“Gen Y” teachers want more frequent feedback on their teaching, tend to be more open to shared practice, and say that rewards and sanctions should be differentiated based on performance, a new ...

Editor’s note: This version was published in 2004. An updated version is available from 2011. Research shows that good teaching matters. Effective teachers are capable of inspiring significantly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rather than have students memorize definitions and facts about a science topic such as light, an effective first grade teacher ...

Although there seems to be an existing hypothesis that effective teaching cannot be defined, research indicates that it is possible to define the levels of teaching. Based on a few studies, I have ...

A TEACHER plays a pivotal role in the process of education. Theoretically, no teacher will ever become totally ideal. Becoming totally ideal would mean that the teacher has achieved such a level of ...

Two recent studies by researchers at Vanderbilt University and New York University offer valuable insights for practitioners, policymakers and researchers seeking to address persistent racial ...

What qualities do students most admire in a teacher? That was the question posed in our Student Voices essay and video contest for April. No, it’s not just being good at telling jokes, being easy ...

A NASUWT poll last week found that the majority of parents wanted ‘qualified teachers’ to teach their children. Unsurprising really, until you consider what that word ‘qualified’ really means. In ...