Key Issues for Secondary Schools

1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-415-23255-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 170 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 277 g

Michael Farrell presents an examination of the main issues affecting secondary schools and the implications for secondary education. The resource includes information on accreditation of pupils, careers education and guidance, discipline, leadership and management and transition from primary to secondary school.

By using the A-Z format, he tackles the issues in an easy to follow way. Each section ends with a series of points for action, selective suggestions for further reading and addresses of useful contacts.

Michael Farrell's book is intended for a wide range of people professionally concerned with education, from Headteachers and governors to BEd and PGCE students. It is a reference book that no secondary school should be without.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Farrell, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Weiterführende Schulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Accreditation of pupil achievement; Chapter 2 Assessment and its uses; Chapter 3 Attendance; Chapter 4 Benchmarking; Chapter 5 Careers education and guidance and work preparation; Chapter 6 Child protection; Chapter 7 Curriculum developments; Chapter 8 Discipline; Chapter 9 Failing schools; Chapter 10 Information and communications technology; Chapter 11 Leadership and management; Chapter 12 Media relationships; Chapter 13 Moral values, school ethos and pupil attitudes; Chapter 14 National and local responsibilities; Chapter 15 Part nerships; Chapter 16 Personal, social and health education; Chapter 17 Professional development; Chapter 18 Pupil differences; Chapter 19 Quality approaches and project management; Chapter 20 Resources and their best use; Chapter 21 School improvement plans; Chapter 22 Special educational needs; Chapter 23 Standards and effectiveness; Chapter 24 Target setting; Chapter 25 Thinking skills and research skills; Chapter 26 Transition from primary to secondary school; Chapter 27 Value added; Chapter 28 Very able pupils;

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Farrell trained as a teacher and research psychologist and has worked as a headteacher and a lecturer at the University of London, Institute of Education. He has directed national education projects and is the author of Key Issues for Primary Schools, also published by RoutledgeFalmer.