Effective Teaching

This new edition updates the successful 2005 edition with the latest research on effective teaching and learning. Appropriate for primary and secondary, the authors continue to provide a broad and comprehensive overview of what is now a large body of knowledge on effective teaching. The authors maintain their user-friendly style and the structure which takes in generic teaching skills; teaching for specific goals; and, subject specific strategies and other classroom issues. New to this edition: updated research evidence; a greater cultural breadth including international research; diversity in the classroom; values and beliefs; and, assessment for learning Points for reflection and further reading have also been included to help encourage readers to become reflective practitioners. This book is essential reading for education students, including all PGCE and BA courses, as well as teachers and educational researchers. Daniel Muijs is Professor of Education at University of Southampton. David Reynolds is Professor of Education at University of Plymouth.

ISBN 1849200769   Pages 368 ISBN13 9781849200769 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 635 Publisher SAGE Publications Ltd   Published in London Imprint SAGE Publications Ltd   Previous ISBN 9781412901659 Format Paperback   Height (mm) 242 Publication date 17 Nov 2010   Width (mm) 170 DEWEY 371.102   Spine width (mm) 20 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

		Introduction: Effective Teaching- The British Research Reviewed		1
PART 1		INTRODUCTION TO TEACHING AND LEARNING		13
1		Theories of Learning and Intelligence		15
2		Direct Instruction		35
3		Interactive Teaching		53
4		Collaborative Small Group Work and Peer Tutoring		64
5		Constructivist Teaching		77
6		Teacher Beliefs, Values and Knowledge		89
PART 2		CREATING A FRAMEWORK FOR LEARNING		99
7		Classroom Management		101
8		Behaviour Management		113
9		Classroom Climate		127
10		Effective Use of Homework		139
11		Problem Solving and Higher-order Thinking Skills		150
PART 3		TEACHING FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES		163
12		Developing Pupils' Social Skills		165
13		Enhancing Pupils' Self-esteem and Self-concept		178
14		Teaching Pupils with Special Educational Needs		190
15		Teaching Gifted Pupils		205
16		Teaching in the Early Years		217
17		Personalized Learning		229
PART 4		TEACHING SPECIFIC SUBJECTS, ASSESSMENT AND OBSERVATION		241
18		Literacy		243
19		Mathematics		255
20		Assessment for Learning		265
21		Cross-curricular Teaching		281
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'it deserves rapidly to find a prominent and well-thumbed place in all staffroom libraries as well as in schools of education' - Keith Saunders, British Journal of Educational Technology

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Praise for the previous edition: 'A small number of education books feel indispensable; this is warmly welcomed to the club. It's a magnificent survey of what educational research can tell us about nitty-gritty classroom issues' - Geoff Barton, Times Educational Supplement, Friday Magazine

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