Making Every Geography Lesson Count

Book excerpt: Making Every Geography Lesson Count maps out the key elements of effective geography teaching and shows teachers how to develop students' grasp of the subject over time. Mark Enser's all-encompassing yet concise addition to Shaun Allison and Andy Tharby's award-winning Making Every Lesson Count series is underpinned by the six pedagogical principles which are common to all the books in the series - challenge, explanation, modelling, practice, feedback and questioning - and provides simple, realistic strategies that geography teachers can use to develop teaching and learning in their classroom. Written for new and experienced geography teachers alike, Making Every Geography Lesson Count provides effective strategies which will enable teachers to bring the six principles to life, with each chapter concluding with a series of questions that will inspire reflective thought and help teachers relate the content to their own classroom practice Part of the Making Every Lesson Count series. The award-winning title Making Every Lesson Count has now inspired a whole series of books. Each of the books in the series are held together by six pedagogical principles - challenge, explanation, modelling, practice, feedback and questioning - and provide simple, realistic classroom strategies that teachers can use to develop the teaching and learning in their classroom.