Teaching and Learning
The Essential Readings
Published on 8. May 2008
288 pages
978-0-470-77978-1 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first collection of key articles on the psychology behind educational attainment. It brings together in one volume for students a set of accessible but influential papers, representing the best classic and cutting edge work in the field.
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"a collection of interesting, albeit idiosyncratic, readings ... the book touches most of the important bases" Guy Claxton, University of Bristol Graduate School of Education, Cambridge Journal of Education, Vol. 33, No. 2, 2003More details
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Charles Desforges is Professor of Education at theUniversity of Exeter. His previous books include An Introduction toTeaching (Blackwell, 1995). He has also been the Director of theESRC Teaching and Learning Programme for the past three years, thelargest education research programme ever funded in theUK.
Richard Fox has recently retired after ten years as alecturer and Senior Lecturer in Primary Education at The School ofEducation, University of Exeter
Content
Part I Learning.
1. Attaining Excellence Through Deliberate Practice: Insightsfrom the Study of Expert Performance. (K. A. Ericsson).
2. Rhyme, Language and Children's Readering. (P. Bryant, M.Maclean and L. Bradley).
3. The Rebirth of Children's Learning. (R. Siegler).
4. Candy Selling and Math Learning. (G. B. Saxe).
5. Understanding Academic Performance at University. (N. J.Entwistle).
Part II Teaching.
6. On Becoming a Tutor: Toward an Ontogenetic Model. (D. Wood,H. Wood, S. Ainsworth and C. O'Malley).
7. Teacher Expectation: Implications for School Improvement. (C.Rogers).
8. An Exploration of Long-Term Far-Transfer Effects Following anExtended Intervention Program in the High School ScienceCurriculum. (P. Adey and M. Shayer).
9. Reconstructing Context: the Conventionalization of ClassroomKnowledge. (D. Edwards and N. Mercer).
10. The Role of Assessment in a Learning Culture. (L. A.Shepard).
Index.
