Teaching Practice

 TEACHING PRACTICE

Good teaching practice is a key influence on student learning - a desired outcome and primary goal of higher educational institutions. Teachers strive to meet the principles of good practice in an effort to provide the best learning experience for their students. Key considerations in shaping good teaching practice include:

• Encouraging good communication between teachers and learners
• Encouraging interaction among learners
• Providing opportunities for active participation
• Timely and appropriate response and feedback
• Emphasising time on task
• Motivating learning by communicating expectations

Teaching practice can be a a huge source of anxiety for trainees who are short on time. This collection of resources was created for trainee teachers in their final training term and can help save time when preparing for teaching practice, as well as providing valuable guidance and reference material along the way. These materials contain valuable information for teachers at all stages of their careers, who may be looking for some extra inspiration on learning strategies, assessment and classroom management.

Starters

We all know how important having a good ‘starter’ is in lessons. It can serve as that all-important hook for the remainder of the lesson and really help to motivate pupils and stimulate their curiosity. The resources below can provide you with a whole range of interesting starter activities which you can either use directly or adapt to suit your own purposes.

Assessment for Learning

As you move into your final term in your practice school your mentor/tutors will begin to ‘turn the heat up’ as far as your lesson observations are concerned. Behaviour management and AfL are the two aspects of pedagogy that many trainees find difficult to ‘get to grips with’. If you want to impress your mentors/tutors and realise that ‘Outstanding’ grade then it is worth making use of a wide range of AfL strategies. The question you need to ask yourself is ‘What have the pupils learned? How do you know? The sources provided for you in this pack go a long way to helping you obtain the answers to these two questions.