Effective Teaching and Successful Learning
Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice

This book applies common sense principles to research findings in order to facilitate effective teaching and successful learning.

Inez De Florio (Author)

9781107532908, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 25 May 2016

244 pages, 9 b/w illus.
22.2 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.37 kg

The overall aim of this reader-friendly book is to enable current and prospective teachers as well as other education professionals to improve practice, leading to more successful learning for all students. Drawing on her extensive experience as both a high school teacher and a university professor, Inez De Florio provides an evidence-informed and value-based approach to teaching and learning that takes the personality and the accountability of teaching professionals into account. Students' needs and interests are the primary focus of an evidence-informed teaching model, MET (Model of Effective Teaching), which is described and exemplified in detail. In order to allow for informed decisions and suitable applications of the steps of the MET, the book provides, furthermore, a succinct and comprehensible introduction to the main features and types of educational research, especially newer findings of evidence-based education such as presented in John Hattie's research.

Introduction
1. Main features of scientific research on education
2. Important types of scientific research on education
3. Main features of evidence-based research on education
4. Meta-analyses on education
5. A synthesis of over 800 meta-analyses relating to achievement
6. Scaffolding effective teaching and successful learning
7. Planning and starting the lesson
8. Presenting knowledge and skills - assertive questioning
9. Guided and independent practice
10. Cooperative and project-based learning
11. Feedback - reciprocal and informative
Concluding remarks: standards need more evidence.

Subject Areas: Educational psychology [JNC], Education [JN], Psychology [JM]