The theories of Vygotsky are central to any serious discussion of children's learning processes. Vygotsky argues that children do not develop in isolation, rather learning takes place when the child is interacting with their social environment. It is the responsibility of the teacher to establish an interactive instructional situation in the classroom, where the child is an active learner and the teacher uses their knowledge to guide learning. This has many implications for those in the educational field.
The authors draw on their considerable experience of teacher training and research into classrooms to explore several dimensions of teaching. They show how teachers can improve their competence and meet their aspirations, both individually and with their colleagues. Effective Teaching will be very useful to trainee and experienced teachers, deans, teacher educators and assessors.
Dear Teachers,
I have spent many hours putting together this Teacher Control Journal. I had some help from one of your sister teachers. Her name is Jamie Hawley. I have included her examples into the this document.
I have also included a letter to parents and the Student Control Journal. Please just jump right in and start using it. You can adapt it to fit your needs whether you are an elementary, middle, high school or home schooling teacher. Right now the most important part is for you to get it and start to put together your Teacher Control Journal. I cannot do it for you. Every class is different. I can get you motivated to do it.
There are testimonials in this document as well as forms to fill in the blanks. Use what you need. You have my permission to adapt to fit your classroom. You can edit anything except my letter to the parents.
I hope you like it.
FlyLady
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How do children learn to spell and what kinds of teaching support them most effectively? Packed with case studies, photographs and examples of children’s work, this unique book sets out the most effective approaches to spelling and provides teachers with a broad set of principles on which to base their teaching. This is an invaluable resource for any teacher or trainee teacher wishing to raise standards in spelling in their classroom.
This dictionary of collocations was compiled by an
English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teacher in Saudi Arabia who teaches
adult, native speakers of Arabic. The dictionary is practical in
teaching English because it helps to focus on everyday events and
situations. The dictionary works as follows: the teacher looks up a
word, such as "talk"; next to the word is a list of words associated
with that word, such as "peace, pep, pillow, shop, trash,
heart-to-heart, man-to-man, and small"; the teacher explains the more
interesting uses of the word. The teacher then asks for other
possible uses and contexts for the word. The introduction makes many
suggestions for the creative and productive use of this dictionary.
