Teaching Problems and the Problems of Teaching

In today's education debates, many experts call for school vouchers, smaller classes, more standardised testing, or rigorous teacher accrediting, as the key to improving student performance. Remarkably, none of these approaches addresses what actually goes on in the classroom. In this book an experienced classroom teacher and noted researcher on teaching takes us into her fifth-grade math class through the course of a year. Magdalene Lampert shows how classroom dynamics - the complex relationship of teacher, student, and content - are critical in the process of bringing each student to a deeper understanding of mathematics, or any other subject. She offers valuable insights into students and teaching for all who are concerned about improving the learning that happens in the classroom.