Essential Evidence-Based Teaching Strategies - Greaves, Deborah

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Biographie:
Garry Hornby, Dip.Ed.Psych., Ph.D, CPsychol., FBPsS, is an Emeritus Professor of Education at the Institute of Education at the University of Plymouth in the UK. Dr. Hornby was born in England and completed a degree in physics at the University of Leeds. His first job was as a counsellor/care worker in a residential school for emotionally disturbed and intellectually disabled children in the USA. He then worked as a secondary school teacher of mathematics and science in England and New Zealand. From there, he went on teach a special class for children with moderate learning difficulties in Auckland and subsequently trained as an educational psychologist at Auckland University. Dr. Hornby worked as an educational psychologist and, then, as a teacher educator at the Auckland College of Education before returning to England. He then worked as a lecturer and researcher at the Universities of Manchester and Hull, where he obtained his Ph.D. He also worked as a consultant onspecial needs education for the Ministry of Education and lectured for two years at Erdiston College and the University of the West Indies in Barbados. In 2002, he moved to Christchurch, New Zealand, where he was a professor of education at the University of Canterbury for twelve years. During 2016 and 2017, he was Director of Research at the Institute of Education at the University of Plymouth in the UK. He is married to a Barbadian and they have two adult sons, with all the family now living in Barbados. Dr. Hornby's teaching and research is in the areas of educational psychology, special education, counseling and guidance, teacher education and parental involvement in education. He has published more than 200 journal articles and book chapters and 14 books in the field of education, including: Counselling in Child Disability (Chapman and Hall, 1994)...

Sommaire:
Examines evidence-based practices (EBPs) that facilitate effective instruction and ensure optimal academic achievement for all students