National Association for Beginning Teachers

Ten Best Teaching Practices

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How Brain Research, Learning Styles, and Standards Define Teaching Competencies

Second Edition

Authored by: Donna Walker Tileston

Description:

Praise for the First Edition:
"Tileston explains the importance of an enriched and emotionally supportive climate, a wide repertoire of teaching techniques, the critical element of connections or transfers in learning, and the role of memory in making learning more meaningful, motivating, and challenging work."
CHOICE, July 2001

Enable all students to realize their greatest learning potential!

The biggest challenge a teacher can face is an uninspired student. In Ten Best Teaching Practices, Second Edition, Donna Walker Tileston provides the classroom teacher with a practical guide to inspiring, motivating, and therefore educating even the most unenthusiastic students. This exciting update of the original classic details the fundamentals of differentiated teaching strategies, teaching for long-term memory, collaborative learning, higher-order thinking skills, technology integration, and much more. Instructors will use ten highly practiced teaching methods proven to facilitate learning in all students.

Ten Best Teaching Practices, Second Edition includes:

• Examples illustrating how each teaching practice can be employed in a practical environment
• Tips on how to encourage students to incorporate self-motivation in their own learning through personal goals
• Detailed analysis on how the brain absorbs learning
• Mentoring guidelines that will help even the most challenged students
• Helpful graphics illustrating the essential points of these practices

Publisher:
Corwin Press

Pub Date: 03-30-2005

Pages: 128

Trim Size: 8.5" x 11"

Price: $27.95

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