Teaching English

by Carol Evans, Peter Woolnough, Lynne Warham

Reflective practice is at the heart of effective teaching, and this book helps you develop into a reflective teacher of English. Everything you need is here: guidance on developing your analysis and self-evaluation skills, advice on assessing pupils' progress effectively, and examples of how experienced teachers deliver successful lessons. The book shows you how to plan lessons, how to manage behavior and use ICT in English and how to make good use of resources. Each chapter contains points for reflection, which encourage you to break off from your reading and think about the challenging questions that you face as a new teacher.

The book comes with access to a companion website, www.sagepub.co.uk/secondary.

232 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Carol Evans is an Associate Professor and Head of Teacher Education at the Graduate School of Education in the College of Social Sciences and International Studies, University of Exeter, UK; a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK; and President of the Education, Learning, Styles, Individual differences Network. She has previously been Assistant Director of Learning and Teaching (ITE) at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK, and development and co-ordination of the Masters PGCE programme at Durham University, UK. She has also worked as an Educational Adviser to Medical Consultants and has spent over 22 years in a variety of roles from classroom teacher to senior manager in schools. Her research interests include improving conditions for learning, cognitive and learning styles and assessment and feedback practice.