Full Description
Teachers are bombarded with advice about how to teach. The Fundamentals of Teaching cuts through the confusion by synthesising the key findings from education research and neuroscience to give an authoritative guide. It reveals how learning happens, which methods work best and how to improve any students' learning.
Using a tried-and-tested, Five-Step model for applying the methods effectively in the classroom, Mike Bell shows how you can improve learning and eliminate time-consuming, low-effect practices that increase stress and workload. He includes case studies from teachers working across different subjects and age groups which model practical strategies for:
Prior Knowledge
Presenting new material
Setting challenging tasks
Feedback and improvement
Repetition and consolidation.
This powerful resource is highly recommended for all teachers, school leaders and trainee teachers who want to benefit from the most effective methods in their classrooms.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction: The Fundamentals of Teaching
Section 1: Evidence
Chapter 1: Getting reliable evidence
Chapter 2: Sources of evidence
Chapter3: Brain-based explanation
Section 2: Effective classroom practice
Introduction
Chapter 4: Prior Knowledge
Chapter 5: Presenting new material.
Method 1: Working Memory limit
Method 2: Linking to Prior Knowledge
Method 3: Multi-sensory approach
Method 4: Advance Organisers
Method 5: Linking abstract ideas to concrete analogies
Chapter 6: Setting challenging tasks
Method 1: Modelling and Worked Examples
Method 2: Graphical and Non-linguistic methods
Method 3: Metacognition
Method 4: Collaborative methods
Method 5: Thinking tasks
Chapter 7: Feedback for improvement
Chapter 8: Repetition and consolidation
Section 3: Using resources effectively
Introduction
Chapter 9: Using resources effectively
Sources of evidence
Answers to quizzes in Section 2
