely read texts for students embarking upon teacher training.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Part 1 Some Perspectives on Teaching and Learning
• 1 A Background to Current Developments in Education
• 2 Teacher Training Requirements
• 3 The Whole Curriculum and the National Curriculum
• 4 The Foundation Stage
• 5 Information and Communication Technology
• 6 Legal Issues
• Part 2 Preparation and Planning
• 7 The Preliminary Visit
• 8 Aims, Objectives and Intended Learning Outcomes
• 9 Beginning Curriculum Planning
• Part 3 Practising Teaching
• 10 Learning and Teaching
• 11 Primary Teaching
• 12 Secondary Teaching
• 13 Language in Classrooms
• 14 Inclusion, Equal Opportunities and Diversity
• 15 Managing Behaviour in the Classroom
• Part 4 Assessment, Record Keeping and Progress Files
• 16 Assessment
• 17 Record Keeping and Report Writing
• 18 Progress Files