Tackling Social Disadvantage through Teacher Education by Ian Thompson

Tackling Social Disadvantage through Teacher Education by Ian Thompson

This book addresses key issues related to teaching pupils from disadvantaged and impoverished backgrounds and provides a valuable reference and pedagogical tool for teachers and teacher educators. Research has consistently shown that the most economically disadvantaged pupils have the poorest educational outcomes. Austerity government policies and pressures of performativity on schools may have exacerbated this inequality. Yet many teachers remain ill-informed about the effects of social disadvantage on students' learning and consequently are ill-prepared in appropriate teaching methods. The text critically examines the lessons from previous policy and practice, discusses cognitive and affective aspects of school learning for disadvantaged children and explores the pedagogic implications of research evidence. Using insights from existing research, the book examines the reasons why some trainees and teachers lack a critical perspective on the contexts of poverty and may hold deficit views of students in poverty that suggests they are unable to learn and need to be controlled. It explains some of the links between poverty, special needs, literacy and educational achievement and focuses on strategies for improvement.

Ian Thompson was born in Liverpool, England, but grew up in a tiny town in Cheshire for the majority of his childhood. He went into textiles for a career that included laboratory testing and quality control. Give him some carpet, garment, or curtain fibers, as well as a microscope and some chemicals, and he'll tell you everything you need to know! He enjoys fast-paced adventures with strong and interesting characters, gritty action, and unexpected twists. Getting whisked away into someone else's imagination has always appealed to him, inspiring him to construct his own places.

PARADISE EXHUMED, his debut novel, was published in February 2015 and is a violent whodunit thriller set in modern-day Britain about a pair of investigative reporters on the hunt for a ruthless and seemingly relentless killer. The first book in the Ray Hammett Thriller series is PARADISE EXHUMED. Ian's second work, AGE OF DARKNESS - VOLUME I: THE APOCALYPSE BEGINS, is the first installment of a war-torn action fantasy series. Three Short Stories From The Age Of Darkness were published after that.

SURVIVAL I: SLAUGHTER AT GHASTAR kicked off a spin-off series of Age Of Darkness Novellas. Ian's third book is a chilling horror story. GOD OF WAR is a cause-and-effect story in which events from two thousand years ago have horrifying consequences now. During the Roman occupation of Ancient Britain, an ambitious man attempts to build something spectacular for Nero's gladiatorial arenas.

A group of cavers in modern-day Britain find the results of Roman efforts... They discover that they are being pursued by a beast that kills to feed and gratify its vicious urges. His next books launched his Short Horror Stories Series, which features short stories packed with thrills, chills, and unexpected turns. GLANCING BLOW, a story about a simple mishap with horrific effects, launched in October 2015.

SLOWLY followed HOOKER, CHAINED, IGNITION SOURCE, HOME OF MY DREAMS, BUG HUNT, and KILL HIM. THE BURNING RIDER is the eighth installment in the series. AGE OF DARKNESS, VOLUME II: EXTINCTION was released in March 2016, bringing the fantasy war saga to a terrible finale. For more information about Ian Thompson and his art, go to his website.

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