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Teaching with Bayley - To Learn or Not to Learn

Synopsis
Educational television. John Bayley meets a teacher in a crisis. At Islington Green School, deputy head of English, Nick Smith, is teaching Year 11 vocational students Romeo and Juliet. But studying Shakespeare with pupils who have to take the class as a condition of their vocational GCSEs is stretching his five years’ teaching experience. Worse, he has been timetabled in an IT suite. John and Nick develop a range of strategies to engage the students, based around a more patient and explicit explanation of the lesson objectives. On John’s advice Nick also plays to the students’ particular learning styles, asking the class to represent the plot of the play either in words, music, as a rap song or in pictures. All but one favour the last of these, and as a consequence, the class is much more focused.
Series
Teaching with Bayley
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Television
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Year of release
2006
Notes
The programme schedule is designed to fit into teachers’ working days, broadcasting 24 hours a day, seven days a week on digital satellite and cable, and overnight on digital terrestrial TV. Programmes are also available on the supporting website (www.teachers.tv), allowing viewers to watch or download programmes. 
Subjects
Drama; Education
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); teaching

Online availability

URI
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/To-Learn-or-Not-to-Learn-6083442/
Price
free
Delivery
Streamed/Download

Credits

Contributor
John Bayley

Production Company

Name

Teachers’ TV

Email
info@teachers.tv
Web
http://www.teachers.tv/ External site opens in new window
Phone
020 7182 7430
Address
6-18 Berners Street
London
W1T 3LN
Notes
Funded by the Department for Education, Teachers’ TV was a producer and supplier of over 3,600 free videos and lesson resources to support the professional development of anyone working in school, enabling them to widen their skills, develop their practice, and connect with others in the field. Previously broadcast on digital television, the service became exclusively online from 31 August 2010, with programmes being available for free online viewing or download. Thge DfE terminated the contract with Teachers TV and delivery via the website ceased on 29 April 2011, with the programmes being offered to educational distributors free online delivery. Further details from the DfE website Until 29 April 2011 programmes from Teachers Television were streamed on the website and available for download to registered users (free registration). Programmes are aimed at primary and secondary school teachers in all subject areas, as well as headteachers and governors, and include observation of teaching sessions, materials for use in the classroom and discussion of issues relevant to education. Teachers TV was funded by the Department for Education but the contract ended in April 2011 and the programmes are being offered to educational distributors to deliver free at the point of use from their websites. Details of which titles are available in this way are on the DfE website http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/toolsandinitiatives/teacherstv

Distributor

Name

TES Resources

Web
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resources/ External site opens in new window

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Classroom Video

Notes
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