The Perfect Ofsted English Lesson: Perfect
Autor David Didau Editat de Jackie Beereen Limba Engleză Hardback – 10 sep 2012
Designed to help bring the best out of English departments during that all-important inspection visit. Packed full of ideas, strategies and simple yet effective innovations, it is an essential tool – and not just for the inspection! With topics including assessment for learning, progress, the learning environment and planning outstanding lessons, this is the book for every English teacher’s desk.
“The techniques and strategies that you will read in this book will help teachers of English reflect on what really matters when they teach the subject.”
David Carter, Executive Principal, Cabot Learning Federation
“Provides a range of ideas and approaches that aren’t just outstanding against some Ofsted ticklist, but genuinely outstanding.”
Geoff Barton, Headteacher, King Edward VI School
“This book is an encouraging reminder that, with hard work, effort and
an understanding of the fundamental pedagogies of our classrooms, we too can achieve perfection in our lessons.”
Lisa-Jane Ashes, (AST), Author and Creator of Reflections of a Learning Geek
“If you are a teacher - not just an English teacher – you need to read this book.”
Dave Rees, Principal of Erne Integrated College
“There’s a wealth of experience within these pages, but also love, joy,
and compassion from a classroom practitioner on whom we should
all model ourselves.”
Kenny Pieper, English teacher in a Scottish Secondary School
“I’d recommend this book heartily to every teacher (NOT just English teachers) and encourage them to try out the tips within. They work …
I know … I’ve tried many myself to great effect!”
David Doherty, Assistant Principal & Teacher of English, Cowes Enterprise College
David Didau has been teaching since 2000, has lead a successful English faculty and has just taken up a new post as Director of English and Literacy. He blogs about learning at learningspy.co.uk and writes irregularly for the Guardian Teacher Network.
“The techniques and strategies that you will read in this book will help teachers of English reflect on what really matters when they teach the subject.”
David Carter, Executive Principal, Cabot Learning Federation
“Provides a range of ideas and approaches that aren’t just outstanding against some Ofsted ticklist, but genuinely outstanding.”
Geoff Barton, Headteacher, King Edward VI School
“This book is an encouraging reminder that, with hard work, effort and
an understanding of the fundamental pedagogies of our classrooms, we too can achieve perfection in our lessons.”
Lisa-Jane Ashes, (AST), Author and Creator of Reflections of a Learning Geek
“If you are a teacher - not just an English teacher – you need to read this book.”
Dave Rees, Principal of Erne Integrated College
“There’s a wealth of experience within these pages, but also love, joy,
and compassion from a classroom practitioner on whom we should
all model ourselves.”
Kenny Pieper, English teacher in a Scottish Secondary School
“I’d recommend this book heartily to every teacher (NOT just English teachers) and encourage them to try out the tips within. They work …
I know … I’ve tried many myself to great effect!”
David Doherty, Assistant Principal & Teacher of English, Cowes Enterprise College
David Didau has been teaching since 2000, has lead a successful English faculty and has just taken up a new post as Director of English and Literacy. He blogs about learning at learningspy.co.uk and writes irregularly for the Guardian Teacher Network.
Preț: 84.78 lei
Nou
Puncte Express: 127
Preț estimativ în valută:
16.23€ • 17.12$ • 13.52£
16.23€ • 17.12$ • 13.52£
Carte indisponibilă temporar
Doresc să fiu notificat când acest titlu va fi disponibil:
Se trimite...
Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76
Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781781350522
ISBN-10: 1781350523
Pagini: 128
Dimensiuni: 127 x 175 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: INDEPENDENT THINKING
Seria Perfect
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1781350523
Pagini: 128
Dimensiuni: 127 x 175 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: INDEPENDENT THINKING
Seria Perfect
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
Cuprins
Acknowledgements
Foreword by Jackie Beere
Introduction
1. Planning the Perfect Lesson
2. The Start of the Lesson
3. During the Lesson
4. The End of the Lesson
The Perfect English Lesson Checklist
Appendix
Recommended Reading
Recenzii
The debate about the perfect OFSTED lesson rages in schools up and down the country yet the need to rise above the formulaic and embed the quality learning experience for young people has never been greater. This welcome addition to the
literature on school improvement, and that is what this book is, gives the reader the opportunity to enter David Didau’s mind and classroom, and to see, smell and touch what outstanding learning is like when the competence and confidence of the teacher works in partnership with the curiosity and creativity of the student. The dashboard checklist to please the visitor who sits at the back of the classroom is relevant, but it is not the key to sustaining outstanding learning throughout a child’s secondary education. The techniques and strategies that you will read in this book, drawn from the experiences of teachers David has worked with as well as those ideas that are his own, will help teachers of English reflect on what really matters when they teach the subject that has become along with Maths, the pivotal subjects in the
curriculum for all school leaders.
David Carter, Executive Principal, Cabot Learning Federation
The key to an outstanding English department is a relentless focus on the quality of teaching and learning. In this book David Didau offers a cornucopia of creative, practical and highly effective teaching and learning strategies. As a keen member of the #SOLOarmy, it’s great to see a beginners guide to using the SOLO taxonomy, written in a clear, accessible style, with humour. As Head of English, I certainly will be purchasing a copy for each member of my department!
Rosanna Thorslund, Head of English,
St.Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon Upon Tyne
The Perfect Ofsted English Lesson (or David’s book) immediately gets to the heart of the learning. An essential read for all English teachers – not just to impress Ofsted inspectors! It is just as appealing and useful to dip into, as it is a thoughtprovoking read.
Bev Sharp, English Advanced Skills Teacher, St Bede’s Catholic College, Bristol
I have been in education for 26 years as a teacher, Head of Department, Senior Leader and Principal and have read many books regarding the practice of teaching. The very best of them offer practical advice on improving practice within the classroom that will directly impact on the learning of young people. This book does just that.
David Didau has produced a succinct, well structured and accessible piece of work that will be of use to beginning teachers and those who have taught for many years. Its great advantage is that it does not talk down to the reader, does not assume anything of the reader except one thing; that you are a teacher and therefore committed to improving your practice and to furthering pupil progress.
This book, although targeted towards English teachers, would also be of enormous use to any teacher. It lays out what an effective lesson looks like. It is deeply rooted in proven practice and Assessment for Learning and takes the reader through the key processes of lesson planning, lesson starters,
learning objectives, pupil engagement, effective questioning and why the end of the lesson is as important as any other element. David explains the nature and reasoning behind formative assessment, peer and self assessment and the importance of knowing where the student is in their learning.
There are no fancy magic tricks in this book, there are no easy soundbites. Teaching is hard, David recognises this, but this book makes it easier to make an effective impact on students. Please don’t be fooled by the title, this is no bow to Ofsted nor a clever way to fool them, this book is about teaching and how to do it properly. It is intriguing, engaging and that often overused phrase ‘essential reading’.
If you are a teacher, not just an English teacher – you need to read this book.
Dave Rees Principal of Erne Integrated College
I’ve been a keen follower of David’s ‘Learning Spy’ blog for some time now and so when I heard that he was going to write this book, I was very excited by the prospect, but also a little worried …
Is there such a thing as a ‘perfect’ English lesson? Well, I needn’t have worried. If anyone could describe what makes a ‘perfect’ lesson, then it would have to be David. In this little gem of a book, David weaves the magic that will
have even the toughest class under your spell whether you’re an NQT or a little jaded and on the lookout for some new ideas.
He does all of this with charm and wit and a clear expectation that those things that are worth achieving need to be worked at – both by teacher and pupil. Uncovering the Holy Grail of pupil progress through SOLO Taxonomy along the way and giving some very useful and easy to implement practical tips. He also dispels some common myths about observed lessons and demonstrates that the best learning comes through collaboration, something that he is not afraid
to do himself, drawing readily on the experience of others.
I’d recommend this book heartily to every teacher (NOT just English teachers) and encourage them to try out the tips within. They work … I know … I’ve tried many myself to great effect!
David Doherty, Assistant Principal and Teacher of English,
Cowes Enterprise College
Notă biografică
David Didau has been teaching for 12 years and is a Director of English and Literacy. He blogs about learning at learningspy.co.uk and writes regularly for the Guardian Teacher Network.
Jackie Beere is a School Improvement Partner, Independent Thinking Associate and trainer having been a secondary school headteacher. She taught in primary and secondary schools before becoming an Advanced Skills Teacher leading and implementing innovative teaching and learning strategies. This work led to her being awarded an OBE for services to education in 2002.
Jackie Beere is a School Improvement Partner, Independent Thinking Associate and trainer having been a secondary school headteacher. She taught in primary and secondary schools before becoming an Advanced Skills Teacher leading and implementing innovative teaching and learning strategies. This work led to her being awarded an OBE for services to education in 2002.
Extras
Foreword by Jackie Beere
My first choice of career was journalism, writing first for a newspaper then for a computer magazine in London until a restless dissatisfaction with the commercial world took me into the classroom. I started teaching English in a secondary school in 1978. I had no English degree, a primary teaching qualification and had never taught English before. I was led to a cupboard full of books and told to pick one I might like to teach for the next few months. There were no schemes of work; no lesson plans, data, differentiation, engaging starters, collaborative activities or plenaries to measure progress.
I made it up as I went along – and absolutely loved it! Teaching English has always been characterised by opportunities to be creative and, quite rightly, enjoys high status amongst students and parents. It really is one of the most
important subjects you do at school. In recent years that status has been ratcheted up several notches so that teaching English is as high status as it gets in secondary education.
Along with that there is now extreme accountability at every Key Stage. Are your pupils making enough progress? Are they developing their literacy skills and using them across the curriculum? Are enough students getting level 4 in Year 6 or GCSE English grade C?
The sharp focus on the core subjects as a measure of school performance has made good English teachers highly valued and sought after – but has the learning experience for kids improved since those dim and distant days before the National Curriculum? A recent Ofsted research document ‘Moving English Forward’ suggests some English teachers slavishly follow lesson plans and a tick list strategy in their attempt to meet the examination (and inspection) criteria. But an outstanding English lesson is an opportunity to empower your learners, to awaken their interests and instil in them a love of reading. What David does in this book is capture some of the very best ways you can demonstrate those demanding outstanding Ofsted criteria in every lesson.
The format he uses ensures that every question asked of an English teacher’s performance can be answered to the highest possible standard – all with a sense of flair and fun!
David is perfectly placed to present these ideas to you as an experienced teacher and Head of English. With an enviable passion for the subject, he is also an avid blogger and tweeter, who shares and grows his ideas about teaching and learning. The ideas in this book are tried and tested so that they can be applied to your own context with confidence.
Many of them are relevant to all subjects and across all phases of education.
My teaching of English evolved over the years through trial and error into the kind of responsive, engaging teaching that David delivers every day and promotes in this book. Luckily for me I had time and space to grow – and make mistakes. English teachers today don’t have that kind of luxury and so we need this book. Use it to guide you towards the essentials of the outstanding English lesson. Use it to add more strategies to your teaching repertoire. And tweak it to suit your context and your learners. This book can help your learners love our wonderful language and learn to use it with elegance
and style to become powerful communicators.
Above all, use this book to make your English lessons outstanding and fun for your students – and for you too.
Jackie Beere
Tiffield, 2012
Textul de pe ultima copertă
The Perfect Ofsted English Lesson is designed to help bring out the best in all English departments during that all-important Ofsted visit. Packed full of ideas, strategies and simple yet effective innovations, this book is an essential part of the toolkit of every English department – and not just for the inspection either!
“The techniques and strategies that you will read in this book will help teachers of English reflect on what really matters when they teach the subject.”
David Carter, Executive Principal, Cabot Learning Federation
“Provides a range of ideas and approaches that aren’t just outstanding against some Ofsted ticklist, but genuinely outstanding.”
Geoff Barton, Headteacher, King Edward VI School
“This book is an encouraging reminder that, with hard work, effort and
an understanding of the fundamental pedagogies of our classrooms, we too can achieve perfection in our lessons.”
Lisa-Jane Ashes, (AST), Author and Creator of Reflections of a Learning Geek
“If you are a teacher - not just an English teacher – you need to read this book.”
Dave Rees, Principal of Erne Integrated College
“There’s a wealth of experience within these pages, but also love, joy,
and compassion from a classroom practitioner on whom we should
all model ourselves.”
Kenny Pieper, English teacher in a Scottish Secondary School
“I’d recommend this book heartily to every teacher (NOT just English teachers) and encourage them to try out the tips within. They work …
I know … I’ve tried many myself to great effect!”
David Doherty, Assistant Principal & Teacher of English, Cowes Enterprise College
David Didau has been teaching since 2000, has lead a successful English faculty and has just taken up a new post as Director of English and Literacy. He blogs about learning at learningspy.co.uk and writes irregularly for the Guardian Teacher Network.
Descriere
Bring the best out of the English department when an inspector calls.