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Teaching Skills
Chris Kyriacou
Incorporates the new
QTS standards for 2007
Third
Edition
Essential
Teaching Skills
Third Edition
Chris Kyriacou
Text Chris Kyriacou 2007
Illustrations Nelson Thornes Ltd 1991, 1998, 2007
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First published in 1991 by Basil Blackwell Ltd
Reprinted in 1992 by Simon and Schuster Education
Reprinted in 1995 by Stanley Thornes (Publishers) Ltd
Second edition 1998
Reprinted in 2001 by Nelson Thornes Ltd
Third edition published in 2007 by:
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Contents
Preface v
1 Developing your teaching skills 1
The nature of teaching skills 1
Further reading 17
2 Planning and preparation 19
The elements of planning and preparation 19
Lesson planning 24
Lesson preparation 29
Further reading 33
Academic
tasks 41
Matching work to
pupil ability and needs 47
Further
reading 53
Maintaining pupils
involvement 57
Further reading 67
Motivating pupils 72
Further reading 82
Using reprimands 93
Using punishments 96
Dealing with
confrontations 100
Assessment
activities in the classroom 111
Key
questions about your assessment of pupils progress 120
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8 Reection and evaluation 121
Self-evaluation 122
Dealing with
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