Providing a framework for understanding the individual needs of pupils, this title describes how you can tailor your teaching methods to maximise learning. Containing case studies and examples, it explores how learning is conceptualised, direct instruction, interactive teaching, teaching as scaffolding, and how to overcome obstacles to learning.
Drawing on interviews with a group of policy makers on British and international stages, Reforming or Re-inventing Schools brings an insightful review and critique of education principles and their relationship to school practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Chapter 1 Plus ça change; Chapter 2 What makes a world class education system?; Chapter 3 What does it mean to be a teacher?; Chapter 4 Assessment, exams and testing to destruction; Chapter 5 What's so special about special needs?; Chapter 6 Within and beyond the primary curriculum; Chapter 7 Who wins and who loses?; Chapter 8 The organised voice of teachers; Chapter 9 Community schools and schooling communities?; Chapter 10 The leadership myth: managing to succeed; In conclusion; Bibliography; Further reading