What Every Parent Should Know About Education : How knowing the facts can help your child succeed.
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| Author / Creator: | Atherton, Chris. |
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| Imprint: | St Albans : Critical Publishing, 2021. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (142 p.). |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Practical Teaching Practical Teaching. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13914306 |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- Meet the authors -- 1. Why should I learn more about education? -- Parents and the education debate -- Question 1: How can parents help a child be successful in school? -- Being knowledgeable about education -- Collaborating with the school -- Question 2: Do people who work in education agree on what good education looks like? -- It is time to revisit what you know about education -- Conclusion -- Further reading -- Bibliography -- 2. School choice -- Key information about your choice of school | |
| 505 | 8 | |a What are some of the most common questions about school choice? -- Question 1: What is 'school choice'? -- Geographical location and school choice -- Question 2: What are the similarities and differences between the types of school available? -- Academies -- Question 3: Why and how do schools select pupils? -- Single-gender schools -- Private schools -- Question 4: How can Ofsted reports help inform school-choice decisions? -- What is Ofsted? -- Reading Ofsted reports -- The 'call' -- The inspection -- Do Ofsted ratings reflect the quality of education my child will receive? | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Question 5: Where can I find good sources of dependable information about the schools I'm considering? -- Triangulate multiple viewpoints -- Ask school leaders and teachers about the things that really make a difference to students' learning -- Creating a supportive classroom environment -- Classroom management -- Getting students to think hard -- Conclusion -- Further reading -- Bibliography -- 3. Learning -- Key information -- What do you need to know about how we learn? -- Question 1: Why haven't we learnt something once we've experienced it? -- Question 2: How does memory work? | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Working and long-term memory -- Question 3: Are skills more important than knowledge? -- Why knowledge matters -- How should we learn skills? -- Question 4: Do we all learn in different ways? -- Surely you're not suggesting that all students are identical? -- Conclusion -- Further reading -- Bibliography -- 4. Assessment and testing -- Key information -- Question 1: What is the difference between 'assessment' and 'testing'? -- Assessment -- Tests -- Question 2: How do teachers use assessment and testing in the classroom? -- Pre-flight checks -- In-flight checks -- Hinge questions | |
| 505 | 8 | |a The importance of surprise in assessment and testing -- Feedback -- Question 3: Are marking and grades useful for my child's learning? -- Marking -- Grades -- Looking behind the grade -- When can grades be useful? -- Question 4: What tests do children have to take in primary and secondary school? -- Year 1 phonics check -- Conclusion -- Further reading -- Bibliography -- 5. Putting it into practice in the classroom and at home -- Time to reflect -- The strategies explored in this chapter -- Strategy 1: Test yourself to commit knowledge to memory -- How might a teacher use this strategy? | |
| 500 | |a How a student might use this strategy. | ||
| 520 | |a A walk through all the most important issues in education, comparing commonly-held beliefs with simple summaries of the evidence, providing you with clear, jargon-free information. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
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