Preparing to Teach in Secondary Schools: A Student Teacher's Guide to

Ian Abbott is Deputy Director of the Institute of Education at Warwick University. He has been the co-ordinator of the PGCE Economics and Business Studies programme and a core professional studies tutor. Previous to this he taught Economics and Business Studies in schools and colleges.

Part 1: Becoming a teacher |

Learning to be a teacher; The professional framework and professional values and practice; Key issues, opportunities and challenges for new teachers Part 2: Core professional competences | Understanding how pupils learn: Theories of learning and intelligence; Planning for learning; Using differentiation to support learning; Working with parents and support staff; Communications in the classroom; Using assessment for formative purposes; Using assessment data to support pupil achievement; Positive approaches to pupil behaviour; Using digital tools to support learning Part 3: Secondary schools and the curriculum | What should we teach? Understanding the secondary curriculum; Spiritual, moral and cultural development; Raising attainment; Literacy across the curriculum; Numeracy and mathematics across the curriculum; Personal, social, health and economic education; 14-19 curriculum reform Part 4: Making school work for all: Every Child Matters, Safeguarding and the Inclusion Agenda | Does every child matter? Education, social care and the emerging safeguarding agenda; Special educational needs and inclusive schooling; Schooling, ethnicity and English as an additional language; Schooling and gender; Supporting disadvantaged children to raise their attainment; Pastoral care and the role of the tutor; Government policy