Effective teaching - Daniel Muijs

Professor Daniel Muijs is Chair of Education. Previously he worked at the University of Manchester as Chair of Pedagogy and Teacher Development at the University of Manchester, School of Education, as Chair of School Leadership and Management at the University of Newcastle and as senior at Warwick Institute of Education. He is an acknowledged expert in the field of Educational and Teacher Effectiveness and is co-editor of the journal 'School Effectiveness and School Improvement'. He has published widely in the areas of educational effectiveness, leadership and research methods, and has conducted research for government agencies (DCSF, NCSL, QCA), Charitable Trusts (Gatsby) and Research Councils (ESRC).

`This is a very good book that makes a good contribution to reading on effective teaching, and one that I am happy
to recommend to student teachers and researchers' - British Journal of Educational Psychology

`The book lives up to its claims to be clearly written, accessible, and "non-technical" in its approach' - Improving Schools

`This timely book... draws together many strands of a teacher's professional activities and both informs and questions those individual aspects of teacher effectiveness. For current professional development initiative it provides a foundation of useful knowledge and technique' - Bill Goddard, University of Greenwich

`I was particularly impressed by the up-to-date feel of the coverage, and the good balance achieved between explaining the key ideas and the research evidence cited. I was pleased to see that a chapter on problem solving and higher order thinking skills had been included, and also a chapter on enhancing students' self-esteem... this is a very good book, that makes a good contribution to reading on effective teaching, and one that I am happy to recommend to student teachers, teachers and researchers' - British Journal of Education Psychology

`This book is a "must-buy" for teacher educators, researchers and teachers and curriculum managers who are interested in developing the exchange between research and practice concerning effective teaching' - Learning and Skills Research Journal

`Suitable for trainee and established teachers who wish to review their classroom practices, this is a well-written and interesting book. The emphasis is on academic research of various areas of education, from established controversies such as streaming/setting to newer and less well studied areas such as maximising the achievement of gifted students.

The strongest feature of the book is that discussion is always well balanced: arguments for and against certain approaches are put forward without bias. The information is ordered into well-structured chapters which allow the reader to access required information with ease and would be a good reference book for those wishing to obtain a broad picture of educational research. All of the chapters show a common structure and there is no over-emphasis on any one particular area.

The great strength of the book is bringing together a range of different ideas into one coherent view of our current understanding of learning and achievement in school, without dwelling on current political arguments' - British Journal Education Technology

`Effective Teaching will make an excellent addition to library shelves, and should prove invaluable to education students who will find a ready portal to an important and diverse literature' - Keith S Taber, Escalate