This essential and aspirational text is aimed at all beginning teachers whatever your training route, age phase and setting. It explicitly adopts and builds on a new metaphor for teachers' professional learning as interplay between the body of public knowledge and the practical wisdom of teachers within a particular school setting. It also accepts that 'telling' you how to teach is ineffective; you need to 'become a teacher' because it involves identity and practice. Inquiry-based critically reflective learning with a clear focus on the learning of pupils is proposed as the core strategy by which you can build your knowledge and skills to become an outstanding teacher. Core topics, including planning, inclusion, teaching, assessment and professional development, are tackled in an accessible and refreshing way, using key research informed evidence. The focus is relentlessly on 'learning' rather than performance, in order to support you becoming an excellent professional teacher, rather than a competent technician, who makes a difference to learners, colleagues, schools and policy. Think of this book as a temporary or additional mentor, challenging you with different ways of thinking about learning and providing strategies to guide your professional learning. “It takes 10 years or more to begin to be a brain surgeon, but sometimes we get 1-3 years at most before we are allowed to work with children’s brains as teachers. So we need inspirational teachers and this is the focus of this compact, powerful and insightful book. It is wonderfully designed around five of the most critical dilemmas in our classrooms: belief vs. ability; autonomy vs. compliance; abstract vs. concrete; feedback vs. praise; and collaboration vs. competition. The power of the book is that it illustrates the new move to focus on learning power – and such a focus permits every student to become smarter through effort and deep practice as they struggle with the high-challenge learning activities – in the presence of inspirational, impactful and passionate teachers. The perfect book for those who want to make most of their opportunity to enhance students’ brain power.” John Hattie, Director, Melbourne Education Research Institute
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 provides an essential overview of "learning by teaching", unpacking the underpinning theory, research evidence and practical implications of peer learning in a variety of classroom contexts.
In E. Bender, M. Dunn, B. Kendall, C. Larson, & P. Wilkes (Eds.), Quick hits: Successful strategies by award winning teachers. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Kennedy, R. (2007). In-class debates: Fertile ground for active ...
Here is a compelling read for every teacher in higher education who wants to refresh or reexamine his or her classroom practice.
This book is written primarily for faculty but will be equally useful for TAs, tutors, and learning center professionals. For readers with no background in education or cognitive psychology, the book avoids jargon and esoteric theory.
Current Directions in Psychological Science, 12, 1–5. Lester, D., Hvezda, J., ... Maslow's hierarchy of needs and psychological health. ... Retrieved from Simply psychology https://www. simplypsychology.org/information-processing.html.
The “Graphic Novel Group” at Making Curriculum Pop (mcpopmb.ning.com/group/graphicnovelcomics) is perhaps the most vibrant of the social networks at the site. The forum counts many top comic artists and educators as members.
Literary Learning explores the nature of literary knowledge and offers guidance for effective teaching of literature at the college level.
This is a book for anyone who has ever considered engaging in the scholarship of teaching and learning – known familiarly as SoTL – and needs a better understanding of what it is, and how to engage in it.
I found an ally in my campaign to morph content, skills, and understanding in online videos by Dan Meyers, a former high school math teacher based in the San Francisco Bay area. Meyers argues in “Math class needs a makeover” that math ...