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50 Quick Ways to Use Scaffolding and Modelling
50 Quick Ways to Use Scaffolding and Modelling presents you with a compendium of strategies, activities and techniques you can use to differentiate your lessons, personalise learning and help all learners make excellent progress – and enjoy themselves while they do.
The book looks at two of the most important tools in the toolkit of any teacher. Scaffolding is examined first. Entries 1 – 30 explore the concept, giving a wide range of practical examples of how you can include more of it in your lessons and explaining what impact this is likely to have. Entries 31 – 50 focus on modelling. Again, the emphasis is on classroom practice and on providing ideas you can quickly and easily implement.
Scaffolding is all the things you do to help students get to grips with a task, activity or idea. It is the support you provide which scaffolds the learning; that extra bit of help students need to make progress and successfully engage with what you have planned.
Modelling is where we model something for students – be that thinking, how to complete an activity or how to answer a particular question type. In one sense, modelling is a type of scaffolding. But it is worth considering separately because of the breadth of potential strategies and teacher actions it covers.
All in all, this is a book any teacher who wants to develop their practice, finesse their interactions with students, and help learners maximise their potential needs on their shelf. The ideas presented can be used across the Key Stages and throughout the curriculum. So dip in and see what you discover.
The book looks at two of the most important tools in the toolkit of any teacher. Scaffolding is examined first. Entries 1 – 30 explore the concept, giving a wide range of practical examples of how you can include more of it in your lessons and explaining what impact this is likely to have. Entries 31 – 50 focus on modelling. Again, the emphasis is on classroom practice and on providing ideas you can quickly and easily implement.
Scaffolding is all the things you do to help students get to grips with a task, activity or idea. It is the support you provide which scaffolds the learning; that extra bit of help students need to make progress and successfully engage with what you have planned.
Modelling is where we model something for students – be that thinking, how to complete an activity or how to answer a particular question type. In one sense, modelling is a type of scaffolding. But it is worth considering separately because of the breadth of potential strategies and teacher actions it covers.
All in all, this is a book any teacher who wants to develop their practice, finesse their interactions with students, and help learners maximise their potential needs on their shelf. The ideas presented can be used across the Key Stages and throughout the curriculum. So dip in and see what you discover.
113 pages, Paperback
Published March 13, 2017
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About the author
Mike Gershon
68 books8 followersMike Gershon is an expert educationalist whose knowledge of teaching and learning extends across the age ranges and the curriculum. His online teaching tools have been viewed and downloaded more than 2.6 million times by teachers in over 180 countries and territories. They include the now famous Starter Generator, Plenary Producer and AFL Toolkit, all available at www.mikegershon.com.
He is the author of 21 books on teaching and learning, including numerous bestsellers. All of Mike's work is closely focused on the practicalities of pedagogy; teachers across the world return to his toolkits and writing because of their relevance to the classroom and the immediacy with which the ideas can be implemented.
He is also the author of 8 books on thinking and work skills - the Gershon Business Essentials series. In these books, Mike brings his knowledge of business and thinking to bear on different aspects of working life such as time management, how to think creatively and how to deliver outstanding presentations.
Mike writes on teaching and learning for the Times Educational Supplement, trains teachers around the UK, acts as an educational consultant for various organisations and continues to teach at secondary level.
He is the author of 21 books on teaching and learning, including numerous bestsellers. All of Mike's work is closely focused on the practicalities of pedagogy; teachers across the world return to his toolkits and writing because of their relevance to the classroom and the immediacy with which the ideas can be implemented.
He is also the author of 8 books on thinking and work skills - the Gershon Business Essentials series. In these books, Mike brings his knowledge of business and thinking to bear on different aspects of working life such as time management, how to think creatively and how to deliver outstanding presentations.
Mike writes on teaching and learning for the Times Educational Supplement, trains teachers around the UK, acts as an educational consultant for various organisations and continues to teach at secondary level.
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February 1, 2022
A practical book that includes different good and realistic ideas. Very quick to read, though I found the part about scaffolding much more interesting than the one about modelling. Not widely applicable to my subject but inspiring, indeed.
October 31, 2023
Pues no me aportó gran cosa. No es que el libro esté mal, de ahí mi puntuación, si no que creo que ya lo he cogido tarde.
Casi todo lo que se explica aquí ya lo implemento más o menos.
Pero si eres novata en el andamiaje, pues este libro te da muchas ideas.
Casi todo lo que se explica aquí ya lo implemento más o menos.
Pero si eres novata en el andamiaje, pues este libro te da muchas ideas.
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews