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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:
Scaffolding Modelling Shared learning Guided learning Explicit instruction Setting goals Metacognitive skills Reflective practice Differentiated instruction Play-based learning Learning styles Intervention strategies Mastery learning Whole-part-whole learning Deliberate practice Spaced learning Problem-based learning Learning by teaching Motivation strategies One-on-one instruction Think-alouds Questioning techniques Teaching space Traditional strategies Mental scripting Transferable skills Cognitive load theory Games and quizzes Formative assessment Writing skills Active reading Writing to learn and many more…
