Name: Key issues for secondary schools By Michael Farrell
SKU: 9780415232555
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Key issues for secondary schools Summary

Key issues for secondary schools by Michael Farrell

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.

Key issues for secondary schools Reviews

'Key Issues for Secondary Schools will give the readers a rapid, yet incisive grasp of those major topics that form the agenda of secondary education in the early years of the 21st century.' - Professor Trevor Kerry, Vice President of the College of Teachers

'A useful and reassuring manual for teachers in training, those seeking promotion, and certainly for governors.' - Michael Duffy, Times Educational Supplement

'Key Issues for Secondary Schools will give the readers a rapid, yet incisive grasp of those major topics that form the agenda of secondary education in the early years of the 21st century.' - Professor Trevor Kerry, Vice President of the College of Teachers

'A useful and reassuring manual for teachers in training, those seeking promotion, and certainly for governors.' - Times Educational Supplement

Introduction 1.Accreditation of Pupil Achievement: Balancing Relevance and Cohesiveness 2.Assessment and its Uses 3.Attendance: How it can be Improved 4.Benchmarking: Comparing Like With Like? 5.Careers Education and Guidance and Work Preparation 6.Child Protection: Systems and Understanding 7.Curriculum Developments: Balancing Cohesiveness and Flexibility 8.Discipline: Improving and Maintaining It 9.Failing Schools: Lessons to be Learned 10.Information and Communications Technology: Keeping Ahead 11.Leadership and Management: Its Impact in the Classroom 12.Media Relationships 13.Moral Values, Schools Ethos and Pupil Attitudes 14.National and Local Responsibilities: A New Balance 15.Partnerships: Governors, Parents and the Community 16.Personal, Social and Health Education Developments 17.Professional Development: Towards a Systemic Approach 18.Pupil Differences: Gender and Ethnicity 19.Quality Approaches and Project Management 20.Resources and Their Best Use 21.School Improvement Plans: Optimising Their Effect 22.Special Educational Needs: Some Recent Trends 23.Standards and Effectiveness 24.Target Setting: Behind the Jargon 25.Thinking and Research Skills 26.Transition from Primary to Secondary School: Securing Successful Transfer 27.Value Added: Support or Illumination? 28.Very Able Pupils: Improving Their Attainment and Contribution to the School

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GOR002980503

ISBN 13

9780415232555

ISBN 10

0415232554

Title

Key issues for secondary schools by Michael Farrell

Author

Michael Farrell

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Year published

20010208

Number of pages

176

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Key issues for secondary schools Michael Farrell

Key issues for secondary schools by Michael Farrell

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Key issues for secondary schools Summary

Key issues for secondary schools by Michael Farrell

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