Mentoring Religious Education Teachers in the Secondary School: A Practical Guid

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This book helps mentors working with beginning teachers of religious education to develop their own mentoring skills, and to provide the essential guidance their mentee needs as they navigate the rollercoaster of their first years in the classroom.

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This book helps mentors working with beginning teachers of religious education to develop their own mentoring skills and provides the essential guidance their mentee needs as they navigate the roller coaster of their first years in the classroom. Offering tried-and-tested strategies, it covers the knowledge, skills and understanding every mentor needs. Practical tools offered include approaches for developing subject knowledge and lesson planning, as well as guidance for the effective use of pre- and post-lesson discussion, observations and target setting to support beginning religious education teachers. Together with analytical tools for self-evaluation, this book is a vital source of support and inspiration for all those involved in developing the next generation of outstanding religious education teachers. Key topics covered include the following:Models of mentoringYour knowledge, skills and understanding as a mentorDeveloping mentees' religious literacy through classroom practiceSupporting the planning of effective and creative RE lessonsDeveloping mentees' knowledge and skills in the RE curriculum Supporting the delivery and evaluation of lessonsObservations and pre- and post-lesson discussions and regular mentoring meetingsHelping new religious education teachers develop their professional practiceFilled with the key tools needed for the mentor's individual development, this book offers an accessible guide to mentoring religious education teachers with ready-to-use strategies that support, inspire and elevate both mentors and beginning teachers alike.

Author Biography

Helen Sheehan is Course Leader for the Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) in Religious Education, and responsible for all humanities PGCE provision (RE, History, Geography, Citizenship & PSHE and Social Sciences) at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.

Table of Contents

Section 1: THE BIG PICTURE: MENTORING BEGINNING RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. 1. Models of Mentoring. 2. Subject-specific mentoring in religious education. 3. The changing nature of the mentor-beginning teacher relationship: from modelling to co-enquirers. 4. Understanding yourself: Positionality and mentoring. 5. A skills audit: your knowledge, skills and understanding as a mentor. SECTION 2: THE COMPLEX PICTURE: RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND WORLDVIEWS. 6. What are we doing and how do we do it? A skills and knowledge audit for a multidisciplinary study. 7. Helping beginning teachers develop religious literacy through their classroom practice. 8. Mentoring beginning RE teachers in Faith Schools. 9. Developing beginning teachers' understanding of knowledge and skills in the RE curriculum. 10. Supporting beginning teachers to audit and develop their knowledge, skills and understanding in religious education. SECTION 3: THE PRACTICAL PICTURE: MENTORING BEGINNING RELIGIOUS EDUCATION TEACHERS IN PRACTICE. 11. Helping beginning religious education teachers plan effective and creative lessons. 12. Supporting the delivery and evaluation of lessons. 13. Observing beginning religious education teachers' lessons. 14. Post-observation discussions and target setting. 15. Supporting Beginning Teachers to teach GCSE and A level religious studies. 16. Supporting beginning religious education teachers in approaching controversial issues in the classroom. 17. Helping beginning religious education teachers develop their professional practice. Index.

Long Description

This book helps mentors working with beginning teachers of religious education to develop their own mentoring skills, and to provide the essential guidance their mentee needs as they navigate the rollercoaster of their first years in the classroom. Offering tried and tested strategies, it covers the knowledge, skills and understanding every mentor needs. Practical tools offered include approaches for developing subject knowledge and lesson planning, as well as guidance for the effective use of pre- and post-lesson discussion, observations and target setting to support beginning religious education teachers. Together with analytical tools for self-evaluation, this book is a vital source of support and inspiration for all those involved in developing the next generation of outstanding religious education teachers. Key topics covered include: Models of mentoring Your knowledge, skills and understanding as a mentor Developing mentees religious literacy through classroom practice Supporting the planning of effective and creative RE lessons Developing mentees knowledge and skills in the RE curriculum Supporting the delivery and evaluation of lessons Observations and pre- and post-lesson discussions and regular mentoring meetings Helping new Religious Education teachers develop their professional practice Filled with the key tools needed for the mentor's individual development, this book offers an accessible guide to mentoring religious education teachers with ready-to-use strategies that support, inspire and elevate both mentors and beginning teachers alike.

Details ISBN1032042443 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Year 2022 ISBN-10 1032042443 ISBN-13 9781032042442 Format Paperback Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Author Helen Sheehan Subtitle A Practical Guide Pages 246 Publication Date 2022-12-29 UK Release Date 2022-12-29 Edited by Helen Sheehan AU Release Date 2022-12-29 NZ Release Date 2022-12-29 Illustrations 19 Tables, black and white; 7 Line drawings, black and white; 7 Illustrations, black and white Series Mentoring Trainee and Early Career Teachers Alternative 9781032042435 DEWEY 200.71141 Audience Professional & Vocational Imprint Routledge We've got this

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