Teaching for Learning is a comprehensive, practical resource for instructors that highlights and synthesizes proven teaching methods and active learning strategies. Each of the 101 entries describes an approach and lists its essential features and elements, demonstrates how the approach may be used in various educational contexts, reviews findings from the research literature, and describes techniques to improve effectiveness. Fully revised and updated to reflect the latest research and innovations in the field, this second edition also features critical new content on adapting techniques for use in online courses.
Comprehensive "how to" resource for methodology in TESOL. An excellent resource for those who are learning to teach ESL or for those teachers who need new ideas and professional development. Suitable for self-study.
This book includes: · Self-assessment tools to help teachers make informed decisions · Examples of self-care plans and schoolwide policies for maintaining healthy boundaries in and out of school · Real-world vignettes and samples of ...
Teaching is an essential skill in becoming a faculty member in any institution of higher education. Yet how is that skill actually acquired by graduate students?
This book describes how different nations have defined the core competencies and skills that young people will need in order to thrive in the twenty-first-century, and how those nations have fashioned educational policies and curricula ...
By test scores, or almost any other method of accounting, ELS has a successful track record in education reform. ... the school board must unanimously approve it, and 80 percent of school staff must agree on the proposal.
" Steve Munby, Chief Executive, National College for School Leadership, UK This book deals with formative assessment, that is, assessment designed to inform and enhance learning, rather than simply produce test results and qualifications.
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The Handbook of Research on Professional Development for Quality Teaching and Learning provides theoretical perspectives and empirical research on educator preparation and methods for enhancing the teaching process.
Throughout the book, she shows how to put the principles and practices of dialogue education into action and uses illustrative stories and examples from her extensive travels.
Excellence in Teaching and Learning: The Quantum Learning System