important pedagogical practices for middle years schooling

1. Important pedagogical practices
MIDDLE YEARS
PEDAGOGY

2. Middle Years Pedagogy
(Pendergast & Bahr, 2010 p. 75)
 Higher order thinking strategies
 Integrated and interdisciplinary curricula
 Negotiated, relevant and challenging
 Heterogeneous and flexible student grouping

3. Middle Years Pedagogy
 Cooperative learning and collaborative
teaching
 Small learning communities and sustained
individual attention in a safe and healthy
school environment
 Strong teacher-student relationships with
extended contact with a smaller and
consistent number of teachers

4. Middle Years Pedagogy
 Authentic and reflective assessment with high
expectations
 Democratic leadership and governance
 Parental and community involvement in
student learning

5. Reference:
Pendergast, D., & Bahr, N. (Eds). (2010).
Teaching middle years. Rethinking curriculum,
pedagogy and assessment. Crows Nest, NSW:
Allen & Unwin