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Learning and Teaching at M-Level
A Guide for Student Teachers



March 2010 | 240 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Your teacher training or professional development course will now probably include Masters level assessment and credits as teaching 'becomes an M-level profession' and a greater emphasis is placed on helping teachers develop deeper understandings about aspects of learning and teaching through a higher level of critical reflection.

This book will guide you through the various different aspects of doing M-level work at either primary or secondary stage, and help you to develop a deeper professional understanding.

Your ability to research and understand learning environments will form a key part of making you an inquisitive and better teacher, and engagement with research underpins the book.

Chapters include primary and secondary vignettes and examples to help link theory into practice, as well as reflective questions, activities and suggestions for further reading.

This book is relevant to all trainee and qualified teachers working across the age ranges of 7-19.

 
Introduction
 
What Is the Book for?
 
Who Is the Book for?
 
How Might You Engage with the Book?
 
PART ONE: THE IMPORTANCE OF ENQUIRY IN ENHANCING LEARNING
 
Teacher Professionalism Today
 
Developing a Deeper Understanding of Learning
 
Considering Theories for Learning
 
The Student Teacher as Researcher
 
PART TWO: KEY METHODS AND WAYS OF DOING ENQUIRY
 
Looking at Classrooms
 
Observing Children
 
Doing Qualitative Research
 
Reading and Writing Critically
 
Doing Fieldwork: Interviews and Questionnaires
 
PART THREE: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND MOVING FROM STUDENT TO TEACHER
 
Working with Other Professionals
 
Developing Professionally at Masters-Level

'This excellent book firstly provides an understanding of the historical, political and cultural contexts in which teachers become professionals today. It offers a critical but constructive approach to enquiry-based teaching, learning and research so that teaching professionals can read, look, listen, observe, theorise, write, reflect, evaluate and take action in their classrooms at Masters Level. It is therefore invaluable in seeing classrooms and teaching as complex in nature, with the thinking, questioning professional teacher at the heart of the learning taking place. I will buy this for my students - and strongly urge others in ITE and CPD to do so!' - Jo Westbrook, Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Sussex, UK


This text addresses some key issues in education such as learning theories. A strength of the text is the modelling of critical engagement with, and problematisation of, educational issues. There is useful guidance on the development of critical thinking and reflection as key skills at M-level.

Dr Deborah Roberts
Warwick Institute of Education, Warwick University
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very useful extra text (or core text): interesting too!

Dr Liane Purnell
Please select your department, Newman College
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The book focuses on key elements of students working at PGCE M-level and I have decided to use particular chapters of the book as essential readings for some parts of the course. The title will be recommended for next year.

Dr Mario Moya
Department of Education, Bedfordshire University
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This book is a useful addition for those students who have embarked upon Masters level study through continuing professional development. I can see it as being of more use when/if we move to Masters level programmes for all student teachers.

Dr Sheila Henderson
Department of Education, Dundee University
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This book is a useful addition for those students who have embarked upon Masters level study through continuing professional development. I can see it as being of more use when/if we move to Masters level programmes for all student teachers.

Dr Sheila Henderson
Department of Education, Dundee University
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excellent as resource not only for PGCE students but will recommend for my planned Master students.

Dr Snezana Lawrence
School of Education, Bath Spa University
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I did not use this book because I'm not much involved teacher education from this year. However, I will recommend the book to some other colleagues to see what they think. Thank you!

Dr Zhen Li
School of Education, Southampton University
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All 170 trainees have this as a recommended text for next year

Edmund Boyle
School of Education Studies, St Mary's College
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Informative and good supportive material.

Miss Carmel Parker
Laboratory medine, central manchester university hospitals
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Sample Materials & Chapters

Introduction

Chapter One


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