Introduction
Section 1: First thoughts
Developing as a student teacher
Better read
theorising the teacher!
Section 2: Policy, society and schooling
Ideology, evidence and the raising of standards
Values and schooling
School and teacher quality
problem-solving and critical perspectives
Reforming teachers and their work
Inspection
Social justice in schools
Parents and schooling
Excellence in cities
Teachers and the law
Section 3: Teaching and learning
Adolescence
Learning in the classroom
Managing effective classrooms
Differentiation in theory and practice
Setting, streaming and mixed ability teaching
Assessing pupils
Special educational needs
becoming more inclusive
English as an additional language
challenges of language and identity in the multilingual and multiethnic classroom
Section 4: Across the curriculum
Literacy
Citizenship
what does it mean to be a good citizen?
Spirituality
Healthy schools
health education and health promotion for the 21st Century
Information and communications technology
policy and practice
14-19 education
broadening the curriculum
Beyond the subject curriculum
the form tutor's role
Index.