Teach Now! the Essentials of Teaching - 9780415714914

Teach Now! provides the essential knowledge for becoming a great teacher. It covers everything you need to know from learning, pedagogy, literacy and behaviour management to practical guidance on lesson planning and organisation. Combining a grounded, modern rationale for learning and teaching with highly practical training approaches, Geoff Barton offers clear straightforward advice on all aspects of teaching including:

• Why teach?
• What do great teachers do and how do they do it?
• The application and recruitment process for training
• Lesson planning
• How to make complicated topics accessible
• How to tailor your teaching to the needs to students
• How to manage your workload

The book also has a companion website for those delivering teaching training featuring practical support material for training co-ordinators and mentors on key areas such as recruitment and organisation.

Including training activities and case studies to help put the strategies described into practice, Teach Now! opens up the secrets of great teachers and, step-by-step, helps trainee teachers to build the skills and confidence to become first-rate classroom practitioners.