Learning to Teach English Bundle Learning to Teach English in the Secondary School: A Companion to School Experience (Learning to Teach Subjects in the Secondary School Series) by JonDavison, Jane Dowson, Jane Davison Dowson Paperback, 344 Pages, Published 1997 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-15677-6, ISBN: 0-415-15677-7
"This forward-looking book combines theory and practice to present a broad introduction to the opportunities and challenges of teaching English in secondary school classrooms. Each chapter explains the background to current debates about teaching the subject and provides tasks, teaching ideas, and further reading to explore issues and ideas in relation to school experience.With reference to new legislation, the chapters suggest a range o ..."
"Student teachers have always worked with professionals during their teaching practice, but as teacher training becomes more school based, the role of the mentor has become much more important. Even newer is the emergence of the subject mentor. This book is an examination of the nature of effective mentoring and its contribution to student teacher development. Part One of the book has a broad perspective and looks at policy developments ..."
"A gloriously over-the-top treat, Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers takes the militaristic moralising of Robert Heinlein's pulp classic and sets about undermining it mercilessly. Johnny Rico (Casper Van Dien) desperately wants to join the Mobile Infantry and kill some Earth-threatening alien bugs. He also desperately wants Carmen (Denise Richards), but only gets to fulfil one ambition in the second of Verhoeven's futuristic satires (als ..."
"How can experienced history teachers help both beginning teachers and other members of the history department to develop and improve their practice? How do history departments improve and develop? What is distinctive about history teaching and learning? Recent research has placed emphasis on both the continuum of teacher learning from initial training to continuing professional development and the importance of subject knowledge in clas ..."
"Mentoring and reflective practice have become central elements in the development of teacher learning. This book examines the processes which support mentors, in-service co-ordinators and heads of history departments in their professional developmental work with student teachers, newly qualified teachers and experienced colleagues. Key aspects of mentoring are examined, and the book offers practical guidance on topics such as collaborat ..."
"This book is an examination of the nature of effective mentoring and its contribution to student teacher development. As training becomes more school based the role of mentor becomes more important."
"When it arrived on the big screen in 1987, Paul Verhoeven's RoboCop was like a high-voltage jolt of electricity, blending satire, thrills, and abundant violence with such energized gusto that audiences couldn't help feeling stunned and amazed. The movie was a huge hit, and has since earned enduring cult status as one of the seminal science fiction films of the 1980s. Followed by two sequels, a TV series, and countless novels and comic b ..."
"Packed with stunning photographs, easy-to-use maps, and all the information you really need to know to get the most from your visit to Tuscany: Natural beauty, rolling hills, gentle valleys, lush vineyards, endless fields of sunflowers; magnificent art from the Renaissance masterpieces of Florence to the medieval splendor of Siena; pastoral hill towns, the towers of San Gimignano, the Etruscan treasures of Volterra, the vineyards of Mon ..."
""Few books offer as much basic advice on elevating your picture taking beyond the mere snapshot level as the Berlitz Guide to Travel Photography". -- Gourmet"
"Fürchterliche Raubfische sind das Produkt eines US-Regierungsprojektes. Sie fressen Menschenfleisch. Ein hungriger Schwarm dieser todbringenden Piranhas entkommt. Die ahnungslosen Urlauber des nahen Feriencamps und eines mondänen Ferienortes erwartet ein grausames Blutbad. Nur ein trinkfester, kerniger Typ und eine mutige, attraktive Detektivin können die Wissenschaftler und das Militär zu einem Gegenschlag bewegen.Bonusmaterial:Exklusi ..."
"Angie Dickinson stars as a bank-robbing matriarch in this 1974 Roger Corman production, often described as a knock-off of Bonnie and Clyde. (As if that makes any difference regarding the worth of the film--which is pretty good.) Set in Great Depression-era Texas, the story finds Dickinson's desirable and poor character driven to crime, along with her two daughters (Susan Sennett, Robbie Lee), all of whom use sex to distract or drive ..."
"When it arrived on the big screen in 1987, Paul Verhoeven's RoboCop was like a high-voltage jolt of electricity, blending satire, thrills, and abundant violence with such energized gusto that audiences couldn't help feeling stunned and amazed. The movie was a huge hit, and has since earned enduring cult status as one of the seminal science fiction films of the 1980s. Followed by two sequels, a TV series, and countless novels and comic b ..."