Mentoring Design and Technology Teachers in the Secondary School: A Practical Guide
About this ebook
• Helping new D&T teachers appreciate the fundamental nature of design and technology and how this informs both why it is taught and how it is taught.
• Understanding yourself as a mentor - beliefs, values and attitudes, and how your experiences influence your approaches to teaching.
• Observing design and technology teachers’ lessons and offering tools for observation and analysis.
• Risk taking in the classroom: moving teachers forward from pedestrian to innovative practice.
Filled with practical guidance on lesson planning, risk taking, and learning conversation, Mentoring Design and Technology Teachers in the Secondary School offers advice and guidance to support mentors in developing inspirational D&T teachers of the future. This essential guide is perfect for mentors of beginning teachers, whether trainee, newly qualified, or those who find themselves teaching the subject for the first time.
About the author
Suzanne Lawson is the PGCE secondary course leader at the University of Worcester. Previous to this she worked as a senior lecturer at Birmingham City University. She has fourteen years teaching experience working in a range of schools in the UK with a further 15 years’ experience in teacher training.
Susan Wood-Griffiths was the PGCE Secondary Design and Technology subject leader at the University of Worcester until 2018. Before moving into Higher Education, she taught for 21 years in the UK and overseas. Sue has worked with many teachers and aims to develop innovative, creative teachers who share ideas and take ‘intelligent’ risks.
