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The Power of Explicit Teaching and Direct Instruction

By: Greg Ashman

Product Details

Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9781529731606
Published By: Sage UK
Year: 2021
Page Count: 152
Publication date: February 23, 2021

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Description

Direct instruction and explicit teaching can offer you a shorter, straighter route to developing effective learning in your classroom.

In this smart and accessible book, Greg Ashman explores how you can harness the potential of these often misunderstood and misapplied teaching methods to achieve positive learning outcomes for the students you teach.

It investigates key foundational principles, combined with thoughtful commentary on what these mean in classroom practice and an examination of relevant research and theories from cognitive psychology that substantiate these approaches to teaching and learning.

Author(s)

Greg Ashman

Greg Ashman grew up in the UK. In 1997, after studying Natural Sciences at Cambridge, he began training as a teacher at the Institute of Education in London. He went on to teach in three London comprehensive schools and took on roles including Head of Science, Assistant Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher. In 2010, he moved to Ballarat, Australia, with his young family. Since then, he has worked as Head of Mathematics at Ballarat Clarendon College. During this time, he has developed an interest in education research and is currently undertaking a PhD in Instructional Design, as well as taking on the role of Deputy Principal at Clarendon.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: On the shoulders of giants

Chapter 2: Direct and explicit

Chapter 3: Bottom up or top down

Chapter 4: What kind of monster treats all children the same

Chapter 5: Thinking outside the box

Chapter 6: Halfway up a ladder

Chapter 7: The giant shrugs

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