This book is a concise and easy-to-read methods text for those teaching children aged 5 to 18 years. Organized logically and precisely, it covers the practical information about teaching that all effective teachers need. It has been carefully designed to maximize instructional flexibility and to model established principles of instruction, expanding the pedagogical teaching knowledge of teachers and their instructional repertoires. This text provides information about how to be an effective classroom teacher.

New to the Second Edition:

- The text chapter format and sequence has been reorganized to be more reader friendly

- A second Reflection on Teacher Practice (case study) has been added to each chapter

- Special icons have been inserted within the chapters to emphasize key topics.