The new edition is revised and updated throughout. It remains a unique and powerful combination of ideas, analysis, questions, answers and wisdom, with the combined professional experience of the editors and contributors providing a wealth of knowledge and opinion. Whilst the book’s philosophy remains the same, the addition of three new chapters on ‘education for sustainability’, ‘school effectiveness and improvement’, and ‘education policy’ - combined with eleven new contributors - provides fresh perspectives, ideas and issues for discussion.

The book is divided into four main sections:

• First thoughts
• Policy, society and schooling
• Teaching and learning
• Across the curriculum

Becoming a Teacheris inspiring reading for prospective, trainee and new teachers, tutors and mentors.