Principles of Great Teaching

The Principles of Great Teaching at Markham College represent the 16 key ideas that encompass great teaching at Markham College. In turn, great teaching is defined as that which leads to great learning.

These 16 Principles are split into two sections: the Core Principles are the four identified as the most important, which are incorporated into every episode of great teaching; the Outer Principles are a further twelve that would be incorporated into great teaching over time.

Alongside the Principles, there are three Standards for Teaching at Markham College. These are three concrete strategies that are being incorporated into lessons. They have been chosen as they cover a wide variety of the Principles, and with the belief that some areas of consistency will help improve the learning environment of our students.

The educational research that we started with reviewing was the following:

• First page is taken from Making Every Lesson Count (copies in the CPD Library). Summary blog post. Blog post from authors.
• Executive Summary is from Effective Teaching.
• My number one recommended piece of educational research: Principles of Instruction. Summary Blog Post. Exploring the Principles. Putting Theory into Practice.
• What Makes Great Teaching

Below is a document with links and references to interesting reads related to each of the principles and standards. Staff at Markham College have editing writes to this document, so you can add things you find that others might find useful.