Teaching Strategies for Quality Teaching and Learning: Concise edition is a practical guide to quality teaching and learning in South Africa. It is particularly useful for teacher education students, both as a text for their theoretical studies and as a reference during their practice teaching placements and later teaching careers.

This concise edition contains selected chapters that provide an introduction to the principles of effective teaching and learning, with special reference to how these principles can be applied within the framework of South Africa’s National Curriculum Statement Grades R–12. It gives detailed guidelines for using seven broad teaching strategies that have proven to be effective across all phases of school and in further education and training.

The final chapter introduces the principles of quality assessment and links these to the National Protocol for Assessment Grades R–12.

KEY FEATURES:

• Clearly written and systematically structured with an emphasis on making the information easy for new teachers to apply.
• A consistent emphasis on reflective practice.
• Activities in every chapter to help readers explore ideas further.
• ‘At a glance’ summaries to suggest when each teaching strategy should or should not be used.
• Weblinks to help readers locate additional information and resources.
• Review questions at the end of each chapter that can be used for self-assessment and class discussions.

Teaching Strategies for Quality Teaching and Learning provides an introduction to nine teaching strategies that can be used in a range of educational settings, from school to higher education.

The teaching strategies presented in the book forms the foundation for quality teaching and learning, and each strategy is approached in a pragmatic way, with a focus on when, why and how the strategy can be used.

Effective Teaching Strategies: Lessons from Research and Practice provides you with a practical overview of nine common teaching strategies used in all levels of education and training from early childhood through to higher education. Coverage of the importance of being a reflective teacher helps you to learn to reflect on your philosophy of teaching and determine which teaching strategy to use in different situations. The clear, logical, and easy-to-navigate structure – covering each teaching strategy thoroughly – makes this a valuable resource, especially in your professional placement, and in your future classrooms. Useful resources include basic lesson plan templates, and Early Childhood, Primary and Secondary lesson plan sets (via Instructor website).