Teaching and Learning in the Secondary School - 9780415102506

Taylor & Francis

Teaching and Learning in the Secondary SchoolAuthor(s): Ann Shelton Mayes, Bob Moon\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415102506, 978-0415102506\nSynopsis\nResearch and writing on secondary education is often a specialised treatment of isolated themes. This reader draws together the most significant work of recent years across a whole range of themes to give students and new teachers an overview of some of the most important issues and challenges that faced secondary teachers in the 1990s. \n\nIt looks at the central players - the children and the teachers - at the classrooms in which they work together; at the curriculum, both implicit and overt; and at the wider community and political context of secondary education. Divided into sections to allow easy access to material of interest, the book covers:\n\n* learners\n* teachers\n* classrooms\n* curriculum\n* schools.\n\nThroughout, the reader addresses the crucial.