Vorwort
The award-winning teacher who starred in Channel 4's The Unteachables helps parents worried about how their kids are doing at school
Autorentext
Phil Beadle was until recently an English teacher in a secondary school in East London. He won Secondary Teacher of the Year Award in 2005. He writes a regular column in the Guardian and was the inspirational English teacher in Channel 4 's series The Unteachables. He lives in South East London with his wife and children.
Klappentext
· There is no such thing as a stupid child, only boring lessons.
· Every child has the ability to learn, and to do well at school!
Phil Beadle is the inspirational teacher who wowed the nation in the Channel 4 series The Unteachables. Through his unconventional but 'cool' methods, Beadle achieved the seemingly impossible, by successfully drawing out the desire to learn from a group of disaffected, failing pupils. Now, in Could Do Better!, Phil shows parents how they can help their own children fulfil their true learning potential.
*Is your child a Mover, a Talker, a Thinker or a Dreamer?
* Can you make homework fun?
* How do teachers award marks?
* Help your child revise for exams!
'He looks like a rock star and is probably the best teacher in England' John Humphrys