Introduction to Great Teaching: principle to practice

Great teaching involves direct instruction, group work, classroom management, questioning, feedback, responsive teaching, retrieval practice, and support and challenge. This free introduction to the book Great Teaching: from principles to practice dispels the myth that direct instruction is the only way to teach and shows how instruction can be accompanied by a host of other techniques to engage students, to encourage participation, to aid long-term memory and to deepen understanding. It encourages leaders to move away from policies where all teachers, regardless of the age or subject they teach, have to follow the same prescribed approaches. Rigorous principles become the goal or destination for all, but as with any destination, you can take different routes. With 157 techniques, teachers and teams can adopt a variety of strategies, extending their repertoire as they move towards great teaching practice.