What is good teaching?

Professor Geoff Masters, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)  describes four practices that he considers part of the generic ‘essence’ of effective teaching:

• establishing where learners are in their progress;
• tailoring teaching to the needs of individual learners;
• providing immediate feedback to guide action; and
• assisting learners to see and appreciate the progress they are making.

‘Generations of teachers – from master sculptors to piano teachers to sports coaches to parents of very young children – have used these principles naturally in their everyday teaching,’ Professor Masters writes.

'Evidence-based approaches to improving learning'
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At Warrandyte Education Services, the teaching of all students is based on these principles.