Andy Griffith is the co-creator of the Outstanding Teaching Intervention (OTI) and is a director of MALIT Ltd. He has helped teachers and whole schools move up to Ofsted's Outstanding grade by offering practical advice and getting teachers to try new ways of working with their students. Andy has won a national training award and has written and consulted for a number of organisations including LEAs and Comic Relief. Mark Burns is a leading trainer with Osiris Educational and a director of MALIT Limited and has a wealth of experience from his twelve years of teaching. He contributed significantly to the development of the Outstanding Teaching Intervention (OTI) and his work with both individual teachers and schools has helped them move up Ofsted levels. This work has been recognised by Ofsted as well as being shortlisted for the TES Awards.Andy Griffith is the co-creator of the Outstanding Teaching Intervention (OTI) and is a director of MALIT Ltd. He has helped teachers and whole schools move up to Ofsted's Outstanding grade by offering practical advice and getting teachers to try new ways of working with their students. Andy has won a national training award and has written and consulted for a number of organisations including LEAs and Comic Relief.
''Teaching backwards'' is another superb demystification of exactly
what outstanding teaching looks like.Mark and Andy have the
clearest vision of how to describe outstanding teaching that I have
yet come across and the book is littered with practical tools to
use in the classroom the next day.To suggest to a teacher that they
start with the end in mind is the easy bit. The book goes on to
give a step by step approach to how to do it.I particularly like
the use of humour and metaphor and I will be looking for more hob
nob teachers and more black belt assessorsEnjoyed it and still
learned things. Always a great sign.James Kerfoot, Principal,
Childwall Sports and Science Academy
aTeaching Backwards' is perfect for the busy classroom teachers
eager for practical strategies for improving the planning, delivery
and appraisal of their lessons. Helpfully illustrated with plenty
of real-life photographs of classroom displays and student work, it
is full of useful tips that can be used for immediate inspiration.
Not only that, it also contains rigorous discussion about the
latest educational thinking that can be considered in quieter
staffroom moments and applied more fundamentally to transform
classroom practice.Russel Tarr, Head of History, International
School of Toulouse and author of www.classtools.net
All teachers want to improve their practice and this book is
essential reading. It is Practical! Practical! Practical! And
packed with ideas you can immediately implement in the classroom
alongside little pearls of wisdom in the form of memorable stories.
Based in evidence, Teaching Backwards will make a difference to
school leaders and teachers alike. A must read.Carel Buxton,
Executive Head Teacher, Redbridge Primary School and Snaresbrook
Primary School
Backwards Teaching does not literally mean standing with your back
to your class whilst you waffle on impart your knowledge and wisdom
to your pupils. Created by Andy Griffith and Mark Burns, the
pedagogical approach advocates to teachers planning and teaching
backwards from a clear and well-defined destination. At the heart
of this approach is a philosophy that four main ingredients are key
in the teaching and learning process: feedback; autonomy;
challenge; and engagement. Teachers are asked to have high
expectations, to plan, to watch for where students might go off
route and where they may misunderstand, and to provide multiple
opportunities for the learning process. The book provides the
methods, the meat and vegetables, for the journey and lots of
practical advice about how to understand success, work backwards
from success to where the students are now, and then plan how to
navigate (with all the usual twists and occasional wrong turns) the
route to this success. The book looks at each point with chapters
on Setting High Expectations, Starting Points, Defining and
Demystifying the Destination, Looking for Proof of Learning,
Challenge, and Feedback. Who is this book aimed at? There is a lot
of detail in this book, with plenty of ideas which will suit
primary or secondary teachers. If you're looking for a new
pedagogical approach to implement within your classroom, department
or school, then Teaching Backwards gives you the foundations and
confidence. Newly Qualified Teachers and Student Teachers will also
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Griffith and Burns have provided classroom teachers with a
thought-provoking insight into teaching backwards. They have
achieved a highly accessible balance of philosophy and practical
approaches, which are totally credible since they are based on
years of fieldwork with outstanding and improving practitioners.
This variety of fieldwork in a variety of settings means their
thesis is clear, coherent and credible and will make sense to all
teachers looking to improve their pedagogy. Their practical
suggestions range from quick fix templates and techniques to deeper
approaches, but all are explained in a down to earth, real-life
fashion, which makes them all the more appealing to a time poor
practitioner. Their prose is good humoured and has the learner at
the centre. Teachers are encouraged to see learning from the
perspective of the learner, and, by developing the techniques
outlined in the book, provide them with the clearest support
possible in how to succeed. The graphics and layout help make the
ideas accessible and of practical use, especially through the
summaries at the end of each section. References to works and ideas
by other writers offer the opportunity for the reader to explore
concepts in greater depth.The accessible, real-life nature of
Teaching Backwards will undoubtedly encourage many practitioners to
experiment with its techniques and produce better crafted and more
stimulating lessons. Graham Aldridge, Head Teacher, Range High
School, Formby
The authors have produced a stimulating and thought provoking text
for practitioners at all levels. It is overflowing with excellent
strategies and ideas to promote learner participation, enjoyment,
learning and understanding. The emphasis is upon re-thinking the
focus and starting point of lessons from a aclear and well defined
destinationa. I particularly liked the emphasis on the aBig Foura
steps on feedback autonomy, challenge and engagement to ensure that
learners achieve to their full potential. The authors effectively
draw the readers' attention to effective implementation of
techniques within a wide range of schools to promote resilience,
and potential the section on feedback enables the learner to focus
on their own apersonal gapa between their current level of
performance and the destination they are working towards. This is
an outstanding book which will promote more effective [in schools,
colleges of FE, and higher education. John T Morris BA(Hons), MEd,
MPhil, CertEd, Director JTM Educational Consultants
The follow up to Outstanding Teaching: Engaging Learners, and
produced by the same authors, this title is similarly practical and
engaging, focusing on how teaching and learning can be improved
when planning begins with the end in mind - in other words, when
educators stop trying to deliver packages of content in a linear
fashion, but instead, define a destination, with the highest
expectations, then work out how best to help individual learners
reach it. Case studies, exercises, analogies and checklists are
generously scattered throughout the pages, ensuring that the book
is considerably closer to a workshop than a lecture, especially
given the relaxed, chatty style in which the advice is delivered.
It''s possible to dip into Teaching Backwards for ten minutes in
the staffroom, then instantly make a small but significant change
to the way you present your next lesson; CPO in action,
indeed.Teach Secondary, issue 4.1, January 2015
Vintage Griffith & Burns: an impressive melding of anecdote and
outstanding classroom practice, which provides countless strategies
for ensuring that busy teachers see learning through their pupils''
eyes. Simultaneously compellingly readable and rigorously
research-informed, this book is the unlikely but deeply attractive
love-child of Wilbur Smith and Hilary Mantel. Barry J Hymer,
Professor of Psychology in Education, University of Cumbria in
Lancaster
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