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Total Teaching - Raising the achievement of vulnerable groups
Total Teaching - Raising the achievement of vulnerable groups
SKU:BK897
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Neil is passionate about raising the achievement of pupils who may struggle to learn but who may not have a formal diagnosis of special needs. By identifying these pupils and prioritising their learning, schools can see great improvement for these pupils and a boost to the results of the school.
Total Teaching is a philosophy as well as a set of practical ideas and teaching techniques for teachers in mainstream classes.
It means you do not have to wait for extra funding, or for a SEN diagnosis, instead you can pick out and use Neil MacKay's ideas and boost the inclusive quality of your lessons and offer good differentiation for those students who are close to achieving their learning goals.
Neil looks a the following key issues:
- How to create the right classroom climate
- How to identify and meet specific learning needs
- Supporting students with weak working memory
- Tracking your quick thinking, slow delivering students
- Self-directed learning
- Supporting students with low confidence and self-esteem issues
- Boosting decoding and analytical skills
- Strengthening comprehension activities
- Getting reluctant writers to show what they know