Product reviews for Think Before You Teach

Martin Illingworth has compiled an easily read text which explores key issues for the reader on why you want to teach and how are you going to teach? The section addressing -˜will your lesson be worth coming to?' is extremely thought-provoking and should be read by all staff. Illingworth discusses a wide range of strategies to promote opportunities for learners to be active participants and reflective learners, who are keen to go past the obvious and think independently. Illingworth is refreshing in his style and pulls no punches as he discusses issues such as the -˜no-brainer academy' and the fine art of telling kids off. This is an outstanding book which will support and challenge all trainee teachers, those already in post and, more importantly, school management teams and governors on how to be positive agents of change and exert influence within a school for the benefit of learners.