Improving children's learning

"The book discusses many areas of topical importance including teaching methods; motivating learners and matching work to children; how best to structure children's learning; classroom control and organisation; teaching literacy; teaching children with special educational needs and working with parents." "It also looks at the increasing role of the teacher as researcher and how collaborative working practices are providing a way for teachers to appraise the progress both of themselves and of their colleagues. This book should be of particular interest to the classroom teacher who is looking for ways to develop his or her teaching and has limited time to explore the research. It sets out to translate the findings of research into practical terms which teachers can easily use."--Jacket.