How teachers teach
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Links
1870 Education Act
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Leducation70.htm
Good overview with quotes from some of the women who were granted the right
to be candidates to serve on the first School Boards.
Dispatches: Undercover Teacher
www.channel4.com/news/microsites/U/undercover_teacher/
In this programme a former science teacher secretly filmed the depressing conditions at three of the country's most troubled secondary schools. This website has lots of information on the current school system and the challenges of teaching in UK schools.
Rethinking School: A review of three national experiences
www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialpolicy/n29.asp
Interesting review of a report on French, American and Swedish schools. Provides examples of how the role of the school is being extended to incorporate childcare and other services. Comparing policies within the three countries gives a basis for understanding developments in the UK.
Teachers and Stress: Pressures of life at the chalkface
www.channel4.com/health/microsites/0-9/4health/
stress/saw_teachers.html
Article that looks at the pressures that are taking their toll on our teachers.
Victorian Social History
www.victorianweb.org/history/sochistov.html
Scroll down to 'Education and the Lives of Children' for some excellent articles and images of life at school and the state of education during the Victorian era.
Books
Montessori in the Classroom by Paula Polk Lillard (Kuperard, 1997)
What really happens inside a Montessori classroom? How do teachers teach and how do children learn? This day-by-day record of a year in the life of a Montessori classroom answers these questions by providing an illuminating and practical glimpse of the Montessori method in action.
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Waldorf Education by Christopher Clouder and Martyn Rawson (Floris, 2003)
Basic introduction to the Steiner-Waldorf school and its philosophy. Rudolf
Steiner's innovative ideas on children's mental, physical and emotional development
are clearly described, and examples from the classroom and the curriculum
are included. This is an informative guide for teachers and parents.
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