Mentoring History Teachers in the Secondary School - A Practical Guide

Mentoring History Teachers in the Secondary School helps trainee and newly qualified mentors of history teachers in both developing their own mentoring skills and providing the essential guidance their beginning teachers need as they navigate the roller-coaster of the first years of teaching. Offering tried and tested strategies based on the best research and evidence, it covers the knowledge, skills and understanding every mentor needs and offers practical tools such as lesson plans and feedback guides, observation sheets, and examples of dialogue with beginning history 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 history teachers. Key topics explained include: • Roles and responsibilities of mentors • The subject knowledge and understanding required by beginning history teachers • Guiding beginning history teachers through the lesson planning process • Supporting the understanding and use of historical concepts • Helping teachers develop approaches to teaching controversial issues • Observations and pre- and post-lesson discussions Filled with the key tools needed for the mentor’s individual development, this new text offers an accessible guide to mentoring history teachers with ready-to-use strategies that support, inspire and elevate both mentors and beginning teachers alike.