Initial teacher education

Expert tips to help you to manage all the challenges of your training year from Sue Howarth, an ASE Chartered Science teacher, and former Biology teacher of the year and teacher-trainer at the University of Worcester.

Listening to feedback is one of the most important - and challenging - elements of your training to be a teacher. Andy Sammons (@andy_samm), an experienced teacher, writer and head of department, suggests five questions to help you to reflect on your progress.

Will Bailey-Watson, a PGCE History Subject Lead, argues that there needs to be a clear purpose to history homework and provides a helpful summary for training and newly qualified history teachers.

PGCE History Subject Lead at the University of Reading, Will Bailey-Watson considers the value of trying something new and taking risks while on your teaching placement to help you to develop as a history teacher.

Sue Howarth is an ASE Chartered Science teacher and a former teacher-trainer at the University of Worcester. Here she shares her suggestions for how to make the language of science more accessible to students.

Sue Howarth, an ASE Chartered Science teacher, teacher-trainer and science writer, explores the big ideas of science, and how they can help students to make sense of their learning.