A Practical Guide to Teaching Computing and ICT in the Secondary School [Paperback]

Introduction to the book 

PART 1 Your Development as a Teacher of Computing 

Introduction to Part 1

1. Developing Your Capability to Teach Computing

2. Planning Computing Learning and Teaching

3. Managing the Computing Classroom Environment to Improve Learning

4. Assessment and Computing

PART 2 Key Content in Computing Teaching

Introduction to Part 2

5. Computational Thinking

6. Simulation

7. Misconceptions in ICT

8. Computing and Society

Appendices

A Planning Templates and Examples

B Examples of simple peer- and self-assessment

A Practical Guide to Teaching Computing and ICT in the Secondary School offers straightforward guidance and inspiration to support all trainee and newly qualified teachers, as well as their tutors and mentors. It will also be a source of support and ideas for qualified teachers who wish to develop their teaching of Computing as a subject, in light of recent changes to the National Curriculum.

Grounded in the best research and practice available, it focuses on the key pedagogical issues which arise during teacher training and offers stimulating activities based on tried and tested strategies. Comprehensively updated and restructured to reflect recent changes in the curriculum, Initial Teacher Training Standards and classroom technologies, it covers key aspects of Computing and ICT teachl¯