Creating outstanding classrooms : a whole-school approach / Oliver Knight and David Benson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: A whole-school approach -- The challenge facing education -- A paradigm shift -- A new role for assessment -- The whole-school model -- How to use this book -- PART 1 -- 1. Curriculum planning -- Stage 1 Introduction to medium-term planning -- the Teaching and Learning cycle -- Stage 2 Getting more complex -- surface, deep and conceptual understanding -- Stage 3 Going deeper still -- Performances of Understanding and evidence of thinking -- Stage 4 Disciplinary thinking -- Stage 5 Fertile Questions -- planning for progression in understanding -- Stage 6 The Learner Profile -- Stage 7 Medium-term plans -- frameworks for progression in understanding -- Conclusions -- PART 2 -- 2. Teacher practices -- the nuts and bolts -- Lesson structure and planning -- Questioning and creating a culture of inquiry -- Mindsets -- creating the climate for excellence in every lesson -- Conclusions -- PART 3 -- 3. Every teacher is a teacher of language -- Every teacher a reading teacher -- Talk is how learning happens -- The writing process -- PART 4 -- 4. Assessment models -- what do we value and are we assessing it? -- Formative assessment models -- Summative assessment models -- PART 5 -- 5. Leadership -- the framework for creating the culture -- Section 1 Leadership as a cultural statement -- Section 2 Using data to drive a whole-school dialogue around learning -- Section 3 Modelling lifelong learning -- Section 4 Using Line Management systems to maintain the focus on learning -- Conclusions.

"This timely new book outlines a whole-school approach to embedding a sustainable model of teaching and learning that puts the learner at the heart of the system. It provides an entire framework for ensuring all students achieve above their expectations; incorporating school vision, teacher professional development, assessment models, school culture, leadership and management, and core classroom practices. It takes what the current research suggests does - and does not - work and builds it into a practical approach that has been tried, tested and proven to work. Each section incorporates the research, a model of how this can be embedded across a school and then a training section that allows senior leaders in schools to teach the skill-set to others to ensure it can be embedded and reviewed. Covering all aspect of teaching and learning including curriculum design, teacher practices, assessment and leadership, the book features: - a clear planning framework that is easy to implement; - subject based case studies to exemplify good practice; - diagrams to clarify and consolidate information; - training activities throughout each chapter, also available to download at www.routledge.com/9780415831178. Designed to be used as a training tool for both new and established teachers, this book is essential reading for senior leaders that want to equip their teachers with the skills and knowledge to create a school of outstanding classrooms"-- Provided by publisher.