The Essential Guide to Classroom Practice has been written with two questions in mind.
These are the questions that are most important to all practitioners who seek to improve the quality of learning in their classrooms what strategies work and, how do we implement them
Covering all the areas that are key to effective teaching and learning, this text consists of overpractical strategies that secondary teachers can adopt and apply within their classroom.
These strategies range from simple tools to improve the quality of questioning, to principles that can shape the whole approach to learning.
Key topics covered include:
The fivepart lesson plan
Developing thinking skills
How to engage learners
Encouraging
collaborative learning
Challenging and supporting
Feedback and assessment
A key feature of this book is the handy collection of Tops that appear in each chapter, such asways to use data in the classroom andways to streamline your marking.
The book clearly explains the benefit of each approach described and offers additional guidance on using websites and digital tools effectively in the classroom.
Packed full of ideas, the book offers a one stop shop for busy teachers,