Pedagogy
Teaching and learning approaches
When teachers provide helpful feedback to let students know what they are doing right, and what and how they need to improve, students start to assess their own work more honestly, seek guidance from teachers and begin to set goals for themselves.
Knowledge of adolescent development
Adolescence is a time characterised by significant physical, social, emotional and intellectual change for young people. Teachers of middle years students should be aware of and take into account the particular developmental needs of the young adolescents they teach.
Published on: 18 Jan 2012