1. TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHOLE LESSONS Marilyn Leask and Mike Watts From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009 UNIT 2.3

2. At the end of this unit you should be able to: plan routines for good class management evaluate how your personal attributes contribute to your effectiveness undertake lesson preparation plan to avoid common problems work effectively with other adults in the room review what you are doing. From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009 OBJECTIVES

3. ROUTINES FOR CLASS MANAGEMENT Routines for managing work and movement Routines for managing relationships and reinforcing expectations Routines for gaining attention From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009

4. TEACHING LESSONS (1) Avoiding common problems One or more pupils won’t settle to the work You are asked a question and you don’t know the answer You are asked personal questions A pupil swears Pupils are not properly equipped to do the work – they lack PE kit, pens, books, maths equipment Equipment doesn’t work You have too much material The pupils finish the work earlier than you had anticipated From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009

5. More general concerns Maintaining behaviour for learning Defusing situations Retrieving situations Personal vulnerability, lack of self-belief and confidence Dealing with your feelings The challenge to your own values Loss of books or equipment and breakages Having a ready answer Time and stress management From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009 TEACHING LESSONS (2)

6. To explore this material further, read: Leask, M. and Watts, M. (2009) ‘Taking responsibility for whole lessons’, in S. Capel, M. Leask and T. Turner (eds) Learning to Teach in the Secondary School: A Companion to School Experience, 5th edn, London: Routledge. From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009 FURTHER INFORMATION

7. Buzan, T. (2003) Use Your Memory, London: BBC Books. Millar, R., Leach, J., Osborne, J. and Ratcliffe, M. (2006) Improving Subject Teaching, London: RoutledgeFalmer. Westwood, P (2007) Commonsense Methods for Children with Special Educational Needs, 5th edn, London: RoutledgeFalmer. From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009 FURTHER READING