Ten Best Teaching Practices
Author: Donna Walker Tileston
Publisher: Corwin Press
Published: 2005-03-30
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781412914727
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPraise for the First Edition: `Tileston explains the importance of an enriched and emotionally supportive climate, a wide repertoire of teaching techniques, the critical element of connections or transfers in learning, the role of memory in making learning more meaningful, motivating, and challenging work′ - CHOICE Enable all students to realize their greatest learning potential! The biggest challenge a teacher can face is an uninspired student. In this Second Edition of Ten Best Teaching Practices, Donna Walker Tileston provides the classroom teacher with a practical guide to inspiring, motivating, and therefore educating even the most unenthusiastic students. This exciting update of the original classic details differentiated teaching strategies such as teaching for long-term memory, collaborative learning, higher-order thinking skills, technology integration, and much more. Instructors will use ten highly practised teaching methods proven to facilitate learning in all students. Ten Best Teaching Practices, Second Edition includes: - Interesting anecdotes illustrating how each teaching practice can be employed in a practical environment - Tips on how to encourage students to incorporate self-motivation in their own learning through personal goals - Detailed analysis on how the brain absorbs learning - Mentoring guidelines that will help even the most challenged students - Helpful graphics illustrating the essential points of this practices Tileston incorporates brain research, learning styles information, and the issues of standards into a highly effective classroom instructional model. Once you implement these tried and tested practices, you may wonder how you ever got along without them!
