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The Book Corner
Beyond the Boys’ Club
PE Lesson Plans
The new editions of these
A
quick look around any attention to their
successful Leapfrogs PE Lesson
school, college or wins and to build
Plans are packed full with
university and you’ll see a strategic
invaluable information for
greater preponderance of relationships. In
non-specialist primary
women in teaching posts. Yet actuality, the
teachers on how to teach PE,
it seems that few make it to most successful
its value and importance to
the very top of the tree – even professional
the school curriculum.
in these enlightened times! women become as adept at
Each book covers the
In her new book “Beyond raising the profile of
national curriculum
the Boys’ Club” Dr. Suzanne themselves and their team, as
requirements for each year,
Doyle-Morris explores some of their male colleagues. Women
covering games, gymnastic
the reasons why women meld need to get comfortable with
activities and dance in
quietly into the background, selling themselves and this,
clearly labelled sections.
allowing their male colleagues combined with their ability to
Photocopiable lesson plans
to reach the pinnacles of produce high quality work
and additional teacher
success, despite often consistently, will lead to
notes will help any
possessing a blend of greater success” comments Suzanne.
primary teacher teach PE
ability and management skills. Beyond the Boys’ Club -
imaginatively and
Suzanne did a PhD at strategies for achieving career
effectively.
Cambridge University in success as a woman working in
The second editions
Educational Research and a male dominated field is a
contain new material on
noted that most senior fascinating read for any
How to structure a first
professors were men – despite women in education working
lesson with a new class,
the fact that education as a in male dominated fields and
using ‘themes’ in PE and
sector is female dominated. for men who want to help
Progressing gymnastic activities. The introductory material has
Following an in-depth study of develop female leaders for real
been revised, examining the importance of PE in improving the health and
successful women Suzanne organisational and bottom line
wellbeing of children and a new feature to this edition is the additional CD of all
believes that ambitious women benefits with 14 chapters and a
lessons in PDF format for ease of use.
need to learn to work helpful resources section.
A specially designed music CD is sold separately to accompany the series and
delivers musical accompaniment to the dance sections of each book.
effectively with men, exploiting
opportunities to get to the top uPublished by Wit & Wisdom
– particularly in education. Press at £13.99 it's available
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“Men have historically been with a 10% discount direct
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quicker to recognise that from www.beyondtheboys
drawing attention to the work club.com quoting 'EdToday.'
you do can be as important as Contact Suzanne via
Teaching Poetry
the work itself. Many working Suzanne@doylemorris.com
women are reticent to draw for details of her new career in the Primary
Classroom
When asked by the school
inspector what he thought of
poetry, a pupil replied that
“it’s all la-di-da and daffodils, isn’t
it?” In his primary school the boy had
come across very little poetry, poetry
to him was something arcane, not
really related to his own life. He had
studied no powerful, challenging,
contemplative, arresting, quirky
poems and had written very few
poems himself. His teacher admitted
that he was no English specialist, had
received few ideas on the teaching of
poetry and didn’t know where to start.
As children progress through the primary school they need to be exposed to a
rich diet of poetry and encouraged to read, perform and write it themselves.
Providing a varied and stimulating environment is essential if it is to flourish. In
addition, children need specific guidance and ideas to start them off writing their
own poems. This book, written by a former teacher, school inspector, and popular
and widely published children’s poet, offers an accessible, practical and structured
programme for the teaching of this sometimes neglected aspect of the English
curriculum.
Professor Gervase Phinn taught in a range of schools for fourteen years before
becoming an education adviser and school inspector. He is now a freelance
lecturer, broadcaster, writer and a consultant for the Open University. He is
President of The School Library Association.
uwww.crownhouse.co.uk
u01267 211345
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