2nd Edition

In at the Deep End: A Survival Guide for Teachers in Post-Compulsory Education

By Jim Crawley Copyright 2011
224 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Teachers working in Post Compulsory Education are recognised as being subject to a particularly acute set of pressures and challenges. These can include highly diverse and sometimes challenging student groups, trying to manage a complex curriculum which changes regularly and rapidly, and having to respond to the intense demands of inspection, quality assurance regimes and major government... Read more

Part One: Welcome To Post Compulsory Education (PCE)  Chapter 1 Introduction  Chapter 2 What Is Post Compulsory Education?  Chapter 3 Teaching And Learning Starting Points  Part Two: Don’t Panic  Chapter 4 Meeting The Initial Challenges  Chapter 5 Access For All – Working With Skills For Life  Chapter 6 The 14-19 Curriculum  Chapter 7 Information Literacy, Or ‘If You Can’t Find It, How Do You Expect Your Students To?’  Chapter 8 Positive Strategies For Managing Change  Chapter 9 Mentoring Matters  Part Three: Surviving In The Classroom  Chapter 10 Developing Your Specialist Subject  Chapter 11 Working With A Diverse Student Body  Chapter 12 Managing Challenging Behaviour  Chapter 13 Putting The ‘Learning’ Into ‘E-Learning’  Part Four: Surviving Outside The Classroom  Chapter 14 Working With Colleagues  Chapter 15 Working Under Pressure And Managing Conflict  Chapter 16 Are You Teaching In A Learning Organisation?  Part Five - Moving Out Of The Deep End  Chapter 17 Reality Check .. How’s It Going?  Chapter 18 Dealing With Bureaucracy And Inspection  Chapter 19 Managing Your Managers  Part Six: Moving Towards Mastery  Chapter 20 If Only  Chapter 21 Developing Leadership Skills  Chapter 22 Becoming A Reflective Professional  Chapter 23 You Can Get Involved In Research And Professional Development  Chapter 24 Future Gazing – What And Where Next?

Biography

Jim Crawley is Programme Leader of Lifelong Learning at Bath Spa University.

"The style of writing is fluent and easy-to read. The well structured index at front allows the reader to read it from cover to cover or to dip-in and out, as part of the on-going journey. An extremely useful publication for all stakeholders involved in the dynamic world of PCE; regardless of whether they are new-comers or experienced teachers." - Escalate, 18 January 2011