50 Teaching and Learning Approaches - Simple, Easy Effective Ways to Engage Learners Measure Their

This reader-friendly and accessible text introduces 50 teaching and learning approaches and explores how they work in practice by taking an honest look at the advantages and disadvantages of each one. For each approach, the authors include in-practice examples taken from a range of teaching contexts. The text also offers clear support for teachers on how they can assess learners' progress when using each approach. This focus on the need to see and measure the learning that is taking place supports the reader to concentrate on the learning and not be distracted with the newness of different approaches.

List of contents

Introduction
1.Analogue versus digital
2.Bingo
3.Board rotation
4.Brainstorming
5.Break it up
6.Buzz groups
7.Card activities
8.Case study
9.Catchphrase
10.Charades
11.Concept mapping
12.Debates
13.Demonstration
14.Discovery
15.Field trip
16.Find your match
17.Flipped classroom
18.Guess who or what
19.Guest speakers
20.Half and half
21.Hot potato
22.Inner and outer circles
23.Interleaving
24.Jigsaw puzzle
25.Labelling
26.Learner presentation
27.Live lecture
28.Mind mapping
29.Newspaper article or blog
30.Online quizzes, discussions and surveys
31.Optimists and pessimists
32.Peer review
33.Picture prompt
34.Quescussion
35.Question bowl
36.Rhyme and rap
37.Role play
38.Simulation
39.Snowballing
40.Textbook challenge
41.Think, pair and share
42.Three minute paper
43.Three two one
44.True or False
45.TV commercial
46.Walking in your shoes
47.Watch, summarise and question
48.Whip round
49.Who wants to be a millionaire?
50.Worksheet
Appendix

About the author

Sharron started delivering education and training programmes on a part time basis in 1987, before progressing into a full-time career in further education in 2000. She has gained practical work-based skills and a wide and varied understanding of schools’ provision, further and higher education, apprenticeships and full cost courses. 

Starting her career as a teacher in a land-based specialist college, she progressed to course management before taking responsibility for several departments within a large further education college. Sharron further developed her knowledge and skills within the sector when her role changed to Head of Services to Business. She is now the Assistant Principal of Quality at the White Rose Beauty Colleges, which is recognised as the UKs largest beauty therapy training provider.?

Sharron is passionate about raising standards in education and is committed to supporting quality improvement at all levels and stages. As well as her work in further education and as a Standards Verifier for Pearson, she has also worked with secondary schools as a governor to support quality improvement. 

Sharron holds an Honour′s Degree in Education and Training, has a Certificate in Education, is a Member of the Society for Education and Training, and holds QTLS status.

Sharron can be contacted via:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mansellsharron/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sharronmansell
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharronmansell
Email: [e-mail]
Ann has been teaching, assessing and quality assuring in the FE and skills sector since 1983. Ann holds a Masters in Educational Management, a PGCE, a Degree in Education, and a Medal of Excellence for teaching. She is a Fellow of the Society for Education and Training, and holds QTLS status. Ann has been writing textbooks since 2006 which are mainly based on her own experiences as a teacher, and the subsequent education of trainee teachers. She aims to write in plain English to help anyone with their role. She creates resources for teachers and learners such as PowerPoints and handouts for the assessment, quality assurance, and teacher training qualifications which are available via her website. Ann has also worked for several awarding organisations producing qualification guidance, policies and procedures, training new staff, and carrying out the external quality assurance of teaching, assessment and quality assurance qualifications.

Ann is the author of the following text books:·       
*The Award in Education and Training (2025)
*Principles and Practices of Teaching and Training (2017)   
*Principles and Practices of Quality Assurance (2016)
*Principles and Practices of Assessment (2015)
*Achieving your Assessment and Quality Assurance Units (TAQA) (2014)    
*Passing Assessments for the Award in Education and Training (2013)
*Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (2012)    
*Passing PTLLS Assessments (2012)
*What is Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector? (2012)    
*Delivering Employability Skills in the Lifelong Learning Sector (2010)   
*Delivering Adult Learning (2006)

She is co-author of: 
*Achieving your Diploma in Education (FE & Skills) (2024)     
*The Best Vocational Trainer’s Guide (2015)
*The Certificate in Education and Training (2014)
*Passing Assessments for the Certificate in Education and Training (2014)
*Equality and Diversity in the Lifelong Learning Sector (2012)
*Planning and Enabling Learning in the Lifelong Learning Sector (2010)
*Passing CTLLS Assessments (2010)

She has edited:·       
*50 Quality Improvement and Quality Assurance Approaches (2021)     
*50 Assessment Approaches (2020)
*50 Teaching and Learning Approaches (2019)
*Achieving QTLS Status (2018)
*Study Skills for PTLLS (2012)

Summary

This reader-friendly and accessible text introduces 50 teaching and learning approaches and explores how they work in practice by taking an honest look at the advantages and disadvantages of each one.

Product details

• Authors: Author, Ann Gravells, Gravells Ann, Andrew Hampel, Andrew Hampell, Sharron Mansell, Sharron Gravells Mansell
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781526488763
• ISBN: 978-1-5264-8876-3
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; EDUCATION / Adult & Continuing Education, EDUCATION / Counseling / Career Development, Teaching skills and techniques, Teaching skills & techniques, Careers guidance, Adult education, continuous learning, EDUCATION / Teaching / Methods & Strategies