ABSTRACT

Instructional Strategies for Middle and High School is an accessible, practical, and engaging methods textbook that introduces pre-service teachers to various instructional strategies and helps them to decide how and when to use these methods in the classroom. Classrooms are comprised of diverse learners, and aspiring teachers will face complex decisions about the assessment of student learning and classroom management. Instructional Strategies for Middle and High School equips pre-service teachers with the methodological tools to promote understanding, conceptual awareness, and learning for every child in the classroom.

Features include:

  • clear, step-by-step descriptions of seven instructional techniques that pre-service teachers can realistically implement within the classroom setting
  • practical suggestions for ways to integrate effective classroom management and valid assessment techniques with each instructional strategy
  • concrete examples to illustrate each concept or teaching method described
  • guidelines for deciding which instructional methods are most appropriate to different classroom situations and for diverse learners
  • guides for creating lesson plans
  • access to a comprehensive companion website that provides additional resources and further ways to engage with the material presented in the chapters. https://www.routledge.com/textbooks/instructionalstrategies

part |2 pages

SECTION 1 CONTEXTS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING

chapter 1|36 pages

Learning, Teaching, and Management

chapter 2|22 pages

Constructing Classroom Curriculum

chapter 3|26 pages

Preparing Learning Objectives and

chapter 4|30 pages

Long- and Short-Range Planning

part |2 pages

SECTION 2 INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

chapter 5|24 pages

Lecture and Direct Instruction

chapter 6|20 pages

Questioning

chapter 7|20 pages

Concept Formation

chapter 8|26 pages

Cooperative Learning

chapter 9|24 pages

Simulations, Role-Play, and Dramatization

chapter 10|28 pages

Classroom Discussion and Debate

chapter 11|24 pages

Student-Directed Investigation