Author Description

There is a complex and wide range of knowledge required to be a teacher in the modern world. This text is designed to provide support and knowledge through both initial teaching education and the early years on the job. In addition, it addresses the need for new teachers to understand their working environment, which is increasingly diverse, subject to rapid policy change and facing a rising tide of 'datafication'.Chapter 1: Introducing teaching as a professionChapter 2: Historical insights into teachingChapter 3: Student learningChapter 4: Understanding and motivating studentsChapter 5: Learning diversity, pedagogy and educational equityChapter 6: The curriculumChapter 7: Planning for practice: connecting pedagogy, assessment and curriculumChapter 8: Pedagogy: the agency that connects teaching with learningChapter 9: Organising the learning environmentChapter 10: Teaching with information and communication technologiesChapter 11: Interactive student engagement and managementChapter 12: Assessment and what matters: feedback, reporting and fairnessChapter 13: Reflective practiceChapter 14: Theorising about teaching practiceChapter 15: Professional, ethical and legal issues for teachersChapter 16: The future of teaching: schooling, equity and social change.