Instructional Risk in Education

This book is based on the idea that instruction carries in-built risks, and instructional practices can be counterproductive unless used with care. Referencing a wide range of approaches to increasing effectiveness, Instructional Risk in Education provides an explanation of why some forms of instruction are less powerful than they should be, grouping the risk into three categories: too much support, too little support and misdirected support. Elaborating on rather than advising against these forms of instruction, it illustrates how teachers can use instructional practices effectively through managing risk and being adaptive in their use of them in the many and dynamic microsystems of the classroom.