The Power of Explicit Teaching and Direct Instruction by Greg Ashman

Greg Ashman often pops up on my Twitter timeline and I enjoyed his last book- The Truth About Teaching. He has an aptitude for pulling together and eloquently outlining the current state of thinking about teaching (or certainly the dominant perspective from what I have read). This book was a pretty convincing argument for explicit

The Truth About Teaching by Greg Ashman

This book is aimed at new teachers and provides a summary of the current body of research evidence in key areas like assessment, behaviour and lesson planning. I was initially a bit sceptical as the opening chapter looked at the history of teaching and dipped into the progressive v traditional debate in a manner that