How can we help our students become more resilient, more determined and happier to embrace challenges? What can we do to change how they think about mistakes? And how can we help them appreciate that targeted effort is the number one path to mastery? In this timely and compelling book, best-selling author Mike Gershon presents you with everything
Summary: This complete guide gives classroom teachers everything they need to embed outstanding questioning in their teaching and raise their achievement across the board. Written by a practicing teacher and unashamedly practical, this book contains a wide range of activities, strategies, techniques and questions which educators of any subject can use to create challenging, engaging learning experiences for students of every grade level. (Publisher).
50 Quick Ways to Help Your Students Think, Learn and Use Their Brains Brilliantly is packed full of exciting, creative ideas you can use in your classroom to support, inspire and engage your students. The emphasis throughout is highly practical, presenting you with fantastic strategies you can employ to help your pupils think, learn and use their brains brilliantly. Written by bestselling author and trainer Mike Gershon, the book distils the essence of critical and creative thinking into 50 bite-sized chunks. Each entry is simple, effective and easy-to-use. This book is the perfect tool for every teacher who wants to get the very best out of their students. The 'Quick 50' series meets the needs of the modern teacher, giving them the resources they require to be superb at what they do.
Teaching exam classes carries a weight of responsibility for all teachers. They know that offering their students the best possible education is not about the narrow diet of ‘teaching to the test’; they also know that good test scores and excellent exam results are fundamental. So how do teachers equip their pupils for exam success while at the same time ensuring high standards of teaching and learning? The Exams, Tests, Revision Pocketbook looks at how to do just that. Rooted firmly in experience and research, this is a practical ‘how to’ Pocketbook aimed at classroom teachers. It provides strategies, activities and techniques for successfully teaching examination classes. Whether those are related to: using time efficiently; cognitive psychology and motivation theory; unpicking great exam technique or exploring the best use of past papers, mark schemes and examiners’ reports, they are always accessible and can be readily imported for immediate classroom application. The Pocketbook is highly illustrated. Cartoons, diagrams and visual prompts support the text and cement the ideas.
Being taught by a great teacher is one of the great privileges of life. Teach Now! is an exciting new series that opens up the secrets of great teachers and, step-by-step, helps trainees to build the skills and confidence they need to become first-rate classroom practitioners. Written by a highly-skilled practitioner, this practical, classroom-focused guide contains all the support you need to become a great history teacher who inspires and motivates students to critically and creatively explore the past. Combining a grounded, modern rationale for learning and teaching with highly practical training approaches rooted in the realities of the classroom, the book guides you through all the different aspects of history teaching offering clear, straightforward advice on classroom practice, lesson planning and working in schools. Teaching and learning, planning, assessment and behaviour management are all covered in detail, with a host of carefully chosen examples used to demonstrate good practice and show how to facilitate outstanding historical enquiry. There are also chapters on dealing with pressure, excelling in observations, finding the right job and succeeding at interview. Throughout the book, there is a great selection of ready-to-use activities, strategies and techniques which will help put you on the fast track to success in the classroom; and ensure your students are doing the very best learning possible. Covering everything you need to know, this book is your essential guide as you start your exciting and rewarding career as an outstanding history teacher.
50 Quick Ways to Motivate and Engage Your Students gives you the tools you need to plan and teach brilliant lessons which get students on board, get them interested and, as a result, get them learning. This book sets out to answer the question of how we ensure our students remain engaged and motivated. It does so by providing fifty strategies, activities and techniques you can pick up and use in your teaching, straight away, with the minimum of fuss. Every single one will help you to motivate and engage the pupils you teach. Written by bestselling author and trainer Mike Gershon, the emphasis is practical throughout – all the ideas can be applied across the curriculum and you can use them with different age groups as well. The 'Quick 50' series meets the needs of the modern teacher, giving them the resources they require to be superb at what they do.
All New Classroom Starters and Plenaries provides busy teachers with a set of flexible, easy-to-implement activity ideas that can be used in any subject. The 50 starters and 50 plenaries have been crafted to fit with the structure of teaching, rather than specific content, so you can dip into the book when you are in search of a new idea for engaging your class and adapt the activity to suit your own needs. The activities have been organised into useful divisions, such as Assessment for Learning, Concepts, and Learning Objectives, and each includes a brief rationale for the activity. Many of the activities offer several examples of how it could be used, and there are online resources too, giving you everything you need not just in planning your starters and plenaries, but also in delivering them to your class.
How to Use Discussion in the Classroom: The Complete Guide gives classroom teachers everything they need to create brilliant lessons filled with great learning opportunities for all their students. The book is written by a practicing teacher and is unashamedly practical. It contains a wide range of activities, strategies, techniques and questions
People with fixed mindsets believe that fundamental qualities like intelligence are essentially stable; people with growth mindsets believe that such qualities can be developed and nurtured. Research shows that learners with growth mindsets are more: open to challenges and constructively critical feedback; resilient in the face of obstacles and failure; convinced that effort makes a difference; able to learn well with and from others; likely to succeed. If we can foster growth mindsets in our pupils the results will be transformative. The Growth Mindset Pocketbook is full of classroom strategies for doing just that. Barry Hymer and Mike Gershon look at high-challenge tasks and the value of errors, mistakes and failure; exactly what we mean by effort and how to make that attractive to students; great feedback; the power of language; and 'going seriously meta' – equipping students to think about their own thinking and learn about their own learning. Get the book; get growing!
50 Quick and Brilliant Teaching Ideas is a practical, inspiring and creative collection of fantastic teaching ideas which will help you to raise achievement, teach brilliant lessons and engage your students. The book is written by bestselling author Mike Gershon who draws on his knowledge and experience of teaching and learning to distil the essence of great classroom practice into fifty bite-sized, ready-to-use entries. Every idea is presented in a simple, easy-to-apply format. The ideas are appropriate for use across the curriculum and with different age groups. Each one will allow you to develop your teaching while helping your students to make fantastic progress. The 'Quick 50' series meets the needs of the modern teacher, giving them the resources they require to be superb at what they do.
Looking for time saving, creative, ready-to-use activities to kick-start and round up your history lessons? Look no further! Starters and plenaries are now an essential part of all lessons and this highly practical book provides busy History teachers with creative activities to use in the classroom. The starter ideas will ensure the first five minutes of any secondary History lesson are a time for motivation, energy and forward thinking, and the plenaries will help students to reflect on and embed their learning at the end Step-by-step instructions, teacher's tips and topic-specific examples make these 25 starters and 25 plenaries easy to adapt for any History lesson, whether you are teaching World War Two, Henry VII or Ancient Egypt. The activities will help students to develop their skills in assessment and interpretation of sources and evidence, as well as reasoning, enquiry and comparison. This versatile book is also accompanied by online resources providing everything you need not just for planning starters and plenaries, but also delivering them to your class.
Every teacher wants to be outstanding. But what does outstanding mean? And how do we stay outstanding if the goalposts move? In this book, bestselling author Mike Gershon presents you with everything you need to know to make outstanding learning happen in your classroom. It breaks down the nature of outstanding teaching so as to expose the underlying principles which hold true across the curriculum. Featuring advice on all the different elements that contribute to outstanding teaching and learning including assessment, differentiation, literacy, leadership and ensuring progress, it covers: Cultivating the habits of outstanding learning The role assessment plays in planning learning, securing progress and helping students to achieve great outcomes. Leadership and your role as a leader The communication that takes place in the classroom Firmly rooted in the day-to-day experiences of being in the classroom, the book clearly explains the why, the how and what to do if things go wrong! Packed full of clear, easy-to-implement strategies and ideas, it is the text you can call upon time and again in order to cultivate and sustain the habits, actions and thoughts of outstanding teaching.
How to Use Bloom's Taxonomy in the Classroom: The Complete Guide is your one-stop shop for improving the quality of the lessons, questions, activities and assessments you plan. Never before has there been such a detailed, practical analysis of the taxonomy - of how it works, why it works and how you can use it to raise achievement in your classroo
How to Manage Behaviour in the Classroom: The Complete Guide is your one-stop shop for improving the quality of classroom interactions, solving those nagging behavioral issues, and creating a positive, can-do culture every time you teach. The book gives you all the tools you need to make behavioral issues a thing of the past - allowing you to teach
50 Quick and Brilliant Teaching Techniques is a superb practical guide to the things any teacher can do in their classroom to raise achievement and teach fantastic lessons, day-after-day, week-after-week. The book is written by bestselling author and trainer Mike Gershon. Drawing on his knowledge and experience of great classroom practice, Mike breaks down the essence of excellent teaching into fifty bite-sized entries. Each technique can be picked up and put to use straight away, helping you to develop and improve your teaching quickly and effectively. Every technique is presented in a simple, easy-to-apply format. Each one is appropriate for use across the curriculum and with different age groups. All the techniques will help you to become an even better teacher, raising achievement and setting new standards on a daily basis. The 'Quick 50' series meets the needs of the modern teacher, giving them the resources they require to be superb at what they do.
How to Teach EAL Students in the Classroom: The Complete Guide gives classroom teachers everything they need to ensure students who are learning English as an Additional Language thrive, achieve, and succeed in their lessons. Written by a practicing teacher and unashamedly practical, How to Teach EAL Students in the Classroom contains a wide range of activities, strategies, techniques and questions which educators can use to create challenging, engaging learning experiences for their students. Everything in the book is generic, meaning it can be applied across the curriculum in every grade level. Sections include: Speaking and Listening; Using Images; What the Teacher Can Do; and Words, Reading and Writing.
50 Quick and Brilliant Teaching Games is a superb collection of engaging and motivational teaching games any teacher can use in their classroom to raise achievement, teach fantastic lessons and energise their students. The book is written by bestselling author and trainer Mike Gershon. Drawing on his knowledge and experience of great classroom practice, Mike presents fifty bite-sized entries, each detailing a different fantastic teaching game. All the games can be picked up and used straight away, helping you to develop and improve your teaching quickly and effectively. Every game is presented in a simple, easy-to-apply format. Each one is appropriate for use across the curriculum and with different age groups. All the games will help you to become an even better teacher, raising achievement and engaging your students on a daily basis. The 'Quick 50' series meets the needs of the modern teacher, giving them the resources they require to be superb at what they do.
50 Quick Ways to Outstanding Teaching provides you with everything you need to help students make brilliant progress. It gives you everything you need to make great learning happen. And it presents you with the strategies, activities and techniques you need to teach outstanding lessons. Every entry in the book shows you how you can make your teaching consistently outstanding. Every entry gives you an idea, strategy, activity or technique which is practical, straightforward and effective. Every entry will help you to teach brilliant lessons over and over again. Written by bestselling author and trainer Mike Gershon, the emphasis is practical throughout – all the ideas can all be applied across the curriculum and you can use them with different age groups as well. This book is your one-stop shop for outstanding teaching. The 'Quick 50' series meets the needs of the modern teacher, giving them the resources they require to be superb at what they do.
50 Quick and Easy Lesson Activities presents you with everything you need to teach fantastic, engaging lessons which inspire your students and help them to make great progress. In this superb, practical guide you will find 50 lesson activities, all clearly explained and easy-to-use, all suitable for use across the curriculum and with different age groups. The book is written by bestselling author and trainer Mike Gershon. Drawing on his knowledge and experience of great classroom practice, Mike presents you with 50 of the best lesson activities. Maybe you want a great discussion activity or an effective group work task? Perhaps a way to develop literacy skills or a task which will help students think critically? Whatever you are after, this book holds the key to planning brilliant, creative lessons which allow pupils to realise their potential. The 'Quick 50' series meets the needs of the modern teacher, giving them the resources they require to be superb at what they do.
50 Quick and Easy Ways to Outstanding Group Work is a superb practical guide to achieving outstanding group work in your classroom. Made up of fifty separate entries, each detailing a different strategy, activity or technique, this book will help you to raise achievement, secure progress and cultivate a fantastic atmosphere for learning among your students. The book is written by bestselling author and trainer Mike Gershon. Drawing on his knowledge and experience of great classroom practice, Mike presents a step-by-step guide to outstanding group work. The aim here is not just to give you a range of brilliant activities and strategies you can use. It is also to show you how to secure outstanding outcomes time-after-time. Group work is an essential part of outstanding teaching. Mike is a passionate believer in the significant benefits it can bring to pupils, helping them to develop knowledge and increase their understanding while also building the essential soft skills of communication, team work and negotiation. In this book he aims to take you on a journey that will make your group work consistently outstanding. The 'Quick 50' series meets the needs of the modern teacher, giving them the resources they require to be superb at what they do.
This is the one book every classroom teacher needs to read before their school is inspected. 50 Quick and Easy Ways to Prepare for Ofsted gives you sound, practical advice on what you need to do to get ready for an inspection. Packed full of clear and concise advice and guidance, as well as links to relevant documents, websites and guides, this book offers a no-nonsense approach to Ofsted preparation. The book is written by bestselling author and trainer Mike Gershon. Drawing on his knowledge and experience of great classroom practice and the inspection process, Mike presents fifty bite-sized entries, each a different practical strategy, approach or technique. All the entries are straightforward and easy to apply, giving you the tools you need to successfully prepare for the inspection process. Every entry is presented in a simple and concise format. All the strategies, approaches and techniques will help you to prepare yourself, your teaching and your students. They will make your life easier, as well as help you to ensure you have the best possible chance of impressing the inspection team when they come in. This is a book which will help you to make the best contribution possible to your school's chances of success. The 'Quick 50' series meets the needs of the modern teacher, giving them the resources they require to be superb at what they do.
50 Quick and Easy Ways Leaders can Prepare for Ofsted gives you sound, practical advice on what you need to do to get ready for an inspection. Packed full of clear and concise advice and guidance, as well as links to relevant documents, websites and guides, this book offers a no-nonsense approach to Ofsted preparation. The book is written by bestselling author and trainer Mike Gershon. Drawing on his knowledge and experience of great classroom practice and the inspection process, Mike presents fifty bite-sized entries, each a different practical strategy, approach or technique. All the entries are straightforward and easy to apply. You can quickly assimilate the targeted information provided in each one and then make excellent use of this in your school. Every entry is presented in a simple and concise format. All the strategies, approaches and techniques will help you to prepare yourself and your school for an inspection. They will make your life easier, as well as help you to ensure your school has the best possible chance of impressing the inspection team when they come in. The 'Quick 50' series meets the needs of the modern teacher, giving them the resources they require to be superb at what they do.
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