What is unique about PEEL is that virtually all the teaching strategies, ideas and approaches to improving the learning of students have been developed by classroom teachers. For 35 years teachers have been writing about their practice and this has been compiled in an online resource (PEEL in Practice).
PEEL groups as they are no longer active, however the resources that have been developed over 35 years are still very relevant to classroom teachers today.
In 2015 a major feature was added to PEEL in Practice database, the main PEEL resource. A category entitled Teacher Education Resources was introduced. This consists of over 100 articles containing ideas for university departments of education and teacher educators. It also provides ideas for professional development co-ordinators in schools who wish to use a PEEL approach or introduce others to ideas about learning and teaching espoused by PEEL.
On our Ideas page we have sample articles taken from PEEL resources. Here we feature extracts from PEEL resources developed by teachers over 35 years.
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The articles on the PEEL in Practice database are cohered by a focus on improving how students are going about their learning -they are more than just a set of tips and tricks for teachers. We would welcome articles that extend our resources and that fit the overall goals of PEEL. Feel free to submit one to Ian.mitchell@monash.edu. The biggest source for the articles is the 114 editions of PEEL SEEDS -the projects teacher journal. The suggestions below are features common to many of the articles, but this should not be seen as a prescription -articles vary; many are stories from a classroom, but some are more reflective and some elaborate more general aspects of learning and teaching.
