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Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Diana Whitton, University of Western Sydney
June 2015
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9781107441187

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    Teaching and Learning Strategies is a practical guide for pre-service teachers who know and understand the content of the curriculum and are looking for additional tools to teach it effectively. This book will help students to develop a comprehensive knowledge of teaching and learning strategies, which is essential in ensuring lessons are effective and lead to successful outcomes. The text outlines a variety of teaching strategies that can be used to facilitate classroom learning and engagement. Strategies and methods covered include discovery learning, experiments, demonstrations, the use of questioning, the facilitation of discussion and the effective provision of feedback. Teachers will be able to integrate the strategies in this book with any content area and any age group or activity level. Teaching and Learning Strategies is a useful resource for teachers during the practicum component of their course and throughout their teaching career.

    • Includes learning strategies in addition to teaching strategies, focusing equally on the teacher and student
    • Highly practical, designed for students to use throughout their degree and during their first years of practising teaching

    Product details

    June 2015
    Paperback
    9781107441187
    216 pages
    247 × 176 × 11 mm
    0.41kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Introduction
    • 1. Observation
    • 2. Narration
    • 3. Discussion
    • 4. Explanation
    • 5. Questioning
    • 6. Demonstration
    • 7. Application
    • 8. Experiments
    • 9. Discovery learning
    • 10. Gaining feedback
    • 11. Graphic organisers and visualisations
    • 12. Grouping
    • 13. Checklists
    • 14. Product descriptors and rubrics.
      Author
    • Diana Whitton , University of Western Sydney

      Diana Whitton is Associate Professor at the University of Western Sydney, Australia.