GOOD TEACHING AND LEARNING

Government intervention in the control of school has changed as the 1990s have proceeded.

Beginning with policy innovations centred on the system, the concerns are with the classroom and such issues as teaching methods and skills of "good teachers".

The quality of learning and the quality of teaching are designated categories of evaluation in the inspection of school's performance.This text reports on the five year research project that aimed to capture the views of secondary school pupils and teachers on how they defined key aspects of quality in learning and teaching.

Based on interviews with 207 pupils and 133 teachers in 10 British comprehensive schools with socially and geographically different catchment areas, this book describes and compares their perspectives on topics such as: what constitutes good teching, successful lessons and why pupils learn more in some classes.