During the past 24 years, PEEL teachers have developed and adapted a
very rich range of innovative, classroom-tested teaching procedures.
Many of these have been shared in PEEL SEEDS, the teacher - authored
journal of the PEEL collective. 104 editions of PEEL SEEDS (up
to August 2009), detailed descriptions of all 224 PEEL teaching
procedures, links to other educational resources, together with several
other publications, are
available as "PEEL in Practice". PEEL in Practice can be ordered
on CD for individual or school use, or can be accessed online via
subscription (a free trial is available). To view the main features of the resource click here
In order to allow you to access this huge body of ideas for extending
and enriching teaching practice, the 1500 articles have been placed in
a database that allows ideas to be retrieved by any combination of a
range of search fields grouped into 18 search categories. You can
access articles via subject, year level, any of 18 common teacher
concerns such as students rarely contributing ideas of their own,
classroom practices such as group work or assessment, any of 12
principles of teaching for quality learning that have emerged as
recurring themes in practices that PEEL teachers regard as successful
(e.g. provide students with opportunities for genuine choice and
decision making) or any of over 200 generic teaching procedures.
Several resources are available to assist you in navigating the collection:
The tutorial guides new users through the basic
functionality of the PEEL in Practice application online. The
same tutorial is also available for owners of the CD. View the tutorial to see the features of PEEL in Practice.
Although Subject and Year Level are among the 18 search
categories, you will gain more value from PEEL in Practice if your
searches focus on some particular aspect of learning or teaching.
Types of Searches describes searches that do just this and provides a
set of ways in for new users.
Selecting a Focus is an in-depth treatment of searching PEEL in
Practice, arranged as a menu of four starting points that increase in
their level of reflection about student learning.