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What makes a lesson outstanding? This book describes what expert teachers do in classrooms, workshops, laboratories and workplaces and examines why they are so successful. The evidence emerges from twenty real lessons judged by Her Majesty's Inspectors to be outstanding.

The book examines the features these lessons have in common. The shared characteristics focus on the ways in which teachers plan, teach and assess in order to ensure that all their students work hard, enjoy learning and achieve high standards. As well as examining the most frequently used approaches to teaching and assessment in these outstanding lessons, the author dispels commonly-held myths about lesson observations undertaken during inspection. Descriptions and analyses of the twenty lessons provide the backdrop to stimulating discussions about pedagogy, context-specific learning and notions of excellence.

Uniquely the book:

  • Focuses exclusively on outstanding practice
  • Derives its evidence f

    Table of Contents
    Introduction
    Prudent planning
    Passion and enthusiasm
    Expert questioning
    High expectations
    Inclusive practice
    Characteristics of outstanding lessons
    Myths and evidence

    Glossary
    Bibliography
    Index

Outstanding Teaching in Lifelong Learning

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      Publisher Open University Press
      Published 16 September 2013
      ISBN-13 9780335262625
      978-0335262625
      ISBN-10 335262627
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      Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy Teaching skills and techniques

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      What makes a lesson outstanding? This book describes what expert teachers do in classrooms, workshops, laboratories and workplaces and examines why they are so successful. The evidence emerges from twenty real lessons judged by Her Majesty's Inspectors to be outstanding.

      The book examines the features these lessons have in common. The shared characteristics focus on the ways in which teachers plan, teach and assess in order to ensure that all their students work hard, enjoy learning and achieve high standards. As well as examining the most frequently used approaches to teaching and assessment in these outstanding lessons, the author dispels commonly-held myths about lesson observations undertaken during inspection. Descriptions and analyses of the twenty lessons provide the backdrop to stimulating discussions about pedagogy, context-specific learning and notions of excellence.

      Uniquely the book:

      • Focuses exclusively on outstanding practice
      • Derives its evidence f

        Table of Contents
        Introduction
        Prudent planning
        Passion and enthusiasm
        Expert questioning
        High expectations
        Inclusive practice
        Characteristics of outstanding lessons
        Myths and evidence

        Glossary
        Bibliography
        Index

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