| Description |
1 online resource (142 p.). |
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Practical Teaching
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Practical Teaching.
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| Note |
Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- Meet the authors -- 1. Why should I learn more about education? -- Parents and the education debate -- Question 1: How can parents help a child be successful in school? -- Being knowledgeable about education -- Collaborating with the school -- Question 2: Do people who work in education agree on what good education looks like? -- It is time to revisit what you know about education -- Conclusion -- Further reading -- Bibliography -- 2. School choice -- Key information about your choice of school |
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What are some of the most common questions about school choice? -- Question 1: What is 'school choice'? -- Geographical location and school choice -- Question 2: What are the similarities and differences between the types of school available? -- Academies -- Question 3: Why and how do schools select pupils? -- Single-gender schools -- Private schools -- Question 4: How can Ofsted reports help inform school-choice decisions? -- What is Ofsted? -- Reading Ofsted reports -- The 'call' -- The inspection -- Do Ofsted ratings reflect the quality of education my child will receive? |
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Question 5: Where can I find good sources of dependable information about the schools I'm considering? -- Triangulate multiple viewpoints -- Ask school leaders and teachers about the things that really make a difference to students' learning -- Creating a supportive classroom environment -- Classroom management -- Getting students to think hard -- Conclusion -- Further reading -- Bibliography -- 3. Learning -- Key information -- What do you need to know about how we learn? -- Question 1: Why haven't we learnt something once we've experienced it? -- Question 2: How does memory work? |
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Working and long-term memory -- Question 3: Are skills more important than knowledge? -- Why knowledge matters -- How should we learn skills? -- Question 4: Do we all learn in different ways? -- Surely you're not suggesting that all students are identical? -- Conclusion -- Further reading -- Bibliography -- 4. Assessment and testing -- Key information -- Question 1: What is the difference between 'assessment' and 'testing'? -- Assessment -- Tests -- Question 2: How do teachers use assessment and testing in the classroom? -- Pre-flight checks -- In-flight checks -- Hinge questions |
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The importance of surprise in assessment and testing -- Feedback -- Question 3: Are marking and grades useful for my child's learning? -- Marking -- Grades -- Looking behind the grade -- When can grades be useful? -- Question 4: What tests do children have to take in primary and secondary school? -- Year 1 phonics check -- Conclusion -- Further reading -- Bibliography -- 5. Putting it into practice in the classroom and at home -- Time to reflect -- The strategies explored in this chapter -- Strategy 1: Test yourself to commit knowledge to memory -- How might a teacher use this strategy? |
| Note |
How a student might use this strategy. |
| Summary |
A walk through all the most important issues in education, comparing commonly-held beliefs with simple summaries of the evidence, providing you with clear, jargon-free information. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Education -- Great Britain.
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Education -- Parent participation -- Great Britain.
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Education. |
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Education -- Parent participation. |
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Great Britain. |
| Added Author |
Kime, Stuart.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Atherton, Chris What Every Parent Should Know About Education St Albans : Critical Publishing,c2021 9781913063139 |
| ISBN |
191306316X |
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9781913063160 (electronic bk.) |
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9781913063153 electronic book |
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1913063151 electronic book |
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