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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807645803321

Autore

Read, Mr

Titolo

How not to teach / / Mr. Read

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , [2006]

©2006

ISBN

1-4411-9705-2

1-4411-2315-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (178 p.)

Collana

Practical Teaching Guides

Disciplina

372.941091732

Soggetti

Elementary school teaching - Great Britain

Urban schools - Great Britain

Education and state - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1 The heirs of M'Choakumchild; 2 Some history - how did it ever come to this?; 3 Drowning not waving - teaching in an 'economically challenged area'; Autumn; 4 Snake oil - the the training day; 5 'A local school for local people' - managing a class; 6 Not the Caine Mutiny - the headteacher leaves; 7 Guided reading - a boring LEA training session; 8 The stretch limo and Prince Charles's former aide - stars for a day; 9 The one-armed bandit - in praise of supply teachers; 10 Brian - a pupil I'll never forget; 11 A normal afternoon - why inclusion isn't working

12 The Teaching Awards13 The ICT lesson from hell - the barbarians at the gate; 14 Christmas lights; Spring; 15 Reasons to be cheerful - songs to lighten the mood; 16 This is your flight attendant - classroom assistants as teachers; 17 Help! I'm a primary ICT co-ordinator - get me out of here!; 18 Literacy planning - another disastrous training event; 19 How Miss Perfect lost her smile - Briony can't quite handle my class; 20 'I'm Bobby Charlton' - PE; 21 Luminous green snot - why teachers take sick leave; 22 The play script - a lesson that went wrong

23 The winding road from Ballysomething - our trip to Ireland24 Nothing sacks faster - the Woodhead years as advertising slogans; 25 Hello! - ICT awards; 26 Ten things that are wrong with the Literacy



Hour; 27 The file of files - why paperwork is destroying teaching; 28 The leadership cult; Summer; 29 Stressbusters - an unusual staff meeting; 30 'A quiet rural location' - what the adverts really mean; 31 A consultant calls - someone else who can't hack my class; 32 Let them eat marrow - school dinners; 33 Looking down the barrel of a shotgun - our school gets inspected

34 The Heart of Darkness - the problem with SATs35 The icing on the cake - the TES News Day; 36 Bill's new frock - I get to dress up; 37 'Are we nearly there yet?' - the school trip; 38 Moving on - the interview that didn't succeed; 39 Recharging the batteries - the end of term; Conclusion; 40 The road to Hull...