Publisher's Synopsis
Combining research-based best practice and decades of experience in the classroom, Teaching Skills and Strategies for the Modern Classroom outlines over 100 teaching and learning strategies, skills and techniques that will make you a highly effective educator. It is an invaluable and useful resource for novice and experienced teachers, support workers and school managers.
Written in plain language by an experienced teacher and education researcher, this book is full of proven 'tools of the trade' that all educators need to know in order to deliver high quality programs that maximise student learning outcomes. Whether you're teaching advanced algebra or introducing children to phonics, this book has a plethora of teaching strategies, techniques and skills that you wish you learnt years ago.
Some of the strategies in this book include:- ScaffoldingModellingShared learningGuided learningExplicit instructionSetting goalsMetacognitive skillsReflective practiceDifferentiated instructionPlay-based learningLearning stylesIntervention strategiesMastery learningWhole-part-whole learningDeliberate practiceSpaced learningProblem-based learningLearning by teachingMotivation strategiesOne-on-one instructionThink-aloudsQuestioning techniquesTeaching spaceTraditional strategiesMental scriptingTransferable skillsCognitive load theoryGames and quizzesFormative assessmentWriting skillsActive readingWriting to learnand many more...
