Teaching Teenagers
A Toolbox for Engaging and Motivating Learners
Warren Kidd author Gerry Czerniawski author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Sage Publications Ltd
Published:8th Sep '11
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

For successful classroom teaching, your students need to be engaged and active learners. In this book, there is practical advice that is grounded in the realities of teaching in today′s classrooms on how to be an inspirational teacher and produce highly motivated students. This book contains 220 positive, practical teaching ideas that are relevant to both new and experienced classroom teachers.
Contents cover:
- teaching tools to inspire and captivate
- motivation for learning
- engaging learners
- how to create a learning atmosphere
- classroom management
- cooperative learning
- learning outside of the classroom
- moving learners around the room
- assessment for motivation and engagement
- feedback and praise
- using emerging technologies to engage
- using homework
- supporting learners in learning how to learn
- challenging learners of all abilities
With reference to reflective practice, best practice and Continuing Professional Development (CPD), this book provides essential support for trainee teachers, new teachers and experienced teachers looking to extend their repertoire.
Warren Kidd is Senior Lecturer in Post Compulsory Education and Training at The Cass School of Education, University of East London.
Gerry Czerniawski is Senior Lecturer in Secondary Social Science and Humanities Education at the Cass School of Education, University of East London.
′I enjoyed this book, and got a lot of good ideas from it′ -
Chris Kilby, PGCE student
′An essential read for all trainee teachers… covers the literature and puts a strong emphasis on the how′ -
Sarah Davies, Senior Lecturer, Nottingham Trent University
′This book guides you through a process of looking at your own teaching and properly building in some of the many new techniques it outlines. This book does not provide a magic wand, it instead provides a mirror onto one′s own practice and allows you to make real, lasting improvements in the classroom′
-JoTTER
′This book will provide ideas that motivate that most difficult of audiences, the teenager. It works well because it is broken down into quick ideas that can easily be built on to existing plans′
The Teacher
′This book′s authors are both experienced classroom teachers with impressive CVs, immediately instilling faith that they will know what they are talking about and that they are giving advice and ideas about things they have actually done′
-Debbie Redshaw
Although evidently written for use by teachers in L1 secondary schools, there is much here that could apply just as well in TESOL settings and which would be useful for new and prospective teachers to learn about. -- Teacher Trainer
This book is a must for the student teacher. Experienced teachers would also find this very usefull. Some very resourceful ideas. -- Miss Antoinette Unsworth * drupal *
This is book is very easy to read and has now been put on the recommended reading list. -- Miss Catherine Flint * drupal *
This is a fantastic and practical book for teachers wishing to improve their practice, or trainees. Its such an easy read and a book ive found really engaging! -- Miss Katey Ribchester * drupal *
This book is full of ideas to help engage teenagers into learning. Fully recommended. -- Miss Kayleigh Robinson * drupal *
Useful for motivating tricky teenage learners! -- Miss Leigh Webber * drupal *
Really engaging text, very accessible to readers of varying levels of ability. Easy to dip into when required to try new techniques. Easy to relate to and the author clearly knows his audience. -- Miss Louise Hardy * drupal *
Has helped me involve homework into students learning with basic stratgies -- Miss Yeeman Lam * drupal *
Some interesting ideas to support new teachers in developing behaviour management strategies. We will use many of the practical tasks during our induction sessions with beginning teachers and refer them to a library copy. -- Mrs Amanda Brougham * drupal *
Some excellent ideas for those working with post 16. -- Mrs Beverley Owen-jones * drupal *
All teachers need to look at different ways of motivating their students. This book gives excellent suggestions and ideas. -- Mrs Cheryl Hine * drupal *
An essential book for all tutors, and new teachers within the profession -- Mrs Karen Cooke * drupal *
Warren has produced a toolbox that is accessible and inviting for all teachers - activities not only motivate learners but re-energise teachers too! -- Mrs Kate Duffy * drupal *
Recommended to other Lecturers completing PGCE. A very useful resource for 14 - 19 teaching with some very practical and pertinent methods of gaining cooperation in what can sometimes be a very challenging field. -- Mrs Louise Henry * drupal *
great book that gives a modern take on how to teach teenagers in a motivating way.
Worth a read and would be great for reference and dipping back into as needed. -- Mrs Marcia Dewar * drupal *
An exellent book with lots of ideas for enagment and motivation... -- Mrs RACHEL PEARSON * drupal *
Easy to read, plenty of ideas how to keep teenagers to engage activities. I have applied some of the examples of activites into my lessons in order to keep my learnres engaging. -- Ms Wai Luscombe * drupal *
a good starting point for those new to LLL teaching and working with 14 - 16 particularly from which they can develop their ideas. -- Rowley Hutchinson * drupal *
Not all my trainee teachers work with this age range, so it will be referred to as a recommended text on my reading list.
This is a really down-to-earth book with lots of practical ideas aimed at equipping teachers with a variety of different approaches to capture the interest and engage teenage learners.The questions for professional development in each chapter are a particularly nice touch and encourage reflection. The chapters on Learner Voice, Metacognition
and Bloom I found particularly useful as teacher trainer. -- Sasha Pleasance * drupal *
Not all my trainee teachers work with this age range, so it will be referred to as a recommended text on my reading list.
This is a really down-to-earth book with lots of practical ideas aimed at equipping teachers with a variety of different approaches to capture the interest and engage teenage learners.The questions for professional development in each chapter are a particularly nice touch and encourage reflection. The chapters on Learner Voice, Metacognition
and Bloom I found particularly useful as teacher trainer. -- Sasha Pleasance * drupal *
ISBN: 9780857023858
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 340g
200 pages