"Assessment that clearly identifies pupils' starting points and understanding, checks progress, establishes what has been learnt and can inform the next steps in learning is at the core of good and outstanding teaching." The Annual Report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, 2010-11, November 2011 Assessment for Learning: embedding excellence and consistency shows how to use Assessment for Learning (AfL) to improve the quality of teaching and learning throughout your school. It looks in detail at what makes AfL work and gives real examples of techniques and strategies that your staff can apply in their teaching. With detailed commentaries on lesson observations and individual strategies it will help you to: develop a consistent yet tailored approach to AfL across your school enable your pupils to develop as autonomous, reflective, critical learners, while measuring up to national curriculum and public examination standards make links between pupils' learning and teachers' professional development encourage a more reflective teaching staff and learner-led classrooms.
Skilled consultant and trainer John Blanchard demonstrates how AfL can work in all subjects and how even in a packed curriculum it can and should be central to teaching and learning. Brand-new: part of the Optimus Education D-I-Y (deliver it yourself) training portfolio!
- ISBN10 1907927085
- ISBN13 9781907927089
- Publish Date 28 February 2012
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Optimus Publishing
- Imprint Optimus Education
- Pages 208
- Language English