Curriculum Theory Culture And The Subject Specialisms

Author : Ruth Ashbee
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000390268
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Curriculum: Theory, Culture and the Subject Specialisms written by Ruth Ashbee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-06-14 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curriculum, or the substance of what is taught, is the core business of schools, and yet little exists in the way of a theory of curriculum for educators. This book sets out the principles of curriculum theory and provides a common framework and practical strategies for the successful implementation and effective management of powerful knowledge-based curriculum for all. Offering powerful insights across the subject divides, the book explores the key elements of curriculum design including progression, sequencing, substantive and disciplinary knowledge, and the relationships of subjects to their sister disciplines. Providing a crucial foundation for school leadership, it covers: curriculum in the contexts of learning, organisational culture and key philosophical and moral ideas an explanation of thirteen specialist subjects, with outline mapping of the knowledge an emphasis on the cultural elements needed for sustained excellence in curriculum work within schools the codification of curriculum and the multiple values of documents for curriculum thinking and execution. Enabling leaders to analyse and discuss subjects beyond their specialisms, this essential text will equip readers to implement real change by leading intelligently and effectively on curriculum.

Author : Dave Tushingham
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003824900
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Edu-Book Club: Making CPD Resources Work in the Classroom written by Dave Tushingham and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-20 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Educational books can help teachers engage in quality CPD (Continuing/Continuous Professional Development), but how do we find the time to read the latest literature? And if we have the time, how do we know what to choose or what we should do with what we read? Born from a real-life book club, The Edu-Book Club helps teachers and school leaders to navigate the wealth of evidence-based CPD by bringing together key publications on teaching, assessment, and curriculum. It shows how the ideas and research presented in these publications can be translated into everyday classroom practice, to help teachers and school leaders develop and inform these practices for their own professional and classroom development. Drawing on a diverse range of books and including practical advice on how to set up and run a book club, each book club session covers: The rationale for choosing that title An interview with the author with accompanying visual notes A summary of the key ideas Key takeaways and implications for classroom practice With an accompanying website featuring the video interviews and additional resources, accessible at https://glt-alwayslearning.co.uk/posts/glt-friends-book-club-edu-book-club, this will be a valuable resource for teachers and school leaders at all stages of their careers.

Author : John Tomsett
Publisher : John Catt
ISBN 13 : 1914351495
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Huh: Curriculum conversations between subject and senior leaders written by John Tomsett and published by John Catt. This book was released on 2021-09-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schools need to have purchase on the curriculum: why they teach the subjects beyond preparation for examinations, what they are intending to achieve with the curriculum, how well it is planned and enacted in classrooms and how they know whether it’s doing what it’s supposed to. Fundamental to this understanding are the conversations between subject leaders and their line managers. However, there is sometimes a mismatch between the subject specialisms of senior leaders and those they line manage. If I don’t know the terrain and the importance of a particular subject, how can I talk intelligently with colleagues who are specialists? This book sets out to offer some tentative answers to these questions. Each of the national curriculum subjects is discussed with a subject leader and provides an insight into what they view as the importance of the subject, how they go about ensuring that knowledge, understanding and skills are developed over time, how they talk about the quality of the schemes in their departments and what they would welcome from senior leaders by way of support. We have chosen this way of opening up the potentially difficult terrain of expertise on one side and relative lack of expertise on the other, by providing these case studies. They are suggested as prompts rather than the last word. Informed debate is, after all, the fuel of curriculum development. And why Huh? Well, 'Huh?' may be John's first response when he walks into a Year 8 German class but, in fact, we chose 'Huh' as the title of our book as he is the Egyptian god of endlessness. As Claire Hill so eloquently comments in her chapter, “Curriculum development is an ongoing process; it’s not going to be finished, ever.” And we believe that 'Huh' captures a healthy and expansive way of considering curriculum conversations.

Author : Karl Aubrey
Publisher : SAGE Publications Limited
ISBN 13 : 152961547X
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Education Theories for a Changing World written by Karl Aubrey and published by SAGE Publications Limited. This book was released on 2023-09-08 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can education be a vehicle for social change? This book looks at how different educational theories can be used to address complex and vital issues in society by exploring key concepts and challenging traditional thought through an educational lens. Each topic area is explored in both theoretical and practical terms with direct application to the classroom throughout. Key topics include: The climate crisis The Black Lives Matter movement The rise of right-wing populism The experience of LGBTQ+ students in school The impact of COVID-19 This is essential reading for anyone training to teach at any age phase and students undertaking the academic study of education.

Author : Leigh Hoath
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1529618053
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Professional Studies for Secondary Teaching written by Leigh Hoath and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2023-04-05 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Develop your professional identity and feel prepared to teach! This core text for the Professional Studies module is linked to the CCF and supports trainees to develop their knowledge, understand their role as a professional and to engage with practice and theory. Using real experiences, it helps tackle common pitfalls of the early stages of secondary teaching. Each chapter outlines the topic, describes any debates or alternate perspectives and suggests further reading or study. Readers are supported with ideas for reflection, learning activities, and assignment support in this easy-to-use title, enabling a clear intent and a structured implementation of a professional studies curriculum.

Author : Ruth Ashbee
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000985679
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book School Staff Culture written by Ruth Ashbee and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-13 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful school culture can unite staff in a common vision, shape positive behaviours and attitudes, and create the conditions for the staff body to work as one. As the recruitment and retention crisis deepens, staff culture is more important than ever. This book explores how schools can develop a culture where individuals take pride in their work and actively seek and embrace development and challenge, seeing the big picture of the school and cherishing their role in it. Drawing on key ideas from systems theory, psychology, anthropology, business and philosophy, this book explores the key ideas we need in order to understand culture and the concrete steps we can take in order to intentionally develop our staff culture in a positive direction. Each chapter features powerful input to strengthen our understanding alongside probing reflections to guide our own development. Written by a leading practitioner and designed to support reflections and planning for concrete actions, this is essential reading for school leaders and head teachers wanting to develop an authentic, powerful and positive school staff culture. School Staff Culture benefits from a completely free school development package, with session plans, slides and resources to structure a programme of sessions for leadership and specialist culture teams. The package supports the input, reflection, discussion, evaluation and contextualised application and review that will really bring the ideas in School Staff Culture to life in a school, and can be downloaded from www.routledge.com/9781032121963.

Author : Kate Jones
Publisher : John Catt
ISBN 13 : 191536146X
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Retrieval Practice Primary: A guide for primary teachers and leaders written by Kate Jones and published by John Catt. This book was released on 2022-07-26 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years retrieval practice has continued to grow in prominence and interest – an evidence-informed effective teaching and learning strategy that supports all learners. After extensive reading, engaging with research and working with schools, Kate Jones has written a guide that explores how retrieval practice can work in a primary school context. The book begins with research then focuses on classroom application, covering curriculum design, task and question design with retrieval practice and how to embed retrieval practice as part of the language of learning across the wider school community. This is an essential read for teachers and leaders at all levels looking to effectively embed retrieval practice in their primary classroom.

Author : Louise Hayes
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100097040X
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inclusive Computing Education in the Secondary School written by Louise Hayes and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Underpinned by pedagogical practices and theories of what works in teaching computing, this book gives existing and new teachers ideas to enable them to plan an inclusive curriculum for the secondary school computing classroom. Computing is one of the fastest-developing subjects in the curriculum, and computing teachers will always be updating their subject knowledge and pedagogical approaches. Each chapter explores a specific aspect of inclusion and potential barriers faced by students and is designed to challenge teachers to think about their own practice and curriculum design. Themes include the influence of classroom environments, bias in the use of data, collaborative learning, building cultural capital, and racism within AI applications. The book is also laced with practical ideas to develop teaching shared by a wealth of experienced practitioners, researchers and industry professionals. Written with consideration for the National Curriculum for Computing, this valuable text will give trainee teachers, recently qualified teachers, and experienced teachers the confidence and knowledge they need to successfully deliver an inclusive computing curriculum in the classroom.

Author : Zoe Helman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000522652
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Trouble with English and How to Address It written by Zoe Helman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-02-09 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essential book will help English teachers to address the challenges and opportunities in creating a powerful, knowledge-rich, concept-led curriculum, which draws on lived experience and engages with cognitive science and other educational research. It explores persistent problems in the teaching of English, why we have struggled to address them and how we can go about creating a curriculum which enables all pupils to achieve. Written by experienced English teachers and teacher educators, the book empowers teachers to reclaim their subject as one which has the power to change lives, and to deliver it with passion and authenticity. The Trouble with English and How to Address It contains: A detailed exploration of the challenges English teachers face in designing and delivering a rigorous, coherent, sequenced curriculum An overview of the implications of cognitive science research for the teaching of English Approaches to building a powerful, knowledge-rich curriculum which encompasses concepts, contexts and content in English Suggestions for how to use curriculum design and implementation as a training opportunity in departments Practical strategies for English teachers which provide the link between cognitive science research and their classroom practice To equip leaders and classroom teachers with everything they might need to improve their provision, this book provides a forensic account of what to change, why and how, moving from the big picture into fine details about what we might see in a highly successful English classroom.

Author : Chris Rolph
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1529613310
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Education Policy written by Chris Rolph and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2023-03-10 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From academisation and free schools to workforce retention and curriculum change, education policy is a complicated, constantly evolving topic that sits at the heart of any academic study of education. This book offers a critical contextual analysis of education policy and the political ideas that drive policy. It maps a careful journey across the recent policy landscape in England looking at major areas of the education system such as: the curriculum, SEND, pedagogy and the school workforce. Analysis is informed by assessing the real-world impact and implications of government initiatives and by taking into account key contextual issues. Case studies from educational settings, supported by study questions to prompt your thinking, examine how key policy ideas operate in practice. This is the ideal overview of education policy for anyone studying Education Studies degrees at undergraduate level, trainee teachers seeking a deeper understanding of how policy affects the schools they will work in, and Master’s students wanting a clear primer on the subject. Chris Rolph is Director of the Nottingham Institute of Education, Nottingham Trent University.