Key Issues for Secondary Schools - Softcover

Farrell, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415232554 ISBN 13: 9780415232555

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review:

'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

From the Back Cover:

WHAT ARE THE MAIN ISSUES CURRENTLY FACING THOSE INVOLVED IN SECONDARY EDUCATION?

KEY ISSUES FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS addresses the main issues in secondary education and their implications for schools. It is presented in a convenient A to Z format, which enables readers to quickly find topics of immediate or particular interest.

Includes essential information on:

- accreditation of pupils

- careers education and guidance

- discipline

- leadership and management

- transition from primary to secondary school.

Each section ends with a series of points for action, selective suggestions for further reading and addresses of useful contacts. It 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0415232554
• ISBN 13: 9780415232555
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 172