Put Teaching Naked to work in your classroom with clear examples & step-by-step guidance Teaching Naked Techniques (TNT) is a practical guide of proven quick ideas for improving classes & essential information for designing anything from one lesson or a group of lessons to an entire course TNT is both a design guide & a 'sourcebook' of ideas a great companion to the award-winning Teaching Naked book Teaching Naked Techniques helps higher education faculty design more effective & engaging classrooms The book focuses on each step of class preparation from the entry point & first encounter with content to the classroom 'surprise' There is a chapter on each step in the cycle with an abundance of discipline-specific examples plus the latest research on cognition & technology quick lists of ideas & additional resources By rethinking the how when & why of technology faculty are able to create exponentially more opportunities for practical student engagement Student-centered activity-driven & proven again & again these techniques can revolutionize your classroom Create more effective engaging lessons for higher education Utilize technology outside of the classroom to better engage during class time Examine discipline-specific examples of Teaching Naked Techniques Prepare for each class step by step from the student's perspective Teaching Naked flips the classroom by placing the student's first contact with the material outside of class This places the burden of learning on the learner ensures student preparation & frees up class time for active engagement with the material for more effective learning & retention Teaching Naked Techniques is the practical guide for bringing better learning to your classroom ...

The book lets teachers identify where their students are in terms of number skills & sets out a strategy for developing their knowledge The authors show how to advance children's learning across five stages of early arithmetical learning
- emergent perceptual figurative initial number & facile number This provides for increasingly sophisticated number strategies across addition subtraction multiplication & division as well as developing children's number word & numeral knowledge & their ability to structure number & have grouping strategies The approach used nine guiding principles for teaching Each chapter has clearly defined teaching procedures which show how to take the children onto the next more sophisticated stage The teaching procedures are organized into key teaching topics & each
Includes:o a clearly defined purpose o detailed instructions activities learning tasks & reinforcing gameso lists of responses which children may makeo application in whole class small group & individualised settingso a link to the Learning Framework in Number (see Early Numeracy- second edition 2005)o how the guiding principles for teaching can be used to allow teachers to evaluate & reflect upon their practice Primary practitioners in Australia the United States the United Kingdom & Canada have tested the teaching procedures which can be used in conjunction with each country's numeracy strategy Primary teachers especially of the early years mathematics co-ordinators heads of school mathematics advisers special educationalists learning support personnel teacher assistants lecturers in initial teacher training & educational psychologists will all find this book invaluable

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Bring the principles & practice of the acclaimed Mathematics Recovery Programme to whole-class teaching!WHY INVEST IN THE NEW EDITION? In full-colour with a revised layout for clearer navigation More up-to-date tasks activities & real classroom examples Learning trajectories for guiding instruction & tracking progress on key topics Extra resources online on the companion website Part of the best-selling Maths Recovery series this practical step-by-step guide to classroom instruction takes an inquiry-based approach to assess children's knowledge & build on this to develop a firm foundation of understanding & confidence in mathematics Topics covered range from beginning number & early counting strategies to multi-digit addition & subtraction right through to multiplication & division An invaluable resource for use on pre-service teacher training courses & for all primary classroom teachers & assistants including experienced Mathematics Recovery instructors as well as learning support personnel primary mathematics advisors numeracy consultants & educational psychologists WHAT EXTRAS ARE ON THE COMPANION WEBSITE? Downloadable extra chapter resources like print-out grids worksheets cards & much more A Facilitator's Guide that can be used either individually or in group study to help you get the most out of the material In-class video demonstrations to clearly show how the instructional activities in the book are used in the classroom Webinar discussing the key points in the book & how it supports your teaching Visit the companion website at httpsstudysagepubcomwrighttnc Research informs practice in this easy to access resource Each chapter gives educators practical bite-sized assessments linked to a host of activities that helps them target teaching & develop the firm foundations which are so vital for confident & competent mathematicians
- Jill Piotrowski Numeracy Consultant Wigan Local Authority UK ' The Classroom Instructional Framework in Early Number is research-based & provides a roadmap of not only the what but the when & the how to teach all aspects of early number
- Vicki Nally Mathematics Consultant at Catholic Education Office Melbourne The structured approach offers a wealth of rich & easily implemented classroom-based activities that work
- thousands of teachers in Ireland attest to this!
- Noreen O' Loughlin Director Maths Recovery & Maths Education Lecturer Mary Immaculate College Limerick Ireland



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Become a better music teacher with TEACHING PERCUSSION with accompanying 2-DVD set! Providing a comprehensive introduction to every aspect of percussion education technique & performance this music text guides you towards a greater musical awareness & enhanced technique Illustrations examples & exercises acquaint you with the special needs of all percussion instruments You will gain a greater insight into music learning & performance through the inclusion of up-to-date techniques & numerous exercises ...

The pilates technique is very much used in physiotherapy treatment especially in remedial exercises to aid recovery & rehabilitation after surgery as well as with back problems & sports injuriesdescribes the underlying principles of the exercises in physical termsdescribes the treatment of common medical conditionsprovides a manual for those in the remedial health care professions ...

Physical education is an important part of the primary curriculum & one that provides unique challenges for those involved with its teaching This book offers a balanced & comprehensive overview of the subject covering issues such as safe practice in PE inclusion subject leadership & cross-curricular approaches supported by an accessible theory-informed approach This second edition

Includes:: Links to the new National Curriculum in England Each chapter mapped against the Teachers' Standards A new chapter on physical literacy & development in the early years & primary ages A new chapter on health-focused education & the contribution of PE Added case studies in every chapter Enhanced coverage of assessment in PE This book

Includes:: a companion website with additional resources!



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This volume provides thoroughly updated guidelines for preparing & teaching an entire course in psychology Based on best principles & effective psychological & pedagogical research it offers practical suggestions for planning a course choosing teaching methods integrating technology appropriately & effectively developing student evaluation instruments & programs & ideas for evaluation of your own teaching effectiveness While research-based this book was developed to be a basic outline of "what to do" when you teach It is intended as a self-help guide for relatively inexperienced psychology teachers whether graduate students or new faculty but also as a core reading assignment for those who train psychology instructors Experienced faculty who wish to hone their teaching skills will find the book useful too ...

There are commentaries & there are books on preaching
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Teaching Shakespeare has been a major contribution to the knowledge & expertise of all teachers of Shakespeare from primary upwards for two decades This full-colour second edition is in a larger format updated to reflect modern classroom practice It

Includes:: new contributions by leading practitioners from Shakespeare's Globe the Shakespeare Schools Festival the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust & the Cambridge School Shakespeare editorial team Teaching Shakespeare makes explicit the ' Active Shakespeare' principles which underpin Cambridge School Shakespeare &

Includes:: activities & advice to help teachers develop their existing good practice making the learning of Shakespeare valuable & enjoyable for all involved



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What does it mean to teach Shakespeare with purpose? It means freeing teachers from the notion that teaching Shakespeare means teaching everything or teaching " Western Civilisation" & universal themes Instead this invigorating new book equips teachers to enable student-centred discovery of these complex texts Because Shakespeare's plays are excellent vehicles for many topics -history socio-cultural norms & mores vocabulary rhetoric literary tropes & terminology performance history performance strategies
- it is tempting to teach his plays as though they are good for teaching everything This lens-free approach however often centres the classroom on the teacher as the expert & renders Shakespeare's plays as fixed determined & dead Teaching Shakespeare with Purpose shows teachers how to approach Shakespeare's works as vehicles for collaborative exploration to develop intentional frames for discovery & to release the texts from over-determined interpretations In other words this book presents how to teach Shakespeare's plays as living breathing & evolving texts
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