1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911109556003321

Autore

Silcock Peter

Titolo

Achieving competence, success, and excellence in teaching / / Peter Silcock and Mark Brundrett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeFalmer, , 2002

ISBN

1-134-55079-0

1-134-55080-4

1-280-40271-7

0-203-21512-5

9780203215128

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BrundrettMark

Disciplina

371.102

Soggetti

Teaching

Teaching teams

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1 The study of teaching -- chapter 2 What is good teaching? First principles and counter-arguments -- chapter 3 Models of good practice 1: teacher-centred approaches -- chapter 4 Models of good practice 2: learner-centred approaches -- chapter 5 Models of good practice 3: partnership approaches -- chapter 6 Co-constructive teaching: a practical guide -- chapter 7 Achieving competence: the role of initial teacher education -- chapter 8 Achieving success: dealing with ‘out of school’ factors -- chapter 9 Achieving excellence -- chapter 10 The myths, mysteries and magic of good teaching.

Sommario/riassunto

Measuring the ability to teach is central to government policies to raise standards in schools. 'Successful teaching' is now measured through basic technical and personal skills in the context of the National Curriculum. Teachers are labelled successes or failures based on graded OFSTED inspections. This thought-provoking book explains how different levels or qualities of teaching can be identified and achieved. It outlines the criteria for competent, successful and excellent educational practice, whilst suggesting ways of achieving the highest possible measure of excellence. Uniquely, the authors separate the



classical teaching approaches, teacher and pupil centred, from the more contemporary, partnership approaches. They look at a variety of models of successful and quality teaching and illustrate their virtues and limitations. The book also highlights ways in which inspection and appraisal strategies can be revised to meet criteria acceptable to both teachers and the groups to whom they are accountable.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911135559003321

Autore

LeBeau Bryan F

Titolo

The atheist : Madalyn Murray O'Hair / / Bryan F. Le Beau

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2003

ISBN

9780814752852

0814752853

9780814765166

0814765165

9781417588275

1417588276

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Disciplina

211/.8/092

B

Soggetti

Atheists - United States

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 (p. 323-368) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Out of obscurity -- Murray v. Curlett -- The most hated woman in America -- The atheist -- Why I am an atheist -- Articulating the atheist position -- O'Hair's prominence recedes -- O'Hair retires -- Epilogue : The strange disappearance of Madalyn Murray O'Hair.

Sommario/riassunto

In 1964, Life magazine called Madalyn Murray O'Hair "the most hated woman in America." Another critic described her as "rude, impertinent, blasphemous, a destroyer not only of beliefs but of esteemed values.". In this first full-length biography, Bryan F. Le Beau offers a penetrating assessment of O'Hair's beliefs and actions and a probing discussion of how she came to represent both what Americans hated in their enemies



and feared in themselves. Born in 1919, O'Hair was a divorced mother of two children born out of wedlock. She launched a crusade against God, often using foul language as she