Simplicity rules : how simplifying what we do in the classroom can benefit children / Jo Facer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Facer, Jo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teaching--Methodology.

Teaching.

Effective teaching.

Learning, Psychology of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (129 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

Teaching: the best job in the world. Yet, increasingly, it is considered one of the toughest professions. In recent years, practices have arisen and become widespread which overcomplicate teaching and increase teacher workload, while only having a marginal impact on pupil learning. Simplicity Rules explores how children learn and the most effective ways to teach them, focusing on achieving results using strategies that are low effort and high impact, along with a comprehensive framework underpinning the ideas. Covering what to teach, talk, practice, starting a lesson, ending a lesson, andfeedback alongside practical methods to reduce workload as well as simpler and clearer systems to support teachers in the long term, this book asks: Is this the very best use of my time as a teacher? What is the learning impact for the child? What is the impact on my own workload? Are the results worth this effort? Promoting a simplification of teaching practices, Simplicity Rules is an essential guide for school teachers of all levels of experience, and school leaders.

Contents:

How children learn

Good behaviour

What to teach

Resources

Starting a lesson

Reading in a lesson

Writing

Talk

Practice

Ending a lesson

Feedback.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-351-03978-4

1-351-03976-8

1-351-03977-6

9781351039789

OCLC:

1101030942