The Teacher's Toolkit

Designed as a teacher's resource, The Teacher's Toolkit is packed with practical classroom strategies that will enable you to: -- meet the needs of different learning styles -- add spice to your teaching -- stimulate your own creativity -- challenge the gifted -- and the disruptive! Whatever subject you teach, this comprehensive volume will help you to develop thinking skills in your students; promote citizenship and an understanding of democracy; fine-tune study skills and help students acquire the attitude and skills for true independence. Drawing on neuroscience, psychology and sociology The Teacher's Toolkit provides an overview of recent thinking innovations in teaching and presents over fifty learning techniques for all subjects and age groups, with dozens of practical ideas for managing group work, tackling behavioral issues and promoting personal responsibility. Also presents tools for checking your teaching skills -- from lesson planning to performance management.