This book sets out ways to improve teaching given the advantage of smaller classes. Included are examples of successful classroom practice in each of the core subject areas (Chinese, English and Mathematics) which will be taken from the various studies undertaken by the authors. Each chapter will conclude with questions for discussion and further suggested reading.

1. Small Class Teaching: The East Asian Context 2. Learning for Teaching and Teaching for Learning: Ways of knowing 3. Setting Objectives, Asking and Answering Questions 4. Sustaining Successful Group and Pair Work 5. The Use of Feedback and Assessment for Developing Independence in Learning 6. Bringing it all together and Sustaining Effective Practice 7. Some Questions, Answers and a Little Bit of Encouragement

Maurice Galton is an Associate Director of Research at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, Emeritus Professor at the University of Leicester, and sometimes Visiting Professor at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. He is the former Dean of Education and Continuing Education at the University of Leicester.

Kwok Chan Lai is Honorary Co-Director and Adjunct Associate Professor of the Centre for Small Class Teaching at the Hong Kong Institute of Education.

Kam Wing Chan is the Director of the Centre for Small Class Teaching, and an Assistant Professor at the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the Hong Kong Institute of Education.