Reflective Teaching and Learning in the Secondary School (Developing as a Reflective Secondary Teacher)

Informed teaching is built upon a clear understanding of a wide range of professional issues. Reflective Teaching and Learning in the Secondary School offers a comprehensive overview of core teaching topics designed as an essential companion textbook for professional studies modules on secondary initial teacher education courses.

Offering a critically engaged examination of practical and theoretical topics in order to encourage deeper reflection on what underpins good teaching practice, this Second Edition has been carefully updated to provide a contemporary introduction to secondary education.

New to this edition:

• A new chapter on diversity, social justice and global issues in teaching
• A new chapter on pastoral and tutorial roles
• Improved coverage of developing critical thinking skills in the classroom
• Masters-level critical reading tasks in every chapter
• Awareness of recent developments in education policy

This is indispensable reading for anyone training to teach in secondary education including graduate and employment-based routes into teaching, and particularly relevant for those on Master level programs.

Sue Dymoke is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Leicester.