Why you should read: Teach Like A Champion 2.0 by Doug Lemov

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This text covers the fundamentals of classroom management, questioning and securing understanding.
All 62 well-defined techniques are mutually reinforcing and form a coherent overall guide. What is it about? Teach Like A Champion is a set of ‘field notes’ that explain a range of techniques that cover a teacher’s core repertoire. There are four parts that form the underlying principles for Lemov’s approach: Part 1: Check for Understanding. This focuses on how to collect information about what students have learned, how to act on that and build confidence with learning. Part 2: Academic Ethos. This section includes a range of techniques based around curriculum planning, expectations and questioning. Right is Right (where you only tell a child they are right when they give the full answer you wanted), for example, is about getting students to believe they can succeed and making sure they do. Other techniques deal with lesson routines that support the learning process. Part 3: Ratio. This has two parts: participation ratio, a measure of how well you involve all studen

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This article was published in March 2019 and reflects the terminology and understanding of research and evidence in use at the time. Some terms and conclusions may no longer align with current standards. We encourage readers to approach the content with an understanding of this context.

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