How to Use Questioning in the Classroom: The Complete Guide - Softcover

Gershon, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1500264911 ISBN 13: 9781500264918

Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub, 2013

Synopsis

The bestselling 'How to use Questioning in the Classroom: The Complete Guide' gives classroom teachers everything they need to embed outstanding questioning in their teaching and raise achievement across the board. The book is written by a practising teacher and is unashamedly practical. It contains a wide range of activities, strategies, techniques and questions which educators can use to create challenging, engaging learning experiences for their students. Everything in the book is generic, meaning it can be applied across the curriculum.In the first section of the book, Mike analyses the nature of classroom questioning before outlining and illustrating thirty-five strategies, activities and techniques which can be used when teaching almost any topic to any age group. In section two, more than 1200 generic, high-quality question are presented, ready to adapt for use in your classroom.Mike Gershon's teaching resources have been viewed and downloaded more than 2.7 million times in over 180 countries and territories. His books expand and develop his electronic materials, such as the Starter Generator, the Plenary Producer and the Assessment for Learning Toolkit.The How to… series developed out of Mike's desire to share great classroom practice with teachers around the world. He wanted to put together a collection of books which would help professionals no matter what age group or subject they were teaching. Each volume focuses on a different element of classroom practice and each is overflowing with brilliant, practical strategies, techniques and activities all of which are clearly explained and ready-to-use. In most cases, the ideas can be applied immediately, helping teachers not only to teach better but to save time as well.Each book goes out of its way to make teachers' lives easier and their lessons even more engaging, inspiring and successful then they already are.The How to… series is great teaching made easy.

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About the Author

Mike Gershon is an expert educationalist whose knowledge of teaching and learning extends across the age ranges and the curriculum. His online teaching tools have been viewed and downloaded more than 3.5 million times by teachers in over 180 countries and territories. They include the now famous Starter Generator, Plenary Producer and AFL Toolkit. He is also the author of more than 30 books on teaching and learning, including bestsellers covering categories such as outstanding teaching, assessment for learning, differentiation, questioning, growth mindsets and Bloom's Taxonomy. He has also written more than 50 guides looking at different areas of classroom practice. All of Mike's work is closely focused on the practicalities of pedagogy; teachers across the world return to his work because of its relevance to the classroom and the immediacy with which the ideas can be implemented. Find out more at www.mikegershon.com and www.gershongrowthmindsets.com

Edition details

• Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1500264911
• ISBN 13: 9781500264918
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 231