29 Terms
Contributors in Teaching
Teaching
Informal knowledge
Education; Teaching
Knowledge about a topic that children learn through experience outside of the classroom.
Scaffolding
Education; Teaching
An instructional technique in which the teacher breaks a complex task into smaller tasks, models the desired learning strategy or task, provides support as students learn to do the task, and then ...
Systemic reform
Education; Teaching
Change that occurs in all aspects and levels of the educational process and that impacts all stakeholders within the process—students, teachers, parents, administrators, and community members—with ...
Teaching for understanding
Education; Teaching
A teaching method that focuses on the process of understanding as the goal of learning rather than simply the development of specific skills. It focuses on forming connexions and seeing relationships ...
Standardised tests
Education; Teaching
Assessments that are administered and scored in exactly the same way for all students. Traditional standardised tests are typically mass-produced and machine-scored; they are designed to measure ...
Student assistance programme
Education; Teaching
A school-based program, modelled on employee assistance programs, that focuses on addressing students' behaviour and performance at school and includes a referral process to help students address ...
