Tackling Social Disadvantage through Teacher Education

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-912096-61-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 84 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 146 g

Reihe: Critical Guides for Teacher Educators

This book addresses key issues related to teaching pupils from disadvantaged and impoverished backgrounds and provides a valuable reference and pedagogical tool for teachers and teacher educators. Research has consistently shown that the most economically disadvantaged pupils have the poorest educational outcomes. Austerity government policies and pressures of performativity on schools may have exacerbated this inequality. Yet many teachers remain ill-informed about the effects of social disadvantage on students’ learning and consequently are ill-prepared in appropriate teaching methods. The text critically examines the lessons from previous policy and practice, discusses cognitive and affective aspects of school learning for disadvantaged children and explores the pedagogic implications of research evidence. Using insights from existing research, the book examines the reasons why some trainees and teachers lack a critical perspective on the contexts of poverty and may hold deficit views of students in poverty that suggests they are unable to learn and need to be controlled. It explains some of the links between poverty, special needs, literacy and educational achievement and focuses on strategies for improvement.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thompson, Ian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The policy and practice of disadvantage in education 2. Tackling social disadvantage in the classroom 3. Challenging preconceptions of disadvantage 4. Language, literacy and disadvantage 5. Researching poverty and teacher education

Über Autor(innen)

Ian Thompson is an Associate Professor of English Education at the University of Oxford where he teaches on the PGCE and Master’s in Learning and Teaching. He taught English for sixteen years in comprehensive secondary schools.  He researches in the areas of English and literacy teaching, teacher education, collaborative learning, and social exclusion. These projects are linked through a commitment to researching social justice in education and the learning of those who face disadvantage.