This core text provides comprehensive support for the UK's pre-service and in-service trainee teachers in the Lifelong Learning Sector, covering all they need to know to achieve Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills status. Supporting trainees through all stages of their professional development, the text takes the reader through the theoretical background that underpins teaching and learning in the UK, and it offers practical guidance on day-to-day challenges. This fourth edition has been fully revised and updated and includes a new chapter on teaching practice, with notes on observation and lesson planning. New information on behavior management has been added to support trainees in an aspect of teaching that many find challenging.