Teaching today a practical guide

... Classroom management Discipline and problem-solving What kind of teacher are you? 24 29 39 44 65 78 98 11 0 13 0 Part The teacher’s toolkit Introduction 13 9 Teacher-centred methods 11 12 13 14 15 Teacher ... sections can all be seen as skills, that is, the ability to recall, explain, etc.; or as tasks that a teacher could set By this I mean any task: an oral question, a class activity, an essay, a project, ... work and student talk Games and active learning methods Role-play, drama and simulations Games to teach language and communication skills Seminars Learning for remembering: review and recall Whole-class...

... Day (25 December) and Easter (March/April) Ash Wednesday (February/March) is a day of fasting and abstinence for many Christians Some Christians avoid alcohol and many would not celebrate Halloween, ... detail in Chapters 10, 34 and 41 Adults will usually feel resentful and alienated if a teacher adopts a commandand-control approach Many teenage learners feel the insult just as keenly, and can ... legal, economic and religious Traditions and prohibitions: Only ritually clean (halal) meat may be eaten; the avoidance of lard may make bread or ice-cream prohibited, and no alcohol or pig meat...

... 43 43 43 41 41 41 39 37 35 30 28 26 24 24 17 17 15 13 11 9 11 22 11 9 11 24 15 17 20 20 11 11 26 20 20 30 13 17 30 26 50 41 35 39 28 70 17 17 22 26 33 28 33 20 30 35 37 37 26 37 39 35 37 48 43 ... rather than less work, then this type of work-avoidance behaviour will naturally disappear 121 The learner’s practical and emotional needs Sandra was repeatedly late to my classes, and she played ... Teachers who are very good at maintaining control often have a wide range of reactions to inappropriate behaviour This means they are rarely at a loss, and are always able to move to a new reaction...

... cannot think of any other economic consequences the plague might have had for a landowner Teacher Paula Teacher Emma Teacher Paula Emma Teacher Paula Teacher Emma Teacher Paula Teacher What landowners ... a music teacher might teach a student to play a complex four-bar passage in this way, perhaps one bar at a time (Chapter also deals with the teaching of a practical skill.) Experimental work in ... group Managing a practical activity At their best, practicals are an enjoyable and active ‘hands-on’ experience At their worst, they are frustrating episodes where not even the teacher knows what...

... repetition of learning experiences as vital In mathematics, the average 1 5- year-old Japanese student achieves an equivalent of the British A- level standard They have an average IQ of 111–1 15, and 10 per ... ‘Improving Learning in Mathematics.’ Your department may have a copy 257 20 Role-play, drama and simulations Role-play In this activity, learners take on roles and act out a given scenario For example: ... perhaps in a ‘replay’, to show another approach This can be a hugely popular activity, and even excitable students can be persuaded to curb their 258 Role-play, drama and simulations exuberance...