Teachers are bombarded with trends and competing ideas. This book provides a framework to help you find the right balance between new and old instructional practices, so you can design learning environments that truly enhance learning. The author shares key research-based principles to engage and extend learning, and he debunks common myths. He then shows how to use a classical method and how to engage with new ideas and evidence to create a highly effective learning environment. Each chapter offers reflection and application questions you can use independently or in book studies to get the most out of your reading. Written for teachers of any grade level, the book contains applications and examples across content areas so you can see how to implement the ideas in your own classroom or school.
Teaching in a Digital Age: Guidelines for Teaching and Learning
This publication is the first report from the OECD’s Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS). It provides quantitative, policy-relevant information on the teaching and learning environment in schools in 23 countries.
This edition includes far-reaching suggestions for research that could increase the impact that classroom teaching has on actual learning.
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With this book, teachers can clearly define the misunderstood concepts of differentiation and enrichment and know how to use these strategies to help all students succeed, no matter their needed level of support.
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Using tangible examples, the book vividly demonstrates the process of school improvement." ELAINE ALLENSWORTH, Lewis-Sebring Director, University of Chicago Consortium on School Research "The depth and utility of this book are incredible.