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Tables of Contents for Teaching and Training in Post-Compulsory Education
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgements
viii
1
Abbreviations
ix
Introduction
1
3
1 Working in post-compulsory education
4
23
What is Chapter 1 about?
4
1
Professionals?
5
6
Three educational thinkers
11
7
Socrates
12
2
Rousseau
14
2
Dewey
16
2
The 'triumph' of vocationalism
18
9
2 The post-compulsory teacher: learning and developing
27
20
What is Chapter 2 about?
27
1
Teacher learning and development
28
2
Self-evaluation
30
7
Observation
37
3
The context for your professional learning
40
1
Assignment research and writing
41
6
3 Student learning in post-compulsory education
47
28
What is Chapter 3 about?
47
1
Factors affecting student learning
48
10
Learning theories
58
8
Effective learning
66
5
Learner autonomy
71
4
4 Teaching and the management of learning
75
21
What is Chapter 4 about?
75
1
Approaches to teaching
76
3
Management of learning groups
79
4
Challenging behaviour
83
4
The role of the tutor
87
5
Managing the learning environment
92
4
5 Resources for teaching and learning
96
33
What is Chapter 5 about?
96
1
What is a learning resource?
97
3
The effective use of learning resources
100
1
The organization of learning resources
101
1
Audio-visual learning resources
102
6
IT learning resources
108
10
The production of learning resources
118
3
Open and flexible learning
121
8
6 Assessment
129
31
What is Chapter 6 about?
129
1
Assessment: ourselves and our students
130
4
Referencing
134
2
Assessment techniques
136
4
Competence-based assessment
140
15
Reviewing, recording and reporting achievement
155
5
7 Exploring the curriculum
160
21
What is Chapter 7 about?
160
1
What is the curriculum?
161
6
What are the key features of our courses?
167
6
What ideologies (values, assumptions and purposes) underpin our courses?
173
6
Where do you stand so far?
179
2
8 Course design, development and evaluation
181
29
What is Chapter 8 about?
181
1
Designing and developing your course
182
11
Evaluating your course
193
8
Scrutinizing your course
201
9
9 Developments in post-compulsory education
210
27
What is Chapter 9 about?
210
1
The purpose of the chronology
211
1
A chronology of post-compulsory education
212
20
A comparative chronology: the USA
232
1
A chronology of vocational education in the USA
233
4
Bibliography
237
7
Index
244