Abstract
Best practice is a lofty goal in any context. Is it aiming to improve learners' knowledge or helping them gain confidence as citizens prepared for an ever-changing global context? Perhaps it should be both and much more. Surely one aim must be learner contentment and happiness. As actors in society developing young people's confidence and competence appear to be linked. The onus then is on educators to teach in ways that trigger their imagination and help develop lasting connection to knowledge ideas and strategies. Real world learning scaffolded by innovative teaching has positive potential for achieving positive outcomes. This chapter provides some suggestions and ideas from educational practice and theory.