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This section of the website selects what we feel are some of the best resources which can be used on ITE courses, and is organised in sections based on the teaching cycle.

This first page contains **generally useful resources**, and items on **learning theories.** A large **teacher education reading list** follows, then **resources grouped by stages in the teaching and learning cycle**, a section of many **downloadable items,** then the materials from the Sharing Innovation in Teacher Training (SITE Project)

Ann Gravells website
Ann's website has links to her very wide range of excellent books which for teaching practitioners in the Lifelong Learning sector, and has much other useful content, both in terms of news, resources and guidance. @http://www.anngravells.co.uk/index.html

Big Dog and Little Dog's Performance Juxtaposition
is a really good site, produced by Don Clark, with detailed content on training, large numbers of links and much more. [|http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/index.html]

Brilliant teaching and training in FE and skills
A guide to effective CPD for teachers, trainers and leaders' - report and linked evidence from IfL. download report - pdf download evidence - pdf

[|Breadth_of_Practice_Guide.pdf]
Guidance about supporting Practical Teaching, which should be useful for all providers of ITE, produced as part of the LLUK review of qualifications **// Weblinks which have been saved but not yet added to the site can be viewed at //****// http://www.delicious.com/v2/rss/jimcrawl //** Relevant content can also be found on Jim Crawley's twitter feed, and an archive of tweets (with some spam!) is a || media type="custom" key="23662824" ||  ||

Excellence Gateway
is probably the biggest official site for resources etc for the Lifeong Learning sector, and has recently had a revamp. The site draws together a large number of resources from diverse sources and web sites across the sector. Sections include: At @http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/ There is also a **Qualification and Skills** page at @http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/node/57 which is a must for teacher educators (and trainees)
 * [|Enhancing learning support:] Find resources, materials and advice aimed at learning support assistants and managers.
 * [|Leadership and management development:] Find out what LSIS can do to help first line, middle and senior managers to develop leadership and management skills.
 * [|Ofsted good practice:] Find and browse good practice case studies from Ofsted.
 * [| Improvement and Development Service:] Find out about support to help underperforming providers improve the quality of provision.

Geoff Petty
Geoff is one of the best-selling writers and most engaging thinkers about education, and he has a very useful web site with much available for teachers at all levels. The site is at @http://www.geoffpetty.com/index.html and is a must to visit

Infed.org
The site for Informal Learning, is simply one of the best educational web sites around. It's a comprehensive, accessible, absorbing, authoritative and well designed site. In fact it's an absolute gem, with masses of excellent content. The main site sections are: [|ideas] ∙ [| thinkers] ∙ [|practice] Make sure you browse, as there is a huge amount on this site. @http://www.infed.org/index.htm

The Institute for Learning (IfL)
describes itself as 'the professional body for teachers, trainers, tutors and student teachers in the learning and skills sector. By listening to and supporting the needs of our members, we continue to raise the status of teaching practitioners across the sector. We celebrate the diverse nature of the sector, including: adult and community learning, emergency and public services, further education colleges, Ministry of Defence and armed services, the voluntary sector, offender education and work-based learning. We are run by a Council, over half of whom are elected from the membership. Council directs the strategic policy of the Institute, which is managed and implemented by staff.' At: []

Itslife - no longer actively updated, but still good links
is intended to be a resource for teachers, trainers, tutors, instructors, or indeed anybody working in the sector, and indeed any organisation or individuals with an interest in the sector. The site contains thousands of weblinks, downloads and resources for teachers and teacher educators, and carries news, views, useful sources of materials, information and topics intended to also focus on issues, discussions and debates. The website can be found at: []
 * Itslife** is produced by **Jim Crawley**, of [|Bath Spa University],

Jorum - www.jorum.ac.uk
is a website dedicated to sharing teaching and learning resources across the FE and HE community. Thanks to Barbara Roche for bringing these resources to our attention. There are many resources to be found under the search term 'Post Compulsory Education and Training' which you can go to by clicking here
 * One set of resources specifically designed for PTLLS, CTLLS and DTLLS courses are produced by Hibernia College and can be found by putting in teacher training dtlls (no quotes) in the Jorum search. Click here for the result. There are many others including Hibernia College. The resources are of a high quality and can be included or customised for Teacher Ed courses. Barbara has provided a useful guide to what they can be used for which can be downloaded here

Learning and Teaching from James Atherton
is 'three linked sites exploring learning and teaching in college, adult and professional education'. Excellent throughout, with sections on theory and practice, which are authoritative, informative and thought-provoking. @http://www.learningandteaching.info/
 * DOCEO is one of the other sites, and is described as 'this site contains ideas and supporting material to complement my more focussed stuff. Most of it relates to learning and teaching, based on handouts and lecture digressions developed over the years.'. @http://www.doceo.co.uk/
 * The more 'focussed stuff' is 'about theories of learning in a post-school educational context'. http://www.dmu.ac.uk/~jamesa/learning/index.htm
 * There is a how to teach section at http://www.dmu.ac.uk/~jamesa/teaching/contents.htm

The Life2 project
The ‘key competences in life skills’ project, or LIFE 2 for short, is all about helping young people to develop the skills and confidence needed in the workplace during their vocational training. A specialist team from vocational education organisations and networks from Belgium, Denmark, Portugal, Romania, Spain and the UK will research and update the LIFE Train the Trainer Pack developed in a previous project to help teachers to integrate life skills into vocational learning. The project is supported by the European Union through the Leonardo da Vinci programme, aimed at improving the vocational education systems of Europe. [|www.life-2.eu] **Learning Theories**

Learning-Theories.com
An interesting resource which describes itself as follows: 'This knowledge base features learning theories that address how people learn. A resource useful for scholars of various fields such as educational psychology, instructional design, and human-computer interaction. Browse it at www.learning-theories.com

The Theory Into Practice Database (TIP)
is a tool intended to make learning and instructional theory more accessible to educators. The TIP database contains descriptions of 50 theories relevant to human learning and instruction. Each description includes the following sections : overview, scope/application, example, principles, and references. These theories can also be accessed by learning domains and concepts. A very useful resource when you're seeking to get to grips with theories of teaching or learning, and want a clear and accessible summary. Some are excluded (e.g. Dewey, Freire, Illich) as being more 'philosophical', but a site well worth using, and which can link you to other interesting areas. @http://tip.psychology.org/

How does learning happen best? from Phil Race
is contained within the Deliberations web site @http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/deliberations/effective-learning/happen/

The Informal Education web site (again!)
has much content about adult learning, theories, models and approaches. It includes thinkers 'These pages explore the contributions of some of the thinkers central to the development of the theory and practice of lifelong learning and informal education. A very impressive list including:
 * [|Chris Argyris]
 * [|Aristotle]
 * [|Jerome C. Bruner]
 * [|John Dewey]
 * [|Paulo Freire]
 * [|Antonio Gramsci]
 * [|Ivan Illich]
 * [|David Kolb]
 * [|Karl Marx]
 * [|A. S. Neill]
 * [|Plato]
 * [|Robert. D. Putnam]
 * [|Carl Rogers]
 * [|Jean-Jacques Rousseau]
 * [|Donald Schon (Schon)]
 * [|Peter Senge]
 * [|Richard Henry Tawney]
 * [|Bruce W. Tuckman]

Other Publications
[|ACETT LLUK_IssuesPaper Final.doc] Produced as part of the qualifications review to look at research and other literature on the workforce reforms and their impact. [|Clow_Harkin_WestminsterPartnership_Professional Knowledge for_Teacher Educators.pdf] A CETT report on the possible 'professional knowledge' which could be expected as part of a teacher educator's role. [|Harkin_theory_TEd.pdf] An electronic copy of Harkin, J. (2005) Fragments Stored against My Ruin: the place of educational theory in the professional development of teachers in further education. Journal of Vocational Education and Training, Volume 57, Number 2, 2005 pp 165-80 [|Hayes_et_al_A_Lecturer's_Guide_to_Further_Education-Open_University_Press(2007).pdf] - this is the whole book, which was located on a google search! [|HEinSW_SWSLIM.pdf] A report on the nature and scope of HE in the SW. [|ILP_Final_Report_Feb_09_-_SW0705_SW0708_Uni_of_Exeter_.pdf] Report on a project about the usef of Individual Learning Plans in LL ITE [|In_Defence_of__Teacher_Education_SCETT_March_2011.pdf] A pubication by the Standing Committee for the Education and Training of Teachers (SCETT) - A Response to the Coalition Government's White Paper for Schools (Nov 2010) [|Liz_McKenzie_Presentation_RefPractice_SW_LSRN_2009.ppt] A powerpoint about research Liz was undertaking into reflectionand teacher trainees. [|Teaching_and_TeacherEducation_journal_articles_recent.pdf] From Routledge's www.educationarena.com website - a listing of a variety of education-related articles which are available from Routledge The **Theory Into Practice Database (TIP)** is a tool intended to make learning and instructional theory more accessible to educators. The TIP database contains descriptions of 50 theories relevant to human learning and instruction. Each description includes the following sections : overview, scope/application, example, principles, and references. These theories can also be accessed by learning domains and concepts. A very useful resource when you're seeking to get to grips with theories of teaching or learning, and want a clear and accessible summary. Some are excluded (e.g. Dewey, Freire, Illich) as being more 'philosophical', but a site well worth using, and which can link you to other interesting areas. [|http://tip.psychology.org] ** Links within this section | resource start | needs and planning | delivery | assessment and evaluation |**