Teaching Skills and Strategies for the Modern Classroom: 100+ research-based strategies for both novice and experienced practitioners

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 included in this book: Scaffolding Modelling Shared learning Guided learning Explicit instruction Setting goals Metacognitive skills Reflective practice Differentiated instruction Play-based learning Learning styles Multiple intelligences Intervention strategies Remedial instruction Overlearning Mastery learning Whole-part-whole learning Deliberate practice Spaced learning Problem-based learning Learning by teaching Motivation strategies Learning by failure One-on-one instruction Pair and group work Social stories Think-alouds Graphic organisers Homework Building rapport Questioning techniques Bloom’s taxonomy Feedback techniques Teaching space Traditional strategies Mental scripting Transferable skills Zone of proximal development Cognitive load theory Games and quizzes Formative assessment Summative assessment Phonics Writing skills Active reading Self-questioning Consolidation Writing to learn Critical literacy and many more...