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- ExpandCurriculum frameworks
- ExpandKey Resources: Effective teaching approaches
- Introducing the TESSA Key Resources
- Key Resource: Assessing learning
- Key Resource: Using mind maps and brainstorming to explore ideas
- Key Resource: Being a resourceful teacher in challenging circumstances
- Key Resource: Using explaining and demonstrating to assist learning
- Key Resource: Using group work in your classroom
- Key Resource: Using investigations in the classroom
- Key Resource: Tools for planning and carrying out investigations in Science
- Key Resource: Working with large classes
- Key Resource: Using the local community/environment as a resource
- Key Resource: Planning and preparing your lessons
- Key Resource: Using questioning to promote thinking
- Key Resource: Researching in the classroom
- Key Resource: Using role play/dialogue/drama in the classroom
- Key Resource: Using storytelling in the classroom
- Key Resource: Using new technologies
- Key Resource: Working with multigrade classes
- ExpandPrimary: Life skills
- ExpandPrimary: Numeracy
- ExpandPrimary: Literacy
- Module 1: Reading and writing for a range of purposes
- Module 2: Using community voices in your classroom
- Section 1: Investigating stories
- 1. Developing pupils’ research skills
- 2. Thinking about the purpose of a story
- 3. Writing stories
- Resource 1: Traditional fables
- Resource 2: Why people tell stories
- Resource 3: Questions about stories
- Resource 4: How Mrs Masiko found her story
- Resource 5: The river that swept away liars and other stories
- Resource 6: Assessing your story
- Acknowledgements
- Section 2: Ways to collect and perform stories
- Section 3: Using local games for learning
- Section 4: Using story and poetry
- 1. Using poems to stimulate writing activities
- 2. Working in groups to write life stories
- 3. Focus on the writing process
- Resource 1: Preparing lessons on name or praise poems
- Resource 2: Name poems and stories
- Resource 3: Praise poems and stories
- Resource 4: Preparing lessons on life stories
- Resource 5: Questions for pupils – to think about how to improve (craft) what they have written in their first draft
- Acknowledgements
- Section 5: Turning oral stories, poems and games into books
- 1. Showing that you value home languages
- 2. Turning stories into books
- 3. Working in groups on book design
- Resource 1: How stories are made into books
- Resource 2: A checklist for pupils – to use when editing their work for a book
- Resource 3: Turning pupils’ stories into a ‘Big Book’
- Resource 4: Features of good cover design
- Acknowledgements
- Section 1: Investigating stories
- Module 3: Promoting communication in an additional language
- ExpandPrimary: Social studies and the arts
- ExpandPrimary: Science
- ExpandSecondary: Science
- ExpandHandbooks and toolkits
- Teaching Lower Secondary Science A Handbook for Teacher Educators
- Inclusive Education Toolkit: A Guide to the Education and Training of Teachers in Inclusive Education
- Working with Pupils: A Guide for Teachers
- Working with Teachers: A Handbook for Teacher Educators
- School Experience Toolkit: Supporting School Experience Supervisors
- ExpandAdditional resources: Posters
- TESSA poster overview
- TESSA Poster 1: Being a resourceful teacher
- TESSA Poster 2: Storytelling, songs, role play and drama
- TESSA Poster 3: Using questioning to promote thinking
- TESSA Poster 4: Planning lessons
- TESSA Poster 5: Using group work
- TESSA Poster 6: Assessing learning
- TESSA Poster 7: Using pair work
- TESSA Poster 8: Involving all
- TESSA Poster 9: Monitoring and giving feedback
- TESSA Poster 10: Talk for learning
- ExpandAdditional resources: Teaching packs
- Teaching packs (all)
- Teaching Pack No.1 (early primary)
- Teaching Pack No.2 (early primary)
- Teaching Pack No.3 (early primary)
- Teaching Pack No.4 (early primary)
- Teaching Pack No.5 (early primary)
- Teaching Pack No.6 (middle primary)
- Teaching Pack No.7 (middle primary)
- Teaching Pack No.8 (middle primary)
- Teaching Pack No.9 (middle primary)
- Teaching Pack No.10 (middle primary)
- Teaching Pack No.11 (middle primary)
- Teaching Pack No.12 (middle primary)
- Teaching Pack No.13 (middle primary)
- Teaching Pack No.14 (upper primary)
- Teaching Pack No.15 (upper primary)
- Teaching Packs: Additional Resources
- ExpandAdditional resources: Audio
- ExpandDownload entire TESSA library
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- 1 hour study
- 1Level 1: Introductory
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TESSA - English - All Africa
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