Books in the Effective Teacher, The series

Part of the "The Effective Teacher" series, this text is aimed at those involved in teaching children drama at primary school level. The text is a practical guide which aims to provide the necessary subject background, questions and exercises to assist application and evaluation.

Written for trainee teachers wishing to improve their teaching skills as well as for in-service teachers, especially those engaged in the supervision of trainees, this is concerned with day-to-day teaching in a secondary school and has focused chapters plus suggestions for seminar or tutorial work.

Part of the "The Effective Teacher" series, this text is aimed primarily at trainee teachers who wish to improve their teaching skills and for in-service teachers engaged in the supervision of trainees. Questions and exercises are included to assist application and evaluation.

Part of a series written for student teachers and practising teachers, this book aims to offer an understanding of the range of issues facing educationalists since 1839 but focusing on contemporary issues. Generic topics are explored and future developments are discussed.

A practical guide for trainee teachers who want to improve their teaching skills and for in-service teachers who supervise trainees. The authors have been chosen for their ability to relate to the subject and to the needs of teachers.

This text presents the requirements for the effective teaching of biology particularly in the 11 to 18 age range. The aim is to identify biology's special dimensions, how and why teaching biology is different from teaching other things and the contribution biology makes to the wider curriculum.

This text provides comprehensive and practical help and advice for new entrants to the profession, and concentrates on the teaching skills and professional competencies needed to become an effective teacher of physical education.

Aims to help the reader develop a range of different skills and increase his/her expertise in helping pupils to learn. It is part of a series which aims to provide practical, easy-to-read guides with the necessary subject background supported by references and questions and/or exercises.

Designed for teacher training students and in-service teachers who wish to improve their teaching skills, this study examines current language teaching aims and the accepted approaches to teaching language skills, aiming to maximize pupils' learning through criticism, review and self-evaluation.

The series from which this book is taken was written for teacher training students, as well as for in-service teachers wishing to improve their teaching skills. It is a practical guide that provides necessary subject background, supported by references to encourage and guide further reading.

Provides an overview of mathematics teaching at secondary level and links established mathematics content to recent curriculum developments in mathematics teaching in England, Wales and Scotland. Its main purpose is to instigate and complement good mathematics teaching practice in the classroom.

This investigates the assessment of emotional and behavioural difficulties under provision in the 1981 Education Act, as seen by professionals and clients. The authors studied the process of assessing 29 children who had been referred on account of emotional and behavioural difficulties.

Aims to synthesize and mediate the new perspectives on language, culture and society, for people who may not have time to explore them in depth. This text points out their practical relevance, and brings them to bear on the problems, in and out of the classroom, which teachers face every day.