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1 online resource (201 pages) |
| Contents |
Ideas: 220 practical teaching ideas to foster engagement and motivation in teenage learners -- 1. How to 'sparkle' in the classroom : Managing entrances of learners to classrooms ; Entering the classroom ; First impressions ; Exciting ways to start lessons ; Plenaries and ends to lessons ; That personal touch! ; Using source materials for stimulating activities ; Sparkling in the classroom -- 2. First encounters : A room with a view ; Give students ownership of their own learning environment ; Establishing a purposeful atmosphere when taking over a new class ; Back to basics ; Establishing group dynamics -- 3. Assessment strategies for motivating learners : Between two worlds ; Ipsative assessment and SPACE ; The Assessment Reform Group (2002) ; SMART ; Who are we trying to assess? -- 4. Teaching to engage : Moving learners around the room ; Reducing the ratio of teacher talk to pupil talk ; Avoid those sleepy corners! ; Activity scaffolding -- 5. Building an effective climate : Climate-building ideas ; Aims and objectives ; The role of 'talk' in the classroom ; Thinking skills ; Assessment and climate ; Choice -- 6. Strategies for cooperative and social learning : Experimenting with new seating arrangements ; Factors to consider when using new seating arrangements ; Creating the 'wow' factor ; When the tables and chairs cannot be moved ; Developing peer working practices and cooperative learning |
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7. Engaging through e-learning : Using e-learning for the start and end of lessons ; Using interactive whiteboards: the whole world in your hands? ; Podcasting for learner engagement ; Think about your podcast pedagogy ; Take the time to 'code' your podcasts ; E-learning for asynchronous support -- 8. Classroom management and learner engagement : Start as you mean to go on ... : Settling learners in ; Effective starters ; Keeping learners on task ; Effective communication techniques ; Effective classroom management techniques -- 9. Feedback and feedforward : Possible data for record-keeping ; Giving written feedback/feedforward ; Online testing ; Including learners in the evaluation of their own work ; Maximizing effectiveness in class ; Minimize the amount of work to be marked -- 10. Homework? Strategies for learning outside of the classroom : Homework for 'digital natives' ; Digital safety ; Speaking to parents ; A warning about e-learning ; Multiple intelligence and homework ; Homework that maximizes the impact of your marking time ; Tackling non-completion of homework -- 11. Challenging learners of all abilities : You can differentiate by ... ; Differentiation by using 'Blooms taxonomy' ; Specialist support that is 'good for all' ; A summary of differentiation strategies ; Taking learners to the 'next step' -- 12. Supporting learners in learning how to learn : Meta-cognition: towards a thinking classroom ; thinking and thinking skills ; The 'thinking literature' ; Making thinking fun! ; Building a 'thinking classroom' ; Reflecting upon learning -- 13. Capturing and utilizing the learner voice : The role of student evaluation in teaching and learning ; Listening to learners? What is in it for us? ; Listening to learners ; Using audio to capture the learner voice ; Students as researchers |
| Summary |
For successful classroom teaching, your students need to be engaged and active learners. In Teaching Teenagers, there is practical advice that is grounded in the realities of teaching in today's classrooms on how to be an inspirational teacher and produce highly motivated students. This book contains 220 positive, practical teaching ideas that are relevant to both new and experienced classroom teachers. Contents cover ideas including teaching tools to inspire and captivate, motivation for learning, engaging learners, how to create a learning atmosphere, classroom management, cooperative lea |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [172]-174) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Teenagers -- Education -- Great Britain
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High school teaching -- Great Britain
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High school teaching
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Teenagers -- Education
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Czerniawski, Dr Gerry
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| LC no. |
2011921690 |
| ISBN |
9781446253823 |
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1446253821 |
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9780857023858 |
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0857023853 |
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9781473903272 |
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1473903270 |
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9780857023841 |
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0857023845 |
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