Back to the Floor: Schools

Synopsis: A video-based training resource for teachers and teacher-trainers. In two parts: 1) Gillian duCharme, headteacher at Beneden, an exclusive public school, experiences an exhausting week as a supply teacher at Forest Gate Community School, an inner-city comprehensive in London; 2) Additional footage is used to examine a number of potentially unsettling teaching situation: walking into a classroom totally unprepared; working with a mexed-ability class; discovering how and when to use different styles of teaching; comparing the theory of teaching practice with the reality; working with a mix of cultures; establishing a role in leadership, motivation and discipline; dealing effectively with difficult situations; working with a different head teacher’s management style.
Series: Back to the
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 40, 45 min.
Year of production: 1997
Availability: Sale; 1999 sale: £395.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Notes: Part 1 was broadcast as A CLASS APART on 4/11/97.
Documentation: Accompanying training notes.
Subjects: Education
Keywords: management in education; teacher training

Producer

Adam Wishart

Contributor

Robert Thirkell

Cast

Gillian duCharme

Name: BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
Contact: Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
Email: BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
Web: https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
Phone: +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
Address: BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK
Notes: The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’

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