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Effective Teaching Strategies

( methods to improve education )

 


 
Strategies for Effective Teaching

• The high-quality pages below offer lots of interesting ideas for you to think about.
 

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

 
• 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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