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Effective Teaching Strategies( methods to improve education ) |
ACTIVE LEARNING — STRATEGIES & THEORIES asks, "How can theories of active learning (constructivism, inquiry, meaningful reception,...) be used in effective teaching strategies that promote effective learning?" You can Browse the Education Standards in 30 areas, including 4 in Life Skills! A National Dialogue on Standards-Based Education — which is one of many projects with the goal of Ensuring Quality — produced reports by Bryan Goodwin (with links to more at bottom of page) and (in abstract & full text) Laura Lefkowits & Sheila Arens and Susan Biemesderfer; and these questions are explored by PBS in The Challenge of Standards. Quotations about Education — in collections that are small ( 1 2 3 ) and large ( 4 5 ) Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) — hint: use their Thesaurus and "Search ERIC" using Advanced Search. Regional Educational Laboratories — with Publications from 10 labs in the U.S. |
New Horizons for Learning offers plenty of high-quality "effective teaching" resources you can explore! ACSD shares excellent articles from Educational Leadership and offers useful summaries of Education Topics and more. Aesop's Activities for Goal-Directed Education by Craig Rusbult, plus Education for Problem Solving & Thinking Skills (using Design Method and Scientific Method) Effective Schooling for At-Risk Students Glossary of Instructional Strategies Trends in Education Reform & Ed-Web by Andy Carvin Tips for Teaching (many links to interesting, useful ideas) Theory into Practice (Learning Theories and more) Hotlinks for Educators and Internet Topics by Marcia Sheridan |
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You can also explore pages with links plus overview-summaries: for
the combining of CREATIVITY and CRITICAL
THINKING into PROBLEM
SOLVING in the area of Thinking
Skills; and in School
Options you can see a range of perspectives on RELIGION
IN PUBLIC
EDUCATION. Also, HOME
SCHOOLS is similar to this "effective teaching" page because, although
it has no overview-summaries, it does have links to lots of
information that could be useful for all teachers and learners, not just
homeschoolers.
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THREE TYPES
OF LINKS in this website for Whole-Person Education:
An ITALICIZED LINK keeps you inside a page, moving you to another part of it. Above, a NON-ITALICIZED LINK is page-adding, opening a new page in a new window. Below, a NON-ITALICIZED LINK is page-replacing, opening a new page in this window. |
This links-page for Effective Teaching
Strategies (assembled
by Craig Rusbult) is
http://www.asa3.org/ASA/education/teach/methods.htm
All links on this page were checked and fixed on December 5, 2008.