Product reviews for Outstanding Teaching: Teaching Backwards

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 “clear and well defined destination”. I particularly liked the emphasis on the “Big Four” 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 “personal gap” 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.